Chapter 174: Carved Dog Head On The Earth Flow Wall
The Kiiroinu Battalion returned to the Front Line Camp with rich spoils of war.
In the low hills in the central part of the Land of Whirlpools, with good drainage, tents of the Front Line Camp were set up.
Inside the Headquarters Tent, Kiiroinu met Danzo and Uchiha Kane.
Uchiha Kane looked at the Mission Report Scroll:
“Kiiroinu Battalion of Anbu, this mission killed the owner of the Twin Blades Flounder, Hozuki Ringo.
In addition, using the Twin Blades Flounder, they ambushed three Mist Ninja battalions.
They killed two Mist Ninja jonin and more than 40 Mist Ninja. And your battalion only suffered 20 casualties.”
Uchiha Kane put down the scroll, his eyes full of surprise.
If it were a normal Konoha battalion that completed this mission, it would be enough to produce a war hero.
The Kiiroinu Battalion is an Anbu Battalion, which generally does not publicize its own military achievements and tries to conceal itself as much as possible.
Kiiroinu said: “Commander Lord, Vice Commander Lord, this refers to the first part of my battle plan.
The next battle is the key to the plan.
With the Twin Blades Flounder in our hands, this provocation and defeat of the Mist Ninja means that the next Hidden Mist Village’s Sword Seizing Unit will certainly be much larger, something that my single battalion cannot handle.
We can use the Twin Blades Flounder to design a larger-scale ambush.
Commander Lord, Vice Commander Lord, I request a large-scale ambush battle, at least involving 5 battalions.”
Uchiha Kane felt a bit excited inside.
An ambush with 5 battalions, nearly 300 ninja participating, if the tactics are proper, it might kill hundreds of Mist Ninja.
If this ambush is a great success, it would be enough to change the war situation.
The Hidden Mist Village sent more than 3000 Mist Ninja, and after several months of attrition war, both sides’ casualties were in the high hundreds.
If another four or five hundred Mist Ninja die, Konoha’s advantage would be great.
Fighting an attrition war with Mist Ninja is too tormenting for the Uchiha Clan.
Ordinary Uchiha clansmen’s Fire Release is countered by Water Style, and Sharingan is countered by Mist Technique.
Although tempted, Uchiha Kane did not blurt it out rashly, but looked at Danzo beside him.
Being in the same tent with Danzo was a top-level torment.
Danzo rarely spoke, the air pressure in the tent was very low. When he occasionally spoke, it was sharp criticism of someone.
Uchiha Kane could not yet leave the camp to fight on the front line; once he left, task distribution would be completely controlled by Danzo, which was too terrifying.
Who knows what dangerous missions Danzo would assign to Uchiha Ninja.
Uchiha Kane knew that Danzo was the one among the high-ranking officials who hated the Uchiha the most, without exception.
Princess Tsunade was still comfortable; after arriving at the front line, she holed up in the Medical Bay Tent, ignoring the headquarters’ troublesome matters.
Danzo stared at the scroll for a while, then looked up at Kiiroinu and said: “Good, I approve your battle plan.”
The one on one side slightly tilted his head, then immediately turned back.
Yoru noticed the one’s action and understood in his heart that Danzo’s decision had surprised the one.
A single battalion’s battle was not enough to make Kiiroinu the Anbu Deputy Minister.
If he led a large-scale ambush, Kiiroinu’s prestige would greatly increase, and promotion to Deputy Minister would be justified.
In a few more years, perhaps the Third Hokage would find a reason to kick Danzo out of Anbu and make him take Root away.
Yoru guessed that the Third Hokage was starting to prepare for Konoha’s post-war situation.
For the Third Hokage, Danzo continuing to control Anbu in peacetime would give him too much power.
It was no longer the time right after the Second Hokage’s death, when Hiruzen Sarutobi had to rely on several Second Hokage guards to control Konoha.
After the baptism of war, the Third Hokage’s power was solidified.
Kiiroinu couldn’t help but stand straight, waiting for Danzo’s order.
Danzo said: “Kiiroinu Anbu Battalion, Uchiha Touka and Uchiha Michi Battalions, Gekko Shizuma Battalion and Yamashiroji Battalion, a total of five battalions, complete the ambush battle as soon as possible.”
Kiiroinu clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
It went very smoothly; Danzo Advisor did not make things difficult for him.
Uchiha Kane heard that he was to coordinate and also had some ideas.
He could let the clan’s younger generation participate in the ambush and share some credit.
Uchiha Kane said: “Let’s go, Kiiroinu Captain, I’ll take you to the nearby Jonin Squad Tent to further implement this ambush mission.”
After everyone in the tent had left, the one hesitated several times, wanting to say something to Danzo.
