Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 166 One Man Against an Entire Village

Ten miles behind the Sand Village ninjas, the Konoha ninjas were jogging at a brisk pace.

Ten li is five kilometers. This position is very delicate. It is a distance where you can catch up immediately if the speed in front slows down, and you can retreat in time if the speed in front wants to fight back.

Jiraiya pulled a map from his person, and running did not affect the map in his hand at all, which remained as steady as a mountain.

This is a fundamental skill for novel readers.

After studying the map for a while, Jiraiya put it away again and asked, "What's going on with this road? Who built such a long road? If there wasn't a road, the Sand Village ninja couldn't have moved so fast!"

"It must be the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!" a ninja said. "A road this long can't be built by just one city or town!"

"Is that so!" Jiraiya nodded, "That makes sense."

Although he was still very unhappy, this kind of thing had nothing to do with him as the front-line commander. He had to negotiate with the Daimyo in Konoha to see if the road could be demolished or something.

This road is so difficult to build; it seems to stretch all the way from the border. This means that it not only benefits Sunagakure, but if Iwagakure wants to invade, they can also rush over along the road.

Although Iwagakure had to take a detour around the border.

Could there be a road on the route from Iwagakure directly to Konoha?

"Lord Jiraiya!" A member of the Hyuga branch family rushed back from the front: "We've spotted a town ahead, and it looks like the Sunagakure ninjas are about to attack!"

"A town?" Jiraiya's hand trembled. "How could that be? I just looked at the map, and I didn't see any towns on it!"

"It's a town that has developed in the last two years, called Nishitang Town. It used to be an unnamed village!" said the Jonin of the Aburame family. "If the map is from two years ago, or if the resolution isn't high enough, you really can't see the town!"

"Is that so!" Jiraiya frowned, muttering, "This is really bad!"

"Shall we march quickly?" Minato Namikaze asked.

"No rush!" Jiraiya shook his head. "Let's keep our distance..."

Seeing Minato's displeased expression, Jiraiya said, "Minato, what I want to teach you is that a general cannot have emotions; those who must be sacrificed must be sacrificed. If we rush in now, not only will we not be able to do anything, but we will also have to give our own lives. Only if we live can we avenge them!"

"Besides, the Sand Village ninja are in a hurry; they might not actually kill anyone, they'll just rob some valuables and leave quickly!"

"Really?!" Minato stared at Jiraiya in disbelief. He never expected that Jiraiya would be this kind of person.

In fact, he knew that the Jiraiya he spent every day with might not be the real Jiraiya.

If Jiraiya had always maintained the personality he displayed, why wouldn't Ning Yuan have invited him to join the Ning Organization?

Rather than believing that Ning Yuan misjudged him, it's better to believe in Jiraiya's true character, who may not be as kind as he appears in the village.

Unexpectedly, on his first trip outside the village, facing a town under attack, Jiraiya immediately revealed some of the coldness in his personality.

Yes, Jiraiya is right. When facing a powerful enemy, we do need to conserve our strength.

But this kind of rightness, this kind of correctness, is suitable for an individual, but not for a group.

If you're a coward who's afraid of death, and you retreat when you encounter a strong enemy, it doesn't matter.

But who are we? We're Konoha ninjas!

Since the ninjas of Konoha are a military group of the Land of Fire and are supported by the people of the Land of Fire, they have an obligation to protect the safety of the people of the Land of Fire, don't they?

Even if the price of protecting their safety is death!

Minato immediately thought of something Ning Yuan had mentioned before: the drawbacks of the ninja mission system.

What should have been a beneficial initiative for the people was turned into a transaction, resulting in a complete breakdown of the bond between the ninjas and the common people.

Furthermore, Konoha's funds come from the Daimyo, which means that Konoha's ninjas are only responsible to the Daimyo, not to the people under the Daimyo's command.

Now that I see it, it's indeed the case.

"I need to go and provide support!" Minato's mind worked quickly, and so many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

He looked up and said, "I can provide support from the rear and disrupt their attack. At such close range, Sunagakure won't dare to send a large army!"

At such close range, if the Sand Village ninjas were to actually capture the castle, Minato really wouldn't know how he would face his fellow members.

"You can't go!" Jiraiya grabbed Minato. "Don't think that your charge just now was because you were too strong. Actually, it was because the enemy didn't know you. Ninja battles are battles of intelligence. Before, your intelligence was unknown to Sunagakure, which is why you were able to gain an advantage for a while. Now that your intelligence has been exposed, there might be some trap waiting for you!"

