From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

But at this time, Chiyo of Sand Village, along with Konoha White Fang and Hatake Sakumo, the strength of both of them is also undisputedly at this level.

Even the young and powerful Hatake Sakumo, who was skilled in swordsmanship, was able to suppress Chiyo, the puppet master of the Sand Village, in the battlefield between Konoha and the Sand Village.

However, due to the lack of military strength of Konoha itself, Hatake Sakumo was unable to crush Chiyo, so every time the two fought, they had to fight back and forth for hundreds of rounds before the winner was determined.

However, even if the winner was decided, it would be difficult for Hatake Sakumo alone to capture the puppet master of the Sand Village, so the battle between the two would put the Konoha ninja at an overall disadvantage on this battlefield.

It's difficult for Hatake Sakumo to do anything because the impact is too great.

But Hatake Sakumo had to stop Chiyo, the puppet master. After all, in the battlefield environment, how could the output of Hatake Sakumo, the "assassin", compare with the output of Chiyo, the "mage"?

In order to resist the numerical pressure brought to Konoha by the Sand Village ninjas, Hatake Sakumo had no choice but to squeeze himself so hard.

Every time after fighting with Chiyo, Hatake Sakumo would take advantage of this window of time to attack other ninjas in the Sand Village. Fortunately, the elderly Chiyo's recovery ability was still a little slower than Hatake Sakumo's, both in terms of chakra and physical strength.

This is also one of the reasons why the ninjas of Konoha and Sand Village can still fight back and forth for the time being.

but!

This situation definitely cannot be maintained for long, and Hatake Sakumo also understands this...

Chapter 22 Elite Jonin Combat Team

After this transport and supply team, mostly composed of Genin, arrived at the front line, the commander-in-chief Hatake Sakumo re-established a supply transportation process.

Each team was formed into a small group led by a Chunin and supported by two Genin. There were more than 20 such teams in total, which were specifically used to provide supplies and resupply needs for the Konoha ninjas on the front line.

As for Tachibana Hatake, according to his own idea, was left at the front line by his elder brother Sakumo Hatake and incorporated into an elite Jonin combat team to replace the position of the sensory ninja who was missing due to injury.

After only half a day's rest, that afternoon, Tachibana Hatake was taken to the gathering point of their team on the front line by the team leader, "Araki", an elite jonin from the Konoha Anbu who was born as a commoner.

After following Captain Araki into the gray-green tent, Hatake Tachibana observed for a moment through the infinite perception system. He basically knew the details of the four people who were busy in the tent.

Captain Araki pointed to the fat man sitting on the bed near the entrance of the tent and eating a lot and said:

"This is Akimichi Choujiu, an elite jonin from the Akimichi clan. He is proficient in the Akimichi clan's secret techniques and ninjutsu, and is extremely powerful."

Araki then pointed to the other four people and began to introduce them one by one:

"This is Sarutobi Chikawa, an elite jonin from the Sarutobi clan. He is proficient in nearly a hundred types of fire and wind ninjutsu. He is also a very powerful ninja."

This is a ninja who looks a bit like the third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen. It should be said that the genes of the Sarutobi clan make him look precocious...

While Hatake Tachibana was thinking wildly in his mind, he nodded at him.

...

Captain Araki then pointed to a handsome young man with long white hair and introduced him:

"This is Kato Dan. Well, Dan is very powerful, far more powerful than me. You will know about this later. I will not introduce you to the ninjutsu he is good at for now."

Hearing this, Kato Dan, who also had white hair, scratched the back of his head and said shyly: "Captain Araki, you are too kind. I still have a lot of shortcomings and need to learn from you, Captain."

But Araki just shook his head, without arguing, and pointed at the last ninja and introduced him:

"This is Kurama Kaede, an elite jonin from the Kurama clan, and a powerful genjutsu-type ninja."

It is worth mentioning that the last ninja in the team, Kurama Kaede, is also a female ninja with a gentle appearance. Well... even from Tachibana's perspective, she is enough to get an eight point score!

However, except for Hatake Tachibana, no one noticed that there was actually a hint of horror in Kurama Kaede's eyes when he looked at Hatake Tachibana!

Hatake Tachibana was also a little confused, but of course he didn't ask stupidly. He just calmly analyzed in his mind the way Kurama Maple looked at him, why did this change happen...

After introducing the four team members, Araki pointed at Hatake Tachibana and said:

"This is Tachibana Hatake, the younger brother of Commander-in-Chief Sakumo. He is also the genius ninja who is well-known in the village and one of the future twin stars of Konoha."

"Although Tachibana's ninja rating is currently only a Genin, Commander-in-Chief Sakumo has already told me that Tachibana's chakra capacity has reached the level of an elite Chunin. Coupled with Tachibana's eyes that are comparable to a bloodline limit..."

"It's called 'Thunder Eye', right?" When he said this, Captain Araki looked at Hatake Tachibana again and confirmed again.

