Chapter 153: Aoda
That night, after Orochimaru and the others had returned from the main battlefield, they summoned Kyosuke without even resting, preparing to ask about what had happened that day.
When Kyosuke strolled in, he found that the few people in the room were looking at him with an extremely strange gaze.
The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and he sat down on a chair, staring at them.
After a long while, it was Orochimaru who broke the silence.
"Kyosuke-kun, I'm really becoming more and more interested in that cursed seal ability of yours," Orochimaru said, ignoring Fugaku's gaze beside him, and subconsciously licked the corner of his mouth with his long tongue, his tone slightly excited.
"Don't worry, Teacher. After the war is over, I will explain this ability of mine in detail," Kyosuke said without changing his expression, meeting Orochimaru's deep gaze.
Just then, Fugaku finally spoke, interrupting the somewhat strange conversation between the master and disciple. "Kyosuke, hurry up and tell me how you killed Pakura."
Helpless, Kyosuke had no choice but to recount the events of the day, which he had already repeated countless times, to the few of them again.
After listening to his account, the few of them were silent for a moment, then, after a word of praise, they began to discuss tomorrow's battle plan.
But this time, Kyosuke was no longer just a listener, but a participant and even a decision-maker.
This was the change in his status brought about by the change in his strength. Of course, it also had something to do with Kyosuke's dazzling military achievements.
Among the people present, and even in the entire Southwestern Army, besides Orochimaru, no one dared to compete with Kyosuke in terms of military achievements. Not even Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan.
So, although the scene before them was strange, no one dared to raise any questions.
After a simple discussion, the group decided to take advantage of the fact that the Sand ninja's morale was in a state of chaos and launch a large-scale attack, to effectively weaken the enemy's forces as much as possible before they could regroup.
Since the battle plan had been determined, the next step was to discuss the details.
By the time Kyosuke returned to his tent, it was already late at night.
Lying on his bed, unable to sleep for a while, he simply pulled up the system menu and checked it.
Today, he had killed Pakura and completed the "Obstruct the Enemy" mission, for a total of 170 experience points.
During this period when he could basically no longer gain experience by "killing enemies," these 170 experience points were a rare "huge sum." So, how to use it, Kyosuke still needed to study it carefully.
Originally, according to his plan, he was prepared to further improve his swordsmanship or ninjutsu abilities, so that in his normal state, he would have the strength to fight against elite jounin-level powerhouses head-on. But when his eyes swept over a certain skill, a bold idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Maybe I can try this method. If it succeeds, then my strength will reach the Kage level in a short period of time, or even higher..."
The next day, the Southwestern Army, according to last night's discussion, directly launched a fierce attack.
However, their intentions had been detected in advance by the Sand ninja's advisor, Ebizo. So, although their offensive was fierce, for a time, they could not break through the blockade of Bunjin and the others.
Boom!
Kyosuke looked at the enemy who had been engulfed by the Great Fireball, and with a light leap, he prepared to retreat a certain distance.
Because since the beginning of today's battle, Kyosuke himself had been consistently targeted by the Sand ninja army.
One powerful elite jounin, three equally strong jounin, and seven ninja from the puppet master corps—this was the team the Sand ninja had specially formed to deal with him, Kyosuke.
Logically speaking, with Kyosuke's current speed, he shouldn't be too afraid of the enemy's encirclement and interception, not to mention that he was always accompanied by Saori and the others.
But it was clear that the Sand ninja had also taken these factors into consideration. The three jounin's duty was to block Kyosuke's helpers, while the puppet masters were responsible for limiting his range of movement, thus rendering his Body Flicker Technique ineffective.
As for the last elite jounin, he was responsible for defeating or repelling Kyosuke head-on.
In an instant, Kyosuke's squad was in a rather difficult situation.
"As expected of the Sand's think tank. With just this simple arrangement, he has almost completely restricted me. But..."
Kyosuke looked at the enemy, who was watching him like a tiger, and directly bit his finger and slammed it on the ground.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique."
Poof!
Looking at the large cloud of smoke before them, and the behemoth that was dozens of meters high, the Sand ninja couldn't help but subconsciously stop in their tracks.
A puppet master strained his eyes and could barely see the few figures standing on the giant snake's head. Feeling the huge difference in size between the two sides, he couldn't help but say with a bitter tone, "Th-the intelligence didn't say he had such a summoned beast."
"What are you panicking about? You three follow me and go kill the enemy. The rest of you, do your best to deal with the giant snake. Wait for us to complete the kill," the lead Sand ninja ordered, and then, along with the other three jounin, he charged at the behemoth before them.
Standing on the head of the giant snake, Kyosuke looked at the rather small figures on the ground and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Tsk, the air up here is really nice. By the way, when were you able to summon such a huge summoned beast?" Hyuga Saori closed her eyes and took a breath of fresh air, then turned to ask Kyosuke.
"Last night," Kyosuke muttered to himself.
That's right. After Kyosuke had had a certain idea yesterday, he had directly chosen to raise his "Summoning Technique" to Level 7. As for the remaining 60 experience points, he had not used them, but had saved them, preparing to gradually raise this skill to the max level in the future.
The Summoning Technique, which had been successfully raised to Level 7, could now actively communicate with the powerful snake creatures in Ryuchi Cave and sign a summoning contract with them.
This "Aoda" was the summoned beast that had actively "signed a contract" with him last night after sensing Kyosuke's summons.
Just as Kyosuke was preparing to find an excuse to deal with Saori's question, Aoda suddenly spoke.
"Lord Kyosuke, the enemy is charging."
Hearing this, the few of them immediately ended their small talk.
Kyosuke looked at the enemy's completely disrupted formation, and with a slight smile, he ordered Aoda, "Break through their encirclement and prioritize attacking the enemies on the ground."
"Yes, sir," Aoda replied, and at the same time, its huge body suddenly moved.
With the acceleration from twisting its body, it swept its tail, and the ground within a dozen meters in front of it was directly smashed into a depression.
And the puppet masters, besides a few who were agile, the rest were all crushed into a pile of mush by this ferocious blow.
Looking at the puppet master unit that had died tragically below, Kyosuke turned and exchanged a look with the other three, then turned and charged at the few stronger Sand ninja.
"Weren't you having a lot of fun just now? Then let's continue with our second round of games," the cursed seal spread wildly across his entire body, and Kyosuke thus charged at the lead enemy with a cold smile.
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