“Someone!”
Iwasaki Shige shouted excitedly toward the door.
“Get me another clean room!”
The tavern attendants didn’t dare delay in the slightest.
Very quickly, a clean room was prepared.
Iwasaki Shige immediately tossed the obedient female ninja in his arms onto the bed before impatiently throwing himself on top of her.
Soon, the wooden bed in the room began creaking under the strain.
As a ninja, his physical strength far surpassed that of an ordinary person.
Who knew how much time had passed before Iwasaki Shige finally let out a long sigh.
Compared to ordinary women, a female ninja’s body was indeed far more resilient.
Both Iwasaki Shige’s body and mind were greatly relaxed.
However, a single round was nowhere near enough to vent the desire that had built up inside him for so long.
Just as Iwasaki Shige reached out, intending to pull the female ninja into another round, she lightly flipped off the bed and avoided his embrace.
He eagerly reached out to grab her, but she effortlessly dodged every attempt.
“Don’t go…”
“Just one more time…”
The female ninja covered her mouth and giggled.
“I’ll gladly give you another round, but I’m curious…
What mission were you carrying out in that dream just now?”
Iwasaki Shige looked puzzled.
Why bring up that meaningless dream all of a sudden?
But the burning desire inside him made him desperate to satisfy himself as quickly as possible.
Left with no choice, he began trying to recall the dream from earlier.
The moment he did, he was surprised to discover that the dream, once shrouded in fog, gradually became clearer.
A vague sense of unease arose in his heart.
Then he thought about it again.
It had only been a dream, so it shouldn’t count as leaking the village’s secrets.
Thus, he began speaking intermittently.
“In the dream…
Lord Ebizō personally assigned us an S Rank mission…
We were to secretly transport a batch of war supplies to the border of the Land of Fire…
and plan the route of attack…”
After pausing briefly, he added,
“The operation…
is scheduled for two months from now.”
After speaking, he saw the female ninja nod in satisfaction.
Immediately afterward, his hand climbed over her smooth skin again, and she did not refuse.
Overjoyed, Iwasaki Shige immediately pressed forward.
…
Meanwhile, outside the illusion.
The bodies of Iwasaki Shige’s two teammates lay on the ground.
Iwasaki Shige himself was hugging a withered tree trunk, kissing and fondling it.
A foolish grin spread across his face.
From time to time, satisfied moans escaped his mouth.
Nearby, after listening to Iwasaki Shige’s account, both Shinsuke and Kurenai’s expressions became grave.
So Sunagakure had been secretly planning this for such a long time!
Had Shinsuke not brought it up, Konoha would have remained completely unaware of this looming crisis.
Just imagining Konoha being caught off guard by a surprise attack from Sunagakure…
Kurenai’s face turned slightly pale.
Fortunately, there was still time.
At this point, Iwasaki Shige had already revealed everything he knew and had lost all value.
Without hesitation, Shinsuke plunged a kunai into his chest.
The illusion shattered, and Iwasaki Shige stared blankly at Shinsuke and Kurenai.
“The situation is even more troublesome than we expected.
Fortunately, we still have two months to prepare.”
Shinsuke stood up beside the corpse and pondered for a moment.
“You’ve consumed quite a bit of chakra as well.
We already have enough intelligence.
Prepare to withdraw.”
Kurenai nodded.
Maintaining such high precision genjutsu for so long had nearly exhausted both her chakra and mental strength, leaving her face noticeably pale.
Just as the two were about to leave…
“Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!”
A sharp shout suddenly rang out.
Immediately afterward, several violent gusts swept toward them.
Exhausted, Kurenai reacted half a beat too slowly, and the fierce winds were already upon her.
Seeing there was no way for her to dodge, Shinsuke’s figure flashed forward.
Wrapping an arm around her waist, he rapidly evaded the attack, barely brushing past the wind blades as several tears appeared in the edges of his clothing.
After steadying himself, Shinsuke’s sharp gaze swept toward the source of the attack, and his heart sank.
Ten Sunagakure ninja were advancing in a semi encirclement.
Leading them was a bald ninja with a gloomy expression.
When he noticed the corpses on the ground, murderous intent surged in his eyes.
“No wonder Iwasaki Shige’s squad never returned.
So you Iwagakure bastards killed them!”
