Under Kakashi's leadership, Uchiha Sora met his two teammates in the Anbu.
One of them was actually an acquaintance!
With long purple hair, exquisite features, and a figure that had already developed a feminine charm, it was none other than Yūgao Uzuki!
"Sora, it's actually you!" Upon seeing Sora, Yūgao Uzuki couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Yūgao, it seems we'll be teammates again." Uchiha Sora smiled and greeted her.
"That's right. I should have guessed that the genius teammate from the Uchiha Clan that Captain Kakashi mentioned would be you." Yūgao Uzuki was very happy, then looked at the male Anbu member beside her.
That male Anbu member was under twenty, looking about the same age as Kakashi.
With an ordinary appearance, he seemed somewhat reticent. Seeing his new teammate, he just nodded slightly at Uchiha Sora: "My name is Hawk."
"I am Uchiha Sora. Please take care of me in the future." Uchiha Sora smiled and said.
After the greetings, Kakashi gave instructions: "There is a mission for you all now. This mission is not difficult; consider it an opportunity for the three of you to get used to working together. I will also be accompanying you on this mission."
"Yes! Captain!" the three responded.
The Anbu has a strict hierarchy. As an Anbu squad leader, Anbu missions usually have to be assigned by him.
This mission was actually related to the previous Chunin Exams.
Ninjas from the allied Hidden Sand Village in the Land of Wind had been attacked by other factions on their way back and were currently trapped on the border of the Land of Fire, waiting for support from Konoha.
The three nodded, put on their masks, and followed Kakashi toward the mission location.
According to the mission description, there were ten people from the Hidden Sand Village this time. Besides one team-leading Jonin, there were only three Chunin accompanying them, and the remaining six were Genin.
Among those attacking them, at least two were of Jonin strength, and there were several others of Chunin strength.
"I will be responsible for supporting the Hidden Sand Village Jonin. The three of you should assess the situation and prioritize eliminating the others." Along the way, Kakashi explained the tactics.
Traveling at high speed, the four of them soon arrived at the border of the Land of Fire, near the mission location.
Uchiha Sora quietly left a flying thunder god kunai nearby; this was a backup plan for himself.
After all, he was currently too far from the Formula Mark coordinates near Konoha Village, and if an accident occurred, he wouldn't be able to sense them.
"There's movement ahead!" Suddenly, Kakashi waved his hand to signal the three of them to stop.
"We will split up and coordinate once we enter the battlefield!"
After saying that, Kakashi charged out first.
Uchiha Sora, Yūgao Uzuki, and Hawk also split up and circled toward the battlefield from different directions.
Uchiha Sora chose the route to the north of the battlefield, where two Ninjas were surrounding a Hidden Sand Village Chunin.
That Hidden Sand Chunin was also an elite; he was a Puppeteer. Under the pincer attack of the two enemies, although he was being pushed back, he was still struggling to hold on.
It was just a matter of time before he failed.
The two enemies were not wearing headbands, so their origins could not be identified, but they were using Earth Release Ninjutsu.
Uchiha Sora observed from the side for a while, then without hesitation, leaped into the fray.
Drawing the short sword from his back, he infused it with Wind Release Chakra and slashed rapidly toward the back of one of the enemies.
"Gale Slash!"
The Wind Release Chakra formed a sharp wind blade on the short sword. With the swing of the sword, the wind blade flew forward, striking the Earth Release Ninja directly.
The Earth Release Ninja sensed the abnormality behind him and was shocked. He hurriedly turned to deal with it, his arm suddenly hardening into rock to block in front of him.
Pfft!
The wind blade cut through the stone arm, leaving a deep gash from which blood flowed.
The Earth Release Ninja took the injury to block Sora's attack.
But the next second, a huge fireball suddenly engulfed him!
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
Ah!!
The Earth Release Ninja had nowhere to dodge and was hit by the fireball. His entire body burst into flames, and he rolled onto the ground, quickly going still.
After taking out one enemy, Uchiha Sora immediately aimed at the other and rushed over.
Seeing his companion taken out by a sneak attack, the man was shocked and hurriedly threw a smoke bomb, preparing to escape.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Uchiha Sora immediately created dozens of Shadow Clones, letting them charge into the smoke all at once and slash wildly.
Before long, a scream rang out. The Ninja hadn't expected Uchiha Sora to use a human-wave tactic. Before he could escape, he was slashed indiscriminately and lost an arm.
"Over here!" Immediately following, the Shadow Clones, hearing the sound, rushed toward the direction the sound came from.
Pfft, pfft, pfft!
Dozen of Shadow Clones thrust their short swords at the man.
The Ninja was turned into a pincushion.
As the Shadow Clones vanished with the smoke, Uchiha Sora couldn't help but shake his head.
Too weak!
Enemies of this level couldn't provide the training effect he needed.
At present, it seemed that at least a named Jonin like Kakashi would be needed to put pressure on him.
Without overthinking it, Uchiha Sora immediately headed in another direction.
There, Yūgao Uzuki and a Hidden Sand Chunin were facing three attackers together.
