Chapter 108: Cavern Collapse
Yoru was experiencing a revolution in his tactical system.
With Jonin-level Chakra Amount, he could take the Ninjutsu route.
“Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu!”
A water wall blocked three Sand Ninja.
The ground was full of rainwater, so Water Style consumed very little Chakra.
“Earth Release: Earth Spear!”
The three Sand Ninja were forced back by the Water Wall Jutsu and jumped backward.
However, while still in mid-air, several Earth Spears appeared, piercing through the lower backs of the three Sand Ninja.
Two Sand Ninja, one on the left and one on the right, seized the gap in the Ninjutsu and charged toward Yoru.
Kunai coated with blackish-purple poison shot toward Yoru.
“Earth Release: Earth Clone!”
The poisoned kunai only struck a puddle of soft mud.
From underground, Yoru used Earth Style: Fish in Water Reflection Jutsu to stealthily move and emerged from elsewhere.
One attack, one defense, one clone, one stealth—Yoru alternated between the four Ninjutsu, continuously harvesting the lives of Sand Ninja.
The other members of the squad received support from the Squad Leader and fought even harder.
Parasitic Insects, kunai, exploding tags—various attacks fiercely assaulted the Sand Ninja.
The battlefield changed due to the overwhelming advantage of Fox Squad, with Sand Ninja retreating step by step.
Mache only felt his vision on one side clear up—a Sand Ninja Battalion had actually been defeated.
He turned his head and saw it was that Anbu Squad Leader who hadn’t been instantly killed earlier.
This was the headache-inducing part of Konoha: vast resources, always producing some genius figures.
Logically, with his strength, one Wind Release could kill three Leaf Squad Leaders. This Fox Squad Leader was unexpectedly strong and had actually killed a Sand Ninja Captain.
Kiiroinu Captain shouted: “Well done! Fox! Go support Yak Squad!”
Although Kiiroinu couldn’t beat Mache, Mache couldn’t take down Kiiroinu in a short time either.
Yoru looked toward Ji Gang Mountain Range, where rumbling sounds came from.
“Flower Deer Squad, stay behind to block the remnants of the Sand Ninja Battalion! Purple Cat and Aries Squad, come with me!”
Leaving one squad to block the few remaining Sand Ninja, Yoru led the others rushing toward the foot of the mountain range.
At the foot of the mountain range, Yak Squad was fighting the Sand Ninja guarding the cave entrance while sabotaging the cave.
Yak stood horizontally on the cliff wall, continuously releasing Ninjutsu.
“Earth Release: Crushing Palm!”
Each release of Ninjutsu caused a large swath of stones to fall into the cave entrance.
If the upper mountain body could be completely collapsed, the rolling stones hundreds of meters high would certainly fill the cave.
Besides Yak, two Squad Leaders were also using Earth Release to sabotage the mountain stones.
Yoru didn’t know Crushing Palm, so he charged toward the Sand Ninja to deal with those here.
Not long after, Yoru saw another Sand Ninja Battalion that had broken through Hippopotamus Squad’s blockade and was rushing toward the cave entrance.
He called over Hanashika and whispered something in Hanashika’s ear.
After Hanashika nodded, Hanashika vanished with Body Flicker Technique.
Yoru had to go intercept the other Sand Ninja Battalion first.
After fighting for a few minutes, Yoru shouted to Purple Cat: “Fire the signal flare!”
A red signal flare flew into the night sky, illuminating the towering stone wall.
Soon, signal flares began lighting up one after another in the distance.
Yoru shouted loudly: “Hold on! Our reinforcements are coming!”
Mache and the Sand Ninja Captain also saw the two signal flares in the distance.
A large number of nearby Leaf Ninja saw the distress signal flare and were rushing here.
Mache decisively issued the retreat order.
After a massive Wind Slash forced Kiiroinu back, he led the remaining Sand Ninja up the stone wall toward the mountain peak.
Mission failure.
Mache thought that the Leaf Ninja could at most destroy this cave closest to the Land of Rain.
