Naruto: My version is ahead of the ninja world

Explosive tags!

Without anyone reminding them, the ninjas immediately understood what was about to happen when they suddenly heard this peculiar sound in the relatively quiet indoor environment.

For ordinary ninjas, explosive tags are a highly threatening explosive ninja tool. These things are extremely efficient at killing... somewhat like booby traps on a modern battlefield; touching one means certain death.

Yugen reacted quickly, but just as he was about to teleport away, he discovered that Akimichi Torifu had already pulled away Omori Kairi and stepped in front of everyone.

In the next instant, his right arm rapidly expanded, his hand grew enormous, and he slammed it against the "wall" covered with explosive tags. Under this immense force, the entire tree shook violently, and then half of the trunk separated from the tree and fell off.

boom!

A burst of flames rose from the rain, but fortunately it wasn't an explosion at point-blank range. After Akimichi Torifu's palm absorbed some of the impact, his arm quickly returned to its normal size... Although he was slightly injured, this was the best possible outcome.

The detonation tag crisis is nothing compared to the enormous noise it makes.

Akimichi Torifu clenched his fist, ignoring the injury on his palm, and said to the three people behind him, "Let's get out of here. The trap has been triggered, and the explosion just now will most likely attract the enemy's attention."

Once the enemy realizes that the traps they set have been triggered, they will definitely come back to check the situation... Nobody dislikes catching mice.

Now, Yugen has come to like the environment and weather of the Land of Rain; it's perfect for concealing the ninjas' movements.

The Konoha squad hurriedly left the base. After determining that they were roughly out of danger, Akimichi Torifu immediately made several copies of the intelligence he had just obtained. He first gave one copy to each squad member so that everyone could keep it safe... The intelligence was written in code, and Yugen could only keep it but could not understand its contents.

This decision to keep the information separately carries a somewhat ominous connotation, meaning that whoever returns to the Konoha camp must bring the intelligence back with them.

Everyone calmly accepted the captain's arrangements. Yu Xian carefully placed the intelligence scroll close to her body, hoping that nothing unexpected would happen... In such a deep enemy territory, maintaining the integrity of the squad was the only way to ensure a safe withdrawal; otherwise, the probability of certain death was much higher.

To put it more simply, the Chunin and Genin present need the combat strength of a Jonin captain.

Then Akimichi Torifu reached behind him and pulled out another bird... a goshawk.

Akimichi Torifu stuffed the intelligence into the message tube on the hawk's talons and then released it... He used various channels to send back the intelligence, but still felt it wasn't safe enough.

"Captain, we've obtained intelligence. Should we evacuate now?" Omori Kairi asked.

"No, our mission is not finished yet. We still need to check the situation at the other two bases." Akimichi Torifu shook his head.

This……

Isn't this a bit irrational? Based on the situation at this forward reconnaissance outpost, it's entirely possible to deduce the situation at the other two locations, but that's the mission of this Konoha squad. Even Akimichi Torifu doesn't have the authority to change the mission, so the squad has no choice but to risk continuing forward.

After circling around once, the team continued their exploration deeper into the Land of Rain.

However, they had not escaped the crisis they had just faced. Since they had triggered the trap and created such a commotion, the enemies from Iwagakure or Amegakure would naturally pursue them relentlessly.

So, after the team ventured a little further into the Land of Rain, Omori Kairi suddenly stopped: "Captain, I feel something's not right... There seems to be some kind of gaze around us."

She vaguely sensed something was amiss, but unfortunately, she was only a visual reconnaissance ninja, not a sensory ninja.

Akimichi Torifu nodded; he also felt something was off.

From the very beginning, there seemed to be some kind of bird call coming from the forest from time to time, which made one instinctively feel that something was wrong.

The squad stopped moving blindly, and the four Konoha ninjas used their five senses to carefully observe their surroundings.

The next moment, without warning, Yu Xian suddenly felt a disturbance, as if something was lurking beside him.

