Night was replaced by daylight, and a new day finally arrived.
In front of the outpost guarded by Natsuki and the others, everything was a ss.
Flas had swallowed everything, only to be quickly extinguished by the rain, ultimately leaving scorched black marks on the ground.
"Although this mission was dangerous, it was unexpectedly easy."
Kosuke looked at the corpses of the Suna ninja in the distance and sighed.
First it was one Suna Jonin, then two Suna Jonin and six Tokubetsu Jonin.
If it had been a direct confrontation, even if he and Natsuki had Jonin-level strength, they would still have been outnumbered.
Especially since Nawaki and Nonō's strength had not yet reached the Jonin level.
But Kosuke had never expected Natsuki's archery to be this powerful.
Relying on long-range strikes, they had actually repelled Suna's enemies without suffering any injuries.
"I just didn't get a chance to make a move."
Nawaki said with so regret.
During this mission, the only role he played was setting up the explosive tag traps with Kosuke.
"There will be plenty of chances in the future."
Natsuki casually put away the bow and said.
"We've already repelled Suna's attacks twice."
Nawaki's mind stirred, and he asked, "Will Suna send even more people in their next attack?"
"Even if they send more, it won't be too many."
Kosuke said with a smile, "As I said before, Konoha will hold them back in other places."
"If there really are a lot of them, then we'll imdiately abandon the outpost."
Natsuki said in a deep voice.
"Abandon it?"
Nawaki could not help freezing.
Kosuke was also sowhat surprised.
After all, in this era, for ninja, the mission ca first, and their own safety ca second.
Hatake Sakumo's mission failed because he saved his teammate, only for that teammate to turn around and bla him.
This might have been one of the reasons that led to his suicide.
"Although this outpost is important, it isn't important enough to affect the entire war."
Natsuki gave his reason. "If sothing happens to us, the impact might be even greater."
"A very good analysis."
Kosuke praised him and said, "As ninja, we really cannot only follow orders."
He was not the kind of ninja who would complete a mission no matter what.
After all, in his early years, he had caused his teammates to die because of a mission mistake.
From then on, teammates were more important than missions in his heart.
If Natsuki were to evaluate it, whether the mission was important or teammates were important was not sothing that needed to be discussed.
After all, so missions could be abandoned, while so missions could not.
It was just like how Might Duy paid the price of his life to save Might Guy.
But defending this outpost was far from the point where it could not be abandoned.
Nawaki fell into thought.
After becoming a ninja, most of the things he experienced had been outside his expectations.
The Ninja Academy did not teach these things either, so he was gradually forming his own ninja way.
At the sa ti, the atmosphere in Suna's main camp was extrely heavy.
"I underestimated that junior Tsunade. In just two days, we suffered heavy losses."
Chiyo rubbed her forehead and said.
"Chiyo-sama."
A ninja with short brown hair spoke. "They only took advantage of ambushes. We'll defeat them soon."
"Rasa is right!"
Many Suna Jonin echoed his words.
"Chiyo-sama, Pakura-sama requests an audience."
At that mont, the voice of an Anbu ninja ca from the entrance of the main tent.
"She's back so soon?"
Chiyo paused slightly, then smiled and said, "It seems she has brought good news."
Pakura had led two ninja squads out on a mission. As the commander, Chiyo naturally knew about it.
Rasa could not help frowning.
Did this an she had gained another rit?
Pakura walked in.
Chiyo looked at her and imdiately sensed that sothing was wrong.
Her expression did not look like soone who had smoothly completed a mission.
"Chiyo-sama."
Pakura took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry. I failed to complete the mission."
Quite a few Suna Jonin imdiately showed strange expressions.
Pakura was an outstanding figure among Suna's younger generation, especially since she had mastered the Scorch Release kekkei genkai.
In terms of strength, she was already stronger than most Jonin.
And before this, she had perfectly completed every mission.
She had actually failed a mission?
Aside from being surprised, Rasa felt sowhat relieved.
At least she had not gained any rit.
"What happened?"
Chiyo asked in confusion.
One had to know that among the two squads Pakura led, the weakest were Tokubetsu Jonin.
With that kind of lineup, forget attacking one outpost, attacking five outposts would be more than enough.
"We encountered a very special Jonin."
Pakura said in a deep voice, "His ninjutsu range reaches three kiloters, and his accuracy is very high."
"That's impossible!"
Rasa snorted coldly and asked, "Your mission already failed, and you still want to make up excuses?"
"Whether it's true or not, you'll know once you go there yourself."
Pakura glanced at Rasa and said.
"Chiyo-sama, let lead a team to seize this outpost!"
Provoked by Pakura, Rasa imdiately spoke.
Of course, it was mainly because he was young and confident.
"Explain it clearly."
Chiyo looked at Pakura, then waved her hand at Rasa, signaling him not to act rashly for now.
