From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

Fortunately, his body is gifted, and coupled with his huge mental strength, if he does not use ninjutsu that consumes a lot of blue, his chakra will recover very quickly.

If it weren't limited to his physical age of ten, considering his physical condition and terrifying mental strength, his chakra volume should be measured in "pillars"!

Well, it’s the “Pillar” of Senju Hashirama.

...

However, after seeing Hatake Tachibana kill the Sand Village jonin who had just brought him infinite terror with one sword, the exhausted Senju Nawaki's eyes sparkled with sparks of "worship"...

In fact, let alone Senju Nawaki, even the little yellow-haired Minato Namikaze is not much better at this moment.

It seemed as if he could move away from his original form and take off the head of a senior ninja while strolling leisurely in the garden. At this moment, even the usually calm Minato Namikaze couldn't help but radiate bursts of strange light in his eyes.

At the same time, he did not forget to praise:

"Tachibana, what a powerful Lightning Release Ninjutsu! This extreme speed that exceeds normal human reaction... combined with the ninja sword in your hand, it really has an unimaginable terrifying deterrent power!"

Hatake Tachibana smiled, enjoying the admiring looks from his friends while explaining to the two of them:

"Although this Lightning Release Ninjutsu is very powerful, I am actually more powerful. Do you think anyone who uses it can be so powerful? And um... this Jonin is not very qualified!"

"He doesn't have the vigilance that a jonin should have! Facing the genin, Nawaki-kun, he was too relaxed. He faced the enemy with the mentality of playing with prey. This is not the attitude a ninja should have."

"By the way, do you want to learn that move just now?"

But looking at Senju Nawaki who was nodding frantically, Hatake Tachibana covered his mouth and smiled like a fox: "Hehe, you can't learn this trick even if you want to."

Looking at Hatake Tachibana who was trying to act cool again, Namikaze Minato could only shake his head and smile helplessly. Sometimes he felt that his teammate, who had a mature mentality far beyond his age like him, was a very reliable partner.

But sometimes he felt that Ju was really like a ten-year-old child.

...

The three of them didn't talk much. After sensing the change in the position of the Sand Village Ninja team several kilometers away, Tachibana took the two of them and the more than 20 Sand Village Ninjas to hide...

There was no other way. Now that his one-card chakra was used up, if he continued to forcefully, he would only be able to use colorless domineering, which would go against the original intention of his trip.

At this stage, the focus should still be on practicing and honing chakra.

In this way, Tachibana Hatake, with Minato Namikaze and Nawaki Senju, only kept the distance between them and the Sand Village ninjas outside the skill range of the opposing sensing ninjas.

For Hatake Tachibana who has activated the full map cheat, these Sand Village ninjas will never be able to find them.

Although they didn't quite understand why Tachibana Hatake had been taking them wandering around in the jungle, Minato Namikaze and Nawaki Senju didn't ask much. They just followed behind Tachibana quietly, slowly recovering their chakra and physical strength.

About twenty minutes later, sensing that the Sand Village ninjas behind him had dispersed, Hatake Tachibana did a quick calculation and felt that his chakra had been recovered to 70%, which should be enough.

After thinking for a moment, Tachibana looked at the two teammates beside him and said:

"These Sand Village ninjas have separated. Minato, I will go deal with their Jonin. Um... you and Nawaki will go look for those scattered Sand Village Chunins. I believe that with your strength, there should be no problem."

Namikaze Minato just nodded slightly. Ordinary Chunins really couldn't bring him any pressure. Before, in order to save Kushina, the three Chunins in the Hidden Cloud Village couldn't cause him any trouble at all.

What's different about the Chunin of Sand Village?

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After putting on the blue lightning colorful skin again, Tachibana Hatake rushed into the depths of the jungle facing the envious gaze of Senju Nawaki.

The enemy has thirty seconds to reach the battlefield, crush them...

He rewarded several "Chunin soldiers" along the way with a bullet. After the lightning strengthened by Lightning Chakra fell, Hatake Tachibana didn't care about them. He just rushed straight towards the last Jonin in the Sand Village ninja team, who didn't deserve to have a name.

...

Three minutes later, accompanied by a burst of rumbling thunder, the last jonin from the Sand Village assault team fell under the "Thunder Judgment" and turned into a charred corpse.

Sensing the chakra in his body being almost emptied again, Hatake Tachibana shook his head helplessly.

There is no way, he has developed a habit in the pirate world and has never saved his domineering power...

After turning off the special effects skin on his body, Hatake Tachibana held the ninja short sword in his hand and went to look for the small red dots in the infinite perception system.

