Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 156 Split Operations

Chapter 158 Split Operations

Akaishi and his group rescued the village, saving 70% of the villagers.

Although the casualties were extremely heavy for the village, with almost every household losing someone, it was still considered lucky compared to other villages that were attacked.

The villagers, upon waking up, were naturally extremely grateful to Akaishi and the others.

at the same time----

Orochimaru, looking quite satisfied, emerged from the seal.

Inside the seal, the "salami" had been dismembered into pieces, and Orochimaru, wearing white gloves, was holding a poison sac the size of a human head.

After leaving the seal, Orochimaru sealed the poison sac in a special sealing scroll.

This roll has an extra preservation effect; it's specially prepared for storing this!

Upon seeing this, Akaishi exclaimed in surprise, "The poison sac is so big?"

Didn't we say before that Hanzo had a venom sac transplanted into him? It sounds like the venom sac of a previous leader of the salamander clan—how did he manage to insert it?

"The more potent the venom of the salamander, the smaller its venom sac will become, because at that point, the entire body can store toxins, and the venom sac is only used to store the most concentrated toxins," Orochimaru explained.

Akaishi understood upon hearing this.

Lan Wu then used earth magic to help the villagers dig a pit to bury the dead.

Only a few children are still being cared for by Pharmacist Nonou because they are small and deeply poisoned. The others have either recovered or died.

Hearing the soft sobbing coming from the side where the bodies were being buried, Akashi frowned and said with a puzzled look, "What exactly are these Rain Ninja trying to do? Killing civilians alone won't weaken the Land of Iron's power."

"It does have some effect. I heard that samurai say before that the samurai of the Land of Iron are different from us ninjas. Ninjas are basically only born in ninja villages and have nothing to do with the common people outside the ninja villages. However, the samurai of the Land of Iron are selected from the common people all over the country," Minato speculated at this time.

He had chatted with the samurai he encountered before, unlike Akaishi who looked down on those people.

After hearing Minato's words, Orochimaru said coldly, "No, Minato-kun, I don't think they're trying to undermine the new forces of the Land of Iron. Leader Hanzo wouldn't be focusing on future wars or planning to attack the enemy's future strength. The main reason they're doing this is for resupply."

"Supplies? The Land of Rain doesn't even have enough food?" Akaishi asked in surprise.

"It's not that there's not enough food, it's that there's not enough supplies. Between the Land of Rain and the Land of Iron, there are also the Land of Waterfall and the Land of Grass. The sealing scrolls they carry require a lot of maintenance and wear and tear," Orochimaru said with a sneer.

"This consumption—everyone bringing their own food, it shouldn't be too difficult, right?" Akaishi was still a little puzzled.

After all, ninjas bring their own food when they go on missions.

Minato had already realized what was going on and said, "It's different. For missions, food consumption is just enough for soldiers to eat and drink, enough for traveling. But for a protracted war, you need to replenish your supplies with nutritious, normal food, and that kind of food takes up a lot of space."

Soldier rations can satisfy hunger, but they lack nutrition. It's fine to eat them while traveling, but if you're on a high-intensity battlefield, especially when you have to fight every day, relying solely on soldier rations to satisfy hunger will only make your body weaker and weaker. This is because the intense extraction of chakra itself is a drain on the body, so you must replenish your nutrition.

However, once normal food supplies are used, it takes up a lot of space —

The larger sealing scrolls will consume significantly more resources when carried!

As for the "sealing scrolls" that do not require ninjas to maintain and can exist on their own for a long time, they are even more beyond the reach of small countries. Only sealing clans like the Uzumaki clan can produce them, and they are extremely rare and precious.

At the same time, the consumption of these sealing scrolls that need to be maintained is also related to the distance traveled. After all, "sealing techniques" are essentially a kind of "space-time ninjutsu", which changes the spatial position of the sealed object and can even block time. Once the "sealing space" and "carrying distance" are increased, the consumption will increase exponentially.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Orochimaru can carry a "kitchen" with him and run around everywhere—it's not just because Orochimaru is strong, but also because his sealing techniques are highly advanced and consume little energy.

If the supply route is clear, it shouldn't be a big problem. We just need to arrange ninja squads to continuously transport supplies.

But----

Although the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Grass are both small, the former's Hidden Waterfall Village is virtually impregnable by external enemies, while the latter has close ties with Hidden Stone Village.

The Land of Rain suddenly crossed the territories of two countries and arrived in the Land of Iron. They indeed had no time to react, but afterwards, the Hidden Stone Village would definitely block the Land of Rain's supply lines in the Land of Grass.