Seeing that Hatake Tachibana nodded, Captain Araki then continued:

"Tachibana's pair of lightning eyes can always observe the movements of any enemy within three kilometers! This is already an ability comparable to the 'Hyuga Family's Byakugan'. I believe that Commander-in-Chief Sakumo will not joke with me about this kind of thing, so from today on, Hatake Tachibana will officially join our team."

"He will replace Yamanaka Kagami's previous position and become our team's new sensory ninja. I hope that our team can continue to work together sincerely for Konoha! To win this war and drive away these country bumpkins from the Sand Village!!"

The first person who resonated with Captain Araki was the elite jonin from the Sarutobi clan. He looked excited and roared like a gorilla:

"Those bastards from the Sand Village! They are only fit to live in the Wind Country and eat sand! They even want to invade our Fire Country! They are also worthy of..."

Following that, a three-minute-long, non-repetitive traditional song of the Land of Fire came out of Sarutobi Chikawa's mouth.

Just listening to this, Hatake Tachibana was stunned.

It's a unique ninja style...

But you know what, the national quintessence of the Fire Nation is that their swearing is quite dirty.

Even Hatake Tachibana, who had experienced the Internet age and been baptized by keyboard warriors, couldn't help but express such feelings in his mind.

...

"Okay, okay, Qianchuan, take a break first!" Captain Araki, who finally couldn't bear to listen any longer, took the initiative to interrupt this "quality speech" that he had initiated.

Taking advantage of the moment when Sarutobi Chikawa stopped talking, Captain Araki quickly added:

"After all, we have a new member, and we don't know much about Tachibana's abilities yet. I think we should go to the training camp first, observe Tachibana's strength, and test Tachibana's perception ability."

"Ju, are you okay here?"

Hearing this, Hatake Tachibana immediately nodded and said, "Okay, Captain Araki, I'm available anytime."

-

The training camp is located at the back of Konoha's front line. The earth-style ninjas have renovated the area into four pieces, covering an area of ​​several hundred square meters.

Araki was not in a hurry to arrange his team members to fight against Tachibana Hatake. After all, all the members of their team were elite jonin. It would be too difficult for Tachibana to have an elite jonin fight against a "chunin".

Moreover, Tachibana Hatake is a special talent who positions himself as a "perceptual ninja". When he joins their team, Araki's psychological expectations of Tachibana are even lower.

Honestly, as long as Tachibana has the level of a normal Chunin and can hide his position on the battlefield, coupled with his perception ability, Araki feels that this is enough.

Of course, the premise is!

The perception ability of Hatake Tachibana cannot be discounted in the slightest!

Otherwise, even if it meant offending Commander-in-Chief Sakumo, Araki would not accept Tachibana Hatake to join.

This is a responsibility to their team, and also a responsibility to Hatake Tachibana himself!

However, based on Araki's understanding of Commander-in-Chief Sakumo, he believed that the calm and steady Commander Hatake Sakumo would not make such a foolish arrangement.

...

Araki looked at Tachibana and said casually, "Tachibana, aim at the target fifty meters in front of you and use your best offensive ninjutsu."

But after hearing this, Hatake Tachibana couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly. He really didn't want to act...

Chapter 23 Kurama Maple Leaf

But what if I don't act?

Is it possible that a "Thunder Judgment" will be launched on this newly built training ground, creating dozens of large holes?

He shook his head, and then Hatake Tachibana carefully selected a C-level Lightning Release Ninjutsu in his mind - Lightning Release: Thunder Snake.

This is a lightning-style single-target damage ninjutsu. When releasing this ninjutsu, one needs to transform the lightning-style chakra in the body into golden snake-shaped lightning, and throw it at the enemy for a long-range attack.

If this ninjutsu was released with the chakra of an elite Chunin, the attack range of the Razer would be just about fifty meters. After choosing the ninjutsu, Hatake Tachibana did not delay. In just a short breath, he quickly formed the four seals of "Zi, Mao, Wei, and Hai" with his hands.

At this point we have to mention the role of hand seals before a ninja releases ninjutsu.

Ninjas have to use hand seals to transform the chakra they have cultivated into "jutsu" and release it.

This process requires a calm mind to ensure the correctness of the seal, and skilled techniques to ensure that there are no mistakes in the seal. Any negligence will cause the failure of the technique or reduce its power and waste chakra.

Of course, there are also some talented ninjas who, relying on their proficiency in a certain ninjutsu, can gradually shorten and omit this step.

And every battle between ninjas is a race against time.

If the two opposing parties are equally strong, then whoever releases ninjutsu faster will often play a decisive role.

As for Minato Namikaze, he is the fastest ninja in forming hand seals that Tachibana Hatake has ever seen except for himself. From this point of view alone, this little yellow-haired Minato Namikaze will live up to his title of the fastest ninja in the future ninja world.

In fact, if Tachibana Hatake uses the Lightning Eye to communicate with the Lightning Chakra in his body, he doesn't even need to make hand seals to release any Lightning Ninjutsu. The Lightning Eye is the best medium for him to release Lightning Ninjutsu.

However, since this was an "interview" after all, Tachibana Hatake didn't want to make it too ostentatious, so he just obediently made four ninja hand seals.

...

"Lightning Release: Thunder Snake!"

I saw a dazzling golden snake-shaped lightning suddenly leaping out from the fingertips of Hatake Tachibana's right hand, and instantly hit the solid wooden target standing in the distant training camp.

Immediately after a loud bang, everyone looked up and saw that the solid wooden target that had just stood there had disappeared, and only an irregular, dark, one-meter-diameter pit was left in its place.

Seeing this, Captain Araki also nodded with a smile.

Not bad. He is skilled in forming hand seals, which shows that he trains very hard. Moreover, the power of this C-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu has indeed reached the level that can be released by an elite Chunin. At the young age of ten, he has reached this level, which really deserves the title of genius.

After making his assessment in his mind, Araki turned around and looked at the team members beside him, and asked, "How is it, isn't the Lightning Release Ninjutsu released by Tachibana pretty good? Anyone else want to go up and play with our new teammate?"

In fact, this is also a necessary procedure. After all, the profession of a ninja, normally speaking, is not just about standing still and releasing ninjutsu.

Taijutsu, three-body techniques, throwing techniques, etc., these are also essential skills that a ninja needs to master.

However, for Tachibana, who was born in a ninja family, the Hatake clan, Captain Araki does not think that these will be Tachibana's shortcomings.

Hearing the captain's words, Sarutobi Chikawa immediately became eager to step forward and test the strength of this new teammate.

But at the same time, a slender, white, and tender hand that didn't look like a ninja suddenly stretched out from behind Sarutobi Chikawa and gently pressed on his shoulder: "Chikawa, let me do it!"

This voice, as soft as an oriole, immediately startled Sarutobi Chikawa. After coming to his senses, Sarutobi Chikawa immediately turned his head and looked behind him. The owner of the voice, Kurama Kaede, said with a smile:

"It's rare that Fengye wants to move around, so you can come! But..."

After a pause, Sarutobi Chikawa said, "Be careful about your behavior!"

But after hearing this, Kurama Kaede just nodded lightly and slowly walked in front of Hatake Tachibana.

Captain Araki frowned when he saw this, but did not try to stop him. He also believed that Kurama Kaede would know what to do.

Kurama Kaede is the only female ninja in their team composed of elite jonin, but it would be a big mistake for anyone to look down on her just because she is a female ninja.

In some ways, Kurama Maple Leaf is terrifying!

He can be regarded as the best in their team. So far, due to the influence of his illusion, he has created more than 30 vegetative people for the ninja troops of the Sand Village opposite.

Just because of her, Kurama Maple!

He is a bloodline ninja who has awakened the Kurama family's bloodline limit illusion technique.

At its peak, the Kurama clan could even be compared with the Uchiha clan, the most powerful family in Konoha. However, the Kurama clan's bloodline limit was extremely difficult to awaken, and with the discontinuation of the previous generation of blood-stained ninjas, it slowly declined.

But she, Kurama Kaede, is one of the few ninjas of this generation in the Kurama clan who has awakened her bloodline limit.

The Kurama clan's bloodline limit is also widely recognized by the entire ninja world as the most powerful illusion!

The Kurama clan ninjas who have awakened their bloodline limit can use illusions to trap their enemies in an illusion space, and can also instantly manipulate the enemy's five senses, causing them to gradually become a shell with only thoughts but no movement.

This is also the origin of the dozens of plant ninjas in the Sand Village.

-

At this time, Kurama Maple Leaf, facing Hatake Tachibana, was not as calm as her teammates imagined...

At this time, Kurama Kaede's eyes were fixed on Hatake Tachibana's body. Maybe it was because he used too much force, but Kurama Kaede's eyes gradually turned blood red.

But tragically, Kurama Kaede discovered once again that the skill of controlling her five senses that was awakened in her blood seemed to have lost all effect when facing this young man!

Yes! It is to rediscover...

Because this was the second time that Kurama Maple Leaf used illusion on the young man in front of him, and the first time was when he was led to the tent by Captain Araki!

This was also the reason why Kurama Kaede had shown such a horrified look towards Hatake Tachibana before, which led to her second attempt.

But the result is obvious, the first time was not an accident!

The "young man" in front of him can really ignore the bloodline limit of their Kurama clan!

Looking at the "boy" in front of him with a faint smile on his face, only one word emerged in Kurama Fengye's mind!

"monster!!"

Chapter 24 Spiritual Space

Feeling the strange magic that was trying to control his five senses and seal his mental power into a special space...