“Facing the enemy’s encirclement, we fought while retreating, eventually fighting our way into the bandits’ stronghold…”
Was that really how the phrase “fought while retreating” was supposed to be used?
“We only killed fewer than 1,500 people, and the mission still isn’t complete…”
Was that what your mission was supposed to be about?
Orochimaru was completely dumbfounded.
According to Chen Fan’s account, he had practically done nothing else all day except kill people!
And not just a few people.
Thousands!
Even someone like Orochimaru, who didn’t exactly place much value on human life, wasn’t this bloodthirsty…
“I think I finally understand what Teacher meant when he said ‘Chen Fan is very reckless’…” Orochimaru’s mouth twitched.
Sure enough, after questioning Chen Fan carefully, he discovered that Chen Fan’s so-called “accidentally getting discovered by the bandits” actually meant that he hadn’t hidden himself at all.
He had simply walked straight up to the entrance of the bandit stronghold in broad daylight…
And as for obtaining the intelligence afterward, it was basically the same as that exercise at the Ninja Academy.
As long as I kill all of you, the intelligence belongs to me!
As for the matter of wiping out eight strongholds afterward…
Well, whatever makes you happy.
Kurenai and Rin leaned against their legs, gasping for breath.
They had really done their best!
They really had!
But…
they simply couldn’t keep up with Chen Fan’s pace!
The moment they encountered someone, they fought.
They charged forward the entire way, killing every enemy in sight, then immediately rushed off to find another bandit group…
The fighting itself was one thing.
They barely needed to do anything, at most helping intercept a few bandits who tried to escape.
The problem was that Chen Fan had charged through eight strongholds in one go…
The bandits weren’t stupid.
They obviously wouldn’t build all their strongholds in one place, and the Iwagakure shinobi were even less likely to make such a foolish arrangement.
That meant Kurenai and Rin had practically crossed a third of the Land of Fire just to wipe out those eight strongholds.
They had truly been running at full speed.
Otherwise, how could they have made it back to Konoha before nightfall?
The flushed faces, trembling legs, and heavy breathing were all from running!
In fact, by the later stages, they had already been unable to continue.
Chen Fan had carried them the rest of the way while they themselves had completely run out of strength.
Normally, being carried by Chen Fan might have been a rather pleasant experience, but Kurenai and Rin didn’t have the slightest energy to think about that.
All they wanted to do was rest!
Only Chen Fan, relying on his almost terrifying physical abilities, could accomplish such a feat without even breaking a sweat…
“You two…
did very well.” The corner of Orochimaru’s mouth twitched as he put down the mission report.
“I’ll give you full marks for this mission.”
How could he not give them full marks?
Chen Fan had originally only been asked to eliminate one stronghold, yet he had generously wiped out eight!
“How can that be full marks?” Chen Fan said seriously.
“Sensei, there are still nine more strongholds whose locations have already been confirmed.
We just didn’t have enough time to reach them.
Clearly, the mission isn’t complete yet!”
“But today’s training isn’t finished either.
Let’s train first.
Tomorrow, we can go wipe out the remaining nine.
Then we can truly say the mission is complete!”
It was only a matter of one day anyway.
The enemies weren’t going anywhere.
It was better to come back first and finish farming the snakes he hadn’t fought today.
The corner of Orochimaru’s eye twitched.
“No need.
If you keep fighting like this, there won’t be any bandits left.”
“These intelligence operatives are still useful.
We can’t let them disappear!”
After Orochimaru explained the situation in detail, Chen Fan finally understood.
It turned out that everyone had already been aware of these intelligence operatives for a long time.
But at the end of the day, they were only intelligence operatives.
Normally, they could only deliver information.
Konoha could even use them to send false intelligence and mislead their opponents.
Once they were all eliminated, however, it would actually become easier for enemy nations to deploy measures that Konoha knew nothing about, making them much harder to counter.
“So, you’re saying I can’t chop them up anymore…” Chen Fan said regretfully.
If only he had known…
He would have completely cleared out all those “bandit mobs” today!
“Exactly.
You can’t touch them anymore!” Orochimaru said seriously.
He now understood why his teacher had emphasized Chen Fan’s recklessness so strongly.
This guy really dared to cut down anyone!
“Then…
what about ordinary bandits?” Chen Fan’s eyes shifted as he immediately thought of another group of mobs.
If those enemy intelligence operatives couldn’t be touched, then ordinary bandits should be fine, right?
“Ordinary ones are off-limits too!” Orochimaru said irritably.
“Without those bandits, would merchants still need to hire ninjas?”
Protecting merchant caravans was one of the major sources of income for the ninja villages!
So in reality, there was a good chance that even ordinary bandits had someone behind them.
Incidentally, the merchants of the Land of Fire had their own suspicions.
They suspected that the person’s name was Ximura Danzō.
“Fine…” Chen Fan said with deep regret.
Looking at Chen Fan’s expression, Orochimaru suddenly began to regret teaching him the Summoning Technique.
Once Chen Fan learned the Summoning Technique and Reverse Summoning Technique, would he go on a rampage in Ryuchi Cave?
If he went on a killing spree there like he had with the bandits, perhaps one day Orochimaru would suddenly discover that there were no snakes left in Ryuchi Cave.
A large number of his techniques were directly related to summoned snakes!
As Chen Fan’s teacher, Orochimaru was starting to feel a little nervous…