From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 95: Division of Forces (5k)

If someone looked down from the sky at this moment, they would see that in the Oakigawa logistics camp that Sand Village had spent a lot of effort to build, there were countless dotted human figures swarming towards the destroyed gate in the southwest at a rapid speed.

A long trail of blood remained on the wide, straight streets of the fortress area.

The Sand Village ninjas dressed in khaki uniforms blocked the entire road like a tide.

They all looked at the lonely figure standing in front of them.

"Gudong."

A Sand Village ninja standing at the front tightly grasped his ninja sword and stared at the young man in front of him, whose face still had a bit of immaturity. Cold sweat slid from his temples to his neck, and his throat was beating with difficulty.

After a moment of silence, a series of deafening roars like desperate beasts rang out from the crowd.

"Drink——!"

"what!"

"He's alone!"

"Go to hell!"

I don't know who led them or if they all took steps at the same time, but the courage of these Sand Village ninjas, who had already experienced countless battles on the front battlefield, was finally ignited by their will, and they all rushed towards the direction of Sawara Kiri.

Facing the roars and shouts of everyone present, Sawara Kiri's pair of azure "six eyes" became brighter and brighter, and even flashed with bright starlight.

The surface of the steel ninja sword in his hand suddenly lit up with blood-red flames.

The footsteps smashed the bluestone ground heavily, and the figure suddenly rushed into the center of the crowd, making a loud sonic boom.

The few Sand Ninjas who were rushing in the front were knocked away by this figure, and spun into the sky like toys, with the sound of bones breaking in their bodies ringing in their ears.

Sawara Kiri's figure penetrated deep into the crowd, and the red sword in his hand flew through the center of the crowd like a stream of fire. Three or four kunai or severed hands floated up out of thin air. The hot blade could cut through steel or human body as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter. A ninja at the Chunin level didn't even have the qualifications to stand in front of him and withstand a single blow, and his neck was cut in an instant.

Horizontal chop, vertical chop, spinning and low sweep.

The extremely fast physical skills were vaguely mixed with some of Kaguya's unnoticeable fluid flow techniques. The blade danced brilliantly under the drive of Kagura, the Goddess of Fire. The brilliant flames lit up the blood-red waterfall in the night. Any figures rushing to the front would not be able to withstand his slash.

"Tu Escape·Tu Lu Returns!"

The two stone walls that were hitting the center from the sides suddenly rose up, just trapping Sawara Kiri's figure in the middle.

The young man leaped up.

Another figure immediately seized this moment of opportunity, swung the chain hammer in his hand, and swung it down hard at Sawara Kiri in mid-air.

However, the blazing blade light suddenly drew a cross at the moment the chain hammer was approaching, dividing it into several sections with a sharp sound of hot cutting.

Before the Sand Village ninja could react, Sawara Kiri suddenly leaped several meters away from the stone wall and rushed in front of him. The almost melted blade in his hand flew out and embedded itself into his forehead, causing a shrill howl.

This moment of being unarmed was immediately seized by a Sand Ninja on the other side, who swung his sword forward with a howl.

But before the falling blade could touch his body, Sawara Kiri had already leaned forward, pressed his wrist with his left hand at an extremely fast speed, and broke it with a snap. He then flipped in the air and kicked his neck, breaking it, and directly snatched the ninja sword from his hand.

The blade once again lit up with scarlet flames.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

The sound of dense puppet poison needles suddenly rang out from mid-air, and the poison needles as thick as cow hair fell like raindrops.

Without even looking at him, Sahara Kiri rushed to the puppeteer hiding in the crowd. The blade in his hand fell straight down from above, and the blazing flames instantly ignited the puppeteer's entire vision, splitting him in half from the center of his eyebrows.

At the same time, the azure "Six Eyes" swept across all targets within a 360-degree range around it at a flying speed, and immediately turned around to the rear.

"Earth Release·Earth Spear!"

Almost at the same time, a Sand Village ninja who was as tall as a giant bear roared and performed hardening ninjutsu, rushing towards him with red eyes.

Sawara Kiri's blade was pointed directly at his chest, but the opponent did not even try to dodge and simply faced him with his body. His heavy arms suddenly clasped forward, and the blade was firmly clamped in his body by his muscles.

"Zi la la-"

The sharp sound of detonation rang out at this extremely close distance.

The molten flames hidden under his body rushed towards the Sand Ninja like a torrent, easily tearing his huge body into seven or eight pieces.

"boom!"

The sound of the explosion, accompanied by the sound of blood steaming, instantly engulfed an area of ​​more than ten meters centered on Sawara Kiri. The violent shock wave even burned the bodies of several Sand Village ninjas who were nearby.

However, no one cared about their own injuries and instead focused their attention on the figure in the center of the explosion smoke.

What made them extremely desperate was.
Until the smoke and dust cleared, Sawara Kiri slowly stepped out from the center of the explosion.

His body was still as spotless as it was at the beginning.

There wasn't even a speck of blood on it.

"This. Monster!"

Looking at this scene, the Sand Village ninja struggled to squeeze out these words from his throat, his voice almost dry.

