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Chapter 51 Harassment! (Please vote and give monthly tickets to continue reading)

The rain was drizzling.

Hoshita Shuichi had only been patrolling for less than 20 minutes when he noticed someone approaching.

Unlike the Land of Fire, which is covered in dense forests, this place is barren. Even with the rain covering the area, it would be difficult for enemies to escape detection once they get close.

"Six people..."

Hoshino Shuichi looked at the person who had stopped ten meters ahead; there was no ninja village headband insignia.

"Kōnoha brats!"

"Was he alone?"

"It seems so at the moment."

"Heh heh, they really underestimate us!"

The six men stared at Hoshino Shuichi, their faces displaying bloodthirsty and cruel smiles.

"Let's start with this brat!"

"superior!"

"Kill this Konoha brat!"

The six people who had stopped rushed forward, forming a crescent shape.

With a senbon dangling from his mouth, Hoshino Shizuka flicked his left hand and flung out three shuriken from his ninja tool pouch.

Twice in a row, the second time with greater force and speed, catching up with the first three shuriken.

The collision of the six shuriken immediately altered their original flight trajectories.

Puff puff!

Three people were hit, and their screams tore through the rain.

"asshole!"

"hateful!"

"Kill him!"

Screams, roars, and the sound of rain mingled together.

With a sword in his right hand and a kunai in his left, Hoshinoichi suddenly darted out, heading straight for the enemy charging at him. The two enemies on his left and right immediately flanked him from behind.

Ding ding ding...

The clang of metal rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.

"Too slow!"

"You guys are too slow! How dare you come out here to make a living when you're this slow!"

Shuichi Hoshino's merciless mockery.

The enemy roared, "You brat, don't underestimate us!"

Just as he was about to increase his strength, Hoshino Shuichi's knife had already slit his throat first.

Bang bang bang!

Three figures fell to the ground one after another, their blood quickly staining the muddy earth red.

The other three people who had just been hit by the shuriken were all stunned when they saw this scene.

Hoshino Shuichi moved with lightning speed, and with screams echoing one after another, the remaining three were also killed by him.

From start to finish, it didn't even take a minute.

Neither the enemy nor Hoshino Shuichi himself used ninjutsu.

"They're all cannon fodder... Looks like this won't be the last wave."

Hoshita Shuichi cleaned up the battlefield, putting away the useful kunai and shuriken.

Who knows how many more battles are ahead? Ninja tools are essential.

Sure enough, less than an hour later, another group of people arrived.

His strength was still not very good. He killed two people in a row, and the other person fled in terror. He did not pursue him.

There's no need to waste time and energy on cannon fodder.

Before nightfall, Hoshino Shuichi and his companions endured a total of eight attacks.

The attack slowed their journey, forcing them to camp in the open at night.

On a bare hill, six warriors and sedan chair carriers are setting up a tent.

The reason for choosing to set up camp here, rather than in a cave, was to have a wide field of vision, making it impossible for the enemy to approach and launch a surprise attack silently.

Of course, if it is indeed a rock ninja as speculated, the cave would be even more dangerous.

"The real enemy should appear at dawn, and the harassment tonight should not stop."

Minato Namikaze analyzed the situation.

The enemy's tactics are clear: they constantly harass us with hired cannon fodder during the day.

Although they didn't know why the enemy had adopted such tactics, they were now facing an extremely passive situation.

So Minato Namikaze decided to change the situation, and said, "Shuichi, your transformation technique is the best here. I need you to use shadow clones to become the messenger later."

Upon hearing this, Hoshino immediately understood: "Minato-sensei, are you going to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to take the messenger away first?"

Minato Namikaze nodded: "That's right. The envoy's presence here not only puts us in a passive position, but he is also the enemy's target. He has extremely high intelligence value."

"However, we also need envoys as bait to see who the real enemy is and then extract intelligence from them!"

"The most crucial thing during the time I'm away with the envoy is to avoid being discovered by the enemy."

"So, Shuichi, you'll need to become the messenger using shadow clones, and I'll also leave shadow clones behind as cover. If any enemies attack, you'll have to hold them off and prevent the plan from being exposed."

At the end, Minato Namikaze smiled again: "If the real enemy appears while I'm away, then retreat immediately. Your shadow clones will cover you."

"If we cannot withstand the enemy's harassment, we must also retreat immediately!"

"Of course, I'll be back as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Kurama Yasunori immediately patted his chest and said, "Minato-sensei, don't worry. If it's the same kind of scum as during the day, we'll be perfectly fine."

Hoshita Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui nodded in agreement, but neither of them shared Kurama San'yō's optimism.

The key issue is not combat strength, but whether mental and physical strength can withstand such harassment and attrition.

But in any case, Minato Namikaze's decision allows them to have no worries.

"Minato-sensei, why don't the enemy just attack and seize the messenger directly?"

"We only have one ninja squad, six samurai. Since they can hire so many ninjas to harass us and launch a full-scale attack, they can easily use their numbers to make it impossible for us to protect the envoy, right?"

"Could it be that they're afraid we might not be able to stop them and will kill the envoy? But this is an envoy sent by a daimyo."

Kurama Yamayo asked the question that had been on his mind.

By the end of the day, they had killed more than twenty enemies and more than ten had retreated.

Hoshino Hideichi laughed upon hearing this, saying, "Perhaps the enemy knows Minato-sensei's strength and doesn't dare to attack him directly."

"Numbers aren't always the most useful!"

Minato Namikaze hasn't yet earned the title of Yellow Flash, but as a young Jonin of Konoha who has carried out so many missions, how could the enemy not be gathering intelligence on him?

The Flying Thunder God Technique was created by the Second Hokage, so it's impossible that the major ninja villages didn't have some information about it.

Minato Namikaze smiled at Hoshino's praise and said, "Don't worry about why the enemy is doing this for now. We'll find out once the real enemy appears, we'll capture them, and interrogate them."

Just as the arrangements were completed and the camp was set up, another wave of attacks arrived, but they were quickly repelled by Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha.

Upon returning, Minato Namikaze immediately entered the envoy's tent, leaving behind a shadow clone before leading the envoy away.

After waiting for a moment, Minato Namikaze's shadow clone emerged from the tent, while Shuichi Hoshita and Yo Kurama entered the tent to rest.

The six warriors remained surrounding the tent, unaware that the messenger had already left.

The campfire flickered, and Minato Namikaze's shadow clones and Shisui Uchiha were on night watch.

An hour later, the night raid began again.

Uchiha Shisui took action and repelled the enemy.

An hour later, another attack came. Uchiha Shisui and six samurai went out to repel the enemy, but one of the six samurai died and three others were injured.

While resting, Hoshino Shuichi created a shadow clone that remained inside the tent, while his main body left the tent to heal the wounded samurai.

The night was far from peaceful, with constant disturbances.

Hoshino Shuichi, Uchiha Shisui, Kurama Sanyou, and five samurai formed the main force to resist the enemy's attacks, while Namikaze Minato's shadow clones were stationed outside the tent.

This did not alert the enemy.

Given the current situation, it's reasonable for Minato Namikaze to conserve his energy.

At midnight, Minato Namikaze returned to his tent.

Hoshino Shuichi was completely relieved and began to look forward to the final battle.

He was furious after being tormented all day.

(End of this chapter)