Naruto: Climbing Ranks to Rule the Ninja World! - Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Battle Breaks Out
Under the bright moonlight, several dark figures flashed through the forest.
“Speed up!”
A dull voice came from under the white masks that imitated animals. The dark figures that shuttled through the forest were covered in black cloaks and windbreakers. Occasionally, the wind would lift up the cloaks, revealing the combat tights and white suspenders underneath.
The Anbu ninjas, led by Shihouin Naraku, rushed through the forest, taking advantage of the bright night to hurry on.
At this time, they had crossed the border of the Fire Kingdom and entered the Bird Kingdom, not far from the place where the team would meet up.
……
call–
A breeze blew across the clear lake water, causing ripples to slowly spread out.
The early morning sunlight awakens the silent forest that has been sleeping all night, and the sounds of insects and birds begin to sound.
“Oink ooink…”
Several figures appeared in a secret place in the forest.
“Lord Long!”
“Um!”
In addition to the ninjas in the outer realm, Shihouin Naraku and the Anbu members have arrived in the forest ten kilometers away from the mission site, waiting for the opportunity to come.
“Sir, after investigation, we found three ninjas on guard in that forest. The areas farther away have not been thoroughly checked yet. The capital of the Bird Country has a large population, so it is not easy to check.”
This is also the reason why they have to meet in the forest. Although the capital of the Bird Kingdom is not big, it has a large population and is too messy, which can easily lead to unexpected situations.
“Be alert and rest according to the schedule, but also keep an eye on the mission site. Our intelligence may not be 100% accurate…”
Anbu has its own steps and processes for completing tasks when going out. Just follow the standards and there will be no changes unless something unexpected happens.
However, these dangerous assassination missions still require the ninja’s own ingenuity.
Shihouin Naraku had also carried out many combat missions, so he was very familiar with this set of tasks. After giving simple instructions, he arranged for the rest of the people to rest.
Naraku himself approached the mission site and checked the surrounding environment.
He must be aware of what is going on so that he can react if something unexpected happens during a battle.
After completing the inspection, he returned to the secret temporary base and rested.
……
The moon hangs high in the night sky.
From time to time, the roar of animals could be heard in the quiet forest.
Swish!
Several figures appeared silently in a relatively wide grassland in the forest.
The environment here is clear at a glance. You can see all the surrounding locations and prevent enemy sneak attacks.
Several figures suddenly appeared and stood quietly in place, alert to the movements around them and waiting.
Time passed little by little, and just when the few people were getting impatient, a rustling sound finally appeared in the forest opposite them.
The few people standing there immediately watched with full concentration and vigilance, and some of them had already reached out to touch the ninja tools.
Soon, figures jumped out of the forest.
Seeing the Sunagakure forehead protector worn on the leader’s head, they felt relieved.
Looking at Sunagakure’s team that fell behind not far away, the few people who arrived first were a little dissatisfied.
“Why are you so late? We’ve almost missed the agreed time.”
“You Iwagakure ninjas are always so rigid! It’s not even the agreed time yet.”
“Stop talking nonsense and exchange information first.”
After a few words exchanged between Sunagakure and Iwagakure, the leading ninjas took out the scrolls they had prepared long ago.
“Throw them together!”
“good!”
As soon as the words came out, the two leaders threw the scrolls in their hands to each other, and then caught them at the same time.
Because they were worried about being deceived, they both opened the scroll and started to check it.
In the current situation, it is of course impossible to go through all the information carefully, but as long as we find that there are probably no problems, it will be fine.
“no problem!”
“The people of Iwagakure behaved well this time.”
The two leaders also spoke to their subordinates, meaning that the other party did not play any tricks this time.
The successful exchange of information made both ninjas feel relieved.
Next is the exchange of supplies, which is the most important thing.
Both sides directly took out a huge scroll, which was specially used to store supplies.
The scrolls that ordinary ninjas use to store weapons or other things cannot hold too many things. Only scrolls specifically used to store large amounts of supplies can do so, and these scrolls are very expensive.
Ordinary ninjas simply cannot afford it, nor do they have the need to use it.
This time when Sunagakure and Iwagakure exchange scrolls they cannot throw them away, so one side can only send a ninja to take the scroll in exchange.
At this moment, both sides quietly reached for the weapons in their pockets to prevent the enemy from causing trouble.
But as both sides focus on each other——
“Fire Fist!!!”
A huge roar suddenly erupted in the dark and silent forest!
boom!!!
A blazing, raging flame suddenly appeared, and with a crazy roar, it transformed into an enormous flaming fist that gushed out in an instant.
Even though it hadn’t yet reached them, the hot breath was already very close, causing everyone in Sunagakure and Iwagakure to change color.
“Wind Style·Airflow Dance!”
Two Sunagakure ninjas quickly stood up and formed seals with their hands. A very basic wind with almost no lethality was released. With the combined efforts of the two, an extremely chaotic gust of wind swept towards the flames.
The ninja of Sunagakure tried to blow back the sudden Fire Style!
But obviously, everyone underestimated the violent power of the fire.
Not only did the strong wind fail to blow away the flames, but it instantly fueled the power of the flames, making them even stronger!
“Earth Style Earth Flow Wall!”
There was no time to blame the Sunagakure ninja for being clever. The three Iwagakure ninjas worked together to release an extremely thick wall to block the flaming fist.
“Boom!!!”
The loud bang of the explosion completely overturned the originally silent forest. The fist formed by fire smashed all the walls in an instant, and the terrifying impact force directly hit the two ninjas who had no time to escape.
“ah–”
The screams continued…
“Damn it! Who attacked?”
Looking at the raging flames, the two ninjas who escaped at the critical moment looked at each other vigilantly, then turned and ran.
“Sniff sniff…”
Before the ninjas could wipe the blood from their foreheads, a large number of hidden weapons shot towards them from the front.
In an instant, the ninja who had no time to dodge was shot by the hidden weapon and turned into a hedgehog, and lost his life in the blink of an eye.
“a**hole!”
They didn’t even see the enemy, and they were about to be wiped out.
But before the remaining ninjas could be happy, they were dodging the sneak attack from hidden weapons and were horrified to find that the detonating tags tied to the hidden weapons were burning.
“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!”
A huge explosion sounded again.
The fierce burning flames rose into the sky, debris flew everywhere, and a large amount of smoke and dust filled the air.
“Cough cough cough…”
“There are still people alive?”
Swish!
The Konoha Anbu ninjas who launched the surprise attack finally appeared. They stood on tall trees and looked at the explosion below which had not yet subsided.
“Puff!”
The sound of a blade piercing into the body was heard, and the eyes of a Konoha Anbu standing on a big tree suddenly bulged out under the mask, and behind him, a Sunagakure ninja was holding a katana.
“Don’t underestimate us Sunagakure!”
With a bang, the Konoha Anbu whose body was pierced by the sword suddenly turned into a wooden stake.
Body Replacement Technique！