Chapter 19 Battle
As soon as the seriously injured Konoha Ninja finished speaking, he closed his eyes, no one knew if he was dead or alive.
"Hey, are you okay?"
The two nearest Konoha ninjas hurried towards the seriously injured ninja.
"Wait, you two newcomers, don't just rush there !"
Tian's expression changed.
The seriously injured Konoha ninja suddenly opened his eyes, with a brutal and fierce light in his eyes, it didn't look like he was injured at all.
However, before he could move, he snorted.
The White Fang dagger that was shining white had already pierced the back of his neck, bleeding through it.
Those two ninja and Shiroshi, who was slightly older, were stunned because everything happened so quickly.
Tian let out a sigh of relief.
He also felt little annoyed in his heart, it seems that I should educate these newcomers in the future.
It doesn't matter if you have no experience, the most important thing is to have a flexible mind.
"Byakugan eyes!"
Ayane's eyes were covered with ferocious veins, and her blue-white pupils were full of solemnity.
"Is it our old friend?"
"Well, there are two new faces in the team. Judging from the strength of their Chakra, they are not simple ninjas."
Ayane reported.
"Hey, Tian, get ready!"
Sakumo yelled at Tian.
"Understood!"
Tian arranged for the ninjas in the sentry point, and took out the large wooden crossbow that was always ready, filled with a lot of kunai.
"Two o'clock direction from you!"
Ayane directly reported the enemy's location.
"put!"
Countless bitter torrential rains were launched towards the dense forest area.
"Wind Style · Vacuum Wave!"
The sound of the wind whistling, sharp as a blade, cut tragic marks on the big trees along the way, and the Kunai that flew away were also blown away in the strong wind, unable to take a step forward.
"Fire Style· Flame Formation!"
Tian put his hands together, and the flames around his feet flowed like a whirlpool, and then rushed over, immediately turning the forest that produced the wind storm into a sea of flames.
The wind assisted the fire, which immediately raised the power of Tian's fire Release to a higher level.
"It's really a familiar face."
A smile appeared on Shiroshi's face when he saw more than a dozen sand ninjas who ran out of the flames almost uninjured.
It was the Sand Hidden Army with five Jonin that they encountered more than two months ago.
However, compared to last time, there are two more new faces in the team this time, and they are likely to be special or top ninja.
"Damn brat, your smoke tactics won't work this time."
The last time Shiroshi used smoke bombs to assist Rui and Ayane in the battle, it caused the Sand Hidden Army to suffer a lot. It is not an easy task to fight against the Sharingan and the Byakugan in an unfavorable environment.
No nonsense, just start fighting.
Sakumo undoubtedly found the leader's, a man and a woman Sunagakure Jonin. The two of them are the son and daughter-in-law of the elder Chiyo, the counselor of Sunagakure, and they are also one of the best masters in the puppet army. Except for Sakumo, there was no one present who could block them both.
Although after the last battle, the opposing team lost a few Chunin, but this time they added two new ones. One of them used a powerful wind Release to blow away all the kunai that had been fired from the crossbow before.
At the sentry point, there are a total of nearly twenty Konoha ninjas, about half of them are genin, most of the rest are chunin, and only Tian is a jonin.
In terms of numbers, Konoha has the advantage.
However, in terms of comprehensive strength, it is obvious that Sunagakure
is superior.
Shiroshi took out his ninja sword and stepped forward to fight. These days, he learned swordsmanship from Sakumo, which can be regarded as a little success.
Rui rushed forward first attacking the Jonin who knew how to use earth Release ninjutsu.
The jonin picked up his kunai to block Rui's own, and the collision made a fierce and piercing sound.
"I have a lot of strength, but I'm not stupid enough to compete with you in taijutsu skills!"
The earth Release ninja stepped back easily, with a sneer on his face, and then he formed a mudra with his hands, and was about to press his palms towards the ground, when suddenly a powerful binding force appeared on his body, and the scene in front of him began to distort. In front of him, there were two huge Sharingans spinning, staring at him with a dark aura.
He immediately realized that he had fallen into the illusion of the Sharingan.
However, he has already avoided Rui's sight, so it shouldn't be possible for him to be under an illusion, right?
