Chapter 107: The Only Ninjutsu I’m Proficient In
Yoru arrived at the north bank of the Jishui River, following the code to find the Kiiroinu Captain.
“Captain, I captured a Sand Ninja in Di Gu Town and obtained Sand Ninja intelligence.”
The Kiiroinu Captain was delighted in his heart: “Fox, you’re still the capable one.”
Purple Cat was very annoyed beside him.
She was supposed to extract the intelligence, but because the captain was too capable, she slept so soundly, and everything was handled by the captain.
Purple Cat suddenly remembered that it was precisely because the captain was too capable that she slept so soundly.
Yoru said:
“Captain, the Sand Ninja are led by Elite Jonin Mache.
Mache discovered several caves in the Ji Gang Mountain Range, and they connected the caves to each other, piercing through the Ji Gang Mountain Range.
The Sand Ninja plan to blow up the river embankment north of Di Gu Town, divert water into the caves, and finally surge out from the south side of the Ji Gang Mountain Range, creating green land on the Gobi Desert on the south side of the Ji Gang Mountain Range.
The Sand Ninja plan to act tomorrow morning.”
Seeing the signal from the Fox Squad Leader, Purple Cat opened the waterproof map for the captain.
Kiiroinu looked at the map and said:
“The Jishui River is not only a great river in the Land of Rain but also an important river in the western Land of Rivers, flowing through Kyoto, Land of Rivers.
If the Jishui River is cut off here by Hidden Sand Village, Kyoto, Land of Rivers will be greatly affected.
Whether to weaken the Land of Wind or to protect the Kyoto of the Land of Rivers, a vassal of the Land of Fire, we cannot stand by.
If the Land of Wind becomes prosperous, Hidden Sand Village’s income increases, which is disadvantageous to us Konoha.
The Land of Rivers is one of the important mission sources for Konoha Village.
Even without Hanzo’s request, we must sabotage Hidden Sand Village’s plan.
Fox, assemble the Hippopotamus Squad and Yak Squad to frustrate Hidden Sand Village’s plan tomorrow!”
After assembling the three squads, the Kiiroinu Battalion crossed the river overnight.
Sensor ninjas detected Sand Ninja.
“There’s a Sand Ninja squad near the small house by the river embankment!”
Yoru looked over; it was the remote small house where the River Patrol Uncle lived.
The River Patrol Uncle was controlled, so there was no warning.
Yoru and the two Yak Squad Leaders took action, silently killing four Sand Ninja.
The corpse of the Sand Ninja Squad Leader was brought to Kiiroinu, and Kiiroinu had Purple Cat extract the intelligence.
In addition to the intelligence Yoru had previously reported, Purple Cat also said that Mache had brought a total of 2 Sand Ninja Battalions of Earth Release ninjas.
“2 battalions…” Kiiroinu said:
“Good thing it’s not unbeatable. Fire Release counters Wind Release; I’ll hold off Mache in a bit.
Fox Squad, Hippopotamus Squad, you each hold off one Sand Ninja Battalion.
The Yak Squad has the most Earth Release ninjas; the Yak Squad is responsible for sabotaging the caves, burying the caves to prevent water flow.
Once the caves collapse, each squad will cover the retreat in sequence and withdraw in an orderly manner.”
Yoru thought to himself, the Kiiroinu Captain really doesn’t care about his subordinates’ lives.
One squad holding off one battalion—won’t his squad suffer massive casualties again?
And that last sentence about covering the retreat in sequence and withdrawing orderly—it makes one’s throat itch just hearing it, feeling like death is imminent.
Covering the retreat is the most dangerous of all missions, without question.
Saying it’s a nine-deaths-one-life situation is even a bit conservative.
The Kiiroinu Battalion continued forward, bypassing the tranquil Di Gu Town.
Yoru looked at Di Gu Town, thinking to himself that this time, you won’t die so miserably; you shouldn’t die so miserably.
The battalion soon discovered Sand Ninja digging canals with Earth Release.
There was one Sand Ninja Battalion on each side of the canal.
Yoru took the lead, channeling nearly all his chakra, forming hand seals and slamming his hands on the ground, using Earth Release: Earth Spear.
In front of Yoru, in an area over fifty meters long and nearly five meters wide, dense earth spears suddenly erupted, like giant thorns.
Nearly ten Sand Ninja failed to dodge and died in this technique.
Mache on the side saw the Fox Anbu and angrily unleashed Wind Slash.
