MM Racing Chapter 182 Solo Travel, Unrestrained
Chapter 182 Solo Travel, Unrestrained
Chapter 182 Solo Travel, Unrestrained
Inside the rest tent, one was packing supplies, another was quietly reading a book, and yet another was thinking up wicked ideas, occasionally letting out a strange "hehe" laugh.
After Taiyi finished packing his things, he slapped Yangping, who was still daydreaming, awake. "That's your cousin. Be careful what you say."
In truth, what Taiichi was thinking was that, regardless of whether Obito would betray him in the future, given the care Yangping showed him now, Obito would definitely seek revenge on Yangping the moment his Mangekyou Sharingan awakened.
I just don't know who will be more powerful between them back then.
"While I'm not here, you're the strongest. You have to protect everyone and don't do anything reckless, understand?" Taiyi gave his final instructions.
"I know, but Taiyi, you're becoming more and more like an old woman." Yangping complained, straightening his clothes that Taiyi had messed up.
Actually, Yohei is quite reliable and someone who listens to advice, especially when Saori is there to help him, which makes him very reassuring.
The two escorted Taichi to the camp entrance, where they happened to see Kakashi and his group also seeing off their teacher.
Minato was also giving them instructions, which were obvious without even listening; they were basically telling them to be careful during the missions.
Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the case.
"Minato-senpai, can we go now?" Taiichi greeted them, nodding to Kakashi and the other two.
"Okay, Taichi." Minato also instructed Kakashi, but still worried, he turned to Yohei and said, "Yohei, I'll have to trouble you to take care of Kakashi and the others for a while."
At that moment, Yangping immediately thought of Taiyi's instructions. They were exactly the same, both truly caring captains who looked after their team members. "No problem, Minato-senpai, we're all good friends."
After saying goodbye, Minato and Taichi finally embarked on their mission.
The current war between Iwagakure and Sunagakure, although Sunagakure has managed to withstand Iwagakure's attack, is still taking place within the Land of Wind due to the earlier surprise attack.
Iwagakure went even further, building their frontline camp directly on the site where the Land of Wind's border troops had previously been stationed. This was extremely arrogant, showing that they didn't take Sunagakure seriously at all.
Minato and Taiichi's journey was to enter the Land of Wind directly from the Land of Rivers, and then reach the battlefield from within the Land of Wind.
"Senior Minato, for this mission, should we act alone or team up together?" Even while running, Taichi didn't forget to ask Minato how to carry out this mission.
"If you hadn't mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, I would have said we'd work together. But as for now—" Minato turned and flashed that warm smile again, "of course, splitting up will be more efficient!"
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Let's split up before we reach the battlefield."
Because they had to avoid being detected by Sunagakure, the two of them didn't travel very fast. It took them two days to reach the edge of the battlefield.
"Taiichi, let's part ways here."
"Okay." With that, Taichi took out several bottles of medicine and a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai from his ninja tool bag and handed them to Minato. "These are specially made antidote pills, soldier's ration pills, and hemostatic pills, as well as my Flying Thunder God kunai. Minato-senpai, please carry these with you in case of emergency."
Minato reached out and took it, looking at the kunai in his hand engraved with "With me, there is no invincibility," and couldn't help but reveal a strange smile. He never expected that Taiichi, who was usually so amiable, would use such a chuunibyou (delusional) talisman.
After putting away the medicine and kunai, Minato also handed Taichi his "Sword of Love and Resilience." This way, if either of them needed help and within a certain range, they could quickly find each other.
After checking all his equipment one last time, Taiichi still felt that something was wrong.
When he looked up and saw the headband Minato was wearing, he suddenly realized that since it was a secret mission, even if he wasn't wearing a headband, he couldn't just focus on the headbands worn by people from Konoha.
Just as I was about to remind Minato, I saw that he had already taken off his headband and put it into his ninja tool pouch.
As expected of an experienced elite Jonin, his thoughts and ideas are far beyond what a ninja like Taiichi, who only possesses strength, could comprehend.
Taiichi quickly took off his headband and put it into his ninja tool pouch.
At that moment, Minato noticed Taiichi's forehead, where there was a bright green diamond-shaped mark. Of course, he didn't think that Taiichi was trying to show off by deliberately putting something on his forehead.
He recognized it too; it was almost identical to the one on Tsunade's forehead—it was the mark of the Yin Seal.
