Chapter 143: Is The Equipment Division Taking Kickbacks?
Konoha came with 7 Captain teams this time, destroying the pier at Suna Harbor, nearly 20 large ships, and most of the port warehouse in a short time.
Just the supplies sunk to the seabed alone were worth a fortune.
If one Captain team could successfully cover the retreat, Konoha’s raid battle this time would be a complete victory.
Hearing about covering the retreat, Zhen Li grew increasingly afraid facing the approaching Sand Ninja, but she persisted in holding her kunai in front of her.
“Tengbei, don’t be afraid. As your temporary captain, I won’t let you die in front of me.”
Yoru was stunned. In Zhen Li’s petite figure, there was such great courage and energy.
This world was dirty and broken, yet there were always people patching it up.
The village had much darkness, but also many pitiful people warming each other.
Yoru repeatedly calculated whether to keep playing dead this time or do something.
Why not… take this opportunity to show some strength, accumulating qualifications for his promotion in Anbu.
Squad Leader’s authority was too low; he needed higher authority, greater freedom, more respect.
Only then could he handle more dangers.
Small-time survival in the wild, big-time survival in the court.
Surviving among the high-ranking officials, wouldn’t that be more comfortable?
Yoru looked around for the hippopotamus.
The hippopotamus disguised as a genin belonged to another Captain team. The hippopotamus noticed Yoru’s line of sight and stopped midway.
Yoru took out a scroll and quickly wrote the observation report of this battle on the scroll.
The scroll omitted Nara El’s vile behavior; Yoru would tell Sakumo Hatake about Nara El separately, explaining Xinming’s cause of death.
He only recorded the performance of Konoha’s various Captain teams in this battle.
Zhen Li didn’t wait for Tengbei’s response from behind, turned her head, and found Tengbei quickly writing on the scroll.
Even if she was slow, she realized at this point that Tengbei was very strange, not like a normal genin.
Why write a scroll at this time?
Yoru finished writing the scroll and threw the scroll towards the hippopotamus.
Zhen Li was surprised to find that the scroll’s flight speed was so fast she couldn’t see it at all.
Was Tengbei’s strength this strong?
After receiving the scroll, the hippopotamus nodded to the fox.
He understood the fox’s meaning: completing the observation report was an Anbu mission, but at this time, Yoru was also Konoha genin Tengbei and had to strive for escape opportunities for the 6 Captain teams.
Both missions were the fox’s duties.
Yoru took out a mask from his ninja tool bag and put it on his face.
Zhen Li discovered that after the mask covered his face, Tengbei’s temperament instantly changed dramatically.
The previous dodging Tengbei was gone, replaced by a murderous aura.
Tengbei put on the mask; was he the village’s Anbu?
Yoru said to Zhen Li:
“Chunin Zhen Li, stand behind me.
I am Konoha Anbu special jonin Fox. Now I am your temporary captain.
What did you say earlier?
Don’t be afraid. As your temporary captain, I won’t let you die in front of me.”
Yoru body flickered to the very front, standing side by side with the Captain, and said:
“Anbu Squad Leader Fox, happened to be carrying out a mission in your Captain team, reporting in.”
The Captain’s mouth twitched, and on this harsh battlefield, he smiled.
It was actually an Anbu Squad Leader; his strength shouldn’t be much worse than his.
This way, the covering Captain team effectively had two high-level combatants.
“Good!” The Captain said:
“I’ll take two squads to delay the enemy commander-in-chief Rasa! You take one squad to protect the takeoff gliders!”
“Received.”
Yoru nodded to Zhen Li’s squad leader, signaling him to follow, and charged towards the Sand Ninja chasing Konoha’s 6 Captain teams.
The squad leader hurriedly made hand signals, having all squads follow him, also following the Anbu Squad Leader.
Outside the dock, Leaf Ninja opened their gliders and began walking forward, taking off with the sea wind.
Many Sand Ninja chased behind them.
The Sand Ninja shouted, wanting to intercept the Leaf Ninja before they flew away.
Yoru’s figure landed behind the Leaf Ninja, also in front of the Sand Ninja.
Hand seal.
“Earth Release: Earth Spear!”
Yoru had used Water Severing Wave in front of Rasa; to protect Ye Cang as long as possible, he decided to only use Earth Spear.
In a fan-shaped area in front of him, covering more than 200 square meters, Earth Spears bloomed on the battlefield like thorns.
Over a dozen Sand Ninja were pierced and hung on the Earth Spears like grasshoppers.
Zhen Li, at the end of the squad, saw that terrifying Earth Release ninjutsu and felt a shock in her heart.
Was this the strength of Anbu ninja? One ninjutsu could kill over a dozen enemies?
Yoru continued hand seals, preparing the second Earth Spear.
Suddenly, two Sand Ninja drilled out from under his feet, their kunai stabbing towards Yoru’s calves.
After two crisp sounds, the tips of the kunai snapped off.
The two Sand Ninja incredulously looked at their half-broken kunai.
No way?
Was the Equipment Department taking kickbacks?
Was this kunai or glass?
Ignoring the two Sand Ninja on the ground, Yoru used the second Earth Spear.
Another dozen Sand Ninja were hung in the air.
After using the ninjutsu, Yoru finally lifted his foot, kicking left and right at the Sand Ninja.
The two Sand Ninja took out new kunai, but before dying, they cursed the Equipment Department again.
With Hidden Sand Village having such an Equipment Department, it was doomed!
Their kunai snapped again under the kicks, like dry branches.
As for their chest cavities, they were about as sturdy as soft cloth bags.
Seeing the Fox Anbu’s ninjutsu so powerful, more and more Sand Ninja infiltrated from underground to Yoru’s side.
Not just Sand Ninja, but many puppets also drilled out from the ground, charging at Yoru.
In front of Yoru, there were at least 4 Sand Ninja squads, numerous in number.
However, no matter how powerful the puppets, they were fragile like paper in front of Yoru.
Yoru’s palms glowed with bronze light, smashing the puppets with hand blades.
The puppet blades carried poison but couldn’t cut Yoru’s skin.
Seeing kunai and puppets ineffective, some Sand Ninja hand sealed from a distance.
Gusts of fierce wind assaulted, carrying wind blades sharp enough to slice big trees.
However, the wind blades could only cut Yoru’s clothes, shattering into chaotic wind before his skin.
Yoru looked disheveled, his clothes full of holes and rags, but actually unscathed.
More and more red copper color skin was exposed.
Yoru saw several Sand Ninja circling to his rear, suddenly clenching his glutes.
No way more Sand Ninja thought his absolute defense’s weak point was his rear?
How did they come to that conclusion? Were they crazy?
A fool’s flash of inspiration was truly headache-inducing.
The Sand Ninja behind took advantage of the chaos to attack.
The attacks hit his back, only shattering clothes.
Yoru withstood the kunai and Wind Release ninjutsu, hand sealing again for Earth Spear.
Earth Spear not only killed Sand Ninja but also altered terrain, blocking Sand Ninja pursuits.
In the brief clash, Yoru had crippled half a Captain team.
The other Sand Ninja no longer dared to swarm the Fox Anbu but unwilling to abandon the mission, bypassed the Fox Anbu, continuing to charge at the Leaf Ninja.
As for their backs, they completely ignored them.
Too terrifying; this Anbu ninja could ignore all physical attacks—how to fight?
No physical attack worked; Sand Ninja’s specialty Wind Release and puppets were useless.
Wanting to go around Yoru was impossible.
Yoru created waves of Earth Release thorns with Earth Spears.
Yoru shouted to the following squad leader: “Help me buy time, block them!”