As a result, the Rain Ninja only had the supplies they carried at the beginning, and afterwards they had to rely on the enemy for supplies!

"I see—" Akaishi suddenly looked enlightened.

"Akaishi-kun, did you suddenly remember that small ninja villages generally don't have sealing techniques?" Orochimaru said calmly.

"Huh?" Akaishi looked at Orochimaru in confusion—I'm not stupid, how could I have just thought of something like this?

Akaishi shook his head and said, "It suddenly occurred to me—actually, Konoha isn't at such a disadvantage!"

"Oh?" Orochimaru looked at Akaishi with slight surprise upon hearing this.

"In the end, the Land of Rain's attack on the Land of Iron was probably instigated by the Hidden Cloud Village, who wanted to act as the outpost for the Hidden Cloud Village's attack on our Leaf Village."

"However—the Land of Rain is fighting the Land of Iron across two countries, and its logistical support is a major problem. At this time, the Hidden Stone Village will inevitably support the Land of Grass and cut off its supply lines. We, the Hidden Leaf Village, have also sent us to disrupt the Land of Rain's offensive—"

"As long as we can hold out until the Land of Rain can't hold on and retreats, we will both weaken the Land of Rain's strength and take the opportunity to obtain more information about the Great Salamander, without suffering any casualties."

Once Akaishi realized that the Land of Rain wouldn't last much longer, his thoughts suddenly became clear.

Originally, because he found that the situation in the Land of Rain was very good, Akaishi became increasingly dissatisfied with the Land of Iron—just because he was between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, he was taking advantage of Konoha's rescue for free, right?

Even the evaluation of Amegakure has been rising steadily—this sixth brother seems to be more than just a "chessboard"?

After all, if he really conquers the Iron Country, this sixth prince seems to be on par with the five great nations.

but----

When Akaishi realized that the Rain Ninja couldn't hold out for much longer, he immediately had a different perspective.

From this perspective, the probability of Rain Village achieving its strategic goals with the intervention of Iwagakure and Konoha is extremely low. The two great powers—no, if we include the Land of Lightning, that is, the three great powers—have bleed both the Land of Rain and the Land of Iron dry without sacrificing much of their own!

Orochimaru: ————

Orochimaru looked at Akaishi and praised him with regret, "Akaishi-kun, it would be great if you could use your brain more where it's needed."

In Orochimaru's view, it would obviously be more useful to focus on "ninja training".

"That's right, so our mission this time will only last until the end of the year at most. Moreover—there was intelligence that Sunagakure is also making moves and preparing to send troops to the occupied areas of the Land of Rivers." Seeing that Akaishi had already guessed this, Orochimaru told him another piece of information.

The Land of Rain had already conquered half of the Land of Rivers, leaving only the southern half, which was not a good place to attack. Moreover, the River Ninjas had begun to defend their territory, so they had no choice but to abandon their attack on the Land of Rivers for the time being.

Now it seems—

A chessboard is just a chessboard.

Before the four great nations have even made a move, the seemingly powerful Rain Country has already been driven into a corner.

"So, what about Lady Tsunade—" Minato's expression shifted at that moment.

Orochimaru looked at Minato with a look that was completely different from his conflicted expression when he looked at Akaishi. Instead, his eyes were filled with undisguised satisfaction. Minato was intelligent in every way!

"That's right, Tsunade led a team to the Land of Rivers. After all—we can't just hand over the mission of restoring the Land of Rivers to Sunagakure." Orochimaru nodded calmly.

Although this is also a "secret", since Minato has already guessed it, there's no harm in saying it. Calculating the time, Tsunade should already be at war with the Land of Rain by now.

"But—Captain Orochimaru, wouldn't this also fulfill the wishes of Kumogakure? If the Land of Iron is too weak, Kumogakure might—" Akaishi asked somewhat worriedly.

Given the current fighting style of the Rain Ninja, the Land of Iron will definitely suffer heavy losses as well.

Although his losses are better than Konoha's, if the Land of Iron is truly crippled, and the Hidden Cloud Village takes the opportunity to march south, it will be very disadvantageous for Konoha.

Because no matter what, Sunagakure will definitely have to fight Konoha, and if Kumogakure comes too, then they will have to fight on two fronts.

