Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

Chapter 71 A Sudden Turn of Events! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Hatake Sakumo moved with the speed of a white light, like the sharpest fangs, forcefully charging into the battle and tearing apart the Sand Ninja's encirclement.

"withdraw!"

At Hatake Sakumo's command, Uchiha Yu immediately led his two injured companions to retreat. Of the three, he was the only one who was unharmed.

Sakumo Hatake fought and retreated, his terrifying fangs proving too sharp even for Chiyo to stop.

Even Chiyo, facing the enemy who killed her son and daughter-in-law, had no choice but to watch as Sakumo Hatake and his men broke through the encirclement and disappeared into the night.

"Sister, Da Ming is alright."

Ebizo appeared beside Chiyo.

Chiyo said calmly, "It seems Hiruzen Sarutobi chose the wrong person."

She was prepared for the Land of Rivers daimyo to be killed, and then she would directly support a new daimyo and, in the name of the new daimyo, completely expel the forces of Konoha.

Of course, there will definitely be open and covert struggles with Konoha at that time.

Since Konoha intends to eliminate the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers, there must be someone within the Land of Rivers who supports him.

Isn't this the kind of tactic that large countries and ninja villages use to participate in coups in small countries?

"The Grand Commander is alright now, little brother, you can go and ask him for credit."

Chiyo said again.

Ebizo's noodles twitched upon hearing this.

……

On the other side, Hoshino Shuichi fought and retreated, and at this moment, the advantage of his strong explosive power became apparent, preventing him from being surrounded and unable to escape.

His Fire Instantaneous Body Technique allowed him to thrive in mid-air, enabling him to evade the Sand Ninja's massive Wind Release attacks and quickly escape the battlefield.

Once the memories from the shadow clone at the mine were fed back, Hoshino Shuichi was completely relieved.

With Minato Namikaze's main body there, the Sand Ninja's surprise attack crashed into a solid wall, resulting in a hasty and devastating retreat.

Before long, Minato Namikaze arrived with Shisui Uchiha and Sanyou Kurama to meet them.

The pursuing Sand Ninja were taken aback and hurriedly turned to retreat.

On the other side, Minato Namikaze, who was dealing with Rasa and Yoko, suddenly turned into smoke and disappeared with a bang.

Shadow Clone Technique!

"not good!"

Luo Sha and his two companions advanced at top speed.

……

"No need to chase them!"

Minato Namikaze gave the order not to press the attack any further.

He hadn't forgotten that the real mission was to provide cover for another squad.

The Minato Squad immediately retreated back to their base, and Rasa and the others on the other side also joined together, falling into silence.

They launched a two-pronged attack; one side suffered no losses, but also gained nothing.

The other side suffered heavy losses, with only two people escaping from the two teams.

Without a doubt, this was an extremely unsuccessful operation.

Rasa never expected Minato Namikaze to be so bold, leaving only a shadow clone to deal with him and Yoru.

conceited!

It's also a sign of disrespect towards them!

However, in their several encounters, they did not gain any advantage whatsoever.

"First, we will withdraw from the mine and report the situation to Lady Chiyo before proceeding with the next step."

Luo Sha spoke helplessly.

……

After retreating to the mine, Hoshino Shuichi and the others rested for a while before Namikaze Minato said, "Shuichi, Sanyo, you stay behind and remain vigilant."

"Shisui, you and I will go ahead and scout."

The three, including Hoshino Shizuka, nodded in unison: "Understood!"

Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha then left.

Time slipped away slowly in the darkness.

After midnight, Hoshino Shuichi, who was on guard duty, noticed some movement and immediately made the sound of an owl.

Receiving a response from behind, Kurama Sanyou quickly appeared beside Hoshinobu Shuichi: "Shuichi, are you a Sand Ninja?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the sound of an owl came from ahead.

Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "Looks like it's Minato-sensei and the others."

Even so, he did not act immediately, but waited quietly until Uchiha Shisui appeared, at which point he went to meet him.

"Shuichi, prepare to rescue them immediately!"

Minato Namikaze's voice came from behind.

Hoshino Shuichi looked over and saw Minato Namikaze carrying a person wearing an animal mask and a black robe.

In addition, there were three other people dressed in the same way, one of whom was being carried on someone's back.

Two members of the four-man squad were injured.

"Let's go to the cave!"

Hoshino Hideichi turned around and went back to the cave first, taking off his vest and spreading it out, revealing many surgical instruments.

Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou quickly helped to place the wounded man, and then used Hoshino Shuichi's surgical instruments to swiftly cut open the man's clothes.

"The poisoning is severe. Have you taken any antidote pills?"

"Issue Shizuka asked."

"I took it, but there's no way to detoxify it."

Sakumo Hatake's voice rang out.

Without even looking up, Xingxia Xiu formed hand seals and used the ninjutsu "Chakra Scalpel" to quickly cut open the wounded soldier's wound and remove all the poison needles and hidden weapons from his body.

"It's not the kind of deadly poison commonly used by Sand Ninja. It seems we've encountered a rather skilled puppeteer."

"Chiyo of Sunagakure?"

As Hoshino Shuichi spoke, his hands moved quickly as well.

Sakumo Hatake said, "It's her, Chiyo, the most powerful puppeteer in Sunagakure."

"I've heard Lady Tsunade mention her; she's a master of poison."

"The components of such a highly toxic substance must be analyzed before a targeted antidote can be formulated."

Meanwhile, Hoshino Hideichi had already removed all the hidden weapons from the two wounded soldiers' bodies, and the wounds without any poison had been healed.

After obtaining the "Medical Expert" entry, his medical skills improved dramatically, and the speed of his treatments became incomparable to what it used to be.

However, Uchiha Yu asked anxiously, "Can't we help them?"

