**Chapter 8: Controlling the Whole Situation, Teammates Shocked**
Although this rogue ninja tried his best to avoid the most vital areas, he was still hit by several shuriken and collapsed to the ground with a scream.
Beside him, Hyuga Keiko reacted almost immediately. She plunged the kunai in her hand straight into the rogue ninja's throat, killing him instantly. Only then did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, she looked at Reo standing on the high wall not far away, shock filling her heart. *How did his strength suddenly improve so much?*
Could shuriken kill people? Of course they could, especially for the ninja profession, which had high attack power but low defense and was quite fragile.
But for Chunin, or even Elite Chunin, the threat level was greatly reduced. Their reactions were too fast, making it hard to lock onto them completely.
However, that series of shuriken from Reo just now could be described as miraculous. It was as if he had pierced through and foreseen all of the opponent's possible actions, shooting him directly to the ground.
Even if she hadn't delivered the finishing blow, Reo could have calmly done so himself—it would have just been a matter of one more shuriken.
Sure enough, she saw Reo holding a shuriken in his hand. If she hadn't acted just now, that shuriken of Reo's would probably have appeared in the opponent's throat.
To easily kill an Elite Chunin with just a few shuriken—this shurikenjutsu was simply no worse than the Uchiha clan of old.
The key was, how could Reo have the ability to predict all the opponent's movements?
This was something even she couldn't do with the Byakugan's enhancement.
Hyuga Keiko knew the strength of this rogue ninja all too well. His power was far above theirs. If not for the dynamic vision boost provided by the Byakugan, she would probably have been cut down long ago.
After all, having a dojutsu Kekkei Genkai didn't make one invincible. Her eyes could barely keep up, but her body speed couldn't. She could only barely rely on the Byakugan's boost to predict some of the opponent's attacks in advance and struggle to hold on.
At this moment, Reo had quietly deactivated his Sharingan, so Hyuga Keiko didn't know exactly how Reo did it. But immediately after, she noticed the terrifying amount of chakra inside Reo's body.
Originally, among the three, her chakra amount was the highest, thanks to the Hyuga clan's bloodline bonus. Aida Genryu and Reo had about the same amount of chakra, with Reo having slightly more.
However, now the amount of chakra in Reo's body had reached an astonishing level, at least several times hers. Compared to the amount she observed before, it had increased by at least ten times.
It was already comparable to some Branch Family Jonin within her clan.
How many days had it been?
And what made her feel she must be seeing things was that she clearly observed the chakra amount in Reo's body still increasing at an astonishing speed—an increase visible to the naked eye.
However, she immediately looked away. Although she didn't know what was going on with Reo to make his strength improve so ridiculously in just a few short days, she knew very well that everyone had their own secrets, especially ninja.
What she shouldn't know, she didn't want to know.
Immediately, she used her Byakugan to check the entire bandit den. After confirming there were no surviving bandits, she deactivated her Byakugan and ran to Aida Genryu's side. She bandaged him up and used the Mystical Palm Technique, which she had learned but wasn't proficient in yet, to stop the bleeding and treat him.
Meanwhile, Reo had been observing Hyuga Keiko's movements. He knew she probably saw something. She shouldn't have seen him awaken the Sharingan, but the massive chakra in his body probably couldn't be hidden from her.
But what surprised him was that after just awakening the Sharingan, his chakra, which was originally growing slowly, surged again by 30% in a short time. At this speed, it wouldn't take long for him to possess the power of "One Kakashi"—that is, chakra comparable to the Elite Jonin level.
Was this the bonus brought by the Sharingan?
No wonder the Uchiha clan could make such a big name for themselves back then, even having the saying "If it's one-on-one, flee."
These ninja clans with Kekkei Genkai were truly much stronger than ordinary civilian ninja. As long as they awakened their Kekkei Genkai, their strength would enter a period of rapid improvement.
What hard days he had lived before!
Take Hyuga Keiko, for example. Although she belonged to a mediocre branch family within the Hyuga clan, and in terms of ninja aptitude, she was about the same as the original Reo and Aida Genryu, her chakra amount was more than double theirs. This was the superiority of bloodline.
Coupled with the Hyuga clan's secret jutsu, in terms of combat power, even though Reo was the only Chunin, he might not necessarily be Hyuga Keiko's match in a real fight.
"Are you okay?" Reo used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in front of Aida Genryu and asked with concern.
"I'm fine, much better." Aida Genryu's face was a bit pale, but under Hyuga Keiko's unskilled Mystical Palm treatment, the bleeding had at least stopped. The rest was just needing to rest well for a while.
Their squad was considered high-spec. After all, not every squad could have the configuration of a support medical ninja who knew the Mystical Palm Technique.
The Mystical Palm Technique was very practical, but the entry threshold was high. It wasn't something ordinary ninja could handle.
Ordinary ninja at this time would probably only be able to apply some ointment and then recover slowly.
"This bastard was too insidious. He actually pretended to sleep and ambush me. He has no martial virtue at all," Aida Genryu said.
"I've told you so many times to be careful. Being a ninja is just that kind of profession." Hyuga Keiko smacked Aida Genryu on the head and said, "With your recklessness, sooner or later there will be a day when I'm too late to save you."
Reo nodded. Among the three, Aida Genryu had the most reckless personality and had suffered losses often in the past. But back then, the main enemies were dealt with by their team leader, Akai Akimoto, so they didn't have the chance to deal with such strong opponents.
Even compared to their original team leader, Akai Akimoto, this enemy wasn't much worse.
"You rest for a bit. I'll go set up some traps and wait to see if there are any returning bandits," Reo said.
Yes, he planned to hide and ambush any bandits who might be out.
Ninja was just that kind of profession. Insidious? What is insidious?
The three waited for another day. Aida Genryu's injuries were basically no longer a hindrance. After confirming there were no other bandits who had slipped through the net, the three then set off to return to Konoha Village to turn in the mission.
Because this mission involved an existence at the Elite Chunin level, the mission rank was upgraded from C-rank to B-rank. Konoha would later send Anbu to verify whether this rogue ninja was truly a rogue ninja or an undercover agent sent by another ninja village to cause trouble.