Chapter 45: Risky plan

After seeing the only possible flaw in the formation, we started coming up with different plans, but before that, we needed to understand what each of us was better at so Shisui went first by saying " I am very good at shuriken Jutsu Ninjutsu and Genjutsu but my specialty is close combat while using the body flicker Jutsu" Of course this is only true when his Mangekyo Sharingan isn't considered.

Next Itachi said "I am good at Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu and specialize in Shiruken Jutsu".

I went last and said "I am good at Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Shiruken Jutsu, but my specialty is stealth and Taijutsu". Indeed with my enhanced senses and reaction speed, I am built perfectly for these two, especially stealth when we add in the Map function from the system.

"Now that we know each other's main strengths, do you have any ideas on how to do this without leaving any traces or evidence of our action?" asked Shisui.

Itachi shook his head "It's hard enough to infiltrate them and it's even harder to do it without leaving a trace but even if we can do this, we might still be found out by the spy underground, I think we should sacrifice one of the conditions to do it safely".

Shisui nodded at him but I shook my head "Shisui, how long does it take for your ability to take effect when you make eye contact with someone?"

Shisui thought about it before he responded because he never tested the lower activation limit of Kotoamatsukami because that's just asking to be blind "The least duration I had was when I faced that guy Mukai and I had eye contact with him for literally an instant and it worked fine".

I frowned a little making them feel concerned that enemies might be near but I was only thinking that what I came up with might be risky but I still decided to go with it in the end " I have a plan, a very risky plan but it's the only thing I can think about".

Shisui smiled and said "We are ninja, facing risks is just part of our lives please tell us what you came up with", Itachi too looked attentive at this wanting to hear the plan.

'Yea STFU, you are the last person I want to hear that from' I thought before I started explaining my plan to them "my plan is this ...."

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The clans were moving through the forest like a huge caravan, after all not everyone was a ninja and can travel a long distance on foot, the elders of each clan were enjoying their ride while looking out of the windows from time to time unbothered by the sacrifices they were willing to make for their 'glorious' mission.

Two old people, in particular, were having a talk inside their luxurious horse-drawn carriage "Do you think the masked man will keep his words and bring strong allies to help us deal with the Uchiha?" Asked Koharu.

"He already went this far to deal with them, I don't think he's joking around. Don't worry we will find out when we reach the land of rain" responded Homura while enjoying some tea and looking at the scenery outside.

These two didn't notice two things, first, they didn't notice how heartless they are for sacrificing their people while they are enjoying tea and not feeling any regret, and the second thing was the two normal-looking birds hovering high in the air and observing their caravan.

Of course, these two birds are the unique Uchiha summons, the dark crows and currently, they were transformed to look like normal birds to not arouse suspicion.

These two crows belonged to Itachi and Shisui and were summoned by them to keep a better eye on the situation so that each of them can fulfill his own purpose of the plan. As for their bodies, they were both outside the range of the formation not needed to take action for now.

But this time I wasn't with them, and Itachi is wearing an earring in his left ear and seemed to be muttering something, and if someone could see the ground around them they would find many shining objects all around them...

Meanwhile, I was doing my best to avoid people's eyesight and infiltrate the formation which got harder the deeper I got, because when you get closer to the center of the formation which is the moving caravan. The level of ninja will keep on rising, from academy student to Genin to Chunin and in the end even some Jonin.

And this is without considering the lurking Zetsu, so I had to push my focus beyond its limits and use it with my map at the same time to detect people and then use even more focus on my stealth skill to stop any of my chakra from leaking outside my body and not cause any sound or disturbance in the area around me.

During all this I had to follow Itachi's instructions and plant objects in specific locations, this was his job; to guide me.

After I got closer to the area protected by the Chunin I finally made a mistake, I didn't calculate the position of the sun correctly so one of the Chunin happened to see a small part of my shadow which I quickly noticed and hid.

It all happened in an instant and he quickly got vigilant and raised his head to confirm something and noticed that a bird was flying past their camp and it left a shadow on the ground which caused that Chunin to lower his guard again while thinking 'Thank god it's just a bird' he thought.

While I thought differently 'Good job Shisui', indeed that bird was Shisui's summon! His job currently was to help me cover for any flaw I show and he did it perfectly.

After this, I became more careful and I heard Itachi say "I calculated to the best of my ability now all that's left is to see if our luck is good, retreat quickly so that Shisui can focus on his job"

And just like that, I planted the final small object on the side of the road where the caravans will pass before I started retreating with the help of both Shisui and Itachi.

The moment I arrived beside them I directly collapsed down exhausted not physically but mentally and Itachi too was the same but we still have to fulfill another part of the plan.

Slowly the caravan moved along the path where we planted the objects and Shisui unsummoned his crow and waited for the right time as his eyes turned into his Mangekyo Sharingan.

The right time soon came as the carriage containing both Koharu and Homura was about to pass to the left of the last object I planted while they were simply having a conversation together but soon something changed.

The moment they reached that point; from up in the sky a bird dived down coincidentally aiming at a snake in the ground just beside the object I planted.

Koharu and Homura couldn't help but look at this scene in surprise but it was then that Homura inadvertently looked at a small shining object inside the mouth of the snake that was just grabbed by the bird.

A mirror that wasn't reflecting the bright light of the sun, but a bloody crimson light instead...

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AN: how many ninjas do you think each of the hidden villages has?

Here's a Tip, During the alliance against Madara, the five hidden villages had a collective of 80000 forces. However, they were made by a combination of ninjas and samurais.