◇ I'll be dropping one bonus chapters for every 10 reviews. comment
◇ One bonus chapter will be released for every 100 Power Stones.
◇ You can read 60 chapter ahead on P@treon of which 10 are free Chapters. if you're interested: patreon.com/Heroicverse
This was a turn-based feint.
Hiding in the woods, Akira Tsubaki witnessed Namikaze Minato leading several Genin teams, throwing Kunai across the river in unison.
Soon, the Cloud Shinobi fortification on the opposite side retaliated, sending a large volume of Kunai and Detonating Tags back.
Konoha suffered heavy losses due to the numerical disadvantage in Kunai and Detonating Tags.
Finally, Namikaze Minato rushed out alone, vanishing across the river with a Teleportation Jutsu.
"Prepare."
Akira Tsubaki made a gesture.
Kakashi and Yūgao Uzuki behind him were tense and ready to go.
"Walk!"
Seeing the Cloud Shinobi moving support across the river, Akira Tsubaki took the lead and rushed across the boundary river at high speed.
Kakashi followed closely behind, with Yūgao Uzuki at the rear.
As soon as the three of them crossed the river, they immediately slipped into the woods and disappeared.
Ten minutes later.
Akira Tsubaki stood on a tree along the road, surveying the area.
"Akira, what are the specific mission details?" Kakashi asked about the assignment.
"Find Cloud Shinobi's supply depot and blow it up!"
"Blow up the supply station?" Kakashi understood. This is an operation to emulate Sunagakure.
"But with just the three of us, isn't it too difficult?" Yūgao Uzuki asked nervously.
Hearing such discouraging words, Akira Tsubaki turned and put his face directly in front of Yūgao Uzuki.
"It's not three, it's two! You're just here to fill the numbers."
This statement was blunt. Yūgao Uzuki's initial nervousness vanished, replaced by deep anger.
"I know basic Iryō Ninjutsu (Medical Ninjutsu)."
"Oh, so what?"
"If you are injured, let me heal you."
"If I get hurt, you'd better run."
After dispensing with Yūgao Uzuki, Akira Tsubaki made a gesture.
The three continued on.
According to Akira Tsubaki's analysis, the Cloud Shinobi supply station in the Land of Hot Water shouldn't be too far from the border.
Furthermore, it would most likely be located by the side of a road, convenient for transportation and quick replenishment of the front line.
One hour later.
The three of them stopped on a tree and saw the massive supply station warehouse in the distance.
Kakashi looked grim, watching the Cloud Shinobi coming and going.
"There are almost a hundred Cloud Shinobi." He gave an approximate count.
"There are too many Ninjas, right?" Yūgao Uzuki was terrified.
"Cloud Shinobi's foresight seems to be much better than Konoha's," Akira Tsubaki noted.
Look at Cloud Shinobi—they send hundreds of Ninjas to protect a single warehouse. Look at Konoha—they send Genin squads to protect supply depots. The gap was enormous.
"Kakashi, you bypass the supply depot and block the escape route of these people." Akira Tsubaki began formulating the plan.
Kakashi was stunned.
Alone, blocking the retreat of a hundred Cloud Shinobi?
Akira, are you serious?
"I'm afraid I won't be able to stop them," Kakashi swallowed, admitting the truth.
Akira Tsubaki was speechless.
"I mean, as soon as a lone Cloud Shinobi flees back, you stop or kill them."
"Ah, I see…"
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately, his expression changed.
"You don't plan to rush into the supply depot alone, do you?"
"What else? Bring Yūgao Uzuki along?" Akira Tsubaki spread his hands.
Yūgao Uzuki felt insulted. She knew Akira Tsubaki looked down on her strength.
"Then, what about me?" Yūgao Uzuki asked weakly.
"You?"
Glancing at his purple-haired teammate, Akira Tsubaki pointed to the forest.
"You hide now and try your best not to be caught by Cloud Shinobi."
Yūgao Uzuki: "({╯︵╰})
Half an hour later, Akira Tsubaki, who was sitting on the tree, stood up.
"It's time to annihilate this group of people."
Taking a last look at the warehouse, he kicked off the tree trunk, leaping out.
Skimming quickly through the forest, an afterimage trailed behind him.
Whoosh!
Approaching the warehouse, Akira Tsubaki punched a Cloud Shinobi.
"Enemy—"
Puff~~
The Cloud Shinobi's body was instantly pierced. Akira Tsubaki, unabated, blasted through the wall of the warehouse.
With a glance, Akira Tsubaki estimated that the warehouse contained at least 100,000 Detonating Tags and Kunai.
"This is truly a massive amount~~"
Akira Tsubaki grinned.
He casually picked up a Detonating Tag.
"The best way to quickly destroy these Cloud Shinobi is not Taijutsu or Ninjutsu. It's these Detonating Tags."
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Dense footsteps sounded outside the warehouse.
The other Cloud Shinobi were closing in fast.
Zila~~
With a movement of Akira Tsubaki's palm, the Detonating Tag in his hand was ignited, and he casually tossed it into the vast stockpile.
Two seconds later.
Boom!!! Boom!!!
A colossal explosion sounded, deafening.
A terrifying shockwave swept out, violently shaking the ground, as if a magnitude 12 earthquake had struck.
The soaring flames and smoke condensed into a gigantic mushroom cloud , slowly lifting into the sky.
The supply station had exploded!
Several seriously injured Cloud Shinobi tried to flee the area.
But Kakashi was squatting right there, intercepting them.
Up on the tree, Akira Tsubaki scanned the center of the explosion for survivors.
Unfortunately, besides the few severely injured Cloud Shinobi, everyone else was honorably killed.
At the Border River, Cloud Shinobi Frontline Position.
The corpses of a dozen Cloud Shinobi lay on the ground in the fortification from Namikaze Minato's feint attack not long ago.
"Damn it! It must be those few traps! This is Konoha Shinobi's revenge!"
"The Ninja who rushed over just now must have been Namikaze Minato from Konoha!"
"Immediately send a message back to the supply station and ask them to add more manpower."
While several Cloud Shinobi were discussing, a Ninja hurried in with an anxious face.
"Quick, go out and see! Our supply station seems to have exploded!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked and rushed out the door.
They saw it.
In the high sky to the east, a massive mushroom cloud was slowly rising into the sky.
Rumble~~
At this time, the sound of the explosion, like dull thunder, finally reached them.
"Send a message back to the main force immediately!"
"There must be a Konoha Shinobi squad sneaking in!"
"Catch this team and kill them."