One of the Sunagakure ninja fixed his gaze on Kurenai and revealed a lewd grin.
“Captain, that female ninja looks pretty good.”
Another rubbed his hands together and laughed.
“We’ve been stationed on the border for so long without touching a woman.
Now an Iwagakure female ninja has delivered herself to us.
We have to enjoy ourselves properly!”
In an age of war, when life and death had already become commonplace, morality was even more fragile.
Women who fell into the hands of enemy ninja often faced humiliation even worse than death.
Kurenai naturally understood what they meant, and her eyes turned icy.
Shinsuke quickly assessed the battlefield.
All ten opponents were elites.
A squad capable of carrying out an S Rank mission was certainly no ordinary team.
If he used his Sharingan and worked together with Kurenai, they should stand a reasonable chance of winning.
But wiping them all out was another matter entirely.
If even one escaped alive, his Sharingan would likely attract the attention of Sunagakure’s higher ups…
In that instant, he made his decision.
“Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!”
Several shuriken shot toward the enemy from impossible angles!
“Stick to the plan.
Retreat!”
Shinsuke shouted.
Without the slightest hesitation, Kurenai immediately turned and retreated toward the north.
“Argh!”
“Urgh!”
The shuriken accurately struck three of them, drawing miserable screams.
“Damn it!
Don’t let them escape!”
The bald ninja roared.
Several Sunagakure ninja immediately grinned viciously and chased after Kurenai, their intentions obvious.
Meanwhile, only two ninja moved to intercept Shinsuke.
Shinsuke inwardly cursed.
Kurenai was already in poor condition.
With another flick of his wrist, another volley of shuriken flew toward Kurenai’s pursuers in an attempt to slow them down.
“Watch out for the projectiles!”
The Sunagakure ninja were already on guard.
In the end, only one of them was struck and collapsed.
Within only a few moments, Shinsuke had already injured four of them with his shuriken, causing the bald ninja to become vigilant.
“Everyone attack together!
Kill the man first, then we’ll take our time enjoying that female ninja afterward!”
At the captain’s command, three ninja instantly surrounded Shinsuke, forming hand seals as they shouted in unison,
“Wind Release: Wind Cutter!”
Three invisible wind blades crossed toward him, sealing off every possible escape route.
However, as the wind blades sliced through him, Shinsuke’s body burst into a replacement log.
“Damn it!
It’s the Replacement Jutsu!”
“Too late.”
A cold voice sounded from behind one of the ninja.
Shinsuke’s real body appeared, and a pale blue Chakra Scalpel condensed around his fingertips before swiftly slicing across the man’s throat.
Blood sprayed into the air.
The other ninja instinctively retreated in alarm.
“A medical ninja?”
The bald captain’s face twisted with viciousness.
“Don’t let him scare you!
Attack together!”
Meanwhile, Kurenai had already been intercepted by two Sunagakure ninja.
Without wasting a word, they immediately unleashed a rain of senbon.
The needle thin senbon shot through the air.
Twisting her body, Kurenai swung her kunai to block them, producing a continuous series of metallic clangs as most of the senbon were deflected.
However, the barrage was simply too dense, and several slipped through her defenses.
“Mm!”
Kurenai’s body trembled as she staggered back half a step with a muffled groan.
Three senbon had already pierced her chest.
“Oh!
It hit!”
The ninja who had fired the senbon let out a vulgar laugh.
“I coated the senbon with Sand Desire Flower Poison.
She won’t last much longer!”
From the distance, Shinsuke caught sight of Kurenai being wounded and knew that the longer this dragged on, the worse things would become for them.
He swept his gaze over the four enemies charging at him again and immediately hurled several kunai with explosive tags attached.
“Scatter!
Explosive tags!”
“Boom!
Boom!
Boom!”
A series of explosions thundered through the forest.
Smoke and dust instantly spread throughout the woods.
The Sunagakure ninja hurriedly dropped low or leaped aside to avoid the blasts.
By the time the smoke began to clear, Shinsuke had already vanished.
“Over there!”
They saw that Shinsuke had used the confusion to dash to Kurenai’s side, scoop her into his arms, and sprint northward without looking back.
“After them!
The woman’s been poisoned.
They won’t get far!”
The bald ninja gnashed his teeth in fury.
The five remaining uninjured figures immediately gave chase.