Once they freed up hands and mobilized more Earth Release Ninja, this cave passage could be fully reopened.
After reaching the mountain peak, the rain lessened considerably.
After crossing half of Ji Gang Mountain Range, the rain stopped completely.
When they reached the south side of Ji Gang Mountain Range, the dry hot wind irritated Mache.
Jumping down Ji Gang Mountain Range, Mache saw the Sand Ninja waiting on the south side of the mountain range.
The leader was Hidden Sand Village Advisor Ebizo.
Mache hurriedly reported to Ebizo:
“Lord Advisor, the sneak attack failed. Hidden Rain Village didn’t notice, but Konoha’s Anbu mysteriously appeared.”
Disappointment appeared on Ebizo’s face.
This cave passage was the hope of the Land of Wind, able to bring the most precious freshwater to the Land of Wind.
Ebizo had thought that an oasis would appear on the north side of the Land of Wind. Ebizo said:
“Young people of Hidden Sand Village, don’t worry. The war between Konoha, Hidden Rain Village, and Hidden Stone Village hasn’t ended yet.
After I return to the village, I will persuade Lord Kazekage to declare war on Konoha.
With our Puppet Technique and Wind Release, we can certainly strike down Konoha while it’s weak. Even if Konoha has twenty thousand Ninja, it can’t fight on four fronts.
Once we crush Konoha, there will be no more obstacles, and we can safely divert water into the Land of Wind.”
On the north side of Ji Gang Mountain Range.
Kiiroinu Captain and Yoru together watched Yak Squad sabotage the cave.
Hippopotamus Squad Leader had just died in battle, killed by the Sand Ninja Captain.
That Sand Ninja Captain was very strong.
Facing the collapse of an entire squad, Kiiroinu didn’t care at all. He turned to Yoru and said:
“Fox, you did well. Not only did you defeat a Sand Ninja Captain head-on, but you also used a signal flare to fake reinforcements and scare off Mache.
Plus, you were the first to discover the Sand Ninja’s movements. In the mission report, I’ll give you the primary credit for this action.”
Yoru had killed the Sand Ninja Captain using an ability that couldn’t be seen by others, the Karma Seal of Retribution.
He wanted more authority, more abilities that could see the light of day, so he asked:
“Kiiroinu Captain, what are the conditions for Anbu Ninja to be promoted to Special Jonin?
Captain, based on my strength and mission record, is it enough to become a Special Jonin?”
“Enough, of course enough.” Kiiroinu Captain liked capable subordinates, not ones who died every few days, forcing the squad to rebuild.
Last time in front of the Third Hokage, the Third Hokage had said he should cultivate some reliable confidants as talent reserves for taking over as Anbu Minister in the future.
Kiiroinu said:
“After we get back, I’ll take you to see Hokage. The conferral of Special Jonin is personally assessed by Hokage.
With your mission record, Hokage won’t be stingy.”
“Thank you for Kiiroinu Captain’s promotion and Hokage’s trust.”
Kiiroinu was very satisfied.
After Yak Squad busied for four hours, they finally collapsed the mountain body, with rubble filling the cave.
Kiiroinu said:
“Let’s go. We’ll head to Hidden Rain Village as quickly as possible to secretly contact Hanzo’s people. Having sabotaged the Sand Ninja’s conspiracy, we’ve shown our sincerity. I don’t know if Hanzo is willing to ceasefire with Konoha.”
It was already early morning when they returned to Di Gu Town. Yoru saw Xiao Lan from afar, untying the River Patrol Uncle.
Xiao Lan didn’t know what had happened and was anxiously crying while tugging at the rope knot, but couldn’t untie it no matter what.
A kunai suddenly flew over, embedding into the ground at Xiao Lan’s feet.
Xiao Lan looked around in terror, then boldly picked up the sharp kunai and cut the rope.
For the first time, Yoru felt that his system was somewhat useful.
The fates of some people had changed because of Moon Arc.
Having crossed over and played the villain for over a year, he was still a bit unaccustomed to occasionally having a conscience and doing a good thing.
Young man, still a bit impulsive.
