Aoba took out a large, sleeping bag-like bundle and put Sakumo inside.
He wrapped him tightly, leaving only a purple face exposed.
He then tied it to his back, firmly “merging” with it.
Aoba asked Ryosuke and the others, “Are you all ready?
Do you have enough ninja tools, explosive tags, Military Ration Pills, and such?” “Aoba-nii, we’re ready.” Nawaki frequented the hospital, so he knew most of the medical department staff.
Aoba patted their shoulders and said, “If there’s a fight, I’ll be counting on you.” “Don’t worry, we guarantee mission success.” Nawaki thumped his chest, vowing.
“Alright, let’s move quickly.” And so, the four-person team set off swiftly, rushing back to Konoha.
Shibi led the way, Nawaki was second, Aoba third, and Ryosuke guarded the rear.
Shibi had reconnaissance abilities, so he was at the front.
Nawaki had ample Chakra and many Ninjutsu, so he took on an offensive role, blocking any potential enemies.
Ryosuke had the strongest attack power, so he guarded the rear, intercepting approaching enemies.
Aoba was the most important, so he had to be protected in the middle.
Rumble…
Rumble…
The group turned their heads to see a blaze of fire rising into the sky from the forest, and where the fire glowed was the camp.
The enemy had arrived!
“Shibi, faster!” Ryosuke urgently shouted.
The enemy army was pressing, and would soon break through.
If they didn’t run far enough now, being caught would mean certain death.
All of them simultaneously thought of the fate of the twenty-odd ninjas who had stayed behind to intercept the army.
Could they stop the tide of enemies flowing in?
It would be very difficult, so their end was already sealed.
Then, what would our end be?
This question enveloped everyone’s hearts.
No, I won’t die like this!
They clenched their fists, pouring all their strength into a mad dash, leaving a trail of dust behind them.
However, no matter how fast they were, they were still Genin, incomparable to Jonin.
“Look!” Suddenly, Nawaki pointed to the right, shouting anxiously.
Ryosuke’s gaze shifted and he saw several small black dots leaping.
Too fast!
In just over ten minutes, the enemy had broken through, and their target was clearly them, or more accurately, Sakumo.
What an incredible achievement it would be to eliminate a powerhouse like Sakumo before the war even fully began.
“Damn it, we can’t shake them off, only two kilometers left!” Nawaki shouted.
On the vast grassland, the four of them were extremely conspicuous.
“You go first!” Ryosuke had an idea and hurriedly urged Nawaki and Shibi to continue forward.
“What are you going to do?” Ryosuke held a large stack of explosive tags and grinned.
“I’m going to show them the charm of art.” Amegakure is a small village, and even if all its citizens were ninjas, it wouldn’t have a large force like the major ninja villages.
How did they suddenly break through the defenses and enter the Land of Fire’s border?
Where did such fierce and numerous combat forces come from?
In reality, Amegakure didn’t deploy many ninjas at all.
They simply found a weak point when Konoha was unprepared and concentrated their forces for a sudden assault.
Those few individuals disguised as Sunagakure njnjas were decoys used to test the strength of the defense.
If the defense was strong, then the dead decoys would become an excuse to instigate a war between Sunagakure and Konoha.
If the defense was weak, then a large army would press forward and occupy the fortress.
Regrettably, Konoha’s reaction was a bit slow, allowing Amegakure to find a weak spot and successfully invade.
In fact, they only had a little over a hundred people in total, and Hanzo didn’t even need to personally intervene.
He remained in Amegakure, entangled in conflict with Orochimaru’s forces.
Although there were only a little over a hundred people, divided into five infiltration teams, they were like five daggers thrusting in.
The more than twenty ninjas led by Torifu could block the east but not the west, allowing several enemy forces to break through.
One of these teams discovered Ryosuke and the others’ tracks early on and immediately pursued them without a word.
This small team wasn’t large, but it still numbered over a dozen people, including A who had previously acted as a decoy.
He recognized Ryosuke and the others from a thousand meters away, even in the darkness.
He excitedly introduced them to his leader, “Jonin Kuma, those three are Konoha’s new generation of geniuses.
Konoha deliberately sent them to the front lines for training, and now they’re letting them escape first, which shows how important they are.
Moreover, Sakumo, who is on the verge of death from Hanzo-sama’s poison, is also there.
We absolutely cannot let them escape.” “Geniuses from a great nation?
I hope their screams will be especially pleasant when we slaughter them later.” Kuma said with a smile.
Ninjas from small countries harbor animosity towards great nations and even more hatred for their geniuses.
When they finally get a chance, they will definitely use brutal methods to ‘avenge’ themselves.
“Quick, pursue them!
Don’t let a single one escape!
Let them witness the wrath of our Amegakure!” Kuma roared, igniting the anger in everyone’s hearts.
The two groups were quickly closing in, and a tragedy seemed destined to unfold.
A thought the same, feeling excited all over at the prospect of smashing open the heads of those geniuses with his knuckle dusters.
At that moment, he saw the Genin trailing at the very end strangely stomp on the ground more than a dozen times in a row, doing who knows what.
‘What is he doing?
Did he trip on the grass?
How ridiculous.
Is this the level of so-called geniuses?’ A scoffed inwardly, believing that those genius youths from the great nations had been scared out of their wits.
The Amegakure team of pursuers continued their chase, getting closer and closer, gradually approaching the spot where Ryosuke had just stomped.
Before they could clearly see their surroundings, they discovered over a dozen objects in the air, rapidly falling towards them.
What were those things?
What use would objects thrown from two or three hundred meters away be?
Is there any Ninjutsu that can attack people from three or four hundred meters away?
Or is this the genius of Konoha?
A was bewildered, he had never witnessed such an attack method before, and he hesitated for a moment.
A moment later, he clearly saw what was flying towards them: it was a series of Kunai wrapped in flames.
Kunai?
Fire Release?
A Fire Release attack from two or three hundred meters away?
He was confused, and so was the leading Kuma, but he couldn’t just stand by.
Although he didn’t understand what Ninjutsu it was, he quickly shouted, “Be careful, everyone, avoid those Kunai!” No matter what technique you have, if it doesn’t hit anyone, it’s useless.
From a few hundred meters away, in just two or three seconds, the Kunai accurately landed among the Ame ninjas.
Having been warned by Kuma, they all dodged, letting the Kunai embed themselves in the grass.
“Is that all?
Just throwing them to hit people?” While Kuma was still wondering, the fallen Kunai formed a semicircle, blocking all the ninjas.
Immediately after, the flames wrapped around the Kunai flared up.
Boom!
They surged over ten meters high, becoming balls of fire rising into the sky.
And that wasn’t all, the dozen or so balls of fire converged in mid-air, forming a sea of flames.
At the same time, bright flashes and sizzling sounds appeared on the grass—explosive tags.
The explosive tags Ryosuke had buried beforehand were ignited by the flames, a total of twenty explosive tags.
Rumble…
Twenty explosive tags exploded simultaneously, combined with the previous massive flames, creating a dual attack.