The kunai ran across his body, leaving a hideous gash on his chest, with blood gurgling.
The Earth ninja clutched his chest in pain, and escaped Rui's assassination just in the nick of time.
"Wosh!"
Seeing that the Earth ninja was controlled by Rui's illusion at the first meeting, the sand hidden ninja next to him couldn't sit still.
Rui wanted to avoid being surrounded, so she turned around and retreated.
"Sure enough, I'm not very good at tricks like illusion, so he broke free so quickly..."
Seeing that the earth Release ninja had returned to normal, Rui let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, that's still a Jonin, okay?"
Both Shiroshi and Ayane felt ashamed.
If the so-called not good is at this level, they really can't imagine how terrifying it would be to fight a ninja who is good at genjutsu in the Uchiha clan.
"Pay attention, that little girl is a little different from two months ago. Her genjutsu is very weird and completely unpredictable."
There was a solemn look in the eyes of the Earth ninja, and he suspected that Rui's illusion was not released through the Sharingan.
"I know it, anyway, avoid direct contact with her..."
boom!
Shiroshi over there has already taken out a smoke bomb and exploded it.
Because there are only him, Rui, and Ayane around, and the rest of the Konoha ninjas are fighting in other places, which will not affect them.
"I already said, this kind of trick is useless against us!"
Among the sand hidden ninjas staying here, there are those who are good at using wind Release ninjutsu.
"Wind Release · Vacuum Wave!"
"Fire Style Fireball!"
The storm and the fireball collided together, creating a huge flame storm that lasted for a long time, blurring the surrounding vision even more.
"Damn it! Get Back!"
He doesn't love fighting at all, and directly breaks away from this narrow field of vision battlefield.
"At eleven o'clock."
The sand hidden ninja in charge of perception gave the direction.
The earth ninja shouted loudly: "Earth Style Earthquake core!"
The land ahead suddenly sank.
All three of them used Kunai to fix themselves on the wall, hanging themselves so as not to fall.
"Hey, that guy is indeed a ninja from Iwagakure, the situation is a little bit bad."
Shiroshi felt more and more that the ninja who used the earth ninjutsu was from Iwagakure who got mixed into Sunagakure.
In other words, the two villages are likely to have colluded secretly.
"It's too long-winded, whether it's Sunagakure or Iwagakure, just kill it directly!"
These are Rui's words. For such a ninja who can easily change the terrain, if they can't kill him immediately, it will be very troublesome.
The three of them ran on the straight rock wall and rushed to the land above. The surrounding trees collapsed and smoke billowed.
Almost half of the outpost got damaged.
-the other side.
"Your end is here, Konoha White Fang!"
The male puppeteer manipulated the puppet and released such a confident declaration.
The female puppeteer next to him didn't say a word, and stared at Sakumo's every move with cold eyes.
"It's best not to talk too much about this kind of thing."
Sakumo disappeared from the spot, followed by two puppets manipulated by two puppet masters.
Blocked Sakumo's white-fanged dagger that was shining white.
"Did you think the same trick will work on us? Naive!"
The two puppets separated left and right again, and a pitch-black chain protruded from the opposite sleeves of the puppets. The difference from last time was that this was the chain used by the two puppets.
The puppet circled and danced around Sakumo's body in the air.
On the chain, there are also serrated blades, which keep making creaking noises.
If it is entangled, one will definitely be torn to pieces by the saw teeth.
As for Sakumo, who was blocked from the attack in mid-air, in their eyes, he no longer had any point of leverage to use his strength to avoid the attack.
There is no doubt that he must die.
"What?"
The male puppet master was startled suddenly,Surrounded by two puppets, Sakumo suddenly disappeared mysteriously from the middle.
"How is this possible?"
Without a point of leverage, it would be impossible to perform even the Instantaneous Body Technique.
Is it space-time ninjutsu?
The male puppet master was shocked by this.
It was precisely because he saw through Sakumo's weakness that the male puppet master was confident that he could kill Sakumo in such a situation of powerlessness.
There was a slight sound of the wind being cut in the ear.
For a moment, the male puppet master seemed to understand something.
Then what awaited him was a more serious injury than last time, with blood spattering out.
