LRAB Chapter 193 Departure, Allocation
Chapter 193 Departure, Allocation
Chapter 193 Departure, Allocation
At the entrance to Konoha village, a large number of ninjas gathered. In one corner, Obito was dejectedly hanging his head, like a primary school student who had done something wrong and was being scolded by his parents, his soul almost disappearing.
Taiichi winked at Rin. Yangping had already hit hard enough with the stick; it was time to give him a sweet treat to balance things out. Otherwise, he was worried that Obito would be completely crushed by this blow.
Sure enough, Rin was a panacea for Obito; after just a few words of comfort, he seemed to be fully revived.
But under Yang Ping's murderous gaze, she quickly lowered her head again, but said firmly, "I will definitely change!"
Everyone nodded in satisfaction. Having this intention meant there was still hope. The only concern was that some people would know their mistakes but not correct them and would continue to make the same mistakes every day.
At that moment, Minato's figure suddenly appeared beside Kakashi. It was clearly the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Kakashi must have Minato's Flying Thunder God kunai on him.
Upon arriving, Minato Kanzaki glanced around and immediately noticed the strange atmosphere. He then smiled gently and said, "Looks like I missed something interesting?"
Before anyone could answer, Obito grabbed Minato's sleeve and blurted out, "No, no, we were just talking about the support mission!"
Minato was very shrewd. He didn't even need to look at anyone else; he just observed Obito's behavior and guessed what was going on. However, he didn't expose him. After checking the time and seeing that it was about time, he patted Obito's hand and walked to the front of the group of ninjas.
"Everyone!" Minato raised his voice, drawing everyone's attention: "I am Jonin Namikaze Minato, the captain of this team. Now, captains, please check your personnel to see if everyone is present. We are about to depart."
The team leaders responded quickly, reporting that all personnel had arrived.
"Alright!" Minato's gaze swept over the assembled ninjas, his voice steady and powerful. "Time is of the essence. The southern front urgently needs our support. Without further ado, everyone move out! Destination: the frontline camp in the Land of Rivers!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and led the way out of the village. Taiichi's team and Kakashi and the others followed first, followed by more than a hundred figures gathered at the village entrance.
Once everyone had left the village, the group suddenly sped up, instantly transforming into a black torrent that rapidly advanced along the main road.
During this time, other ninja teams of around 100 people joined them, making the team grow larger and larger until it reached about 1000 people, at which point it stopped.
From morning till evening, with only brief rest stops to replenish water and rations, the column did not truly stop for a moment. This rapid march not only tested the ninjas' skills but also demonstrated the intensity of the battle at the front, leaving no room for delay.
Traveling at this pace, the group only took necessary rests along the way, and finally slowed down in a river valley in the land of rivers before dusk on the third day.
Ahead of them, a vast, brightly lit, and heavily fortified camp came into view. The Konoha insignia fluttered in the wind, and a few ninjas on duty were clearly visible on the makeshift watchtowers. Countless tents densely covered the entire valley.
This is no longer the camp Taiichi left at last time. Faced with the fierce attack from Sunagakure, Jiraiya had no choice but to move the camp back to gain more strategic space.
Minato stood at the front of the group, handing over the reins to Shikaku, who had come to greet them.
There was no grand welcome ceremony, no excessive words of encouragement; everything was direct and efficient. After the handover was completed, Shikaku announced, "Squad leaders, lead your teams to rest. All Jonin, especially the Jonin, are to come to the central command tent for a meeting in half an hour. Dismissed!"
"Let's go find a tent to rest in," Taiichi said to Yohei and Saori beside him, then turned to Kakashi and the others, "Do you want to come with us, or wait here for Minato?"
Kakashi turned to look at his captain, who was still talking to Shikaku, and shook his head at Taichi, saying, "Let's wait for Minato-sensei. He should be done soon."
Tai nodded, greeted them, and then led Yohei and Saori to find a place to stay for the foreseeable future.
