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Chapter 99 The Deadly Struggle Between Sand and Rain
What appeared before the four members of the Night String Squad was a bloody scene that resembled hell.
The once lush forest clearing is now a scene of utter devastation.
Broken trees, scattered kunai, shuriken fragments, and... mutilated corpses.
The stench of blood mixed with the dampness of the rain created a nauseating odor that assaulted everyone's senses.
In the center of the open space, a fierce battle was underway.
As they analyzed earlier, the two sides in the battle were ninjas from Sunagakure and ninjas from Amegakure.
But the battle turned out to be even more one-sided than they had imagined.
Five ninjas dressed in Amegakure uniforms formed a standard attack formation, surrounding the two remaining Sunagakure ninjas.
One of the Sand Village ninjas appeared to be seriously injured; his left arm was twisted at an odd angle, clearly broken, and blood was still seeping from his abdomen.
He could only support himself with a kunai, gasping for breath, his eyes filled with despair.
The other Sand Village ninja was a puppeteer.
His situation is equally dire.
His young face was filled with anxiety and madness as his fingers danced wildly, manipulating the puppet in front of him.
The ferocious scorpion-shaped puppet, its gleaming stinger constantly trying to stab its enemies, has several legs broken, making it slow to move.
"Water Release: Turbid Current Entanglement!"
A Rain Ninja formed hand seals, and the puddles on the ground, mixed with mud and sand, instantly transformed into several murky water snakes that tightly coiled around the joints of the scorpion puppet, rendering it completely immobile.
"hateful!"
The young Sand Village puppeteer let out a furious roar of resentment.
This was the first time he had led his own team on an infiltration mission.
He thought that his puppetry skills, which he was so proud of, and the excellent teamwork of his teammates would be enough to complete the mission.
But to his utter surprise, their luck was so bad that they ran into a full-strength elite Rain Ninja squad.
From the very beginning, the battle was fraught with peril.
Two of his three teammates have already perished under the endless stream of bizarre water-style techniques used by the Rain Ninja.
"Captain! Run! I'll hold them off!"
The heavily injured Sand Village ninja looked at his captain in danger, a resolute glint in his eyes.
He roared and, disregarding his own injuries, charged towards the five Rain Ninja, the kunai in his hand gleaming with its last bit of cold light.
"Wind Release: Wind Slicing Technique!"
He wanted to use his last bit of strength to create an opportunity for his captain to escape.
However, he was met with the merciless mockery of the Rain Ninja.
"Overestimating one's abilities."
The captain of the Rain Ninja Squad, a man who looked to be in his thirties with a cold gaze, simply snorted disdainfully.
He didn't even form hand seals; with a flick of his wrist, several senbon needles coated with potent poison shot out like the fangs of a viper, striking the Sand Village ninja's wrists and knees with pinpoint accuracy.
"what!"
The Sand Village ninja screamed, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, another Rain Ninja appeared behind him like a ghost, his short sword mercilessly slicing across his throat.
puff-
A gush of warm blood gushed out, staining the soil beneath their feet red.
The Sand Village ninja's eyes widened, his body twitched twice, and then he fell completely silent.
"No--!!"
The young puppeteer, watching his last teammate die tragically before his eyes, let out a desperate roar.
His eyes instantly turned blood red.
The four members of Night String Squad, hidden behind the bushes, felt a change in their state of mind as they witnessed the bloody and cruel scene before them.
Tachibana Shiori was somewhat moved. Although she was a medical ninja and had dissected corpses, this was the first time she had ever witnessed a living person being killed in front of her at such close range.
But a steady, strong hand patted her shoulder, calming her down considerably.
It is Uchiha Yoru.
He seemed to understand the value of this illusion.
That single-tomoe Sharingan was fixed on the center of the battlefield, memorizing every movement of the Rain Ninja and every hand seal of their ninjutsu.
This is war.
Cruel, yet real.
On the battlefield, the young puppeteer seemed to have gone completely mad after experiencing the immense shock of his teammates' tragic deaths.
"I want you all... to be buried with me!!"
He disregarded everything and poured all his chakra into the last remaining puppet.
The already badly damaged spider puppet suddenly spread its eight limbs open, and a dangerous, blinding red light began to flash from the hole in its abdomen.
A violent surge of energy erupted from the puppet's body.
"not good!"
The captain of the Rain Ninja Squad's expression changed instantly. He was experienced and immediately realized what the other party wanted to do.
"They're explosive tags! He's stuffed the puppet full of explosive tags!"
"Reload now!!"
Upon hearing this, the other four Rain Ninja's expressions changed drastically. Without thinking, they immediately used all their strength to retreat frantically backward.
The young Sand Village puppeteer, seeing the enemy's panicked state, revealed a cruel and crazed smile.
"For the glory of Sunagakure... Explode!"
He used the last of his chakra to detonate all the explosive tags inside the scorpion puppet.
boom--!!!
A deafening roar erupted in the rain-soaked forest.
A massive fireball, mixed with countless poisoned metal parts and broken wood chips, swept wildly in all directions from the center of the spider puppet.
The violent shockwave knocked down trees in large numbers and ripped up a layer of soil.
The four members of the Night String Squad, hidden on a high ground a hundred meters away, were also shaken by the powerful sound, causing their blood to surge.
"Holy crap... that power... is insane!"
Shimura Sota looked at the flames and black smoke shooting into the sky and said with lingering fear.
If they were any closer, they would probably have been affected as well.
The smoke and dust gradually dissipated.
At the epicenter of the explosion, a huge, charred crater more than ten meters in diameter was left.
The young Sand Village puppeteer, along with his scorpion puppet, had vanished without a trace.
Although the five Rain Ninjas managed to retreat in time, two of them were injured by the aftershocks of the explosion and flying poisoned parts because they were too close. They were lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
The Rain Ninja Captain's face was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.
He never imagined that his elite squad would be forced into such a wretched situation.
Not only did they lose one player, but two more were injured.
"That damned Sand Village madman!"
"Alright, everyone, stop standing there! Quick, treat the wounded!"
The Rain Ninja Captain shouted to his subordinates.
"yes!"
The two surviving Rain Ninjas immediately ran over.
One of them knelt down and began to give simple first aid to his two companions who had been hit by the blast.
The other person was responsible for keeping watch around the area.
But everyone's face showed a relaxed expression of relief after surviving a disaster.
All of this was hidden in the shadows, and Uchiha Yoruichi, who had a clear view of the entire battlefield using his Sharingan, saw it all clearly.
It's now!
A glint of light flashed in Ye Xian's eyes.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.
Now, it's their turn to be the oriole in the room.
In an instant, Uchiha Yogen made a judgment.
Without the slightest hesitation, he made a tactical hand gesture that was all too familiar to the three teammates beside him.
A gesture that represents "ready to attack".
The eyes of Shimura Sota, Sarutobi Nami, and Tachibana Shiorin instantly sharpened.
They have been waiting for this moment for a long time.