However, Yoru seemed to have anticipated Mache’s attack, leaping mid-air with his head down, waist up, legs kicking back, perfectly dodging three wind blades.
Fortunately, in his previous life he had obtained quite a bit of intelligence on Mache; otherwise, these three wind blades would have been enough to trouble him.
Kiiroinu saw the scale of Fox’s ninjutsu and marveled inwardly: Fox’s strength could be called Jonin without issue.
He hadn’t expected Fox’s growth to be so fast.
“Mache! Your opponent is me!”
A massive Flame Bullet lit up the rainy night, charging toward Mache.
Purple Cat Squad protected in front of Yoru, allowing Yoru to recover chakra.
Aries Squad and Flower Deer Squad blocked the oncoming Sand Ninja.
After a slight recovery, Yoru extracted chakra again.
Another large-scale Earth Spear killed seven or eight Sand Ninja.
After two large-scale ninjutsu, the 60-plus-man Sand Ninja Battalion had already suffered nearly 20 casualties.
Yoru drew his ninja sword and charged toward the Sand Ninja Captain.
Aries was struggling awkwardly under the Sand Ninja Captain’s attacks, dodging left and right.
“Aries! Let me handle it!”
Aries breathed a sigh of relief; he wasn’t a match for the Sand Ninja Captain. After just a few seconds of exchange, he already had two wounds on his body.
“Earth Release: Flying Gravel!”
The Sand Ninja Captain formed hand seals and slammed his hands on the ground; the ground in front of him cracked, and over a dozen boulders shot out.
Yoru dodged left and right among the stones, occasionally using his ninja sword to cleave apart unavoidable ones.
The Sand Ninja Captain thought the Fox Anbu was a ninjutsu-type ninja, but unexpectedly his taijutsu was also so strong.
He increased the intensity of his ninjutsu, with large boulders smashing everywhere.
Soon, quite a few stones had piled up around Yoru and the Sand Ninja Captain.
Yoru looked at the complex terrain around them and the chaotic scene on the other battlefields, thinking he could find an opportunity for a quick decisive battle…
After dodging a round of Flying Gravel, Yoru charged toward the Sand Ninja Captain.
Near the Sand Ninja Captain, Yoru formed hand seals and used Earth Release: Earth Spear.
The Sand Ninja Captain hurriedly jumped up.
However, this time the Earth Spears were circular, surrounding the Sand Ninja Captain in the middle.
When the Sand Ninja Captain landed, he found the surrounding Flying Gravel lifted by the Earth Spears, with the two of them bound in the middle.
No one could see here, especially the Kiiroinu Captain, who was exchanging fierce blows with Mache in an exceptionally dangerous battle.
Yoru used his strongest technique.
After forming a seal.
“Karma Seal of Retribution!”
This sealing jutsu was the technique Yoru was most proficient in!
After obtaining the Uzumaki Clan bloodline limit, Yoru’s sealing jutsu power greatly increased; it was the only technique rated as ‘mastery’ for him.
Sealing runes appeared on the ground, instantly climbing up the Sand Ninja’s legs, waist, shoulders, and head.
The Sand Ninja’s open mouth couldn’t close.
His eyes showed terror; he couldn’t even form a single seal.
Uzumaki Clan Annihilation— it seemed Konoha Village gained the most, otherwise how could an Anbu Squad Leader master such exquisite sealing jutsu.
The rainy night couldn’t hide the brilliance of the blade light; the brow of this Sand Ninja Captain was heavily split by the ninja sword, brain matter squeezing out.
The source of the sealing jutsu was unknown; he must ensure no one knew, and destroy his brain.
After the Sand Ninja Captain died, Yoru jumped out of the enclosure formed by Flying Gravel and Earth Spears, first looking toward the Kiiroinu Captain.
Kiiroinu was still fiercely battling Mache.
Even though Fire Release countered Wind Release, the Kiiroinu Captain still couldn’t gain the advantage.
Mache had extremely high mastery in Wind Release.
Seeing that the Kiiroinu Captain hadn’t noticed the anomaly here, Yoru breathed a sigh of relief.
There were no Hyuga Ninja in the battalion; as long as line of sight was blocked, it wouldn’t be exposed.
He had to free up hands quickly to help the squad; he didn’t want the squad to suffer heavy casualties.
If it led to massive squad deaths for the sake of Di Gu Town’s residents, it would be a bit of a loss.
Jumping down from the enclosure, Yoru was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep; ordinary Sand Ninja were no match for Yoru at all.
