Chapter 448: Surprise Attack on the Suna Ninja
Ishiro left the training ground of Squad Six, went first to the Tsuchikage's building, and found Bella, who was in her office.
Bella was a little surprised. Didn't we just have a meeting this morning?
Ishiro said, "Senior Bella, Kanako's explosive tags... let's not supply them to the village internally for now. I plan to sell them."
Bella frowned. "I've considered this problem too, but it's just not worth it. We can sell them on the black market, and the price might even be higher than the normal price, but the sales volume won't be large."
"Explosive tags are too expensive, and not many people buy them regularly."
"If we want to sell them in large quantities, the price has to be at least twenty percent lower than the market price."
"And the only ones who can buy in such large quantities are usually the other four great hidden villages. Isn't that arming the enemy?"
"We don't exactly have an endless supply of our own explosive tags."
"If Kanako's production speed increases significantly in the future, and we have a surplus after supplying ourselves, then selling them to other hidden villages would be more worthwhile."
Ishiro smiled. "That's exactly it. I want to arm the enemy. The more they buy, the better. The best-case scenario is that from now on, they stop making their own and use only the ones Kanako makes."
Bella was a smart woman. She immediately asked, "Is there a problem with these explosive tags?"
Ishiro smiled. "There's no problem. It's just that Kanako can control their detonation. She can also prevent them from being detonated."
Bella's eyes widened. She carefully digested what he had said. After a long time, she said, "I'll think about this again. If so many explosive tags suddenly flow into the black market, the other villages will become suspicious."
"I have to think of a way to sell a large quantity at once without arousing their suspicion."
Ishiro nodded. "Then I'll leave this matter to you. I won't worry about it anymore."
Bella nodded, ignoring him.
After settling the matter of the explosive tags, Ishiro went to find Ikura to review the operational plan for the extermination of the Suna and Kumo ninja in the other small and medium-sized countries.
Afterwards, Ishiro flew out of Iwagakure alone.
He was going to the Land of Bears. This was the main battlefield for this operation against the Suna-nin.
As he flew, he absorbed natural energy. By the time he arrived, he had already successfully entered Sage Mode.
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Inside the Land of Bears, in a town near the border of the Land of Wind, four Suna-nin were on patrol.
They had been occupying this town for a long time. From the first day they had set foot in it, they had taken over all of its management, including tax collection! Although this place was still nominally part of the Land of Bears, it was already under the de facto control of the Land of Wind. Even the officials were appointed by them.
So, although at the beginning, these Suna-nin had not been polite to the civilians, their behavior was much more civilized now. They had even taken the initiative to maintain order in the town.
This patrol squad, led by a jonin, circled the town and then, laughing and talking, headed outside. Although their route was not fixed, they had patrolled many times every day and had never run into any problems. The squad was somewhat lax.
Not long after the group left the town gate, the jonin leader vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
Just as he raised his hand to signal his subordinates to stop, the attack began.
Several figures suddenly burst out from the ground on both sides, and a large number of projectiles rained down on them. At the same time, a violent chakra fluctuation came from the earth not far away, and this fluctuation was rapidly spreading towards them.
The jonin leader reacted quickly, directly rushing forward to break out of the encirclement, dodging the first round of attacks. After breaking out, he glanced back. There was no lucky break; his three subordinates were all dead.
In that situation, it wasn't that he didn't want to save them and was only thinking of his own escape, but that if he had been a beat slower, he would have been left behind as well.
He had no time for grief, because his situation was not good either. A strong chakra fluctuation surged in front of him to his left. This one also carried intense heat; it was undoubtedly a Fire Release jutsu.
Sure enough, the next moment, a slender, masked figure appeared from behind a tree, and a giant fireball shot out from this person's mouth, aimed directly at the Suna jonin.
He had lost the initiative and had no time to perform a ninjutsu; he could only dodge with all his might. Since there were numerous ambushers behind him who had just killed his subordinates, he chose to dodge to the right front.
Fortunately, his speed was fast enough. The fire jutsu missed him.
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes suddenly widened.
A black shadow suddenly flashed in front of him. He wanted to swing his kunai to defend, but he was too slow.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say, "What was that?"
But only a large amount of blood gushed from his throat. Not a single word came out.
And the culprit who had caused all this, having already run from the jonin's right front to his left, was now by the side of the Fire Release user, leaping onto their shoulder.
"Fūka, well done," the Fire Release user said.
That's right, this person was Ishiro's disciple from the third squad, Himeki Suda. The one who had just launched the sneak attack was her ninja cat, Fūka.
Himeki's squad had been ordered by Ikura to carry out this mission of clearing out the Suna-nin in the Land of Bears.
Speaking of Himeki's squad, White Cat's, one had to mention Riori Uzumaki. Originally, Ishiro had arranged for Riori to join the squad to get some good training. But after a period of time, the effect was almost zero.
At this time, Kitsuchi's wife, Shiden, who had previously suspended her missions to give birth to Kurotsuchi, was now returning to active duty. So, Ishiro had asked Shiden to guide Riori. It just so happened that Riori often went to Kitsuchi's house because of Neji and was very familiar with Shiden. Thus, Shiden became Riori's new captain.