Feeling Minato staring at his forehead, Taichi unconsciously raised his hand and touched it. The bump on his hand told Taichi what Minato was looking at.
"I didn't expect that Minato would discover the Yin Seal that Tsunade taught me." As he spoke, he took out a bandage and tied it around his forehead to cover it up, since it was quite conspicuous.
Minato nodded without speaking. Taiichi already had a lot of chakra, and now with the Yin Seal replenishing it, there was absolutely nothing to worry about for this mission.
Once they were finished, they parted ways and began to carry out their own tasks.
The Land of Wind, a battlefield of sand and rock.
This place is not far from an oasis town, where a small-scale battle had recently broken out. More than a dozen corpses lay scattered on the scene, half from Sunagakure and half from Iwagakure, indicating that the battle was evenly matched.
At this moment, small groups of sand vultures were pecking at this rare feast, and more sand vultures continued to gather in this direction from the sky.
These large, scavenging birds in the desert have a natural sensitivity to corpses. Wherever there is a corpse, these creatures will soon appear in flocks.
In no time at all, the corpses will be reduced to mere rags. They will swallow bones and blood-stained sand, truly the desert cleaners.
Taiyi was hiding among the ruins not far from the scene. The battle here had just ended, and the victor should have returned to clean up the battlefield.
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Sure enough, not long after, Taiichi sensed three ninjas approaching. Upon closer inspection, he realized they were three Iwagakure ninjas.
As they approached, the three Iwagakure ninjas noticed the sand vultures circling and descending from the sky, and their expressions immediately changed.
What annoyed them most about attacking Sunagakure wasn't the setbacks in their attack, but these annoying, scruffy birds. After all, nobody wants to die with their body pecked and riddled with holes by these birds, only to be eaten by them.
They increased their speed, but what they saw enraged them: a flock of sand vultures were pecking at the corpses of their comrades.
"Damn beasts!" the three Iwagakure members roared angrily, chasing away the annoying carrion birds while unleashing Earth Release: Rock Gun to attack them.
Unfortunately, these ninjas' ninjutsu was not only inaccurate, but also disappointing in power.
Apart from one sand vulture whose wing was broken and fell from the sky after being targeted by concentrated fire, the others that were hit also flapped their wings and soared into the higher sky, lingering there for a long time.
Taiichi watched from the sidelines, shaking his head repeatedly. These three were probably cannon fodder ninjas from Iwagakure. At such a young age, they were only genin-level, only good for assisting on the battlefield. They couldn't even use a simple rock cannon properly.
Sensing that no more Iwa ninjas were arriving, Taiichi no longer hesitated. He had already placed Flying Thunder God kunai around the corpses. He instantly disappeared from the spot and reappeared behind the Iwa ninjas. Then he unleashed a Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
A whirlwind carrying countless tiny wind blades swept out, and in just one move, the three Iwa ninjas were swept by countless wind blades. They didn't even have time to react properly, and the large and small wounds on their bodies made them beyond dead.
In order to conceal his identity and to draw hatred from both sides, Taiyi mainly used Wind Release and Earth Release in this mission, which can be regarded as training these two ninjutsu.
After finishing, Taiichi went forward to check on everyone and confirmed that they were all dead. Then he put away the Flying Thunder God Kunai on the ground and turned to leave.
But looking at the sand vultures circling in the sky and the corpses scattered on the ground, Taiyi hesitated for a long time before giving up the idea of setting the place on fire.
Regardless of whether it exposes one's own problems, humans eating animals and animals eating humans are both part of nature. Moreover, this is a battlefield, so there is even less room for sympathy.
This was Taiichi's third day on this battlefield. He had witnessed seven or eight battles between Sunagakure and Iwagakure, but he hadn't managed to gain any advantage very often, and the ones he had dealt with were mostly chuunibyou and genin.
This has a negligible effect on the overall battlefield.
Back at the pre-prepared resting spot, Taiyi pondered his next action plan. In order to avoid revealing his identity, he definitely couldn't participate in large-scale battles, and small-scale battles wouldn't be of much use either.
After much deliberation, Taiichi finally decided to go to the Land of Birds, which was in the heart of Iwagakure. Intercepting his supply lines there would be more effective than killing a few insignificant soldiers on the front lines.
Having figured this out, Taiichi quickly ate some dry rations, rested briefly, disguised himself, put on a Sand Village headband, and sneaked towards the Land of Birds.