Hoshino looked up and saw a pair of scarlet eyes beneath the mask.

The Uchiha clan!

Hoshita Shuichi was somewhat surprised, then formed a hand seal: "Complete detoxification is impossible."

"The toxins can be extracted, but the previous damage cannot be removed; we can only ensure that it does not continue to worsen."

A shadow clone was created, one for each of the two wounded individuals, and together with the main body, they used the Fine Extraction Technique to continuously extract toxins from the bodies of the two injured individuals.

Uchiha Yu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed, saying, "Please do everything you can to save them, I beg you!"

Hoshita Hideaki said, "Don't worry, even though I don't know them, they're all my companions!"

Uchiha Yu paused for a moment, and his gaze toward Hoshino Shuichi changed.

Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake exchanged a glance, then silently walked out of the cave.

The mountain breeze was blowing, and neither of them spoke.

Because it was a classified mission, Minato Namikaze couldn't ask questions casually, and Sakumo Hatake couldn't reveal mission information at will; both of them adhered to the principles of being ninjas.

Five minutes later, Hoshino Shuichi emerged from the cave and said, "Minato-sensei, the toxins have been removed from the two wounded soldiers, and they have also taken the antidote pills prepared by Lady Tsunade. They are alright for now."

"But to completely detoxify and prevent any aftereffects, we need to send the wounded back to Konoha as soon as possible, analyze the toxins, and prepare a special antidote."

Minato Namikaze nodded and said to Sakumo Hatake, "Senior, take the wounded back to Konoha immediately."

Hatake Sakumo nodded, thanked Hoshino Hide, and then headed towards the cave.

Seeing this, Hoshino Shuichi finally couldn't help but say, "Why don't we go back and fight our way back!"

Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake were both stunned.

Hoshino Hideaki said, "We can leave the wounded to Shisui and the others to escort. We'll charge back now; the Sand Village's defenses should be the weakest."

Although he didn't know exactly what the situation was in Daming Prefecture, he could roughly guess some things.

Standing at the cave entrance, Hatake Sakumo turned around and said, "Even if we kill the daimyo now, it won't make a difference. It seems that the Sand Village is already prepared for the daimyo's death."

Hoshita Shuichi firmly stated, "Whether the River Country's daimyo is useful or useless is not something we should consider; that is a matter for the Third Hokage to consider."

"Our goal is to send him to the Pure Land, nothing more."

"Moreover, given the current situation, the death of the daimyo of the Land of Rivers is the best option."

"If he doesn't die, the Land of Rivers will completely side with Sunagakure. If he dies, even if Sunagakure is preparing to support someone as the new daimyo, we and the Land of Fire can do the same."

"Even the newly appointed daimyo, for the sake of the domestic situation, does not dare to completely turn against us. The worst-case scenario is to maintain the current situation."

"After all, if you can assassinate someone once, you can do it again and again. He just got to the position of daimyo, he doesn't want to die before he can enjoy it, right? A smart person knows how to choose."

Come back with a killing blow!

Shuichi Hoshino said these words not because he needed Sakumo Hatake to unlock the entry.

It was because Sakumo Hatake had previously instructed him in swordsmanship, because of his friendship with Kakashi, and even more so because of Sakumo Hatake's personal persistence.

Some things always leave you feeling unsatisfied, and you subconsciously want to change them.

Hoshino Shuichi has now actually broken a taboo, a ninja's code.

After all, Sakumo Hatake was carrying out a classified mission.

However, Hatake Sakumo was not an indecisive person. After a brief moment of thought, he bowed and said, "Then I'll leave the wounded to you."

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze swallowed back the suggestion that was about to come up with.

They are indeed not suitable to participate directly in this task.

And so, Hoshino Shuichi and Namikaze Minato watched as Hatake Sakumo disappeared into the night.

"Let's go, retreat immediately."

Minato Namikaze withdrew his gaze.

Hoshita Shuichi nodded with a hint of melancholy.

He didn't know if anything had changed, but there was nothing more he could do now.

Inside the cave.

Upon learning that Hatake Sakumo had gone on another mission alone, Uchiha Yu was very excited and almost wanted to chase after him, but was dissuaded by Uchiha Shisui because of his injured comrade.

The group immediately retreated with the two wounded, and just in case, Hoshino Shuichi also created a clone to impersonate Hatake Sakumo using a transformation technique.

Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha were responsible for covering the rear, while Shuichi Hoshita, Yuu Uchiha, and Sanyou Kurama were responsible for escorting the wounded.

Fortunately, the Sand Ninja did not pursue them, and they traveled safely until dawn when they entered the Land of Fire.

After resting for half an hour, the group continued on their way.

Another hour passed, and Sakumo Hatake finally caught up.

"Shisui, you guys go first. Shuichi, come and heal your senior's wounds."

Minato Namikaze's voice came from behind.

Hoshino Hideichi quickly turned around.

Hatake Sakumo's injury was in his abdomen. Hoshino Shuichi used a chakra scalpel to cut open his robe, vest, and first-aid bandages, and after examining the wound, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it wasn't highly poisonous, and it didn't damage any internal organs.

However, the wound was a bit long, so Hoshino Shuichi immediately created a shadow clone to use the Palm Healing Technique to heal Hatake Sakumo's wound.

In addition, he gave Hatake Sakumo a blood-boosting pill, as he had lost too much blood.

Five minutes later, Sakumo Hatake's wound healed.

"Thanks."

Sakumo Hatake thanked him, then added in an even quieter voice, "Mission accomplished!"

Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "You're too kind, senpai."

Everyone tacitly pretended not to know each other and continued on their way.

If I don't have a blind date this afternoon, I'll try to write another chapter.

(End of this chapter)