Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 231 Super Large Perception Barrier

For Ohnoki now.

There are only two most important things. One is to select a qualified or even excellent successor for oneself. This is a major event related to the future of the entire ninja village and there can be no ambiguity. The second is the alliance with Menma. Although Ohnoki seemed to have easily reached an alliance with Menma under Menma's persuasion.

But in reality, both Ōnoki and Menma knew it very well. This was a process of mutual exploitation.

Ohnoki wants to see if Menma can really inflict heavy damage on Konoha. If he can, this will be a sure-win deal. Even though Ohnoki is old, the old man still has the ambition to lead the Iwagakure Village to dominate the entire ninja world. Otherwise, more than ten years ago, he would not have led tens of thousands of Iwagakure ninjas to forcibly kill the Third Raikage. If it was really for self-protection, the Iwagakure Village could have declared victory when the Kumogakure ninjas retreated, and there was no need to keep the Third Raikage.

The reason is that the Third Tsuchikage also wants to take advantage of the situation to suppress the Hidden Cloud Village and even achieve more results, right?
But the old man still underestimated the strength of the Third Raikage.

Relying on his own strength, he managed to withstand the fierce attack of 10,000 of his own Iwagakure ninjas. It cannot be said that he killed a single one, but the number of Iwagakure killed or seriously injured was countless. As a result, the Iwagakure ninjas, who were obviously the victors, were unable to further expand their victory and instead had to retreat to the sphere of influence of their own ninja village.

Otherwise, with Ohnoki's character, he would definitely further pressure the Hidden Cloud Village and force it to spit out more things!

Ohnoki knew very well who the biggest enemy standing in the way of his ninja village's progress was. Or to be more precise, the structure of the five major ninja villages was determined as early as after the outbreak of the First Ninja World War.

There are only two ninja villages that can compete with Konoha for hegemony, and they are the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village. Since the defeat in the First Ninja World War, the Hidden Sand Village has been in a downward trend just like the Hidden Takigakure Village. The Hidden Mist Village has many internal problems and its inherent disadvantages are also obvious. It is a typical existence that is good at self-preservation but unable to make progress.

If the Iwagakure Village could really destroy the Kumogakure Village in the Third Ninja World War, the target could be directly aimed at Konoha.

This was a rare miscalculation by the Third Tsuchikage, as he underestimated the power of the Third Raikage who was of the same generation as himself. After all, Ohnoki thought that it would be impossible for him to fight against ten thousand hostile ninjas without being able to fly and still inflict so many kills before dying in battle.

It was also because of that battle.

The rumor that the Third Raikage could fight the Eight-Tails on equal terms, which had been scoffed at by a large number of people, was finally fully recognized by the world.

One must have such strength to be able to hold off 10,000 Rock Ninjas for three full days, not to mention much else.

At least the Iwagakure side has to acknowledge the strength of the Third Raikage.

Otherwise, wouldn't that mean that the Rock Ninja's fighting power is worrying? ?

In any battle, the winning side should not belittle the opponent, because that would also lower the level of one's own side.

After that battle, Ohnoki became more cautious. Over the years, whether it was the Nine-Tails Rebellion 12 years ago, or the "Baiyan problem" between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village several years ago, or the Konoha collapse plan nearly half a year ago, the Hidden Cloud Village led by Ohnoki faced it with an attitude of remaining unchanged in the face of all changes.

In Ohnoki's own words, he would not act rashly unless he had a clear chance of success.

In Ohnoki's view, the benefits must outweigh the risks before taking action. Of course, unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is an old turtle or even weak in mentality, he has simply become more cautious.

If there is a suitable opportunity, Ohnoki will still attack with lightning speed.

The alliance with Menma was the most decisive decision of the Third Tsuchikage. He wanted to use Menma to attack Konoha, and he was also ready to lead a team to capture Menma personally if the situation went wrong.

Nine tails!

The most powerful tailed beast in the world.

Such gains were enough for Ōnoki to take the risk.

Menma himself is very clear about this. During the past period of time, while strengthening his contact with Ōnoki, he also tried his best to hide his tracks and plans, although the secret of his stay in Takigakure Village would be exposed sooner or later.

As an ally, Ohnoki is more likely to learn about it in advance through some clues, but the longer he can hide, the better. Now he is not strong enough to truly face these powerful enemies in the ninja world, and Takigakure Village is not really ready to join the battlefield of the five major ninja villages.

The weak Takigakure Village is just a piece of cake in the eyes of the five major ninja villages if we don't consider Menma's combat effectiveness. Even the weakest Sand Village can still control Takigakure Village.

time!

It's still time!

What Menma needs most now is time.

And that was after two or three months of teaching and preparation.

Under the leadership of Menma.

The time has finally come for Takigakure Village to set up a super-large perception barrier for its own ninja village.

This is an important matter concerning the entire ninja village.

Therefore, when Menma informed Shibuki, it was already time to set up the barrier.

The leader of Takigakure Village was very excited.

He brought Ajun, Fushimi, Duolan and several other quasi-high-level ninjas of Takigakure Village to the scene.

Regarding the matter of setting up a perception barrier in his own ninja village.

Other people in the village didn't know.

However, these senior ninjas who were considered as the quasi-high-ranking officials of the village had learned about it one after another in the past one or two months.

Originally, these people didn't believe that Menma had such ability.

Everyone, including Ajun, was skeptical.

An extra-large perception barrier that is large enough to cover the entire ninja village.

This thing can really be set up by an ordinary person! ?

You have to know that at present, the knowledge of barrier techniques are all high-level confidential techniques that only the five major ninja villages possess, and to be more precise, only the Konohagakure Village can use them proficiently.

It is difficult for the other major ninja villages to be fully arranged.

Therefore, if these people want to believe that Menma can set up a large perception barrier, they really don't believe it.

Or rather, I am not willing to believe it.

But today, the reality is about to be laid out before us. Even those who don't believe it are telling themselves rationally that all this is about to come true. It's impossible for someone to set up a barrier knowing that it will fail, right?
Isn't that just slapping yourself in the face?

And the consequence of this is that his status and prestige in the village plummeted.

Ajun was skeptical about Menma, an outsider who joined in halfway, let alone Fushimi, Duolan and others. But compared to Ajun, they felt that it was a special arrangement by Elder Wu to suppress them so that the leader Shibuki could hold the power alone. Based on this point, it would be strange if these people had a good impression of Menma!
No matter what world it is in, preventing someone from getting rich is like killing their parents, not to mention the oppression of power.

Menma can see this very clearly, but he is not worried about the problems here at all.

If he fails, he will naturally die, and there will be no need to discuss these issues.

But if his plan goes smoothly, he can make Takigakure Village bigger and stronger. More often than not, the so-called internal struggles are the result of uneven distribution of interests. A qualified leader can only balance the situation and keep the village stable, but an excellent leader can definitely make the entire interest pie of the village bigger. As long as the benefits shared by everyone continue to expand, some problems may not disappear, but they will definitely be suppressed.

At this time, whoever comes out to make trouble will be the public enemy.

This is what Menma has to do now. Setting up the perception barrier is only the first step. To gain benefits for the village, he must first make them feel safe and let these people understand that following him is the right thing to do.

People will only choose to look higher when it is safe!

"Point One is ready!"

"Point No. 2 is also ready!"

"Point No. 3 still needs to debug the instruments."

"The barrier seal at point 4 will be burned soon."

"Point five..."

"Point six..."

At the scene, the Taki ninjas, who had been trained by Menma for two months, were now under Menma's command, making the final preparations before setting up the barrier at 12 equal points on the outskirts of Takigakure Village.

This is an extra-large perception barrier. Menma is the core point and the key point for performing the ritual, while the other twelve points serve as auxiliary points to control the entire barrier. As long as the barrier is successfully deployed, the Taki ninjas responsible for these 12 points will be needed in the future to conduct regular stable control and inspection.

This arrangement was also the conclusion that Menma came to after referring to the super-large barrier of the Hidden Leaf Village.

12 points, no more, no less.

Just enough.

If there are too many, the requirements for the barrier will be higher.

If there is too little, it will not be easy to stabilize when the coverage area is limited. This is the result that Menma finally determined after many tests.

But in the end, can it be arranged successfully?

be honest.

Menma himself wasn't 100% sure.

It's not that there's a lack of control or that the equipment is not ready. After all, this is the first time that Menma has set up a large barrier. All of it was just talk before, and there's no practical experience at all. Naturally, Menma doesn't dare to guarantee it. If it's purely based on theory, there's naturally a 70% to 80% or even higher probability that it can be set up successfully. But there are always accidents, and who can be sure that other situations won't arise during the setting process?
Of course, worry is worry.

Menma will not show even a trace of it on the surface.

He always looks confident.

"Very good, hurry up and make sure to make the final confirmation for the remaining unprepared locations. Do you understand?"

Menma issued his orders one by one in an orderly manner through the walkie-talkie. Although the technology tree of this world is off, some high-tech products still appear. The current usable range of things like walkie-talkies is not too wide, but within a certain range, there is no problem in transmitting information.

"Yes, Master Yifang!"

"Follow your orders!"

For locations that are farther away, they can be delivered through transfer stations.

Ensure that Menma can accurately obtain information at every point.

"How's it going? Can we start, Ichifang-kun?"

Shibuki, who had arrived early, couldn't wait to look at Menma and asked.

An extra-large perception barrier.

This can bring about a qualitative leap in the security capabilities of our own ninja village.

As long as it can be arranged successfully, the safety factor of Takigakure Village will be greatly improved in the future. Even foreign enemies at the level of Jonin will not be able to sneak in as easily as before. As the leader, Shibuki is naturally very concerned about this matter. This is also one of his great achievements.

"Well, the layout is almost complete, and we can start after the final debugging of some points!"

Menma also smiled slightly, nodded and said.

"That's good. I'll leave everything to you, Ichifangjun."

Although Shibuki knew very well that Menma's true identity was just a boy around 13 years old.

But the previous situations were enough for Shibuki to eliminate all discrimination.

They are more reliable than me.

Since Menma said so, he must be very confident, and Shibuki felt relieved.

"Yes, please rest assured, Shibuki-san."

Menma said with a slight smile.

This is almost an equal attitude.

And that common name.

And the most important thing is Shibuki's 100% approval.

All of these made Ajun, Duolan, Fushimi and others in the back position show different degrees of strange expressions.

Especially Ah Jun had an urge to directly reprimand Menma for his rudeness at that moment. Their Takigakure Village was not a small family. It could even be said that even in the weakest Hoshigakure Village, the star ninjas under them had to treat their leader with courtesy.

This is a situation that is almost like being on an equal footing.

No matter how Ajun and others looked at it, they found it strange.

But then Ajun thought of some of the things that Shimu had told him before, and he swallowed those words back.

This is a different person after all.

Ah Jun looked at Menma with a strange look in his eyes. At this moment, the middle-aged Takigakure ninja, who was over 40 years old, suddenly had the thought that the future of Takigakure might be changed by the young man in front of him.

"Master Yifang, all the locations have been prepared!"

Not to mention the different thoughts of the Taki ninja quasi-seniors in the positions below.

Another ten minutes later.

The Taki ninjas in charge of the barriers at various locations also reported the completion of debugging one after another.

The young man named Taki Ninja, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old and was in charge of delivering the message, immediately came to Menma's side, bowed and reported.

There was also an obvious look of respect in his pupils.

Young people, especially those with ambitions, are relatively more easily impressed by powerful, capable and charismatic beings than old guys.

How strong is Menma?