To deal with a Chunin, it shouldn't take much chakra, right?

-

Another fifteen minutes later, Tachibana Hatake pulled the dagger in his hand out from the body of the last dead Chunin of the Sand Village.

Ju just sighed softly. He couldn't say whether he liked or disliked these ninjas.

To put it bluntly, the wars between these ninja villages are nothing more than struggles for interests, but in this world, he was born in Konoha. In Konoha at this time, he has many friends and very good partners, and more importantly, he also has a biological older brother!

Therefore, he could only look at certain issues from the perspective of Konoha Village.

Not all the people in Konoha Village are good people, but when he killed the ninjas from Sand Village, it could not be said that he was killing innocent people. This is what wars caused by interests are like.

There is only a stance, no right or wrong.

He grew up in Konoha Village, so Konoha today can be considered half of his home.

Now that you have come to this battlefield, accept your fate as a ninja! You and I are the same...

Turning around, Hatake Tachibana left.

Immediately after finding Minato Namikaze and Nawaki Senju, Tachibana Hatake did not delay any longer and took the two of them to catch up with the Konoha Village Supply Transport Team which had already changed its route.

...

"Where have you three been?"

"Do you know what you are doing?!"

"There are still many people on the front line and in the village waiting for our supplies! How could you leave the team without permission?"

"And you! Senju Rope Tree!! Where are the scrolls on you? Why are there so many detonating talismans missing?"

The leader of the Konoha Village, Eiichiro Hirata, was hurrying on his way while scolding the three ostriches pretending to be dead beside him.

Yes, the clones they left behind exploded a long time ago...

To be honest, when the clone of Senju Nawaki turned into a puff of white smoke, Eiichiro Hirata's eyes almost popped out.

Immediately afterwards, the clones left behind by Tachibana Hatake and Minato Namikaze were naturally discovered by Eiichiro Hirata.

However, at that time, it happened that Hatake Tachibana and the elite ninja of the Sand Village, Iwatani Gawa, were exchanging ninjutsu.

Of course, the Konoha Transport Team, which was a few kilometers away, also sensed it.

Especially when the small mushroom cloud rose, Eiichiro Hirata's heart trembled for a while. He did not dare to stay there for long. He hurriedly led the team, chose a remote road again, and left the rest place.

As for the supply scrolls that Senju Nawaki brought with him, especially the detonating tags, they were used up by him and Minato. In particular, when the Jōnin of the Sand Village were chasing Senju Nawaki, if he hadn't carried a lot of detonating tags on him.

Rope Tree-kun has already sent it...

After scolding the three people for a while, Eiichiro Hirata, who was dry-mouthed, just waved his hands angrily at the three people and drove them to the back of the team.

It’s not that Eiichiro Hirata is easy to talk to, there’s nothing he can do!

What are the backgrounds of these three people?

Even the most mediocre Genin in the team, Minato Namikaze, is a civilian genius and is known as the Twin Stars of Konoha.

This is the evaluation given by the Third Hokage himself. As for Tachibana Hatake and Nawaki Senju, what right does Eiichiro Hirata have to punish these two people?

Regarding this point, Eiichiro Hirata is quite knowledgeable.

One is a direct descendant of the Senju clan, and the other is not bad either, a genius ninja from the Hatake clan!

More importantly...his elder brother is Eiichiro Hirata's immediate superior!

He is also the number one person in charge of Konoha's self-defense counterattack against the Sand Village!

Konoha White Fang-Hatake Sakumo!

"Alas..." Eiichiro Hirata just sighed softly.

They are all princes, and he can't afford to offend any of them.

Never mind, never mind, it’s almost there anyway.

At this time, Eiichiro Hirata had already made up his mind. Once he arrived at the front line, he would go to Commander-in-Chief Sakumo to change his job.

He would rather go to the front line than be a bodyguard for these genin again.

I have been so tired from all the worries and fears along the way...

-

However, what Eiichiro Hirata didn't know was that for their supply transport brigade, arranging Hatake Tachibana in the team was the greatest guarantee that Hatake Sakumo gave them on this trip, and also the best bodyguard.

This is also one of the reasons why the strength of the accompanying ninjas in their team is generally low.

Of course, there is another reason. That is, Hatake Sakumo no longer has any cards to play in his hand. All the senior ninjas assigned to him by the Third Hokage have been deployed to the battlefield.

So I'll have to trouble you for this trip.

-

In the early morning of the next day, when it was just dawn, this group of young ninjas, most of whom were in tattered clothes, finally arrived at the ninja camp on the front line of Konoha Village after several days of trekking through mountains and rivers.