The female puppet master also panicked, and quickly pulled the puppet back.
The sword light flashed.
The puppet was cut flat from the middle.
"Ah!"
One of the female puppeteer's arms was cut off.
A large amount of blood spurted out, and her face was pale.
Sakumo's face was cold and murderous.
Suddenly, a sand hidden ninja rushed from the left, with a sharp wind blade in his hand.
Sakumo can kill the puppet master's at this time, but he will also be severely injured later.
Almost without thinking, his body turned away, and he grabbed the arm of the attacking sand hidden ninja with one hand, letting his wind blade hit the air.
Immediately afterwards, the White Fang dagger in the other hand swung, piercing Sand ninja's neck from the left side.
The opponent's body swayed twice, and fell to the ground powerlessly.
And over there, the male and female puppet master disappeared.
"It's not that easy to leave."
Both of them were seriously injured now, and the male puppet master was already unconscious, so it was the best time to pursue them.
Sakumo's eyes were cold.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
Using more than a dozen small fireballs as cover, Rui covered them and attacked at the same time.
Behind her, of course, were Shiroshi and Ayane. Among the comprehensive strength of the three, Rui was undoubtedly the most suitable to charge forward.
Because there are Wind style ninjas among the enemies this time, the effect of the smoke bomb is not very great, at most it causes some disturbance, and then is blown away by wind ninjutsu.
Even if you want to create a smoke that cannot be easily blown away by Wind, you still need time and materials, and then you have to go through an extremely complicated blending project.
Fortunately, the Jonin who was good at earth Release was accidentally disturbed by Rui's illusion at the very beginning, and suffered serious injuries.
That is to say, only two of the Sand Hidden troops who surrounded them were Jonin, the rest are chunin.
In this way, the situation should be much better than last time.
Dozens of small fireballs fell, which naturally caused a little confusion. The trees burned, and black smoke with a burnt smell rose up.
To avoid being controlled by Rui's weird illusion, the sand hidden ninja should try to avoid it as much as possible.
But Rui's body-flicker technique is very fast, as long as the Jonin who is being targeted by her wants to get out of her sight, it is not a simple matter.
Therefore, without investigating the medium through which Rui's illusion is triggered, the main tactics are feints.
Whether it is the team of three or these sand hidden ninjas, they all know that the outcome of this battle will not be decided on their side.
It's about the battle on Na Sakumo's side.
The victory or defeat over there will determine the final direction of this battle.
All they can do here is try to delay the time as much as possible.
What Shiroshi fought was a Chunin. It seems that his moves should be mainly physical skills, and his speed and strength are a bit stronger than the average Chunin. Using the sword technique he learned from Sakumo, Shiroshi only Can barely support in front of him.
And the other party seemed to be a little relieved because he had found a comparable opponent.
If possible, he really didn't want to fight a ninja with Sharingan and Byakugan Eyes, especially the innocent-looking girl with the Byakugan.
When a companion attacked her last time, he was directly pierced through the heart by two fingers, killing him with one blow.
It is completely different from the gentle fist mentioned in the textbook. Although there is a shadow of the gentle fist in it, it is more of a personal characteristic. If you get hit, you will die.
And when fighting with Sharingan, you have to take into account the other party's elusive illusion, even if you are not careful, you will be tricked. For him, a Chunin, this is really too difficult.
"You can persist in my hands for such a long time, your strength is not bad?"
The other party's self-conscious attitude seems to be the type that tends to inflate self-confidence when encountering enemies weaker than oneself.
"But... you'll die here since you meet me!"
His speed increased suddenly, he circled behind Shiroshi, and locked his neck with his arms, making it difficult for him to breathe.
"How?"
boom!
Shiroshi turned into a piece of wood with a burning detonating talisman attached to it.
The Sand ninja shrank his pupils and hurriedly dodged backwards.
Boom!
He was blown away by the shock wave from the explosion, and stopped after hitting a big tree, blood was smeared on the corner of his mouth.
Standing on the branch of another big tree, Shiroshi said with a smile, "It's amazing. You even escaped the explosion of the detonating talisman. That's quite a rare skill."