Jiraiya said earnestly, "I'm doing this for your own good. I'm your teacher, how could I possibly harm you?"

Minato shook his head, shook off Jiraiya's hand, and accelerated forward.

As Jiraiya watched Minato's departing figure, he inexplicably felt that he had never truly understood his disciple.

but

Perhaps this is what the prophesied child should be like?

If he's just like any other ninja, then what makes him worthy of being called the Child of Prophecy?

"Everyone, keep up!"

What he didn't say was: Minato is the hope of Konoha, and we can't let anything happen to him!

Five kilometers is just a blink of an eye for Shuimen; he arrived at the scene in less than a minute.

Then we saw the Sand Village puppet troops being brutally beaten by the militia.

For a moment, his expression became somewhat strained.

No, you're ninjas, how could you be beaten so badly by a bunch of militiamen?

Militia, militia, what are militia? They're just armed farmers. If this is all the fighting power the Sand Village ninjas have, then they shouldn't be doing any more commissions. They probably can't even beat a mountain bandit!

Turning his head to look at Xitang Town again, Shuimen's face inexplicably revealed a hint of pride.

Because he discerned the composition of the Xitang Town militia.

This is the army under Ning's command. The five characters "Xitang Town Militia" seem to be from the Ninja World, but they are actually written in standard Mandarin.

"So this is a militia armed with Ning organization ideology and modern science? They can't even beat ninjas. So the leader was right, ninjas really are just paper tigers, a profession that has no need to exist?"

Shuimen had always trusted Ningyuan and even watched several units being built up, but since they had never experienced actual combat, no one knew how effective these units were or whether they could reach the level Ningyuan envisioned.

Now, he sees it.

In open field conditions, militiamen are not necessarily a match for ninjas, and if given enough time, the Sand Village could even capture the city.

But the common people ultimately had the ability to resist!

This is not a good thing for ninjas, but if we look at the world and the goal is to end the ninjas' military rule over the world, it is a great thing.

The thought flashed through his mind, and after observing from the tree for a while, Minato immediately locked onto his target.

An old lady, and a beautiful woman beside her wearing a backless dress, with a high ponytail and a touch of orange-red at the ends of her hair.

Chiyo, Ye Cang.

Although they were surrounded by a group of Sand Village ninjas, they could be instantly killed if caught off guard by the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Because they were unaware of the Flying Thunder God Technique, this ninjutsu's first-encounter killing effect is quite terrifying.

"Hmm?" Minato suddenly put away his kunai and turned to look to the side.

A person dressed entirely in white emerged from the tree trunk.

"You are, White Zetsu?" Minato heard that Ning Yuan went out and then subdued a race of creatures called "White Zetsu". This race does not eat or drink, can live on sunlight, can travel through trees, soil and water, and can even merge with people.

Their scent is also very well concealed, making it ideal for communication.

"It's White Zetsu, my name is Sky!" the White Zetsu said, pointing to Xitang Town ahead. "I'm in charge of communications between Xitang Town and headquarters!"

"Is that so!" Minato nodded. It seemed that the White Zetsu race was quite numerous, with one stationed in every town.

"Did you come here on orders from above?" Minato asked.

"Yes!" the sky said, "The leader orders you to spare Chiyo's life!"

"Yes!" Minato nodded immediately, then asked, "Where are the others?"

"Nothing else was mentioned!" Sky said.

Minato understood that everyone else could be killed.

He didn't know why Chiyo couldn't be killed, but since it was the leader's order, there must be a reason.

"I'm leaving first!" After giving the order, the sky disappeared into the tree trunk.

He would never help Minato fight; his presence is even more powerful than the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Minato breathed a sigh of relief and took out his Flying Thunder God kunai again.

Unlike the trident in the original work, Minato in this world studies harder and has Ning Yuan's guidance, resulting in a deeper understanding of sealing techniques. Therefore, the Flying Thunder God Kunai he makes is also smaller.

It's only the length of an index finger and the width of a finger; it looks like a throwing knife.

Moreover, because it is lighter and conforms to fluid dynamics, this kunai can be shot faster and farther.

Because of its smaller size and better concealment, it is not easy for the enemy to defend against.

"If we can't kill Chiyo, then let's kill that Blaze Release ninja!" Minato quickly searched the Sand Village's formation for high-value targets: "And this one, is he the puppet squad captain? And this one, he's probably a medical ninja."

The next second, five kunai appeared.

