Naruto: My version is ahead of the ninja world

"Captain...cough...he's already sacrificed himself. If it weren't for you and the captain shielding us when the explosive tags detonated, none of us would have survived."

Perhaps because they heard Nawaki's voice, another seriously injured ninja woke up at that moment, and his words helped Nawaki recall the situation when they stepped into the trap.

Scenes flashed through Rope Tree's mind, and these memories silenced him.

"The captain... in the end, it was the captain who saved us."

Nawaki's face was filled with sorrow, but his spirits were not broken. It's no wonder that some people mistook Naruto for Nawaki; the two do indeed have a resemblance.

Nawaki, like Naruto, likes to giggle. Uh, no, I should say... people who are truly determined to become Hokage and are willing to give their all for it seem to have incredibly strong mental fortitude.

Rope Tree lowered his head, and at that moment he finally noticed the abnormality on his body. One of his legs seemed to be useless... The first thought that popped into Rope Tree's mind was not why he had lost a leg, but why the explosion of the detonator would cause this result.

"The explosive power of the detonation tag is very strong in a semi-enclosed space. Your injuries were quite serious just now, but fortunately you received timely help... Lady Tsunade just came by." Yu Xuan explained briefly, without saying anything more about his role in the incident.

A person who has survived a near-death experience will value more what they gained, namely life, or what they lost, namely their leg?

"Has my sister been here?"

Rope Tree reached out and touched the pendant on his chest, realizing why he and his two teammates had been rescued.

"Can you tell us what happened?" he asked Yu Xian.

"Some Sand Village ninja have infiltrated and launched a small-scale attack on Konoha. You may have fallen into their trap."

In short, just push the blame onto Sunagakure; you can't blame the person who fell into the trap for being careless.

"An attack from Sunagakure? What's going on in the village?" Nawaki's expression immediately tensed up.

It's no wonder he's a descendant of the First Hokage; Nawaki has a strong sense of ownership over Konoha.

"I don't know the specifics right now, but the Sand Village's attack lasted for half a day, and now Konoha has quieted down... I guess it's almost over. It's easy to imagine that the number of Sand Village ninjas who could reach the heart of the Land of Fire is not large, so Konoha won't suffer too many losses."

"There won't be too much damage, will there? That's great. So, were you protecting us during the Sand Village ninja invasion? Thank you for your help..."

"It's nothing. I just exhausted my chakra and have to stay here."

Yu Xian's guess was correct; the conversation in Konoha had indeed ended, and three Konoha ninjas had approached them during the conversation.

"Found them, they're over here... all three injured are here."

Yu Xian stood up, took a quick look, and confirmed that there was no problem with the person's identity.

When they arrived at Yu Gen's side, the leading ninja said, "Is this Chunin Yu Gen? We are here on Tsunade's orders to take the injured back to Konoha Hospital."

"It's me, everyone's here... Is it all over?" Yu Xian stepped aside to let the three of them come forward, and asked at the same time.

The leading Konoha ninja shook his head. "The Sunagakure intruders have been dealt with, but things aren't over yet... The mess they created is difficult to clean up."

That's what they say, but now that the Sand Village ninjas have been dealt with, it means that things are over for Yugen.

"You should hurry back to the village; there might still be some survivors around."

Three Konoha ninjas each carried one wounded soldier on their backs, preparing to take them back to the Konoha Hospital. Before leaving, they kindly reminded Yugen of something.

Yu Xian nodded, but he did not follow the three directly.

After watching the group leave, Yu Xuan turned in another direction and after a while, he returned to the place where he had fought the Sand Village ninja.

The heavy stench of blood had not yet dissipated, and the battlefield remained exactly as it had been... Well, that makes sense, the Konoha ninjas were too busy to even have time to clean up the battlefield.

Yu Xuan looked around, then walked towards a small hill-like object. He then reached into his ninja tool pouch behind him and pulled out a sealing scroll.

The thing in front of him was the half of Wanshe's tail, which he had come to retrieve.

"Manda... like my summoning snake, comes from Ryuchi Cave, so will Manda respond to my summons?"

As Yu Xian put away the remaining half of the tail, he was still considering how to deal with Manda. Clearly, he hadn't forgotten that Manda had inexplicably whipped him with its tail.

If you want to deal with Manda, it's best not to get in Orochimaru's way, even if Orochimaru and Manda don't have a great relationship... Well, there's a saying that you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog.

"Unfortunately, even if Manda responds to my summons, it can still escape back to Ryuchi Cave in time, unless a very artistic trap is set up."

If you want to kill Manda directly by blowing up a bomb, how many explosive tags would you need? Yu Xian doubted that the little money she had was enough.

"Or should I follow them and hack my way back to Ryuchi Cave?"

Forget it, let's wait and see. Manda has nowhere to run. Be patient, and there will eventually be a time when he will pay the price.

After retrieving the snake's tail, Yugen returned to Konoha. Passing through the main gate again, Yugen noticed the entry checks were much stricter… the fact that martial law was only imposed after the incident gave Yugen a strong sense of déjà vu.

Yu Xian saw the corpses of the large summoned beasts that had invaded the village. They hadn't been cleared away yet, and the creatures had caused considerable damage.

"not good……"

Looking at the collapsed building, Yu Xian suddenly had a bad feeling. He hurried back to his home... Thank goodness, the house he had just bought was not damaged.

"Living in a remote corner has its advantages; even the enemy won't bother to destroy it..."

Yu Xian returned home and closed the courtyard gate. He ate something casually first, then took out the tail of the ten-thousand-snake.

"Now that we have the materials, we can try out my previous hypothesis... If Mount Myōboku has toad oil, then do the snakes in Ryūchi Cave have oil?"

Alright, Yu Xian is about to perform "snake body oil extraction".

"So the question is, should we use the method of pressing peanut oil or the method of rendering lard?"

There's nothing to hesitate about. Yu Xian has plenty of materials, so he can choose "I want them all".

Yu Xian entered the kitchen and then came out with a frying pan.