Chapter 18 Minato Feels a Chill
The four of them burrowed underground and crawled through the ground.
The Sand Village had set up traps both on the ground and underground, but Hyuga Kei was in the team. He used his Byakugan to identify the location of the traps and was able to avoid them all easily.
The first problem was easily solved.
The four of them successfully reached the vicinity of the Sunagakure camp.
There are many traps ahead.
Hyuga Kei, transformed into a sand rat, conveys a message to Souji through body language.
To prevent enemies from sneaking in directly from underground like they did, Sunagakure set up a large number of traps in the basement, making it impossible for them to pass through.
"So we can only leave from here."
Souji waved his sand rat paw, signaling the three to prepare, and then simultaneously emerged from underground, deactivating the transformation technique.
The earthen wall was filled with Sand Village members, and as soon as the four of them reverted to their original forms, they were immediately discovered!
"Konoha ninja spotted!" a Sand Village ninja shouted a warning.
A large number of Sand Villagers attacked the four of them simultaneously, raining down kunai, shuriken, and ninjutsu!
"Hiss! Everyone be careful!" Kurenai Yuhi shouted anxiously.
At this moment, Souji had taken out all the kunai from his ninja tool bag, and with a forceful swing of his hands, he threw ten kunai at the Sand Village on the earthen wall!
Mochizuki Ryuu Kunai Throwing Technique - 10-Hit Combo!
*Thud thud thud!* A series of sounds rang out as kunai pierced human bodies!
Ten Sand Villagers were stabbed in vital areas with kunai and died on the spot!
At the same time.
The attack launched by Sunagakure had already reached Souji's team. Asuma and the other two were doing their best to defend and cover Souji, who was unable to free up his hands.
Asuma used Wind Release: Dust Technique, spewing out a large amount of dust made of chakra from his mouth. Hyuga Kei observed with his Byakugan, channeled chakra into his hands, and unleashed a vacuum shockwave with the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm.
The two of them worked together to block most of the attacks.
Of the three genin, Kurenai Yuhi, who specializes in genjutsu, is the least advantageous in this situation.
Since she couldn't trap a large number of enemies in an illusion at the same time, the illusion was practically useless. She could only honestly hold her kunai and use her unskilled physical techniques to knock down the thrown kunai and shuriken one by one.
With the combined efforts of the three, they managed to barely withstand the attack.
The attacks from both sides were extremely fast, occurring almost simultaneously.
At this moment, Souji's kunai had just killed ten Sunagakure ninjas. The others were terrified and cried out in alarm!
"Everyone be careful! It's a kunai master from Konoha!"
"Hide yourself well! Don't let Konoha's kunai masters aim at you!"
"Let's team up! Use ninjutsu to kill him!"
"Quickly, go and fetch the Jonin!"
The Sunagakure Village recognized Souji from his kunai technique and saw that he was indeed as rumored to be able to hit his target with kunai every time! Some commotion and chaos immediately broke out!
Seeing the Sand Village's panicked state, Asuma, though not afraid of them, felt a sense of smugness and excitedly exclaimed:
"Alright! Keep going! Take them down!"
Are you stupid?
The commander-in-chief slapped him on the head with a chop, then grabbed him by the back of his collar and ran away with Hong and Qing!
"Why don't you keep killing?" Asuma asked, dissatisfied.
The next moment, instead of Souji, a series of attacks from Sunagakure came out!
Various ninja tools and techniques were used to strike the ground, creating craters and demonstrating the incredible power of the attack!
"The second wave of ninjutsu has ample time to prepare, and its power is far greater than the first wave that was hastily unleashed. If you think you can withstand it, you can go back and wreak havoc. I won't stop you from becoming a hero of Konoha," Souji said with a smile.
"Haha...no need..." Asuma laughed awkwardly.
"And that's not all. Didn't you hear them say they were going to call in Jonin? If it really comes down to fighting Jonin, I'll leave that aside for now, but you... will most likely suffer casualties."
The commander looked back at the earthen wall, where two faces he had seen in the archives appeared.
A Sand Village Jonin!
Since Sunagakure recognized his identity, it was only natural that they would immediately send two Jonin to deal with him, given his team's previous record of defeating three Special Jonin.
This treatment is better than that of ordinary Konoha Jonin. Other Konoha Jonin are also well-known and easily recognizable figures, but Sunagakure did not send out Jonin to target them without saying a word.
It was probably because his kunai, which never missed, was too efficient at killing ordinary ninjas.
Ordinary Konoha Jonin, facing the strong defenses of Sunagakure, could at most only manage to blast down a small section of the earthen wall, and might not even be able to kill a Genin in a single attack.
Damage to the earthen wall is no big deal; as long as you find someone who knows earth magic, they can clap their hands and shout, and it can be repaired immediately.
Back and forth, it was almost equivalent to a Jonin making a move, but it was all for naught.
With Mochizuki Souji's intervention, he could kill ten Sunagakure ninja in one fell swoop!
The difference is quite obvious!
"After this, Sunagakure will definitely value me even more," Souji thought to himself.
"The Kunai Master of Konoha... While it's good that you've made up your title so quickly, the title is a bit too ordinary. It feels like you're just a background character or a stepping stone! At least add one more word and call me the Kunai Master of Konoha!"
"The stronghold of Sunagakure is troublesome for ordinary ninjas, but it's not so bad for me. I can take down ten of them with a single 10-hit combo, show off, and then run away. Sunagakure can't do anything about it."
"Things are going fairly well on my end. I wonder how Minato is doing in the Land of Rain?"
For some reason, Souji suddenly thought of Minato.
...
At the same time, in the Land of Rain.
Achoo!
Minato Namikaze suddenly sneezed.
Jiraiya looked at him with suspicion and asked with concern:
"What's wrong? Do you have a cold?"
"No...it's nothing, I just suddenly felt a chill..."
"Take care of your health! You're my pillar of support right now! If you fall ill now, my poor heart can't take it!"
Jiraiya gazed into the distance, a weary look on his face, and murmured:
"What the hell is this place? There are so many guys who are as powerful as monsters!"
"Rasa, the acting Kazekage of Sunagakure, and the puppeteer Chiyo, an old woman."
"The old man Onoki, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, and his eldest son, Koto, who has inherited his father's true skills."
"There's also Amegakure, the local power in the Land of Rain, and its leader, Hanzo, who's known as a demigod... Although we were still quite immature back then, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and I did team up once, and we were still utterly defeated by that old bastard Hanzo. Amegakure may be a small ninja village, but Hanzo himself definitely possesses strength no less than any of the Five Kage!"
"This place is like a monster melee arena, and they only sent us? Is the old man messing with me?"
Minato, listening from the side, could only manage a wry smile.
The battlefield in the Land of Rain is indeed astonishing, with numerous powerful figures from the four major forces, including several with Kage-level strength!
Because of the need to prevent the Raikage and Uchiha clans from taking advantage of the situation, Konoha is unlikely to send many more reinforcements.
The only hope is that the battle in the Land of Rivers goes smoothly, allowing them to divert troops to the Land of Rain to support them.
End of this chapter..