"Someone's behind me!" The Sand Village ninja immediately dodged.

However, they didn't dodge very far.

Ninjas' movements are always very precise. Because their chakra reserves are limited, they need to conserve it as much as possible. So, they just need to avoid kunai and there's no need to run too far.

Minato's hands moved non-stop, throwing out more than fifty coins in the blink of an eye, five after five.

However, of the fifty kunai, only six hit the target; the remaining forty-four all missed.

"I told you, no one in this world is without flaws!" Seeing it was Minato again, Chiyo was initially startled, then relaxed a little: "Your kunai throwing needs a few more years of practice back in school!"

Before she could finish speaking, Minato's figure had already disappeared before her eyes.

"Huh?" Chiyo was stunned, and then she heard a scream from behind her.

She immediately raised her hand: "Poisonous Calamity!"

But before the poisonous smoke could even be emitted, Minato had already returned to his original position.

Only a little over 130 corpses remained within the Sand Village formation!

This even included Ye Cang, who was standing next to her, as well as several elders and guards!

The Sand Village is too densely packed; there are often more than one enemy at a single landing point.

Chiyo was horrified and immediately stopped the puppet from spitting poison, while ordering all the Sand Village ninjas to stay away from the kunai on the ground.

She had never seen the Flying Thunder God Technique before, and the Hidden Cloud Village, which knew about it, would not share this information with other villages. However, judging from the distribution of these corpses, she could roughly tell that this technique was closely related to the kunai on the ground.

The Sand Village ninjas didn't know how to deal with this technique, so they simply retreated more than two hundred meters and arrived at the side of Xitang Town.

"What kind of technique is this?" Chiyo asked sharply.

Minato smiled without saying a word. What ninja would announce their own name?

Oh, Hidan knows it. Never mind then.

Chiyo paused for a moment, then asked, "You came all alone. Aren't you afraid of dying?"

"I'm afraid!" Minato nodded with a smile, "But I'm even more afraid of not being able to protect the people of the Land of Fire!"

"They're just a bunch of civilians!" Chiyo said coldly. "You're actually willing to die for them?"

"No, that's not it!" You definitely can't admit to something like that, otherwise Sunagakure will use hundreds of civilians to force you to your death.

Minato laughed, "I just don't like feeling that powerless feeling of not being able to protect my own people. You should have felt that powerlessness just now!"

Chiyo fell silent.

"Retreat! While everyone's not yet bloodthirsty, there's still a chance the war can end!" Minato continued, "Otherwise, I'll chase you as you go, a hundred men at a time. Let's see how many times you can last me!"

"Such a powerful ninjutsu must have consumed a lot of energy!" Chiyo retorted coldly, "I don't believe you can kill us all before your chakra runs out!"

"If one day isn't enough, then three days, five days!" Minato laughed. "Five thousand people, one hundred at a time, it'll only take fifty days. I have plenty of time!"

"You!" Chiyo shouted angrily, "How dare you!"

Despite the criticism, there was a sense that he lacked conviction.

She really had no way to deal with this person!

Poison isn't light, and it doesn't spread very quickly, so it's impossible to catch Minato.

Minato smiled without saying a word, simply tossing the kunai in his hand up and down.

The atmosphere was silent until a few minutes later, when Jiraiya arrived with the advance team.

"What's going on?" Jiraiya looked at Chiyo's pale face and the more than one hundred corpses in front of her, and a sense of shock inexplicably welled up in his heart.

He didn't go off to battle again, did he?

Why were so many killed this time?

And

Seeing the kunai on the ground, Jiraiya realized that Minato had used the Flying Thunder God Technique, which had most likely exposed him.

Because Yekura hadn't yet made a name for herself, Jiraiya didn't take her corpse seriously, assuming she was just an ordinary Jonin.

Chiyo alone couldn't defeat Minato, let alone now that Minato's teammates have arrived.

Chiyo, her face dark, said coldly, "Let us collect the corpses, and we'll leave immediately. We won't loot any towns along the way!"

If other towns also had militias like those in Xitang Town, they would find it unprofitable to plunder them.

Minato nodded, then spread his hands: "Go ahead!"

Chiyo beckoned, and the other Sand Village members hesitantly stepped forward. Seeing that Minato didn't seem to be making any moves, they became a little bolder.

Jiraiya watched this scene with a cryptic expression.

What does this mean? How deep is the shadow cast by the Watergate scandal?

Also, now that the Sand Village has retreated, is the war over?

(End of this chapter)