The rest of the battle didn't take longer than three minutes, with the Anbu which were all at least elite chunin level in power, the cloud really had no way of winning.

Their morale had already dropped down and so had their numbers, and in three minutes, none remained alive.

A complete and utter annihilation.

'And these are the men that are considered the good guys, the heroes. Don't make me laugh, a killer is a killer, there's no good in one' Kazuo thought as he sneered inwardly at the scene before him.

Kazuo had always been an avid reader and fan of the Naruto series however he had much preferred the light novels when in comparison with the manga and especially the anime.

The process after defeating the group was swift, the leaf quickly headed to the Cloud main camp and looted everything inside whilst Shikaru took any valuable information that could be taken before the whole group turned around and headed back to the Leaf main camp.

This time it would be more tiring and chakra intensive as they all had to climp up the steep mountain to get through to the other side as they had collapsed the passage.

However, with everyone's morale high and joy seeping through their bodies, the journey was considered light and not tiresome at all.

They knew that with them having defeated the entire cloud, most of them would get a vacation to go back to the leaf for a week and maybe even 2 weeks if they were lucky.

'I don't think that bastard Shikaru will just let me get out of his grasp however' Kazuo thought as he looked at Shikaru who was walking in front of him.

'Should i just eleminate him and make it look like an anbu from the cloud did it?' Kazuo thought for but a moment before showing a self loathing smile.

'As if I can even touch him, I would die before I could even see his face with all the anbu around to protect him.' Kazuo thought.

The journey took a while but before night had fallen upon the world, they returned to the camp once more.

Sharing the great news with the other ninjas who had been left behind to protect the camp.

That didnt mean that there was no sadness however as a lot of people had lost their comrades and would most likely shed tears tonight when they were alone in their tents.

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War was never joyful for the weak, it was only a repeating cycle of pain and sadness that fueled hatred.

Kazuo quickly excused himself from the others and headed back to his tent, he had something else to deal with.

Once inside his tent, Kazuo quickly opened the system menu and clicked on the Quests tab.

[ Quests ]

[ Kill Ochioke, Jonnin of The Hidden Cloud ]

[ Reward: Two Minor Stat Upgrades, One B-Rank Random Jutsu. ]

[ Claim ]

Quickly pressing the claim button at the bottom of the holographic page, Kazuo saw a new pop-up appear before his eyes.

[ Quest Reward has been Claimed ]

[ Rewards are being given out! ]

[ 1%... 56%... 98%... 100% ]

[ User has been given the B-Rank Jutsu ]

[ Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation ]

'What the hell is that?' Kazuo thought before a flood of information was transferred directly into his mind, granting him another headache.

A few minutes later, the pain going through his mind finally calmed itself down and he was able to reveiw the information he had been given.

'So its Sasuke's technique that he used against itachi, by inscribing seals onto any paper or clothes then you can summon them instantly by placing your finger on then and using a small fraction of chakra, this allows the user to summon weapons instantly, its useful' Kazuo thought as he analyzed the technique.

'Considering I could have gotten the shadow clone jutsu however, this does leave a bad taste' Kazuo thought before releasing a long-winded sigh.

Getting up from his bead, Kazuo headed outside of the tent.

The moon was about to rise up on the horizon as the sun gave its lay rays of light.

'It's almost been a week if you consider all the times that I've died' Kazuo thought as he stared at the sky before lowering his head and looking around the camp.

The shinobi were immersing themselves in the joy of a won battle as they ate some deer meat they had managed to hunt and cook.

"Come join us, Kazuo!" One shinobi shouted as he waved at Kazuo who nodded his head and joined the group.

Soon finding himself with a plate of deer meat in his hands.

It was clear that they had given him more of a cut than the rest.

Lifting his eyes, he saw everyone, tens of shinobi giving him a grin and a nod.

"Dont worry about it, just enjoy it!" The man who had called him said before releasing a laugh and patting Kazuos back.

"Right, thank you, everyone," Kazuo said as he looked at everyone and nodded.

'...' Kazuo didn't know what to think as he stuffed his mouth with deer meat.

At times like this, he found it hard to think about betraying these people but these moments were short as Kazuo lightly shook his head.

'Don't be dumb, if I want to survive in this hellish world then the only way is to get strong, if I can do that but I need to sacrifice everyone else then so be it. I don't want to feel the pain of dying over and over again, not to mention that if I get stuck in Madaras infinite tsukynome then it's just game over, even my time loop won't save me from that.' Kazuo thought before taking another piece of deer meat and stuffing it in his mouth.

His gaze grew more chilling every moment as he reaffirmed his resolve to only care about himself.

'In this world, I am Alone'

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