There were still many empty rest tents in the camp, which seemed to have been re-erected after the village sent reinforcements. These tents are easy to assemble and disassemble, and there are no strict rules about where you have to stay.
Therefore, people usually live in small teams, wherever there is an empty tent.
"Taiyi, how's this place? It's closest to the mission center, so it'll be convenient to pick up missions in the future." Yangping looked around and found an empty tent on the edge of the camp.
Taiichi himself had no problem staying anywhere, but he still turned to Saori to ask for her opinion.
Saori went into the tent, inspected it carefully, and nodded to Tai, saying, "No problem, the tent is newly built, this will do."
So the three of them went into the tent and started packing their belongings.
Once everything was ready and the time was almost up, Taiyi bid farewell to the two and headed to the central command tent for a meeting.
It was called a meeting, but it was really just about assigning tasks to each team.
So when Taiichi arrived, the Jonin captains who had arrived earlier had already finished receiving their missions and walked out of the main tent.
Even so, the tent was still packed with people.
Seeing this, Taiyi stopped worrying and waited quietly outside, taking the opportunity to observe the camp's layout.
To be honest, Taiyi had always wondered why the camp was located near the river. Weren't they afraid of being attacked by the enemy from the water?
But ever since he mastered the sealing technique, he has had no more doubts about it.
First of all, whether it's by the river or on land, ninjas can infiltrate without anyone noticing.
In addition, those truly responsible for guarding the camp are actually the various sensory barriers set up in the camp, as well as the ninjas' personal patrols.
Only with this double protection can a camp be prevented from being attacked from within by the enemy.
At this moment, Taiyi unleashed his senses, enveloping the entire camp. Relying on his Lv11 sealing technique, he carefully probed the sensory barriers throughout the camp without triggering the camp's alarm.
But as he looked around, Taiyi felt something was amiss. Perhaps because the camp was newly built, he discovered several weak points in the barrier detection system.
These areas may not show any problems under normal circumstances, but during the shift changes among the sensory ninjas, detection may be lost. This is a potential security risk.
Taiichi silently noted down these locations, planning to discuss them with Jiraiya-sensei later.
At this moment, in the central command tent, the originally crowded people had mostly left, and Taiyi walked straight in.
Inside, Jiraiya personally met with each of the Jonin and Special Jonin who came to report for duty. After all, ninjas of this rank held a certain status and influence in the village. This ceremony was a way of showing the frontline commander's respect for them.
Next, these captains would go to Shikaku and Minato to receive their assigned missions, but Taichi didn't know what those missions were.
Finally, all the other ninjas in the tent left, leaving only Taichi, the newly arrived special jonin. Everyone relaxed, no longer as serious as before.
"Jiraiya-sensei, what's the situation at the front lines right now?" Taichi stepped forward and asked about the current battle situation.
Jiraiya gave Taiichi a disapproving look. "I thought you weren't in a hurry at all. You're so slow, you're the last one to arrive."
"I didn't come in because there were so many people." Taiyi scratched his head sheepishly, then remembered something and quickly said, "By the way, I just noticed outside that there seem to be a few loopholes in our perception barrier."
"A loophole!" This time, not only Jiraiya, but also Shikaku and Minato turned their attention to it.
"I can't say for sure if it's a loophole, but the reconnaissance is definitely weak." Tai nodded, his eyes scanning the surroundings. "Do you have a map of the camp?"
Shikaku looked at Jiraiya, and seeing him nod, he took out a roll of map from a cabinet and spread it out on the table.
The camp's map is also classified, marking the types of barriers and their detection ranges, as well as the detailed distribution of all sentry posts, both visible and hidden. If the enemy were to discover it, the camp's defenses would be reduced by almost half.
Taiyi took two steps forward, looked at the map in front of him, and found the location he had sensed earlier with just one glance.
However, when Taiichi saw the markings on the map, his pupils shrank.
