The Great Hero Uchiha

The Art of Feigning Sleep is a required course in ninja academies.

Although it can replace sleep, the effect is not ideal.

A normal person only needs six hours of sleep a day, but it takes more than ten hours to achieve the same amount of sleep as six hours when using the [Feign Sleep Technique]. However, when using the [Feign Sleep Technique], the ninja can maintain a semi-conscious state, so that the ninja can keep enough energy when carrying out such a long surveillance mission alone.

Of course, ninjas need some auxiliary tools to assist them when they are feigning sleep, just like Uchiha Miyuki is using a summoning beast to keep watch.

Then, as dawn broke, darkness fell again peacefully.

The Sand Ninja forces, who had been quiet until now, gathered together again, seemingly discussing something. Due to the distance and direction, Uchiha Miyuki could not grasp the specifics of what they were saying.

If it were any other ninja replacing Uchiha Miyuki, they would have already begun trying to gather intelligence by now. However, Uchiha Miyuki continued to keep a close watch on them, without even considering the idea of ​​gathering intelligence. Even though he had spent a day finding a gap in the guard of six Sand Ninjas and had them all fall under his Sharingan genjutsu, making it easy to obtain information, he still did not take any action.

He was worried that there might be Jonin hiding in the shadows.

After all, the war had already broken out completely, and the enemy's Jonin could appear in any corner of the battlefield. Although it was just a worry, for him, if he guessed right, it would be a huge gain, avoiding a fatal disaster; if he guessed wrong, there would be no loss. In any case, as long as he kept an eye on this unit, it wouldn't be considered a dereliction of duty, and it would even be a considerable achievement.

Just as Uchiha Miyuki was pondering what these people were up to, a person suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the field.

He's a special Jonin!

While a ninja's strength cannot be directly observed from their appearance, most Special Jonin and Jonin are not unknown and have a certain degree of fame within Konoha. For his own safety, he had memorized all the information Konoha had on Special Jonin and Jonin a year ago. This was something that concerned his life, and he could not afford to be careless.

This includes information about this special Jonin.

Salo.

A direct descendant of the Second Kazekage, skilled in puppetry and sand shield bloodstains.

27. The most powerful weapon in the world

An inexperienced ninja certainly cannot identify the enemy by simply observing them at this moment.

however--

Uchiha Miyuki noticed a detail.

After the special Jonin Sara appeared, he only said one sentence before the small team took action. He didn't even ask his subordinates for information. This shows that Sara must have been hiding in the shadows and acting with the small team all along. Otherwise, he would have asked his subordinates for information. Furthermore, after Sara appeared, the small team did not infiltrate Konoha's rear to attack resource points as they had guessed. Instead, they turned around and left.

Only then did he realize...

The Sand Village's operation this time was not to infiltrate the rear to sabotage resource points and reduce the supply of ninja tools to the Konoha troops, but to lure and kill these Chunin squads stationed at the outposts.

Do not!

To be precise, it is the current overall strategy of Sunagakure.

War is not about everyone rushing in for a chaotic ninja melee and then swarming through like locusts, devouring everything. Instead, it's about using your strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, gradually dismantling them, accumulating advantages, and only launching a full-scale attack after gaining enough advantages.

Konoha's weakness is now too obvious: it is severely lacking in manpower under the siege of the four great ninja villages, while Sunagakure has an absolute advantage in this regard.

Of course, Konoha also has its own advantages, otherwise this war could not have continued.

Konoha's advantage lies not in the number of ninjas, nor in how many strong individuals they have, but in the suspicion and hatred between the nations!

It's like the current situation between Sunagakure and Konoha.

The two sides had been locked in a stalemate on the front lines for several years, and the Sand Village was well aware of the Hidden Leaf Village's fighting strength.

If a fierce attack is launched without regard to casualties, it is possible to easily tear apart Konoha's defenses. However, the cost of doing so would be too high. Moreover, even if Konoha is defeated, it would attract the attention of other ninja villages. Not to mention, if Konoha is pushed too far, it will provoke Konoha's relentless and insane retaliation, which is something that no single ninja village can withstand.

Other ninja villages will certainly stand by and watch all this happen, or even provide convenience for Konoha, laughing as Konoha and Sand Village clash, and stabbing the weaker party in the back.

This is why, although Sunagakure only declared war on Konoha, it did not reduce its vigilance against other ninja villages.

This principle also applies to other ninja villages besides Sunagakure.

It is precisely because of this that Konoha was able to defend against the siege of the four great ninja villages at the same time. If the four great ninja villages could trust each other and work together, Konoha's current strength would be no match for them. Unless Madara Uchiha could regain his youth with the power of his prime, or the First Hokage Hashirama Senju could be resurrected, Konoha would have no chance of winning.

however……

World War I and World War II had long ago sown the seeds of hatred among the ninjas of each village, and this hatred would be etched in the memories of the ninjas of each village for generations.

The various ninja villages could not possibly trust each other.

Although the enemy had left, Uchiha Miyuki remained inactive, sending only a few ninja crows to follow them while he continued to lurk in the shadows. He didn't know if the Sand Ninja had left any traps when they left, or if there were still enemies hiding in the shadows. In any case, being cautious was the best way to ensure his safety.

He's almost vomiting from eating so many military ration pills, and he can't even swallow them anymore.

But he still silently ate his soldier's rations, trying his best to control his appetite, not risking exposure by starting a fire to cook, and forcing himself to get used to the taste of the soldier's rations.

Three hours after the enemy left, a ninja crow flew to Uchiha Miyuki.

"Quack quack—"

Although he didn't understand what the crow was saying, Uchiha Miyuki still nodded in agreement, which made him seem more professional and in sync. However, he still managed to guess the answer from the crow's body language.

