Welcome back to the Smoke and Mirrors AU.
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Hattori watched as the dragon-like Mei let out a plume of fire from her mouth. Seeing the Yuugito move through the flame with his Dojutsu, he moved decisively.
He blitzed towards the left, cutting off the Uchiha’s path of escape. The man immediately winced as he forced himself to a stop with his bad leg, drawing his Wakizashi. Hattori drew his own Chokuto blade in response.
Yugito blurred, reappearing just in front of him. The two engaged, their swords dancing. Hattori was losing easily – but that wasn’t the point.
He moved back slightly, forcing Yugito to advance a single step. With all of his clones defeated, Hattori knew it was any second now.
Yugito’s arm flashed up with a small blade, deflecting a Kunai that had been thrown towards his skull. In that brief instant, his eyes had flickered away from Hattori.
An instant was all he needed – his Chokuto pierced through the air with speed, and landed in the man’s gut.
Thud.
“Are you fucking kiddi–” A cloud of smoke covered his vision. He spun, his Dojutsu searching for the man’s aura. “–ng me… Shit..”
He finally spotted the man's aura, dashing towards his clan’s compound!
“He’s heading towards the compound! Go!” He barked an order and vanished, dust trailing behind him. The other three were beside him in an instant, as he tried to see what was going on with his Bochigan.
Yugito’s aura was mixed with another, and he guessed it had to be Asahiro. They’d be there in five, four..
He squinted. What? Yugito’s aura was disappearing…
The group of four broke into the clearing with blades drawn. Hattori felt numb seeing Yugito’s body on the ground, Asahiro’s Chokuto poking from one side to another. He had struck straight through the heart.
It felt a little anticlimactic, but at least it was over. Hattori heard the sweet sound of a system notification a few seconds later.
[A-Rank Mission – Assassination Overview]
The newly founded ‘Unnamed Group’ has assassinated Sharingan no Yuugito.
The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.
You have unlocked the ‘Clan Fame’ system Feature. You can now view your Clan’s standing, or the standing of an individual.
You have gained the ‘Katon: Karyu Endan no Jutsu’ scroll.
You have gained 30,000 Ryo.
You have gained enmity with the Uchiha Clan, and the Uchiha Branch Clan.
You have gained reputation with the Senju Clan, Nara Clan, Shinja C…
Hattori felt something shift in his pockets and ignored it for now. That was likely the scroll. The system usually deposited any amount of Ryo larger than a thousand inside his house.
Fire Dragon’s Flame Jutsu huh? Hattori felt his lips twitch with a smile. It sounded powerful. Moreover, it was B-Rank. Their first.
He didn’t check the fame menu just yet, there were more things to do.
“Asahiro.” Hattori called.
The boy pretended not to hear him.
“Asahiro.”
He thought he heard Mei snicker, but maybe he was hallucinating.
“Asahiro!” He shouted, a little bit frustrated.
“Eh, Captain, Fox, whatever, I think you have to call him by his mask’s name. That’s what you told us to do, right?”
Hattori took a deep breath. These were his clan members. He would not kill them. He let the deep breath out.
“Crow.”
Asahiro turned to him and titled his head like he was confused. Hattori really wanted to strangle him, but held back for now.
“Good job. This mission is officially over, which means,” Hattori took off his mask. “Our mission outfits no longer need to be on. You can wear them and train with them all you want, but don’t let anyone outside of our clan see you in them. These are meant to protect our identity so we remain anonymous for now.”
The others nodded, taking off their masks as well. Now that he could see their faces, he could tell that Asahiro’s expression was just as irritating as he thought.
It took all of his willpower not to punch the poor boy.
Meanwhile, Asahiro thought he was doing a good job! He had not reacted at all to his real identity, only responding by his mask name. Asahiro mentally patted himself on the back.
Hattori dismissed them, leaving for his house at high speed. Once there, he removed his armour, and put on some of his normal clothing. While the weight of the armour wasnt much to someone at his level of strength, it still felt good to have it off.
With that out of the way, he looked out of his window to see the rest of his clan had done pretty much the same thing. Everyone was now back in casual clothes.
So, he reviewed all of the information he had learned, writing things down on an empty scroll parchment.
Walk on Wall Jutsu.
Walk on Water Jutsu.
Log Replacement Jutsu.
Hiding Chakra Jutsu.
Genjutsu.
He hummed in thought, before adding both the fire jutsu he had received as a reward, and the fire jutsu Mei had used to the list.
This was, of course, his new training plan. All of these would simply be lobbed onto the other things whenever anyone had free time to learn it.
After everyone had learned these things, and improved on their fighting skills – he had a lot to reflect on after this mission – they would take another A-Rank. Maybe a few B-Ranks before that…
He sighed.
Being a Clan Head was kind of complicated.
He still had to start building an actual town. There were a lot of people in here for just two cabins.
With a grunt, he turned his weary attention to the Clan Territory Menu. View Clan Relations was now unlocked finally.
[Clan Territory]
View Clan Territory
View Regional Map
View World Map
View Clan Relations
Create Blueprints
Assign Schedules
Without pause, he clicked it, and opened the menu.