"Damn brat! How dare you—"
It seemed that Shiroshi's little trick made him angry from embarrassment,the ninja gathered chakra on the bottom of his feet desperately, and rushed to the big tree at high speed,
He planned to make Shiroshi suffer too.
"Unfortunately, it's over..."
Shiroshi had just finished speaking.
The sand hidden ninja's fist was only a few inches away from his face, and the white sword light extended from Shiroshi's back to the front like lightning.
The sand hidden ninja had a flat cut on his neck, lost his self-awareness almost instantly, and fell from mid-air.
"It seems that it has been resolved over there, Mr. Sakumo."
"It seems that I don't need to worry about it here."
Sakumo nodded, and was also very satisfied with the performance of Shiroshi and the other two.
As long as you polish them well, they will follow in his footsteps sooner or later.
After all, the three are only twelve years old, and the future can be expected.
The Sand ninja who was fighting Rui and Ayane knew something was wrong the moment Sakumo appeared.
At the same time, he was secretly scolding the male and female puppet masters, saying that this time they had a chance to win, but they failed faster than last time, and only a few minutes passed.
They suddenly lost the mentality of fighting.
"Earth Style Stone Wall!"
The Earth ninja did not hesitate to gather chakra with both hands, and performed a wide range of Earth Ninjutsu.
Rumble!
A solid stone wall like a tall city wall was erected, and the ground was trembling because of its wide range.
Rui and Ayane climbed to the top of the huge stone wall, and what they saw was an empty land.
Sakumoo and Shiroshi came to their side one after another.
"Ayane is with me, let's move!"
"yes!"
Even with a brief signal, the three of them knew Sakumo's plan.
What Sakumo was going to pursue was undoubtedly the most troublesome enemy. At this time, he needed the assistance of Ayane's eyes.
Find traces of the man and woman puppet masters, and get rid of them both.
From now on, it is time for Konoha to counterattack the Sunagakure and hunt the Sand ninjas who fled.
So Sakumo and Ayane, Shiroshi and Rui started to search around.
After a while, Shiroshi and Rui ran into the disheveled Tian, followed by a dozen or so Konoha ninjas, who were more or less injured, but not very serious.
The one who confronted Tian before was also a Jonin, and there were several Chunin.
For a while, neither side could do anything to the other, but after the defeat of the male and female puppet masters, the Sand Hidden Army suddenly lost its backbone and could only retreat.
"Since this is the case, I will follow up and search for it. This time, I must avenge my dead companion!"
Tian looked resentful.
He has also heard a little about this sand-hidden troop wandering in the Land of Fire. It has already attacked five or six outposts established by Konoha in the Land of Fire, killing and injuring dozens of Konoha ninjas, many of whom are alone. Many Jonin died in their hands.
If Sakumo's team hadn't happened to be here to replenish supplies this time, all the Konoha ninjas in this sentry point would probably be wiped out without a single one remaining.
Say goodbye to Tian, let him lead the rest of Konoha ninjas, go to another road to start hunting.
If you encounter a powerful enemy, mainly use the signal to launch.
Even in the event of an accident, timely support is available.
"By the way, Rui, I have a good way to lure them into the bait."
On the way of running, Shiroshi suddenly said with a smile.
"What are you thinking again?"
"After all, this is the fastest way to end the battle. It just so happens that Teacher Sakumo and Ayane are not here, so I don't have to try my best to hide my strength."
As he said that, Shiroshi suddenly accelerated his running speed, and in an instant, he separated a long distance from Rui, and disappeared from her eyes.
Rui stared at the place where Shiroshi disappeared with her sharingan eyes, without saying a word, as if acquiescing to the 'method' that the other party said.
Half an hour later, Shiroshi came to an empty and quiet forest. In front of him was a stream with clear water, and there were a few fish playing in it.
Shiroshi looked around, picked up a piece of stone with a sharp edge by the stream, stopped in front of a tree beside him, and was about to carve a mark on the tree with the stone piece.
The cold touch made goose bumps on his throat, it was a handful of kunai.
The palm holding Kunai is made of wood, and the arm stretched out from the black sleeve is also smooth and hairless, with some round joints that only dolls have.
A Puppet.
"Throw away the stone and raise your hands."