Upon entering the Land of Birds, Taiichi discovered quite a few Sand Village teams, all of whom had come to Iwagakure's rear to conduct reconnaissance and sabotage.
Currently, Iwagakure holds the upper hand, so Taiichi doesn't bother hunting them down. But if any unlucky ones happen to run right into Taiichi's path, he won't mind taking a couple more lives.
Take this lone Sand Village Jonin for example. For several days, Taiichi hadn't encountered a single lone Iwa Village Jonin, but this Sand Village Jonin was unlucky enough to run straight up to Taiichi.
What else can be said? With a swift movement, he unleashed a sharp blade of light from his short sword. Even a Jonin, caught off guard, couldn't withstand more than a few moves before Taiichi took his head.
Looking at the corpse on the ground with its eyes wide open in death, Taiichi was speechless. There really was such an unlucky guy. He had clearly come to cause trouble for Iwagakure, and this Jonin didn't even have a little bit of vigilance.
I don't know if he was too confident in his own strength, but he came over as soon as he saw the Sand Village uniform. If he doesn't die, who will?
Of course, this was just a minor incident; Taiichi's goal was still to find and destroy Iwagakure's supply points.
After searching for two days in the Land of Birds, Taiichi finally locked onto his target: a small supply point in Iwagakure.
According to Taiichi's observation, there is only one squadron of ninjas stationed here, including two Jonin, two Special Jonin, and the rest Chunin.
Such a configuration is already quite luxurious for a small supply point, but it's not something that Taiyi can't give a try.
Having found a secluded spot, Taiyi used earth magic to create an underground cave, where he rested and recuperated. Only when he sensed through the ventilation holes that it was already dark outside did he emerge from the cave and head towards the supply point.
With the moon dark and the wind howling, tonight is the perfect time for a sneak attack. Patches of dark clouds frequently obscure the moon in the sky, plunging the earth into darkness.
Taiyi quietly approached the wall outside the supply point. He had already tested it during the day and found that the supply point did not have any sensory barriers or sensory ninjas.
Therefore, Taiichi released his chakra perception without any scruples, only slightly reducing the intensity of the probe to prevent the Jonin inside from noticing.
From God's perspective, Taiichi cleverly took advantage of the opportunity and the blind spots of the patrolling ninjas to silently sneak into the ninjas' resting tent.
There were four ninjas living in this tent, which seemed to be a squad. Using the faint light coming from the outside, Taiichi silently approached the ninja who looked most like the squad leader.
The short sword in his hand was already drawn. In the darkness, a gag was covered and the sword fell at the same time. A slight, almost imperceptible cutting sound rang out, and an Iwa ninja squad leader lost his life in his sleep.
Taiyi moved nimbly and silently between the narrow beds, his short sword reaping lives in the tent time and time again.
Warm blood seeped from the bedding and dripped onto the ground, and a strong smell of rust began to permeate the tent.
He moved with lightning speed, disappearing from one tent and sneaking into another, the camp of another special Jonin's squad.
Following the same steps and methods, after Taiichi finished off the captain and then killed two more team members, the bloody stench of the killing could no longer be concealed.
Outside the first tent, the Iwa ninja on patrol suddenly stopped, sniffed sharply, and then his expression changed drastically. He waved his hand and lifted the tent flap, only to find four corpses that had already lost their lives.
"Enemy attack—"
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A loud scream echoed throughout the camp, followed by a piercing alarm that broke the silence of the night.
Taiyi's eyes sharpened, and he no longer concealed his true feelings.
The last target convulsed and sat up, his throat already slashed by Taiyi's short sword.
After finishing off the last person, Taiyi immediately formed hand seals and unleashed Wind Release: Vacuum Wave.
A large amount of chakra transformed into dozens of powerful, sharp, weasel-like air blades, sweeping towards the camp of the last Jonin squad in Taiichi's memory.
The powerful wind-style technique instantly tore through everything in front of them, exposing Taiichi to the Iwa ninja.
At that moment, a series of shrill screams rang out from the direction that Taiyi's wind release was attacking. In the end, only a disheveled ninja escaped from the ruins. Even so, his left arm was missing, and blood was still gushing from the wound, indicating that he was seriously injured.
Looking at the few scoundrels surrounding him, Tai Yi sneered and sneered in a rough voice, "I dared to sneak in and ambush so many people just now, and now there are only a few left. Instead of trying to escape, you want to gang up on me. You're simply overestimating yourselves."