I, a cultivator, ended up in the Naruto world.

"Most of these people were beheaded, some were cut in half at the waist, or had their thighs severed. Judging from the distribution of the bodies, they were likely dealt with quickly within the encirclement."

After examining the scene, a teammate analyzed, "It's very likely that they died from the same type of ninjutsu, such as wind release."

"Judging from the scene, the battle did not last long."

Orochimaru reached out and touched the cut on a corpse; the skin still retained a faint warmth.

"It's not just Wind Release... there are also traces of Lightning Release."

He pointed to the charred brown cut on the corpse and showed it to his teammates.

The three exchanged a glance, and without pausing for a moment, a signal flare was launched into the sky.

Follow-up personnel will arrive at the scene soon to assist them in their investigation.

"Use this as a center and search outwards for other traces. Also, which teams left the village today?"

Orochimaru quickly made his move.

The battle had just ended. It would be best if we could catch up with that squad, but even if we couldn't, we should still look for more clues in the surrounding area.

Rope Tree finally vomited everything out of his stomach and bent over, panting.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, he suddenly remembered something, looked up, and said:

"Yang Xiang's team just left the village this evening... The Jonin leading the team seems to be Uchiha Kagami."

This was something his grandmother casually told him when he wanted to sneak away to find Yang Xiang today.

Orochimaru's gaze sharpened.

"Uchiha Kagami... Sharingan?"

In this era, the most well-known ninjas of Konoha were none other than Mito Uzumaki and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The former intimidated the ninja world as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while the latter solidified his title as the strongest Hokage by being known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu."

Therefore, Orochimaru never truly witnessed the power of the Sharingan during his growth.

He only knew that the Uchiha clan possessed extremely strong bloodline limits and that he had fought alongside teammates who had awakened the Sharingan.

Even so, he still found it hard to imagine that the Sharingan alone could have caused the scene before him.

Because in his internal speculation, there was one thing he hadn't told his teammates: he suspected that everyone at the scene was killed by the same person, and almost instantly.

The Sharingan... it can actually do this?

Uchiha Kagami seems to have been the old man's teammate back then.

"I understand. You stay here and wait for the reinforcements."

Orochimaru gave Nawaki some instructions, and then he and his two teammates quickly began searching the surrounding area.

The three figures quickly disappeared into the woods.

They didn't notice that the rope tree, which had just been leaning against the trunk and vomiting, was now trembling slightly.

He was trying his best to control his emotional fluctuations, his fingers almost digging into the tree bark.

Just after he said those words to Orochimaru, a thought popped into his head uncontrollably, making him both excited and slightly chilled.

Once the surroundings had completely quieted down, Rope Tree slowly walked to the two corpses that had been planted in the tree trunks.

Such a brutal method, such terrifying force...

Yang Xiang?

He couldn't help but take a half step back and hurriedly shook his head.

He was startled by his own strange guess.

Impossible... Yang Xiang just graduated from the Ninja Academy, just like me.

But this scene looks exactly like that guy's style!

Then I recalled the scene when my sister fought him.

He may well have that kind of ability.

As expected of the Hokage's assistant I chose!

A wave of fear washed over him, causing cold sweat to break out on his back.

If Yang Xiang uses this method to harass me during special training...

Am I now in a vegetative state?

Because this place is not far from Konoha, the support team arrived quickly.

While Rope Tree was still staring blankly at the two figures inside the tree, the interrogation team had already arrived at the scene.

In order to obtain first-hand intelligence, they always act while the opportunity is still fresh.

That's why they arrived very quickly.

The person leading the group clearly recognized Rope Tree and stepped forward to pat the young master on the shoulder:

"The scene was horrific... Did you discover anything?"

Nawaki snapped out of his daze and briefly relayed Orochimaru and the others' assessment.

"Anyway, when we arrived, everyone was already gone. They were terrifyingly strong!"

He scratched his head, a hint of envy creeping into his voice.

The interrogation team members skillfully took out small shovels and began washing the floor.

Having received professional training, what kind of situation haven't they seen? Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't sigh.

But at that moment, the two team members standing in front of the tree hole couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Well, I guess I'll have to work overtime again tonight.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Kagami's team is rapidly approaching their mission destination.

"So our mission is to go to the Land of Water, disguise ourselves as Cloud Ninja, and cause trouble?"

After hearing Uchiha Kagami's brief description of the mission, Yang Xiang couldn't help but ask for confirmation.

Due to confidentiality requirements, the specific details of such missions are not written on the scroll; only the team leader knows the full picture.

Now that the four had traveled halfway, Uchiha Kagami explained the mission objective to his team members.

"That's right, it's all for the village. We just need to carry out our mission."

Uchiha Kagami gave a special explanation.

After all, Yang Xiang was a newly graduated genin, and this was his first mission.

There is bound to be some resistance to tasks that target ordinary people.

People from the Thousand Hands Clan are often kind-hearted and quick to defend the weak.

Unlike their own family members, although they may not be the brightest, there are basically no fools like them who would help an old lady cross the street.

"If you feel it's too much to bear, we can target some evildoers."

Yang Xiang simply nodded.

He had anticipated this type of task.

Where in the ninja world are there any good people?

It's all about you killing me and me killing you; no one is innocent.

They all behaved themselves when someone made them suffer.

His question was not out of sympathy for those they were about to kill.

Instead, they were questioning the minds of the higher-ups in both ninja villages who issued the missions.

Are you guys sick?

The Land of Water sent a group of fanged monsters to impersonate Iwa ninja.

Did the Land of Fire send an Uchiha to impersonate a Cloud Ninja?

So as long as you say you're a ninja from a certain country, that's enough, right?

Do you have any integrity at all?!

At the same time, in a village on the coastline of the Land of Fire.

A baby-faced boy was sitting on the dock, holding a uniquely shaped fishing rod, fishing listlessly.

The fishing rod looked like a long, thin crowbar, with huge flowers carved on it. There was no fishing line tied to the top, so it was stuck directly into a piece of fresh meat.

As the water rippled, a mermaid burst out of the water and opened her mouth to bite the piece of flesh.

With a gentle flick of her wrist, the baby-faced man caused the mermaid's large mouth to miss its target and fall back into the sea.

"Hey, Shintaro Hoshigaki, can you go any faster? I can never bite it properly, it's so boring."

Yagura put away the hook and shouted angrily into the sea.

The mermaid resurfaced from the water; it was now a man with a shark's face.

"I'm very sorry I didn't satisfy Lord Yagura."

"That Dragon Fang guy is too slow... I'm going to chop off his limbs and smash his balls, so he'll know what happens when I keep waiting!"