Chapter 18: Basic Swordsmanship
Two days passed with no one coming to find Brown Bear Squad Leader, not even the Whirlpool Ninja coming to the seaside.
While bored, Yoru asked some questions in his mind that didn’t involve Konoha Village secrets, and Brown Bear Squad Leader was still willing to answer.
“Squad Leader, isn’t the Uzumaki Clan good at Sealing Jutsu? Why don’t they seal up their supplies and seal them into scrolls to take away?”
Brown Bear thought about the terrible teaching at the Ninja Academy, knowing the fox understood nothing, and said:
“You’re talking about Sealing Material Seal, the Sealing Jutsu that seals items.
Sealing Material Seal requires injecting Chakra into the item being sealed.
The Chakra in the sealed item naturally dissipates completely, and the seal will disappear and break.
In other words, sealing supplies requires a large number of people to prepare and maintain the Sealed Scroll.
Unless necessary, no ninja will maintain Sealing Material Seal for a long time.
The Whirlpool Ninja we encountered could be killed every day, with no energy to maintain Sealing Material Seal, so their supplies are piled in the warehouse.”
Yoru nodded repeatedly. So that’s how it is.
Sealing Material Seal requires continuous injection of Chakra, needing the sealing ninja to constantly maintain it.
This explains the battle at Kannabi Bridge in the original story.
Minato Namikaze’s squad blew up Kannabi Bridge, and the Stone Ninja’s supplies couldn’t be transported in large quantities to the front line, forcing a retreat.
If Sealing Material Seal had no cost, all supplies could be sealed into one scroll, so where would there be any supply lines.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and a new month arrived.
Yoru looked at Brown Bear Squad Leader’s back, feeling eager.
Why not die on Brown Bear Squad Leader this month? The squad leader is at least an Elite Chunin, and he could draw good stuff.
Other squads occasionally reported the situation to Brown Bear Squad Leader.
These squads had also suffered heavy casualties.
Up to now, among the four squads in the squad, the fox replaced Antelope Captain’s position, Azure Wolf Squad was wiped out, equivalent to one less squad, and the remaining two squads had one with two people and the other with three.
In the three-person squad, the squad leader refused no matter what to give the fox a team member.
One less person means one less bit of combat power.
These squads are really something. Yoru got them Ration Pills, and they didn’t even know to say thank you.
“Fox! I have a mission for you.”
After listening to reports from two squad leaders continuously, the squad leader gave Yoru an order:
“Capture a live prisoner, a Cloud Ninja Squad Leader. I want to interrogate him for information.
There are Mist Ninja nearby, which is normal. Hidden Mist Village has always coveted the Land of Waves’ mission quota.
But there are too many Cloud Ninja. I don’t know what they’re scheming.”
“Capture a live prisoner? A Cloud Ninja Squad Leader?” Yoru swallowed hard and said, “Okay, I understand.”
The good news is that he performed very well on the previous mission, and the squad leader trusts him a lot.
The bad news is that he performed too well on the previous mission, and the squad leader trusts him too much.
After leaving the seaside, Yoru’s mouth felt bitter.
Capturing alive is much harder than killing.
Especially ninjas, each one a battle maniac, reckless with their lives—how could they be captured alive.
Yoru touched the short sword inserted in his back. Cloud Ninja sword techniques are all very strong. He doesn’t know sword technique and just uses the short sword like a long kunai.
After getting intelligence on the Cloud Ninja from other squad leaders, Yoru set off alone.
Arriving in the area where Cloud Ninja appeared, Yoru chose a road into the town, set an exploding tag trap, and hid.
Cloud Ninja, like Leaf Ninja, come from afar. After eating up their Ration Pills, they have to go to towns or fishing villages to replenish food.
Guarding outside the town makes it easy to wait for enemies.
He patiently lay in the bush.
Ration Pills are small in volume, eaten little, and produce little waste. As long as he endures the empty hunger in his stomach, he can stay motionless for one or two days.
Until one early morning, when the morning star had just risen.
Three shadows moved quickly, speeding toward the small town.
In a certain instant, an explosion suddenly occurred under their feet.
Boom!
The three black shadows were blasted in three directions.
Yoru jumped up and threw kunai in the three directions respectively.
Two kunai hit the enemies, proving they were injured or killed by the exploding tag.
One enemy dodged the kunai and rushed toward Yoru.
Yoru saw his headband, Cloud Ninja Headband.
Good luck. He encountered a Cloud Ninja squad. Judging by this Cloud Ninja’s strength, he should be the squad leader.
Yoru held the kunai in a reverse grip for close combat, preparing to find an opportunity to use Sealing Jutsu: Karma Seal of Retribution.
The Cloud Ninja squad leader’s sword technique was extremely skilled. With one sidestep, Yoru lost sight of him.
During his sidestep, he swung the ninja sword horizontally, nearly slicing open Yoru’s side abdomen.
The two went back and forth, kunai clashing with ninja sword.
Yoru was having a hard time. The Cloud Ninja’s steps coordinated with his sword technique made it impossible for Yoru to catch him.
In a certain instant, the Cloud Ninja squad leader suddenly crouched, dodging Yoru’s kunai.
By the time Yoru wanted to dodge, it was too late.
The ninja sword had already pierced Yoru’s abdomen.
At first, there was no feeling at the knife wound, then it burned, followed by intense pain.
The Cloud Ninja squad leader was just about to pull out the sword when he suddenly saw an exploding tag!
Boom!
After the explosion, Yoru and the squad leader were both killed.
The Cloud Ninja squad leader’s last thought: This guy is crazy, right? Sick? Using an exploding tag for mutual destruction like this?
Could it be that a village enemy tracked him here, just because he gave him a green hat.
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His vision went black, and the scene changed.
Yoru appeared on the previous full moon night, before meeting Brown Bear Squad Leader.
【Moon Arc activated!
The host has one resurrection opportunity per month and will resurrect on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward: one Lucky Draw Opportunity:
1-Lightning Release Chakra;
2-Muscle Healing Technique;
3-Sword Technique（Beginner）.】
Lightning Release Chakra, not really needed.
Muscle Healing Technique—didn’t expect the Cloud Ninja squad leader to also master a medical ninjutsu.
Medical ninjutsu, better pass. Compared to healing himself, killing the enemy sooner is more critical.
Yoru focused his attention on the third option: sword technique.
To dodge the enemy’s ninja sword, he needed to be better at sword technique than the enemy.
Yoru didn’t understand the ninja sword’s angle, speed, or strength, leading to disadvantages everywhere in taijutsu combat.
Without hesitation, Yoru chose the third option: Sword Technique（Beginner）.
Beginner-level sword technique includes two main parts.
First, basic moves: chop, slash, thrust, lift, sweep, block, pick, hang, wipe, parry.
Second, basic steps, used to coordinate with various sword technique moves, finding the most reasonable way to exert force.
Not just knowledge—Yoru instantly gained many muscle memories, allowing him to naturally perform these sword techniques.
Drawing the ninja sword, Yoru practiced the sword technique over and over until every strike flowed smoothly.
With sword technique mastered, he was no longer passive against Cloud Ninja.
No wonder the Cloud Ninja squad leader’s sword technique was so strong. The correct sword technique made the blade fast and the angles tricky.
As for the source of the sword technique, it was easy to explain.
He slowly imitated and figured it out during the battle with the Cloud Ninja.
Having strong comprehension ability is never wrong.
