Clones

Countless crows assaulted his enemy. The large man cried out, surrounded
by a crowd of beaks so dense, there was no opening for him to flee.

Itachi’s enemy had been neatly caught by his Shadow Clone technique.
“Now!” Itachi shouted from the trees above, far from the flock of crows.

Looking down, he could see the enemy shrieking, and Tenma on the ground
below him, too stunned to even get to his feet. Yuki and Shinko were also
there, surrounding them.

“Here we go, Shinko!”
“All right!”

The pair sprang toward the enemy, and the crows flew up into the air and
disappeared into the woods.

“Aaaaah!” the man cried out in agony, and collapsed.
Carefully watching over the particulars of the situation, Itachi quietly leapt
down from his branch.

“Nice call there, Itachi,” Yuki said, clapping. Tenma stared, annoyed, as he
pulled himself up off the ground. Shinko didn’t pay the boys any attention,
but instead went to check on the dead enemy.

It had been discovered that one of the vegetable peddlers who came and
went from Konohagakure was a spy for Iwagakure.
Itachi’s Team Two had been given the order to dispose of him, and so they had left the village to find him.

Normally, it was the Anbu’s job to eliminate intelligence agents from
enemy nations. But the Anbu were all currently busy with a certain urgent
mission; not one member remained in the village.

Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light Chapter 2 Part 2