Anyone who sees an enemy that is unable to cause any harm, or a companion who is fighting for his life but only risks his life, would probably find it difficult to suppress such a wail.

Could it be that he won't get hurt at all?
"No!"

"Look at his shoes!"

Suddenly, a figure in the crowd spoke.

The surrounding Sand Village ninjas subconsciously looked over.

Then, there was a sudden light in front of my eyes.

I saw that the pair of ninja shoes on Sahara Kiri's feet were stained with sticky blood, just like those of the others, and there were even some tiny marks on the toes.

The moment they discovered this, some hope suddenly emerged in the hearts of these Sand Ninjas.

Since the blood can touch him, it means that his invisible defense technique is not invincible.

Almost at the moment the voice sounded, Sawara Kiri turned his head towards the direction where the voice came from.

The thin middle-aged ninja stood there, looking at him coldly with a solemn gaze.

On both sides of his body, there were three puppets of different shapes standing.

Sahara Kiri suddenly smiled at him.

Obviously, this should be one of the highest commanders of the Southwest Gate troops.

"Lord Coulomb!"

The surrounding Sand Ninjas shouted out immediately.

But before they could take any action, the blazing flames had already penetrated the bodies of several ninjas and flew straight towards the man.

The man called 'Lord Coulomb' was not in a hurry and observed calmly.

"boom!"

The puppet that served as the first substitute was smashed to pieces in an instant and torn into charred pieces. Coulomb's body floated up under the traction of the puppet thread, with his hands hooked forward.

"Puppet Technique: Attack Blade!"

Dozens of kunai suddenly flew towards Sawara Kiri from all directions, making a whistling sound in the night sky.

Almost at the moment when Sawara Kiri swung his sword to sweep away the clusters of kunai, his palm slammed down again.

"Seal, the lion closes its roar!"

A puppet that had been lying in ambush underground suddenly shot out from not far under Sawara Kiri's feet, opened its ferocious mouth at least 120 degrees, and bit towards Sawara Kiri with the sealing technique inside.

What is drawn there is the chakra sealing technique.

No matter what kind of strange technique it is, it is essentially just a special form of chakra.

This is the iron rule of the ninja world.

However, Sawara Kiri seemed to have 'foreseen' the existence of the puppet in advance. He had already raised his foot and stomped hard in the direction of the puppet that was shot out.

"boom!"

The hard lion-faced puppet was stepped on the ground, making a sharp metal tearing sound, and the entire metal head was slightly twisted.

The talent "Energy Beast" obviously adds more benefits to Sawara Kiri than just "Energy".

After this series of short, rapid and high-intensity fights, Coulomb's expression became increasingly serious.

"What a young man with terrifying talent."

"Why do monsters like this always appear in places like Konoha?"

"If my son Maki can be as good as him, the future of the Sand Village will not have to be so hard, right?"

He was multitasking as he thought.

The puppet thread in his left hand continued to perform delicate operations, while his right hand quickly formed seals with one hand.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

A sudden howling gale, supported by a large amount of chakra, blew across the entire street continuously, blowing countless pieces of corpses and rubble into the air.

The young man standing there seemed to be rooted, standing firmly in place. Almost at the moment when the strong wind passed, another metal puppet with a strange shape emerged from the ground with its fangs and claws bared, rushing towards the back of Sawara Kiri.

Coulomb's thoughts were racing.

"This guy's defensive ninjutsu can block physical attacks from the entire body within an inch, and will not miss even tiny poison needles, but the same cannot be said for small molecule poison gas."

"Wait until he is poisoned, then I will remove the puppets and lure him close to me to use the wind blade and detonate the puppets."

While the tactical arrangements were still being made in his mind, the puppet that had emerged from the ground suddenly burst into flames, and bursts of dense poisonous smoke spurted out from multiple holes in its body.

However, Coulomb's sight seemed to flash suddenly.

Sawara Kiri, who was standing there just now, is now nowhere to be seen.

'Where are the people? '

Before he could regain consciousness, his head had already turned around due to inertia, his vision reversed 360 degrees, and fell to the ground with a thud.

There was still a thin charred mark on the broken part of his neck.

Sawara Kiri stood behind him, swung the ninja sword that was dripping with molten steel, and threw it away.

"You're a puppeteer, but you're trying to use yourself as bait to fight against a Taijutsu-type?"

"Fancy."

The surrounding Sand Village ninjas watched this scene.

Lord Coulomb, who they had placed high hopes on just a second ago and even imagined that they could take advantage of the monster's inattention to injure him somewhat, was suddenly chopped down by Sawara Kiri in just a blink of an eye.

Just as the ninjas worship the strong, when the 'strong' in their common understanding is easily killed by a stronger ninja, this former worship will easily turn into an uncontrollable fear.

Everyone present were obviously battle-hardened ninjas who had been tempered in countless bloody one-on-one fights, but after more than ten minutes of one-sided slaughter, they all found it unbearable.

An unspeakable feeling of fear continued to spread from the depths of the heart, climbing up to every limb and making it difficult to move even a finger.

The name Sawara Kiri is deeply engraved in the hearts of all the survivors.

It turned into darkness as heavy as the abyss.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh——!”