It was a cold female voice.
Shiroshi obediently threw away the stone in his hand, then raised his hands, a
trace of cold sweat naturally flowed from his face.
"Are you a medical ninja?"
"yes…"
"Come with me."
"yes…"
Shiroshi turned around, and he could see that the puppet was controlled by a beautiful woman with long brown hair, who looked no more than thirty years old, and recognized her as one of the two puppet masters of the Sand Hidden Army.
It's just that she has a lost arm now, and the wound is being bandaged, which affects her overall image.
But for a puppeteer of her level, even if she lost an arm, her strength would not drop much.
After all, the strength of the puppet master lies in the puppets.
The other party led the way unsuspectingly, and seemed to have no defense against Shiroshi. If you ignore the puppet that has been holding Kunai across Shiroshi's neck, it seems that this is true.
Now that the other party has fallen to this point, it is completely expected to be cautious.
It was a thick tree that needed to be surrounded by a dozen people, and one might still not be able to surround it, but the bottom was already hollow, revealing a dark hole, and a little light could shine in.
Shiroshi was forced to go inside, and with the help of the light from outside, he could see some conditions inside clearly.
A red-haired man was extremely weak and lay flat on the ground. There was a shocking incision on his chest. Although he was hastily wrapped with a bandage, the bandage was also stained red with blood. This kind of hemostasis could only stop the bleeding temporarily.
After a while, you will have to abandon him and run away alone.
However, Shiroshi learned from intelligence that these two puppet masters, one male and one female, are the son and daughter-in-law of a high-ranking ninja, and they are a very loving couple. Having some Suicidal thoughts.
There is also this possibility.
Ninjas are human beings too, so no matter how you suppress your emotions, it will only make them stronger in the end.
If only the benefits and losses are calculated, every human being will be a wise man who is exhaustive.
But in reality, there are often not so many wise men who are exhaustive.
Human beings are perceptual creatures that are more easily swayed by emotion than gain or loss.
The best choice for this woman is to kill her husband, dispose of her husband's body, avoid leaking information, and then leave alone as soon as possible.
But she didn't, and it just proved it.
"Save him , don't play any tricks."
The woman's words were very short, which allowed Shiroshi to understand her meaning very well.
"Understood. If I save him, can you be merciful and spare my life?"
The woman did not speak.
The Kunai, that was put on Shiroshi's neck by the puppet, almost cut off his neck.
Shiroshi shrugged helplessly.
A faint green light appeared from his right hand, he squatted down, and slowly removed the bandages on the male puppet master with his left hand. The other party was in a coma, unconsciously groaning in pain, and then Shiroshi shrouded the green light on the male puppet master's body Where the wound is, let it heal as soon as possible.
"This is an injury caused by wind attribute chakra... I need ten minutes to heal the wound."
"As his students, don't you know the secret of Sakumo's saber technique?"
The female puppet master frowned.
Shiroshi shook his head.
He only knows that Sakumo's sword skills are very powerful, but he doesn't know too much about its secrets.
Maybe the enemy knew it, but the enemies who knew the secret of Sakumo's saber technique might all be dead.
How many people in Konoha know about it, and they may also practice secrecy.
After all, it is not wise to explore the secrets of a ninja casually, and it is easy to cause discord among colleagues.
Especially for a strong Jonin like Sakumo, the secret of his sword skills may only be known in detail by the Hokage and other high-level officials.
As time passed by, the male puppet master looked much better.
Breathing also gradually stabilized.
The female puppeteer looked at Shiroshi in surprise and said, "Your medical ninjutsu is very good, no wonder you are arranged beside Konoha's White Fang."
She knew how serious her husband's injury was, but she didn't expect Shiroshi to heal it in ten minutes, even without surgery.
Then she thought that Shiroshi's leader was Sakumo, and she was relieved.
The medical ninja following Konoha's White Fang may not be outstanding in strength, but medical ninjutsu must be outstanding.
Even most of the medical ninjas in their Hidden Sand Village, including those with outstanding medical abilities, may not have the abilty of a medical ninja like Shiroshi.
Only in this way, can a Genin who is of mediocre strength be qualified to follow behind Konoha's White Fang.
