The scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan connected with the Nameless Village Chief's gaze the moment he lifted his head.

The Nameless Village Chief's face flickered with a hint of confusion, and he immediately took a step back, watching Ruri with a wary look.

Ruri was equally surprised as she glanced at the Nameless Village Chief, her Sharingan Illusion Technique had been dispelled.

And it was dispelled from the front.

This was the first time something like this had happened.

"Red eyes... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before... Was that an Illusion just now?"

The Nameless Village Chief showed a trace of reminiscence upon seeing Ruri's Sharingan.

It seemed as though he'd fought a ninja with such eyes in the past, and the memories of those battles were quite vivid.

The Nameless Village Chief's words felt rather strange, but Ruri didn't mind them. She unclasped her hands from in front of her and asked him with interest: 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"State your name. Someone like you can't possibly be unknown."

Even at such an age, being able to instantly dispel her Sharingan Illusion must mean he was once a famous and powerful ninja in his past.

"Name? Just call me Nameless."

The Nameless Village Chief replied in this way.

He didn't show any signs of anger.

"Nameless? Is that your name now? Abandoning the past, living a false life here... you are quite interesting."

"This is not a false life, building a peaceful and happy haven is my lifelong dream. Outside is too terrifying; wars always break out. Dead, all dead, so many people have died..."

At this point, the Nameless Village Chief trembled, an unprecedented look of fear appeared on his face, as if recalling something incredibly painful from his past.

"Is that so? I'm not interested in digging into your past, where are the Blood Mist Faction members?"

Ruri asked.

"Blood Mist Faction? Are you talking about the ninja who came to me for refuge a while ago?"

"Yes. Hand them over."

Ruri stated her intention directly.

"No, they are now a part of the Valley of Hypocrisy. I am the village chief here, and I won't allow someone like you to harm the villagers. Moreover, since you've come in, don't think about leaving, become a part of the Valley of Hypocrisy."

The Nameless Village Chief said with vigor, carrying a hint of coercion.

"It seems like you're not the communicating type. Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy a peaceful retirement?"

Ruri sighed softly.

After sighing, Ruri's figure flickered from the spot and immediately appeared in front of the Nameless Village Chief, wielding the Flame Circle Fan from her back towards him.

The Flame Circle Fan swiped through the Nameless Village Chief's body.

The opponent's body turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared from Ruri's sight.

Illusion?

Ruri's eyes narrowed.

Despite possessing the Sharingan, she was caught in the enemy's Illusion.

"Release!"

Performing a one-handed seal, she used a Jutsu to dispel the Illusion technique cast by the Nameless Village Chief.

The Nameless Village Chief stood in another corner of the room, looking at Ruri with the same surprised gaze.

"You actually dispelled my Illusion?"

"Your Illusion is very strong. If I didn't have the Sharingan, I might not have been able to break it."

Moreover, even with the Sharingan, a regular Three-Tomoe Sharingan might not forcibly dispel it.

This old man's Illusion Technique was very strong.

And it had no pattern to follow.

"Sharingan? That name sounds so familiar. Seems like I've fought ninjas with the same eyes in the past..."

The Nameless Village Chief did not continue to attack, instead, he appeared to be recalling something.

Memories far too old, which made it hard for him to remember for a while.

Ruri seriously looked at the Nameless Village Chief; the man was very old, probably around his seventies.

She didn't think he was lying. Considering his age and the level of his Illusion Technique skills, it was quite normal for him to have battled Uchiha ninjas in the past.

But his actions were too strange.

Is this the price of forgetting the past?

It's truly pitiful.

So pitiful that Ruri wished to end his suffering, to give him a quick relief.

Thus, she quickly performed seals, and Chakra began to gather in her mouth.

"Fire Style: Great Fire Extinguishing!"

The flames immediately erupted within the wooden house.

A torrent of flames that could devastate the earth burned the house down in an instant, spreading to other parts of the cave.

The roar of explosions immediately woke up the villagers resting in their houses, who looked out through their windows.

The flames were rampaging through the cave with an increasingly fierce tendency.

Someone was fighting.

The silhouette running through the sea of fire was their deeply beloved and respected village chief—Nameless.

Nameless Village Chief stared at the fire in front of him, his cloudy eyes blazing, the scorching air inhaled made his throat dry.

"Since you're not cooperating, I can only beat you half to death and cast an Illusion on you."

Ruri's figure flashed in the sea of fire, surrounded by flames, her long black hair flying wildly, her body burst with even stronger Chakra, causing the black hair to flutter even more chaotically.

A blood-red Chakra condensed on her body, transforming into a massive blood-red samurai, only the upper body, but overwhelmingly immense.

The giant blood-red arm swung in the air, the flames automatically parted to the sides, displaying an unmatched aura, gripping a blood-colored giant sword in hand.

In the astonished eyes of the villagers, she mercilessly swung it down towards the Nameless Village Chief.

The ground shattered directly.

The electric facilities within the giant cave were also affected.

All the road lights went out, leaving only the light of the flames to illuminate the place.

The temperature continued to rise, and many had already started panicking and fled deeper into the cave.