"That's right. Kumogakure sacrificed the Second Raikage, the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, and even—including the Amber Purification Bottle—for the current situation. They don't even know if they can still use those Six Paths Treasures. Isn't it normal to gain some strategic advantage?" Orochimaru was quite open-minded.

Akaishi gave Orochimaru a strange look.

Judging from his tone, does he have a positive view on the idea of ​​"exchanging one's own shadow and key combat power for the shadow and strategic advantage of the enemy"?

Before Akaishi could think further, Minato's expression suddenly changed, and he said, "There's news from Jiraiya-sensei—"

As he spoke, Minato immediately formed hand seals and summoned a spirit.

With a "bang," a toad, entirely purple and as tall as a person even when lying down, appeared. This was clearly a ninja beast from Mount Myōboku.

Because both Minato and Jiraiya had direct contracts with Mount Myōboku, they had access to many toads capable of summoning spirits.

"Gamaken, is there something you need, teacher?" Minato asked directly upon meeting him.

Clearly, it was the toads of Mount Myōboku who somehow notified Minato to summon them.

Orochimaru looked at Gamaken with a hint of envy—although his contracted ninja beast Manda also came from Ryuchi Cave, one of the three sacred lands, he had only made a contract with Manda, not with Ryuchi Cave. That greedy Manda wouldn't tell him the location of Ryuchi Cave!

"Lord Jiraiya sent me to tell Orochimaru that he has located the target's contact point. There are at least six Jonin from the Rain Village behind the front lines, each leading their own team. They will regroup when they deliver supplies back to the front lines, allowing us to wipe them out in one fell swoop. Please go and meet up with him."

As he spoke, Gamaken relayed the location that Jiraiya had asked him to inform Orochimaru.

Orochimaru looked at the humble and polite Gamaken and felt even more envious.

If Manda were this polite, that would be great.

certainly----

I'm just a little envious. Compared to Orochimaru, he still prefers snakes, and—

When Gamaken looked at Orochimaru, he clearly had some resistance—Orochimaru's aura obviously didn't appeal to Mount Myōboku!

"Understood, thank you for letting me know," Orochimaru said politely.

Although Gamaken was not impressed by Orochimaru's aura, he still nodded humbly.

"It seems we need to split up—Minato, you and I will go find Jiraiya and meet up. We must wipe out all those Rain Ninja!"

"Akaishi-kun, you, Lanwu-san, and Yakushi-san, stay here. Samurai should come to check on the situation soon. After that, we'll make up at Duan Yue Castle," Orochimaru said to Minato and Akaishi respectively.

Duan Yue City was the original destination and one of the front-line fortresses where the warriors of the Land of Iron fought against the Rain Ninja.

"?" Akashi was taken aback upon hearing this.

"Is there a problem, Akaishi-kun?" Orochimaru asked politely.

"Captain Orochimaru, this means you'll be without a medical ninja, won't you? Why don't you take Yakushi Nonou with you?" Akaishi felt that this was the most suitable way to divide the team.

"No need. Jiraiya needs me to meet him to ensure that we can wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop. There's no need for medical ninjas to play a role. Even if we are injured, neither Miss Lanwu nor Miss Yakushi can treat us on the battlefield. We'll have to wait until we leave the battlefield," Orochimaru said calmly.

To fight and heal simultaneously requires a higher level of combat ability and healing capacity from the medical ninja!

A medical ninja who isn't skilled enough in combat will just be a casualty on the battlefield. If their healing output isn't high enough, there's no chance for slow healing on the battlefield. At the very least, they need to be proficient in a quick healing technique like "Healing Palm Technique."

But----

Neither Ranmai nor Yakushi Nonoyu could clearly do it.

During the Chunin Exams, when Lan Wu saw that Akaishi was injured, she used the "Healing Palm Technique" in a moment of desperation. That was the first time she had successfully used it, but the effect—it certainly couldn't be considered "proficient".

If it were a battlefield where even Orochimaru and Jiraiya would get injured, then Lan Mai and Yakushi Nono would be considered successful if they could even protect themselves, let alone receive on-site treatment.

"Then how about I go with you instead—" Akaishi was mainly opposing Yakushi Nonou.

"Minato's high-speed ninjutsu is more useful in this situation. Akaishi-kun, you are more suited to a direct attack," Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.

Minato's strengths lie in mobile warfare and pursuit, making it difficult for enemies to escape with him around. Therefore, even on the battlefield between Jiraiya and Orochimaru, he could be of help.

As for Akaishi's direct combat strength, while it shouldn't be underestimated, he's certainly not lacking in offensive power against Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

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