The sharp sound of breaking through the air rang out continuously, and the special trident-shaped kunai scattered and flew everywhere like lightning.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Immediately afterwards, a figure like golden lightning flashed through the crowd of Sand Village at a phantom-like speed, wielding two kunai in his hands, continuously sweeping towards the figures that could be seen around him.

Except for a few occasional blows that were blocked due to a moment's delay, all of them accurately cut the enemy's throat.

"puff!"

One by one, the Sand Village ninjas fell to the ground with fear on their faces until their death, making gurgling sounds in their trachea, but some of them still had a look of relief on their faces.

It seemed as if I finally didn't have to face that deep terror.

Even the Sand Village ninjas who blocked his swords at the fastest speed did not stop. They all ran wildly in the opposite direction of the southwest gate with tense expressions, as if there was a monster chasing them closely.

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze was stunned for a while, and then seemed to suddenly understand and turned his head to look to the other side.

“Rumble——!!!”

A deafening voice sounded from afar.

The entire street swept by the blue light was overturned, and waves of dust and smoke rose in the night, and the firelight suddenly lit up the deep night.

Even from such a distance, I could clearly feel the heat wave spreading from there to here.

Minato Namikaze watched this scene from afar and suddenly shook his head helplessly.

"Minato-kun?"

At this time, the support troops in the rear had already rushed into the city.

An Akimichi ninja who was familiar with him noticed his gaze, smiled and pointed in the direction of the flames, and said:

"That person over there should be the one from your team, right?"

"He Dao's fog."

"His name is very famous even on our battlefield."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Namikaze Minato turned his head towards him and smiled brightly: "He is a very powerful guy."

The Akimichi ninja also looked at the fire in the distance, with his hands on his hips:
"I see it."

"But isn't it a little too strong?"

what.

This is far from his full strength.

Hearing this, Minato thought with some relief in his heart, and felt a little proud of his friend, but he said nothing. He just responded with a few simple words and continued to sweep forward.

However, when having such an overly reliable teammate by his side, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but feel a little guilty because of his inexplicably relaxed mentality.

"The distance between me and Wu-kun is really too far."

"I have to work harder."

'You are still not proficient enough in the new tactics. You need to adjust your posture while jumping, otherwise it will be easy to be blocked.'

"Also, we need to find a way to integrate the Rasengan."

At this time, Minato Namikaze did not know that in this world line, he was inspired by Sawara Kiri and was making progress at a speed many times faster than in the other world line.

It was not until about three hours later that the entire Sunagakure ninjas in the Ōakigawa logistics base were surrounded from multiple directions by the Hatake Battalion and completely cleared out.

Except for a few scattered members of the Sand Village, most of the others were trapped in the encirclement and killed.

This clean and neat start provided their desperate army with at least two more days of time to advance.

Obviously, the biggest contributor to this battle is naturally Sawara Kiri.

However, now is not the time to worry about these issues.

After entering the logistics base, Hatake Sakumo immediately destroyed a large amount of supplies stored in the base in batches according to the plan before the operation began.

Food, bedding, tools, medicine, tents.
After the Hatake Battalion had replenished the part they needed, they destroyed the rest as quickly as possible using Fire or Earth Release, in order to reduce the sustainable attack time of the Sand Village as much as possible.

Just as Konoha's western front did not receive much supplies, the Sand Village itself was located in a poor country, and even the military expenditure was squeezed out by tightening their belts.

Once these supplies are used up, it will be difficult to replenish them.

However, after burning this part of the supplies, Hatake Sakumo and others still had a frown on their faces.

"not enough."

“Not enough.”

He stood in front of the warehouse, flipping through the account book in his hand quickly, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "These supplies are only enough for 5,000 people to use for two months at most, and they don't even take up 30% of the total area of ​​the warehouse."

This was completely different from what he had discovered before.

The Nara ninja beside him reminded: "Where is the transport report?"

Hatake Sakumo then remembered and immediately opened another report book.

However, after he took a quick look at the transportation report for the past week, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

All the missing supplies have now been transported to the front line.

Obviously, just as Orochimaru had made early preparations to launch a defensive counterattack against the Sand Village, the Sand Village side also realized long ago that they must win the battle in one go.

Therefore, all supplies were piled up at the front line without hesitation - this was a desperate move, with no regard for logistics at all, as everyone would be doomed if they ran out of these.

Obviously, there is only one person in the entire Sand Village who is qualified to make a decision of this level.

The Third Kazekage.

After understanding this, both Hatake Sakumo and the several staff officers beside him all subconsciously hesitated.

Sunagakure has done things so decisively this time, so is there really any point for them to rush towards the opponent's logistics system now?

If we abandon the mission now and turn around and attack behind the Sand Village front line, will we achieve greater results?

"Divide your forces."

After a long silence, Hatake Sakumo finally said, "I will lead a detachment to attack the rear of the Sunagakure front line, burn their storage materials, and reduce the intensity of the attack as much as possible."

"You continue to move in the direction of the Sand Village."

Hatake Sakumo said seriously: "Next I will put my records."

"Please wait a moment, Master Sakumo."

(End of this chapter)