These ordinary Taki ninjas were not very clear about it, but the battle two or three months ago showed the tip of the iceberg that Menma had shown, which was enough to prove that Menma was definitely an extremely powerful jonin. The fact that he could control such a terrifying summoning beast was a clear proof of this.

Having such strong strength itself has a certain appeal to ordinary ninjas, not to mention the time they have spent together.

They all admired Menma's knowledge and ability in barrier techniques to a certain extent. Others did not know, but the Taki ninjas who had been taught some knowledge of barrier techniques knew very well that this time the barrier arrangement would be successful unless there were some major unexpected problems.

Isn't it worthy of admiration, recognition and following for someone who is powerful, capable and can bring benefits to the village?!

Although it is still far from the point of being completely devoted.

But this is undoubtedly an extremely good start.

"Well, then notify all the locations and start according to the predetermined plan. When you see the barrier condensing lines in the center, activate the instruments together, make seals together, and inject chakra. Remember, the moment you see it, you must synchronize. You can't be slow or fast!"

Menma nodded slightly and said with a serious expression, "Yes, Master Fang!"

After the young Taki-nin suddenly lowered his head in response, he immediately walked to the side and repeated Menma's order twice using the intercom, until all the Taki-nin in charge of all the locations had responded one after another.

Menma then took a deep breath and walked directly to the center of the magic circle that had been engraved in advance.

This is the most important core rune array for setting up the perception barrier.

Menma will need to inject his chakra into it to activate the magic circle, and use it as the core to construct the reference point of the entire barrier. Originally, the construction of a reference point of a super-large barrier requires several or even more than ten senior ninjas with relatively large amounts of chakra. But for Menma, this amount of chakra is just a drop in the bucket, and he can do it easily by himself.

"Karin, Mizuki!"

Central location of the station.

Before making hand seals with his hands, Menma looked at Karin and Mizuki on both sides.

"Ok!"

"Yes, Master Yifang!"

The moment he noticed Menma's gaze shifted towards him.

Xianglin and Shuiyue nodded.

One and Menma made hand seals simultaneously.

The other is to start the instrument.

next second.

"Ninjutsu - the technique of the infinite formation!"

The imprint is complete.

Menma clapped his hands vigorously.

"Snapped!"

The words that came out in a deep voice.

The moment when Menma injected a large amount of chakra that he had extracted into it.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, the magic circle was directly activated, and a beautiful light and shadow burst out.

"Shh!"

A beam of light shot up into the sky, shining directly in the sky.

"Eh!? What is that?"

"It seems to be in the center of the village?"

"What a huge beam of light! Is that some ninja casting a ninjutsu?"

"No, no, no, this looks too dazzling, doesn't it? Could it be a ninjutsu?"

"What happened?"

"Wow? So beautiful!"

"Could it be that the enemy has invaded?"

"Hey, hey, hey, you're talking nonsense. If the enemy really invades again, will it still be so peaceful?"

"That's right."

"What the hell is that?"

It directly attracted the attention of the entire Takigakure Village. Not to mention the ordinary people, even the Takigakure ninjas in the village widened their eyes when they saw this special pillar of light.

Quite a number of people subconsciously wanted to get closer to see what was happening.

But they were immediately persuaded to disperse by a group of Taki ninjas who had been arranged in advance by Shibuki, Ajun and others.

The more this happened, the more curious the people in Takigakure Village became about what that beam of light was.

And that was the moment when that beam of light appeared.

Above the area around Takigakure Village.

According to the twelve points divided by prior investigation.

The four Taki ninjas in charge of their respective units saw the moment at the same time.

"open!"

There was also a Taki nin who had stepped into the magic circle in advance and quickly began to form hand seals. These Taki ninjas had practiced this countless times.

The seals were completed almost at the same time with no error.

The chakra injected into it together.

Almost perfect timing.

next moment.

"Buzz!"

A magic circle of light and shadow also bloomed.

Twelve slender beams of light appeared.

In that converging angle.

“Oooooohhhh!?”