That Hidden Sand Chunin was clearly heavily injured and had almost lost the ability to fight. With only Yūgao's support, it was very difficult to resist.
Fortunately, Yūgao's swordsmanship was excellent, and her physical reflexes were fast, so she was only slightly at a disadvantage while brawling with the three enemies.
As soon as Uchiha Sora arrived, Yūgao immediately unleashed a move: Konoha Style Sword Technique: Crescent Moon Dance!
Yūgao's main body and two Shadow Clones, wielding katanas, suddenly unleashed a set of beautifully posed moves from three different directions, attacking the three Ninjas.
Seeing this, Uchiha Sora smiled faintly. His figure flashed, and he appeared behind one of the Ninjas using the Body Flicker Technique. While the Ninja was dealing with Yūgao's swordsmanship, a blade carrying a wind blade pierced through his body.
The Ninja fell to the ground, and Uchiha Sora and the Yūgao main body shared a tacit smile.
Bang! Bang!
At this moment, the other two Yūgao Shadow Clones had been countered and killed by the opponent, turning into white smoke and disappearing.
The situation immediately turned into two-on-two.
"Leave them to me." Uchiha Sora's eyes turned into a scarlet red.
The Three-Tomoe Sharingan reflected in the eyes of those two Ninjas.
"What? That's the Sharingan! Oh no! It's an elite from the Uchiha Clan!" The two enemies were clearly very wary of the Uchiha Clan. Seeing Sora's Three Tomoe, both had looks of panic and hurriedly tried to escape.
However, their reaction was still too slow.
The moment they saw Sora's Sharingan, they had already entered Sora's Genjutsu.
Binding Technique!
The two stood in place, their bodies stiff and unable to move, fear crawling all over their faces.
Genjutsu: Shiranui!
The next moment, the bodies of the two began to burn from the bottom up, like paper.
When the flames burned out, the Genjutsu finally ended.
Outside, the two fell to the ground with a thud, twitching all over.
Uchiha Sora stepped forward and ended their lives with a single sword strike each.
"As expected of you, taking them down with a single Genjutsu." Yūgao couldn't help but praise.
"Let's go support our other teammate." Uchiha Sora smiled and headed in another direction.
However, when they arrived at the place where Hawk was, he had already taken out all three enemies.
It was evident that Hawk's strength was not simple either.
After the three gathered, they searched for the place where Kakashi was fighting.
From afar, the three felt a violent aura of lightning.
"Raikiri!" When they found Kakashi, his palm was withdrawing from an enemy's chest.
His palm was still sparking with faint lightning.
Uchiha Sora's Three-Tomoe Sharingan stared at the Chakra flow in Kakashi's palm, trying to analyze the principle behind it.
Unfortunately, his Chakra nature did not include Lightning, and he was completely unfamiliar with Lightning Release. Even with the insight of the Sharingan, he couldn't learn Kakashi's Ninjutsu in such a short time.
Next to Kakashi were two corpses.
These two were the Jonin among the attackers this time.
"We need to take these corpses back to Konoha for processing." Seeing the three arrive, Kakashi said: "You are all newcomers to the Anbu. Now I will teach you how to handle corpses..."
Under Kakashi's on-site teaching, the three of Uchiha Sora quickly learned the Anbu method of handling corpses.
Taking out sealing scrolls, they sealed the corpses into the scrolls and put them away.
At this time, the rescued people from the Hidden Sand Village came to thank them. After some pleasantries, the people from the Hidden Sand Village took their leave.
The remaining four, Uchiha Sora and the others, also prepared to return to Konoha to report on the mission.
"Alright, your performance this time was very good. You completed the tasks assigned to you very well, which shows that your abilities are sufficient for Anbu missions. I hope you will continue to work hard next time!" Kakashi summarized the mission.
Suddenly, footsteps came from the side.
Accompanied by a gloomy, hoarse laugh: "Not bad, not bad. Kakashi, you have quite the leadership aura now."
"Who!?" All four were shocked, and Kakashi's expression changed as he looked at the newcomer.
The man wore loose clothing, and under his long black hair, his complexion was pale yet handsome.
A pair of snake-like eyes were filled with a dangerous aura; just being stared at by him made one feel a chill in their heart.
"You are Orochimaru!!!" Yūgao couldn't help but exclaim.
"Orochimaru, I didn't expect you to appear so soon after defecting! Aren't you afraid we'll drag you back?" Kakashi said coldly.
"Hehe, Kakashi, perhaps that line would be more appropriate coming from the other two of the Sannin. As for you, you're still a bit too green." Orochimaru mocked Kakashi mercilessly.
Clearly, Kakashi at this moment was not taken seriously by Orochimaru.
Kakashi gritted his teeth secretly. In fact, he knew this too well; saying that just now was merely to bluff!
If he were alone, he wouldn't be afraid of Orochimaru; even if he couldn't defeat him, he could still run away.
But now he was bringing three Anbu newcomers with him! Taking them and escaping would not be that simple!