Konoha's support has arrived.

He immediately created a clone of a ninja crow and followed it to meet the enemy.

The newcomer was a Konoha Special Jonin.

They are of the same clan as Qiu Huo, and Shang Yue.

"What's the situation now?"

Without wasting words, Uchiha Miyuki spoke directly through his clone: ​​"The enemy is not six Chunin, but also a special Jonin who has been hiding in the shadows. This special Jonin should be Sara. The enemy left three hours ago. I am not good at tracking and cannot keep up with the enemy's marching speed. I also have no experience in tracking, so I only sent out a ninja crow to track them."

Follow this ninja crow; it will lead you to catch up with the enemy.

Uchiha Miyuki did not reveal his guess, not to hide information, but because such subjective guesses without evidence could affect other people's judgment.

According to regulations, these subjective speculations cannot be included in intelligence reports.

Unaware that the special jonin had been unaware of what was happening, he nodded without saying anything and followed the ninja crows in pursuit of the Sand Ninja forces.

Half a day later, Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai finally reunited with Uchiha Miyuki.

Seeing that Uchiha Miyuki was still alive and well, the two had long expected that with Uchiha Miyuki's steady personality, coupled with his eye techniques and ninja crows, he would not encounter any danger as long as he did not encounter sensory ninjas. However, they still breathed a sigh of relief when they actually saw that Uchiha Miyuki was safe and sound.

For the next week, nothing unusual happened; apart from the terrible food, everything was the same as before.

Uchiha Miyuki gradually understood that although the war had already broken out, the mission of Chunin had not changed much before the enemy launched a general offensive, except that the level of danger was far greater than before Jonin participated in the war.

He was certainly aware of this.

The reason the three of them were able to do so easily was because Uchiha Miyuki was a ninja who mastered eye techniques, and he had cultivated his eye techniques to a very high level.

otherwise--

Like ordinary ninjas, they would have to patrol the outpost area day and night, and they might encounter the enemy at any time, or even be ambushed by the enemy during the patrol.

Eye techniques have both advantages and disadvantages.

That is, when the Sharingan is activated, chakra is constantly being consumed, which is why Uchiha Miyuki takes a lot of Soldier Pills. However, even with the help of Soldier Pills to restore chakra, he still cannot activate the Sharingan for a long time. This weakness was not very obvious before, but now that he is stationed at the outpost, this weakness is becoming more and more obvious.

Especially when he was monitoring the small Sunagakure village unit alone, he survived entirely by constantly taking soldier rations.

This is also the fundamental reason why he almost vomited from eating so many soldier's ration pills.

"Why don't you take a rest?"

Uchiha Miyuki didn't force himself to continue; he took a few soldier pills before closing his Sharingan.

I didn't toss and turn all night; I fell asleep instantly as soon as I lay down in my sleeping bag.

Although he hadn't been training much during this period, the pressure of the war forced him to keep his Sharingan active for long periods every day, constantly consuming chakra. This allowed his chakra nature transformation to reach the Chunin standard! His progress was even faster than when he trained using Chakra Mode. However, this kind of growth had its drawbacks.

The main problem is that I've been consuming too many military ration pills, and my body has developed a certain degree of immunity to their medicinal properties.

For a normal person, one soldier's ration pill would restore the same amount of chakra as five pills, but the three of them only had so many soldier's ration pills. Once they ran out, they would have to wait for supplies from the rear.

Before supplies arrive, they will either go hungry or risk making a fire to cook!

The cost of doing that would be greater than if Uchiha Miyuki hadn't used the Sharingan.

28. A kind heart cannot command an army.

I was woken up in the middle of the night.

"Something's up."

It was Sarutobi Asuma who spoke.

Although they lack the Sharingan, the ninja crows are still the main force in the three-person early warning system.

I glanced at the ninja crow that had flown back.

Uchiha Miyuki immediately activated his Sharingan and used the ninja crows to locate a Konoha genin squad. He then created a ninja crow clone and brought it to their side.

The other party handed a secret letter and a sealing scroll to Uchiha Miyuki, and then turned and left without saying anything.

Uchiha Miyuki opened the secret letter; inside was a map marked with red dots and a sentence.

"Proceed to the designated location."

After glancing at the supplies in the sealed scroll and finding nothing amiss, he then manipulated his clone to approach his main body.

"A new task has been assigned."

Although the instructions revealed little information, Orochimaru's intentions were still discernible.

Contract the defenses and hold key resource points.

After recovering some ninja tools that had been set up as traps, the three of them headed towards the mission location.

The new outpost location, calculated according to Chunin standards, is only a day's journey from the nearest headquarters, a reduction of half the previous two days. The patrol area has shrunk by almost half, significantly reducing the defensive pressure. Clearly, Orochimaru has abandoned many unimportant areas to focus all his efforts on defending key locations.

This gave the Sand Village ninja a chance to flank, but unless the Sand Village was stupid, they wouldn't allow the main force to flank from those places.

If Sunagakure dares to do this, Konoha only needs to re-seal the area to cut off Sunagakure's supplies.

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage of shrinking the defensive line is that the defensive pressure on the Chunin is reduced, but the disadvantage is that this pressure is transferred to the Genin!

The outposts were moved back, and the defensive line contracted.

This undoubtedly greatly reduces the difficulty for small enemy units to infiltrate the rear. The rear is mainly the activity area of ​​the genin logistics troops. Although we can rely on the numerical advantage of our jonin to deploy defenses in several important areas and provide support to the genin of Konoha who are attacked by Sunagakure at any time, there will still be situations where distant water cannot quench a nearby fire.

What's more, the other side also has Jonin!

As expected of Orochimaru—