"What is this?"

"Another twelve?"

"Wow? You look so pretty."

"This must be our village's ninja master performing some kind of technique."

"Amazing, really amazing."

Even though it was not as powerful as the previous beam of light, these twelve converging rays of light once again attracted the attention of everyone in the village. Takigakure Village had been peaceful for decades.

Except for the Ninja World War.

In daily life, the village is almost peaceful. Although the rebellion of Shisha caused quite a stir within the village, it was ultimately confined to a certain range.

This time, the arrangement of the barrier was enough to attract the attention of the entire village.

At this moment, everyone stared at the light and shadow with their eyes wide open.

And at this moment, Menma was standing in the center.

When he saw the twelve rays of light converging smoothly, he felt much more relaxed. The previous step was the most important step in setting up the barrier this time. If there was a deviation in the timing of any point, or if there was a problem in forming the seal, the barrier would not be able to be set up successfully!
The array can only be activated at the same time.

The barrier can be successfully formed.

"drink!"

Gathering of light and shadow.

The moment we touched each other.

Menma suddenly shouted in a deep voice, and the hand seal changed accordingly.

next second.

Under Menma's control.

"Buzz!"

The twelve intertwined rays of light converged directly on the beam of light above the zenith.

Overlapping moments.

"!?"

"!!!"

It's not just Menma.

Shemu, Ajun and others in the back were also nervous.

"Congeal!"

Just a few seconds.

Yet it seemed as long as a century.

Along with Menma's final mark.

Drink the words that come out softly.

"Buzz!"

Above the sky.

The light and shadows change, and the white light intersects with each other.

After a momentary tremor.

"Wow"

A perfect arc was drawn in the air, radiating straight down in all directions. Under Menma's perception, the intersecting rays of light returned to the previous twelve points.

The most stable chakra drainage pattern is formed.

This successfully outlined complete circular transparent barrier completely encompasses the entire Takigakure Village.

At the moment when the procedure is completed.

Menma couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth into a beautiful arc.

Since then.

Except for a very small number of special people, anyone else entering or leaving Takigakure Village will be easily detected by the Taki ninjas of the barrier sensing team.

Menma also perfectly realized his debut in Takigakure Village.

It can be said that he has truly established his own prestige!
Shibuki in the back position was still quite obvious before he saw the circle, but now when the almost transparent and invisible light shield was formed, he also revealed a very excited and happy expression.

But out of a last little bit of worry.

"Mr. Yifang? Did you successfully set up the barrier?"

Shibuki asked Menma with an uncontrollable joy and a tone that was a little bit afraid that it might be a mistake.

Ajun, Duolan, Fushimi and other Taki ninjas also widened their eyes.

"Yes, Shibuki-san, please rest assured that the barrier has been successfully set up."

Menma also replied with a smile on his face.

Afterwards, he directed the Taki ninjas who were previously at the border position to conduct several passing tests.

Everyone will be detected the moment they cross the barrier.

Not only will the Taki ninja who is in charge of reconnaissance be able to sense it, but it will also be directly fed back to a large spherical crystal in the core area where Menma and others are currently located.

After several repeated tests.

Shibuki's last lingering worry was completely put at ease.

"That's great, that's great. From now on, the safety factor of our Takigakure Village can be raised to a higher level. Thank you for your hard work this time, Ichifang-kun!"

Shibuki's face was also filled with an unconcealable smile.

For their Takigakure Village, the significance and function of such a barrier arrangement are truly immense.

Although the main credit goes to Menma.

But as a leader, you can still improve your prestige.

And most importantly, when he thought about the people of his own ninja village being able to enjoy a more peaceful life in the future, the smile on Shibuki's face became more and more intense.

"No, no, no, these are what I should do. I am also a member of the village!"

Menma said, smiling and waving his hand.

"Haha, yeah! That's true!"

But it is different from Shibuki's simple happiness.

The mood of Ajun and others in the back seemed a little complicated.

(End of this chapter)