"That's not right!" Taiyi pointed to several locations on the map. "The detection intensity in these places is very different from what's marked on the map. It seems like they were deliberately mislabeled."
Jiraiya, Shikaku, and Minato also looked at the place Taiichi was pointing to. These places were the outer areas of the camp. If what Taiichi said was true, and the detection intensity was so much weaker, then the problem here was not simple.
A word suddenly appeared in everyone's mind—spy.
"Keep this quiet for now, Shikaku. Have someone you trust correct the perception barrier, and remember not to alert them. Also, secretly investigate who is responsible for setting up, maintaining, and operating this barrier, and see if there are any spies inside."
"Yes." Lu Jiu immediately accepted the order and went out to arrange and handle this unexpected matter without staying there any longer.
"Haha, Taiichi, you're truly our lucky star! You've only just arrived and you've already found such a huge loophole in the camp. You deserve credit." Jiraiya laughed heartily and patted Taiichi's shoulder vigorously.
Taiichi smiled sheepishly. He hadn't expected that his casual scouting would lead to such a loophole in the camp. It seemed even fate was on Konoha's side.
After chatting and laughing for a while, Jiraiya finally began to explain the current situation at the front lines to Taichi.
Overall, Konoha is currently on the defensive.
The Sand Village had three top-tier fighters: the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo, while the Leaf Village only had Jiraiya holding the fort, which often left them struggling.
In particular, the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, was a restless person. His position was unstable, and he urgently needed a lot of battle achievements to consolidate his position.
Therefore, Luo Sha frequently appeared on the front lines, and many key strategic positions were lost because of this.
Fortunately, Jiraiya cherished his subordinates and understood the principle of trading space for time. When he could no longer hold out, he was always able to retreat decisively, thus preserving Konoha's remaining strength.
Now, with the arrival of these 1000-plus ninja reinforcements, Konoha's disadvantage in troop strength has vanished, especially with the addition of Minato and Taichi, two Flying Thunder God ninjas.
This will give Konoha a lot more tactics to use from now on.
"Taiyi, you still need to go to the medical camp for a while. Because of the intense fighting there, many wounded people did not receive proper treatment. Now we need you to go and provide support."
"No problem!" Taichi readily agreed, but then, thinking of his teammates, he asked, "What about Yohei and Saori?"
Jiraiya glanced at Minato with amusement, and Minato couldn't help but touch his nose. Taichi was completely bewildered by the interaction between the two, not understanding what it meant.
"You and Minato are so alike, both of you asking about your teammates." Jiraiya didn't keep them in suspense and continued, "Minato has to carry out a mission behind enemy lines, and his team can't go with him. Fortunately, your two teams have experience working together, so we'll temporarily merge them together, with Uchiha Yohei as the temporary captain."
Taiichi and Minato exchanged a glance and both agreed that the method was feasible. After all, they had already had the experience once before, so they wouldn't be unfamiliar with working together again.
After leaving the central command tent, Taiichi returned and informed Yangping and Saori of the upcoming arrangements.
The two seemed quite unfazed by this outcome, clearly having anticipated it. After all, with such an outstanding medical ninja present, the healing rate of the wounded on the front lines would increase significantly, and no commander would resist such an offer.
Seeing the two of them behave like this, Taiichi felt relieved, but still took out two specially made Flying Thunder God kunai from his ninja tool bag and handed one to each of them.
"This is my improved Flying Thunder God Kunai. If you encounter danger that you can't defeat, just inject chakra into the kunai, and I will know immediately and come over. With my Flying Thunder God Technique, even if I can't win, I can still bring you back safely."
Upon hearing this, Yangping and Saori were overjoyed. Without any hesitation, they took the Flying Thunder God Kunai and examined it closely. This was a life-saving artifact, no less powerful than the sealing talisman that Taiyi had given them before.
"Haha, Taiyi, this is so timely! