A large team was walking slowly on a path in a dense and deep forest that looked like a green ocean.
The sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting a shimmering shadow, as if covering the entire team with a layer of mysterious gauze.
The escorting ninjas showed a hint of vigilance and caution. After all, the material transportation line was the lifeline of the front line, and no one knew whether there would be enemies trying to ambush ahead.
The sound of horse hooves and wheels rolling intertwined, breaking the original tranquility of the forest. The birds were startled and flapped their wings and flew away.
The trees on both sides of the road were tall and straight, with their branches and leaves intertwined, forming a natural barrier. The leaves rustled in the breeze.
I have to say that the Fire Nation has done a really good job in greening.
This escort mission is a large-scale war mission, and the escorting ninja team is not just the Haiyi Squad.
Among them are the perception class, the combat class, the command class, and even a few medical ninjas.
Because the quantity of supplies this time is huge, the village absolutely cannot allow any problems to occur.
Mitsuki and his companions were located at the front row of the escort team, which made it convenient for Mr. Haiyi to conduct reconnaissance and transmit intelligence to the command team as quickly as possible.
At this time, Teacher Haiyi was explaining the mission information to Mitsuki and Ruri, who were performing a mission outside the village for the first time.
"Our team has two goals in this escort mission. The first is to sense possible attacks, and the second is to counterattack together with the combat squad if an enemy appears."
While listening to the lecture, Mitsuki had already looked around for dozens of kilometers and did not find any enemies, but he still appeared to be alert to his surroundings.
At least as a newcomer in the team, you have to look serious.
Teacher Haiyi nodded. He was really satisfied with the member Mitsuki, who had the ability to be the best among the graduates, but did not have the quirks of some geniuses.
"Do I have any questions? Teacher Haiyi."
"No, nothing."
Uchiha Ruri is like the opposite of Mitsuki. Although as an Uchiha, there is no need to worry about her strength, her understanding of war is still too one-sided.
Forget it, Yamanaka Haiyi sighed inwardly.
It would be more normal to have new talents like Uchiha Ruri, but Mitsuki is a little too mature. I hope she can quickly adjust her mentality on the battlefield.
...
Um?
In Mitsuki's sight, a group of Sand Shinobi ninjas were slowly approaching the escort team.
There were 20 people in total, and they were divided into two teams of 4 people and went around to the two sides, probably intending to launch a pincer attack.
Mitsuki glanced at Yamanaka Haiyi calmly. This was a good opportunity to understand Haiyi's perception range.
When the group of Sand Shinobi approached the team at a distance of 8 kilometers, Teacher Haiyi gave a reminder.
"Alert, there are 20 enemies, 12 at 12 o'clock, 4 at 3 o'clock and 4 at 9 o'clock. They are suspected to be planning a second sneak attack."
The Yamanaka clan's abilities are really useful. They don't require verbal communication, but can directly transmit information through the mind.
If you take advantage of this ability, trash talking during battle seems to be a good way to use it.
The leader of the conducting class naturally also received a reminder from Teacher Haiyi.
After a while, the leader of the command squad gave orders.
"Squad Hai 1 will hold back the enemy on the right, and the combat squad will send a small team to eliminate the enemy on the left, and then support Squad Hai 1."
Teacher Haiyi informed Mitsuki and the other two of the battle plan.
"Set off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the members of Class 1 headed towards the right side of the convoy.
In Mitsuki's perception, the Chakra strength of the four enemies on the right is clearly visible, and the four Jōnin are certain to be defeated, and the same is true on the left.
The strength of the enemy's main force in front of them seems not to be underestimated. Sand Shinobi is coming with great force this time.
However, Mitsuki was not too worried, because the combat squad in the escort team was also composed of elite ninjas in the village, and the leader was an Elite Jōnin from the Sarutobi clan.
He just needs to focus on the enemy in front of him.
"Our goal is just to hold them off and wait for reinforcements. We don't have to kill them first. I'll hold off the two enemies on the right, Heiji!"
"exist."
"You go deal with the first one, Mitsuki and Ruri will take care of the last one."
"clear."
"no problem."
The Sand Shinobi on the other side were still waiting for instructions from the main force, not knowing that Konoha's perception ninjutsu had already discovered them.
"Captain, we've gotten this close. If we don't launch an attack, Konoha will come after us first!" A tall Sand Shinobi with oil paint on his face frowned.
"Don't be impatient. The purpose of our team is to lure out some of the ninjas escorted by Konoha." Captain Sand Shinobi was very calm.
"And the other side as well?"
"That's right. The main force won't give us any instructions. On the contrary, we have to send a signal to them after the fish from Konoha take the bait."
"Then why didn't you tell us in the first place?"
Captain Sand Shinobi began to regret explaining to his stupid subordinate, and suddenly his expression changed.
"Idiot Kurosaki! Stop asking questions. The enemy is coming."
「Shadow Clone Technique」
Mitsuki waited until the Sand Shinobi entered the killing range of the jutsu, then launched an immediate group attack.
He waved his arm, and a kunai flashing with cold light flew out of his hand! Like a meteor, it flew towards the hiding place of the four Sand Shinobi at an astonishing speed!
Then Mitsuki formed a seal with one hand, and saw the kunai flying forward rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the original lonely kunai instantly split into thousands of them! These clones densely filled the entire space.
This is not the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique that Mitsuki demonstrated when he was training with Rin, but the Wind Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique that he added the wind attribute Chakra Nature Transformation.
Each kunai is like a floating cannon, showing the power of hot weapons in the form of cold weapons.
The originally dense forest was vulnerable to this powerful force. Trees fell down one after another, and large pits of varying depths and sizes were blown out on the ground.
The whole scene was devastated, as if it had suffered a severe artillery attack.
Looking at his masterpiece, Mitsuki couldn't help but sigh that if he had been in his previous life when environmentalism was prevalent, he would probably have been imprisoned for life just for this.
As one of the five major ninja villages, Sunagakure's ninjas are naturally not fake. Although the shuriken rain just now happened suddenly, it was not impossible to avoid it.
After Matthew, the captain of the team, escaped, he quickly fired a red flare into the sky.
"It was you who cast that technique just now, right? You little brat from Konoha, you're quite powerful." Matthew looked at Mitsuki with a wary look.
Since his debut, Matthew has fought in three battles and many battlefields. Naturally, he has his own set of survival concepts. The people he should avoid provoking the most on the battlefield are the ninjas from various villages who have the strength of Kage.
What we should be most careful about are the talented ninjas in each village, especially the little brats in Konoha. There are always some of these geniuses who are unreasonably strong.
According to his analysis, the strength of the oldest man on the opposite side can be seen at a glance, and the Hyuga clan just needs to avoid close combat with him.
As for the little girl, there is no need to worry, because the probability of a strong female appearing in the ninja world is terribly small.
"Only that kid deserves the most attention," Matthew thought to himself.
Matthew rushed to Yamanaka Haiyi and shouted, "Leave the captain of the other team to me and Kurosa. Sharmin, go and kill the kid who released the shuriken."