Konoha is worthy of being the cradle of geniuses.
"The wound has healed, but there are still serious wounds inside the body. If I want to heal it completely, I need an operating room and some herbs."
Shiroshi stepped aside and stood obediently.
"No, that's all for now."
There was a hint of relief on the female puppet master's face.
Just as a string in her heart was slowly relaxing, the male puppeteer lying on the ground suddenly let out a scream, his lips became dark red, and he coughed violently, coughing up strange dark red blood from his mouth.
Poisoned!
The female puppet master's expression suddenly changed. At the same time as this terrifying thought flashed through her mind, the five fingers on the only remaining arm began to move, her eyes showed a terrifying murderous look, and she was about to control the puppet to kill.
Her movements are not slow, to a certain extent, her fingers are more flexible than Shiroshi, but Shiroshi was already prepared.
Signaled by the scream of the male puppeteer, blue chakra condensed on his hand, forming a blade-like shape.
Turn around and wave.
Just as the puppet was about to move, it was chopped into pieces by Shiroshi's knife. With a bang, a large number of wood chips flew in front of him.
"you!"
This kind of reaction and speed is not something that a Genin can do at all.
The female puppet master finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
All her strength is concentrated on the puppet.
Her puppet had been chopped into pieces by Sakumo's white tooth dagger before, and now she was controlling her husband's puppet, which was also broken at this moment.
Even if you want to come up with a new spare puppet, it will take time.
However, Shiroshi's speed and reflexes surprised her. Without thinking too much, when Shiroshi turned around and chopped up the puppet, she rushed out of the tree hole holding her poisoned husband who was vomiting blood.
All she can do now is run for her life.
Having just ran outside, before running a few steps, a petite figure suddenly landed in front of her.
Having scarlet eyes.
"Huh…"
The female puppeteer froze, unable to move from where she stood.
The husband rolled to the ground, coughing in pain, his lips had completely turned black.
Pooh!
The blade penetrated from the female puppet master's back to her chest, and her heart was also pierced.
The female puppet master just fell straight forward, dying with unwillingness in her eyes.
Holding the blood-stained ninja sword in his hand, Shiroshii glanced at the body of the female puppet master indifferently, then walked to the side of the male puppet master who was poisoned and unconscious, and slashed at his chest without hesitation, finishing him off.
"It's much easier than planned."
A smile appeared on Rui's face.
"Of course, the puppet master's most important combat power is on the puppet. If there is no way to target the puppet master himself, finding the enemy's gap to destroy the puppet is also a way.
If he had Sakumo's strength, he could just look for an opportunity to attack the puppet master himself. There was no need to waste time by playing such a frustrating scene.
"It seems that our luck is better here, and the credit for these two guys is given to you."
Shioshi generously put the credit on Rui, and he just needs to keep hiding behind the scenes.
Rui nodded, accepting the credit frankly.
"By the way, I forgot to mention that the yamanka clan is good at obtaining information from corpses. The premise is to ensure the integrity of the brain. Remember to do it cleanly and don't leave any clues."
Rui suddenly remembered something and said.
"Got it. It's really troublesome, and I'm going to waste my medicine again, making it look like I'm doing something bad."
Shiroshi complained casually, found two syringes filled with lavender liquid from the ninja bag, and walked towards the two corpses on the ground.
"Don't complain, this time we happened to catch such a big fish, the village will definitely reward us handsomely."
Rui took a syringe from Shiroshi's hand, pierced it towards the neck of the female puppet master's corpse, and injected the liquid into it.
Immediately afterwards, I saw the meridians on the surface of the female puppet master's corpse protruding, as if trying to break the surface of the skin.
Such a hideous phenomenon lasted less than three seconds, and the corpse returned to its previous normal appearance, as if nothing had happened.
"I heard that Hokage-sama has a sealed book that records all kinds of powerful mysteries and forbidden techniques..."
"Don't even think about that kind of thing. The Senju clan would not be so generous to irrelevant people. If it were the time of the first Hokage, there might still be such a possibility."
Rui's ability to splash cold water is still very good.
After dealing with the traces, Shiroshi and Rui returned to the sentry point with the two corpses.
(Chapter End)