Chapter 21 Puppet Master

Konoha vs. Sand Village, front-line camp command center.

At this time, Hirata Eiichiro was complaining to the commander-in-chief Hatake Sakumo...

However, Hatake Sakumo just looked at Eiichiro Hirata with a gentle expression, allowing him to pour out all the grievances he had along the way.

Until the end, Eiichiro Hirata said bluntly:

"Commander-in-Chief Sakumo, please assign me back to the combat team on the front line!"

"Anyway, you should let other more capable ninjas take charge of the task of leading the team to transport supplies! I, Eiichiro Hirata, am incompetent and cannot bear such a heavy responsibility."

But to Eiichiro Hirata's surprise, Commander-in-Chief Hatake Sakumo did not show any strange expression.

He just nodded calmly and said softly:

"I understand, Eiichiro Jounin. You've worked hard on this mission. Araki, take Eiichiro to find a place to rest for two days. I'll let someone else take care of this matter later."

This reply from Hatake Sakumo made Eiichiro Hirata, who had already prepared a bunch of excuses, slightly stunned.

Immediately afterwards, Eiichiro Hirata, who looked confused, was taken out by a ninja in the command room.

...

After Eiichiro Hirata left, not long after, Tachibana Hatake followed the ninja named Araki and walked into the command room.

But seeing Hatake Sakumo's haggard face, disordered chakra, and even a slight wound on his abdomen, Hatake Tachibana immediately frowned and said seriously:

"Brother, as the commander-in-chief, you must also take care of your health! How many days have you not rested? You have to go to the front line to fight against the Sand Village ninjas, and you have to take care of such a big mess. Do you think your body is made of iron?"

Hearing his brother's caring words, Hatake Sakumo's heart was slightly warmed. He did not answer Tachibana's question, but only looked at Hatake Tachibana with concern and said softly:

"Tachibana, Eiichiro just told me about the emergency on your way. I know it was you who dealt with the ninjas from the Sand Village. You must have worked hard, Tachibana..."

"Alas, these problems are obviously not something that a "genin" like you should solve! If you encounter any danger in the future, you must promise your brother! You must not act arrogantly! No matter what time, you must put your own safety first!"

But after hearing this, Hatake Tachibana just shook his head and said calmly: "Brother, I'm not as hard-working as you think, and it's hard for these ninjas from the Sand Village to pose any danger to me."

Hearing Tachibana's frivolous words, Hatake Sakumo did not refute anything. Perhaps his gifted younger brother was already qualified!

Hatake Sakumo just focused on talking to Hatake Tachibana and began to introduce several powerful ninjas in the Sand Village opposite, as well as some ninjutsu that are easy to be overlooked but extremely powerful.

Although none of the Sand Village ninjas on the opposite side could be a match for Hatake Sakumo in a one-on-one fight, but!

Currently, this branch of the ninja profession, called Puppet Master, is only widely inherited within the Sand Village, but it is undoubtedly the Sand Village's trump card on the battlefield!

This group of special ninjas only need to control the puppets and fight for them in the front of the battlefield. This makes it extremely difficult for the puppeteers themselves to be harmed. Even if they are defeated, in most cases they will only lose some puppets.

Then why is it that only the Sand Village has this skill of controlling puppets to fight?

This is because "Puppetry" is a special ninjutsu developed by the second generation Kazekage - Shamon! Even in the Sand Village, there are not many Sand Ninjas who have mastered this special ninjutsu.

One of the two major advisors of the Sand Village, Chiyo, is the master of puppetry since the Second Kazekage of the Sand Village!

She is not only a top-notch puppeteer who can control puppets with just one finger!

She also possesses the puppets of the "Chikamatsu Tenninshu" created by the puppet master Bunzaemon, who spent his entire life to create them. They are puppets that can manipulate the essence of puppetry and are known as the "Ten Fingers".

Just as the name implies, you can control a puppet with one finger, which is known as one machine against a thousand! You can also cooperate with each other to perform combined attacks and ninjutsu. Just controlling ten machines can resist a thousand-man army!

And Chiyo herself, when she was young, once used this puppet technique to capture a city.

In addition, Chiyo is also an all-round female ninja who possesses powerful physical skills, medical ninjutsu and sealing skills, and her strength is unfathomable.

Of course, Hatake Tachibana also understood that what his elder brother, Hatake Sakumo, said about "unfathomable" was referring to the "Kage" level of strength. However, out of respect for the "Five Kage", the major ninja villages did not openly divide the ninja into this level.