Yu Xian dodged to the right, and at the same time subconsciously reached out and pushed Omori Kairi next to him!

Immediately afterwards, a whooshing sound suddenly came from where the two had just been standing.

"Enemy attack!"

An unseen enemy was lurking beside them.

Uchiha Hazuki's Sharingan instantly opened, and beneath her crimson eyes, a semi-transparent figure appeared in her field of vision.

"He's hiding, but I can see him!"

Invisibility? Could it be the Transparent Release technique? No, could the Transparent Release technique be so easily seen through by the Sharingan? Right, Iwagakure seems to have a kind of invisibility ninjutsu. This technique played an important role in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, which caused Kakashi to lose an eye.

Uchiha Hazuki swung her sword back at the invisible enemy. Omori Kairi and Hagen were about to go to help, but the captain stopped them.

"This enemy is left to Hazuki."

Akimichi Torifu ignored the enemy who could conceal himself, his eyes fixed on a certain direction in the forest. Following his gaze, Yuzuru and the other looked and saw two Iwagakure ninja emerging from that direction.

"Konoha is nothing special. Their reaction speed is too slow. How long has it been since your base was destroyed? It's only now that you're coming to scout. I'm getting a little impatient."

"and……"

"A Jonin, two Chunin, and one Genin—this small team dares to venture deep into this area? I really don't know if you're just confident or reckless."

Only two enemies appeared, but they acted as if victory was assured. They swaggered out, uttering slightly sarcastic remarks.

One of them had a spiky hairstyle, and the other had a square face. The spiky-haired one was lean and wiry, while the square-faced one was about the same size as Akimichi Torifu, both being the burly type of ninja.

Yu Xian felt that the spiky-haired person looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember who he was for the moment.

"Note that these two are from the Iwagakure Demolition Squad."

Akimichi Torifu clearly knew these two, and he even felt that if Iwagakure had deployed such a duo earlier, there was indeed a possibility that they could have blocked Konoha's intelligence transmission routes.

The enemy is very strong; there's no way to escape directly.

"Kairi, Yugen, you two deal with the big guy and buy me some time. I'll handle the small guy. Be careful, they're both Jonin." With that, Akimichi Torifu charged straight at the hedgehog-headed guy without waiting for Yugen and Yugen to react.

It's a bit of a shame; if it were the Ino-Shika-Cho team, they should have had no problem dealing with them.

Buy time? Yu Xian thought to herself, how can a genin like me buy time from a jonin?

How could two Iwagakure ninjas let the Konoha team have their way? They decided to prioritize eliminating Akimichi Torifu. Akimichi was the absolute main force of the Konoha team. Once they took him down, what difference would it make if the rest of them died automatically?

So the big enemy is about to rush towards Akimichi Torifu, preparing to attack the other side from both sides.

But the next moment, Yu Xuan, who was more than ten meters away, appeared in front of the big enemy almost instantly... He didn't want to face a Jonin so directly, but the current situation was too clear. Once the captain was at a disadvantage, the Konoha team would have no chance of winning.

So Yu Xian had to bite the bullet and go for it.

The large enemy was clearly taken aback; he hadn't expected this unassuming Konoha ninja to be so fast.

On the other side, after facing the hedgehog-headed man, Akimichi Torifu drew the long iron rod from behind him and smashed it down on the enemy's head with a powerful blow!

However, faced with such an attack, the spiky-haired ninja from Iwagakure not only did not dodge, but even threw a punch directly at the iron rod.

boom!

Instead of blood spurting out, the hedgehog-headed man threw a punch that produced an explosion.

In an instant, Akimichi Torifu was shrouded in smoke and dust, and he, who had taken the initiative, was forced back half a step.

Fortunately, the attack did not harm him. He twirled the long staff in his hand, throwing away all the smoke and dust from the explosion and the surrounding rain.

At this moment, Yu Xian also remembered who this person was.

"It really is you, Kari, the Explosion Release ninja from Iwagakure."

Akimichi Torifu directly called out the other person's name.