White Cat's squad, after being assigned a new member, had also returned to their normal Anbu missions.
This time, her squad, in coordination with two other squads, was to take down all the Suna-nin in this town. According to intelligence, this town was the center of this area, and there were at least three Suna squads inside. In terms of numbers, they were not at an advantage and might even be at a disadvantage.
So, although they were confident that their absolute strength was superior, in order to reduce casualties and increase the possibility of a total annihilation, they had chosen to take out one squad first.
A few seconds later, after confirming that all four members of the squad were dead, White Cat, as the commander of this operation, gave the order: "Enter the town. Assault the Suna stronghold. Don't give them a chance to escape."
She had not made a move just now. The team she was leading, besides herself, had three other jonin, including Himeki. Taking down that Suna jonin was not an accident; it did not require her, an elite jonin, to act.
The battle just now had already alerted the Suna-nin in the town. They had already mobilized and were quickly rushing towards the outside of the town, wanting to reinforce their comrades.
"Meow." Dango suddenly called out to White Cat.
She immediately waved her hand, signaling everyone to stop.
"The Suna-nin are coming. There are three squads, twelve people. Ash, Koishi, you each hold off one squad."
"After our squad kills the enemy, we will reinforce you."
White Cat had the strength of an elite jonin, and her squad included the jonin Himeki. Taking down one Suna squad in a short time was not a problem.
As soon as her voice fell, the two sides met.
Seeing White Cat and the others, the hearts of the Suna-nin on the other side sank. It seemed that the patrol squad that had gone out had already met with misfortune.
Without any nonsense, as soon as they met, the attacks began.
The Suna-nin had also come in squad formation. The two sides very consciously split the battlefield into three.
As soon as they clashed, both White Cat and the enemy leader were startled. An elite jonin!
Another variable outside the intelligence.
White Cat glanced at the others and relaxed. The other party's idea should be the same as hers: to use themselves as the breakthrough point, end the battle quickly, and then reinforce their comrades. So, the other two Kumo—Suna—squads and the Ash and Koishi squads were all just trying to hold each other off, currently just throwing projectiles at each other from a distance.
But her own team members were stronger than the three subordinates of the enemy leader. That leader, just like her, was also distractedly observing the surroundings. However, his face was not looking so good, because in that brief moment of exchange, two of his three direct subordinates were already dead.
One was killed by Himeki, the other by Fūka.
The last one was being flanked by two Iwa-nin, and the situation was not good.
At this time, Himeki and her ninja cat had already freed their hands. Whether they were to support the other two squads or intervene in the battle between the two elite jonin, it would cause fatal damage to the Suna side.
With a collapse imminent, this Suna leader was also a decisive one. He immediately shouted, "Retreat!"
Because the two sides had not yet been fully entangled, this order came just in time. Apart from the chunin who was being flanked, everyone else successfully retreated.
But naturally, White Cat would not easily let them go. She easily killed the last chunin, then immediately led her team in pursuit, attempting to entangle the Suna-nin.
And at this time, Himeki and Fūka also pounced on one of the intact Suna squads.
That Suna leader frowned. The disadvantage was too obvious. He shouted, "Jonin stay behind to cover the rear! Everyone else, retreat!"
This decision was fatal.
Under normal circumstances, a defensive line formed by one elite jonin and two jonin was not so easy to break through. As long as they held on for a while, after all the chunin in the team had left, and these jonin retreated, the possibility of getting away was still very high.
But their enemy was not just one elite jonin and three jonin, but also two ninja cats of considerable strength. One of which, Dango, had been hidden in the shadows the entire time.
The Suna leader had just turned around to prepare a ninjutsu when Dango's attack arrived silently.
He was greatly alarmed. By the time he sensed the attack, Dango was already less than two meters from his back.
This Suna-nin's adaptability was not low. He forcibly exerted his strength, causing himself to fall to one side to dodge her attack route. In the end, Dango's fatal blow only took a piece of flesh from his shoulder.
But his enemy was not just Dango. White Cat, taking advantage of the fact that he had just gotten up and his footing was unstable, had, in an instant, closed the distance.
In his haste, the Suna leader was on the back foot, completely dominated by White Cat. Before he could think of a way to break the situation, Dango's second attack arrived.
This time, there was no miss. Forced into a wretched state by White Cat, he was unable to dodge. Dango's blow hit his head, smashing it open on the spot.
The rest of the battle went smoothly. Even without White Cat and Dango, the Iwa side had almost finished off the two Suna jonin. When the two of them joined, the battle ended in an instant. Neither jonin was able to launch a mutual-destruction attack.
There were still six Suna chunin who had fled. But on the Iwa side, counting the two ninken, there were six with jonin-level strength. The result was predictable. Before long, all the Anbu who had split up to pursue the Suna-nin had completed their missions and returned.
After summarizing the situation, White Cat said, "Very good. Suna had one more elite jonin-led squad than the intelligence indicated."
"Now that they have all been eliminated, according to the plan, we will divide into three groups, search the nearby villages respectively, and finally regroup back here."
"Yes," the two squad leaders, Ash and Koishi, immediately said.
After speaking, those two squads quickly left. White Cat's squad first searched the town, then headed towards their target.
(End of Chapter)
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