The Third Hokage did not approve the one’s formal Anbu Battalion Captain application; he was only Acting Battalion Commander, and among the several squad leaders, there were those with divided loyalties waiting for the formal captain.
How could Lord Danzo agree to Kiiroinu’s battle plan so simply?
Lord Danzo had said before that he must prevent Kiiroinu from becoming Anbu Deputy Minister.
Kiiroinu’s identity was too special; if Kiiroinu became Anbu Deputy Minister, then Anbu would be completely under the Sarutobi father and son’s control, impenetrable even by water.
The one also did not rashly ask or remind him of anything; Danzo Advisor must have his own considerations.
Danzo turned his head and said: “One, go activate the Witch, have the Witch contact Suikazan Fuguya.”
The one’s pupils trembled; activating the Walking Witch? She was Root’s most important spy in the Hidden Mist Village.
Suikazan Fuguya was ruthless, having sold Hidden Mist Village’s intelligence multiple times for profit.
“Yes! I’ll go do it right away!”
Inside the Jonin Squad Tent, several jonin gathered.
Yoru did not recognize two Uchiha jonin, but Gekko Shizuma and Yamashiro Aoba, Yoru knew them; they were Hatake Sakumo’s followers.
Danzo selected two civilian jonin, both Hatake Sakumo’s people.
Plus the Uchiha that Danzo hated, Yoru felt uneasy in his heart.
Kiiroinu said to the four jonin: “I will arrange for the Fox to lure the enemy deep, drawing the Mist Ninja to a place far from the coast.”
Uchiha Kane and the four jonin all looked at the Fox.
This was Kiiroinu’s capable subordinate, Copper Fox.
If anyone else carried out this bait mission, it would be nine deaths and one life; Copper Fox was famous for absolute defense, he probably wouldn’t die.
Kiiroinu continued: “We five will formulate the battle plan, select a battlefield favorable to us, allocate manpower, and design tactics.”
After the meeting on tactics, Yoru took the Fox Squad to the Training Ground.
Standing in front of the squad, Yoru said:
“After returning to the village from the Land of Rivers Battlefield, I applied for another round of ninjutsu for you, including Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.
Earth Release counters Water Style; Earth Flow Wall will play a more important role in the upcoming battles.
In the ambush battle, two of our squad sacrificed; I hope you all live on and become stronger and stronger.
Next, special training on Earth Flow Wall to strive for efficiently blocking the Mist Ninja’s Water Style impact.”
Yoru pointed to one Earth Release ninja and one Water Style ninja for sparring.
“Ling, you use Water Style to simulate Mist Ninja. Kurozaru, you use Earth Release to defend.”
Ling used Water Release: Raging Waves, rushing toward Kurozaru’s Earth Flow Wall. Ling was stronger, and Kurozaru’s Earth Flow Wall quickly collapsed.
Yoru said again: “Kurozaru, change the chakra shape variation of Earth Flow Wall, use one just like mine.”
After Yoru formed hand seals, an Earth Flow Wall appeared in front of him.
The difference was that Yoru’s Earth Flow Wall was trapezoidal, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.
Yoru thought to himself, this trapezoidal gravity dam was much more useful than a flat wall.
Kurozaru was puzzled but after trying several times, also created a trapezoidal Earth Flow Wall.
Ling attacked Kurozaru’s Earth Flow Wall with Water Release: Raging Waves again.
The others were surprised to find that the trapezoidal Earth Flow Wall actually blocked Ling’s Water Style.
Until Water Release: Raging Waves disappeared, two-thirds of the trapezoidal Earth Flow Wall remained very stable.
Yoru gestured for several Earth Release ninja to listen carefully:
“Vertical Earth Flow Wall is simple to release, but the force distribution is unreasonable; trapezoidal Earth Flow Wall is more effective against Water Style.
The greater the water pressure, the greater the pressure on the trapezoid’s sloped surface, which presses the Earth Flow Wall firmly into the ground.
So when facing Water Style, simply adding a bit of chakra shape variation achieves better results.
I heard some ninja carve dog heads on Earth Flow Wall; that’s purely a bad habit, wasting chakra and operations, absolutely do not learn it.
Properly optimize Earth Release Ninjutsu to provide better protection for teammates.”
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The full moon was like a silver plate; Yoru once again awaited the Full Moon Night.
With a new resurrection opportunity, Yoru’s heart felt much more secure.
Recently, book friends have mentioned the issue of few updates, and some book friends asked about the rules for extra updates. Three updates every day after work is already very diligent; any more would require staying up late. Now the monthly votes are 1967; how about adding one chapter for every 500 monthly votes or for every alliance leader in the future, with extras around 11:30 PM. With 33 more votes today, there will be four updates, how about that.
