"Poison them?" x2
Haneda and Touma were surprised when Seimei talked about poisoning the goblins. Sure, poisoning them was a great idea.
But how are they supposed to poison more than two hundred goblins? And would normal poisons even work on the B-rank or more powerful goblins?
You must understand that the blood of the goblins is mildly toxic.
It wasn't enough to seriously harm most ninjas with Chunin-level strength. But if they let the goblin blood stay on their exposed skin for too long, it could still cause itching, rashes, and other skin issues.
Touma tilted his face with confusion, "How are you planning to do that?"
"You do know that normal poison mists won't work, right? Most goblins have a high affinity toward the earth element, making them particularly immune to most poisons."
Seimei smiled and pointed his index finger toward the large lake beside the goblin hideout.
"Do you see that lake, Touma?"
Touma furrowed his brows. "Yes. But what does that have to do with poiso-"
"!!!!!"
Touma's expression suddenly changed as his jaw almost dropped to the ground in bewilderment.
"Wait a damn second. Are you planning to poison the entire lake? Do you understand how much poison you will have to dump into that water body to avoid diluting the poison and its effect below the effective threshold?"
"What kind of poison are you even carrying?"
Haneda also added, "Yes. And even if we successfully poison the entire lake's water, other goblins may still notice something is wrong as long as ten or so goblins fall ill or die after drinking the lake water."
"When this happens, they will be alert."
"All our efforts will be in vain if all the poison achieves is ten or twenty kills."
"In that case, causing a wildfire using Fire Release Ninjutsu will be much more effective. But even then, we may not be able to kill the B-rank and A-rank goblins. They would likely escape in the chaos of the wildfire and create a new goblin colony of similar size in some other place within the Deepwood Forest."
"Plus, forest fire will cause too much commotion, drawing the attention of other powerful chakra beasts roaming nearby. We will be surrounded and killed."
Unless a Shinobi reached the Kage-level, being ganged up by hundreds of B-rank chakra beasts could still kill even the finest Elite Jonin.
In fact, if an S-rank ninja didn't have crowd control and AoE damage Ninjutsu, being besieged by hundreds of B-rank chakra beasts could still exhaust their chakra and get them killed.
Did you think the chakra beasts would give you enough time to form one hand seal after another to unleash your Ninjutsu?
No.
They would gang up on you and bite you to death.
To survive a horde of hundreds of powerful chakra beasts, you need solid escape techniques, the ability to unleash devastating Ninjutsu with a single-handed hand seal or with no hand seals, powerful melee combat techniques, and masterful crowd control techniques.
But most importantly, they needed to have a monstrous amount of stamina and huge chakra reserves.
Although Seimei clicked all the boxes, he had no intention of putting his life or his teammates' lives in danger.
It was better to approach the problem steadily. Wasn't it good to stay alive?
Why must they employ reckless moves to make things hard for themselves?
Please, they were ninjas, not chivalrous knights.
You want them to fight head-on?
Heh! Dream on!
Trapping, deception, sneak attacks, dirty tactics, and assassinations were the right paths.
Those were the ways of ninjas.
Well, that was the case at the very least when you were facing an enemy or a group of enemies whose power level matched or surpassed yours.
The dirtier you play, the longer you will live.
And Seimei was planning to do just that.
Seimei shook his head and replied, "I say, aren't you guys underestimating my intelligence too much?"
"Don't worry. If you can think of these drawbacks, I can, too. You don't think I will make rookie mistakes, do you? Do you think I am an idiot?"
Touma was instantly triggered, "So, are you saying I'm an idiot?"
Seimei shook his right hand's index finger left and right. "Nah. You are smart enough. But you must admit, when it comes to tactical knowledge and strategy, your scores are wayyyyyyy lower than mine."
"Ugh…" Touma grimaced as he thought about his Ninja Academy theoretical test scores.
Seimei ignored him and pulled out a large vial filled with yellow-green liquid.
He showed it to Touma and Haneda and said, "This thing here is a special poison I have created to deal with situations like this."
Seimei's potioneering had already reached the peak of LV4, making it easier for him to concoct different kinds of poisons and antidotes.
He shook the vial slightly and said, "Let me tell you. One drop of this liquid can poison at least a hundred liters of water without losing its effect. One vial contains approximately 50,000 drops of this poison. I have twenty-eight such vials. The maximum water capacity of the lake won't exceed 25 million liters."
"If we really do the math, I will only need six vials of this concoction to poison the entire lake."
Seimei paused for a bit before continuing, "As for your worries about the goblins finding out about the poisoned water…"
"That's unnecessary. This special poison only starts working four to six hours after consumption. They won't even detect they are poisoned."
"As for this poison's effects?"
"Diarrhea, loose bowel, fatigue, stamina drain, sluggishness, and dizziness."
"Plus, my poison is environmentally friendly. The poison's effect from the lake water will evaporate after two to three days. So, you don't have to worry about polluting nature."
Hearing the effects of the special poison and Seimei's devious scheme, Touma and Haneda couldn't help but shudder.
Fortunately, Seimei was their friend, not an enemy.
Otherwise, he would have played them to death in the most embarrassing way.
Haneda and Touma:Σ(っ °Д °;)っ
Haneda and Touma: ⊙﹏⊙∥
Haneda and Touma: No, my friend. First of all, tell us, why are you even focusing on concocting such devious poisons? Can't you act a little humane? And with such a twisted character, you are worried about the environment?
Haneda and Touna: No bastard. Even if the poison doesn't directly harm the environment, the goblins that are suffering from diarrhea and loose bowel movements definitely will. You want us to fight constantly defecating ugly goblins? Fuck!!!
Of course, Seimei didn't know that his close friends were cursing him in their minds.
Even if he did, he wouldn't have cared.
Defecating goblins? They might not literally defecate during the battle. But they would certainly lose a good portion of their combat power and alertness after being poisoned.
And that was good enough for Seimei.
However, the A-rank goblin lord might not be affected by the poison that much.
But it didn't matter.
Without his colony, he wouldn't be that big of a threat. As long as he and his friends stayed alert and prevented the goblin lord from pulling off any unconventional and disruptive skills, they would win.
And so, Seimei and his group silently approached the lake and emptied six vials of Seimei's special poison into the lake.
Now, they just had to wait for the goblins to come and drink water from the lake.
Once they did…
Hehehehehehehe
Kekekekekekekekeke…(Mad Uchiha laughter echoed in the air)
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