Pakura imdiately explained the entire mission in detail.
After she finished, Rasa also cald down.
Because he discovered that Pakura had not made any mistakes while carrying out the mission.
If it had been him, he would not have been able to do better than her.
But she had still suffered a crushing defeat, losing six Tokubetsu Jonin, with only her and an Earth Release Jonin escaping.
"This sounds very unreasonable."
Chiyo frowned tightly and said.
A ninja not only had an attack thod with a range of three kiloters, but he could also clearly see targets within three kiloters?
One had to know that most sensory ninjutsu had difficulty exceeding a range of three kiloters.
The most exaggerated part was that an attack from such a long distance actually had such great power.
But Pakura definitely would not lie, nor was there any need for her to lie.
Moreover, aside from her, there was also an Earth Release Jonin who had returned with her. Asking him would verify her account.
"For now, give up on this outpost."
After thinking for a long ti, Chiyo said, "First, investigate this Jonin. His attack thod is very disadvantageous for us."
Ultra-long-range attacks with such great power could play a major role in an environnt like war.
For example, he could hide in a safe place and fire hidden shots at them.
As for this outpost, as Konoha continued to advance, it was no longer especially important.
Even if they took it, they would soon lose it again.
The main reason was how much of a price they would have to pay to seize this outpost.
They had already sacrificed six Tokubetsu Jonin and three Chunin.
How many more would they have to sacrifice to take this outpost?
And would that person foolishly wait there to die?
Once he saw that the situation was wrong, he could completely run away.
Three days quickly passed.
"These past two days have been far too quiet."
Nawaki shook his head and said.
"Quiet is a good thing."
Natsuki said casually.
Over these two days, he had been training Konoha Whirlwind, Konoha Great Whirlwind, and Konoha Strong Whirlwind.
After he barely counted as having mastered them, a line of text appeared before his eyes.
[Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked Shuzo Template Ability Three, Shigan.]
It had to be said that the Shuzo Template's abilities were unlocking very quickly. In the blink of an eye, three had already been unlocked.
Of the Rokushiki, he had also mastered three.
In terms of taijutsu alone, his strength had risen sharply.
Next, he could try unlocking Shuzo Template's Armant Haki.
After unlocking Armant Haki, he could then go back and unlock Tekkai.
There was no helping it. Tekkai required him to stand there and take hits.
He was afraid he would not be able to endure it.
"It ans Suna is being very rational."
Kosuke said with a smile, "They didn't recklessly organize a third attack because of two failures."
"It's most likely because Konoha's recent battle situation has been good."
Natsuki guessed.
In the Second Shinobi World War of the original work, the war between Suna and Konoha ultimately ended with Konoha's victory.
"But you have definitely been targeted by Suna."
Kosuke reminded him.
"That doesn't really matter."
Natsuki said without concern, "It was only a matter of ti."
Setting aside his strength, his identity as Orochimaru's student alone would cause Suna to pay special attention to him.
If Chiyo knew that her son and daughter-in-law had also been captured by him, she would probably have sent people to capture or assassinate him long ago.
"Maybe you'll have a title soon."
Nawaki said with so envy.
Natsuki paused slightly.
During war, ninja who perford especially well were basically given titles.
For example, Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, the Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato, and Shisui of the Body Flicker, Uchiha Shisui.
Not to ntion the Sannin of Konoha, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
What kind of title could he have?
Natsuki did not think about it further, because the ninja squad replacing them had arrived and was approaching them while making the agreed hand signs.
After they got closer, Kosuke confird the exchange code with them.
"We'll leave this to you next. We'll be going first."
After Natsuki finished speaking, he left the outpost with Kosuke and the others.
After returning to Konoha's main camp, they were imdiately called to the main tent.
"You made quite a commotion over these three days."
Tsunade said with a smile.
"Sis, you already know?"
Nawaki asked curiously.
"I know the general situation, but you'll still have to tell the details."
Tsunade nodded and said.
"I'll do it!"
Nawaki volunteered and began talking about what had happened over the past three days.
"No wonder Suna used a spy."
After listening, Tsunade looked at Natsuki and said.
"A spy?"
Natsuki smiled and asked, "Do I have that much influence?"
"Just yesterday, we caught a spy. He infiltrated Konoha five years ago and had been quietly serving as a Chunin the entire ti."
Tsunade explained, "The reason he was exposed was because he tried to find a Jonin who specialized in ultra-long-range attacks."
As soon as Tsunade heard that, she guessed who it was. Recently, the only ninja in Konoha with this kind of ultra-long-range attack thod was Natsuki.
"Your Projection Magecraft combined with Broken Phantasm actually has such terrifying power after being converted into long-range attacks."
Tsunade smiled and said, "If I were Chiyo, I'd have to investigate it clearly too."
(To be continued.)
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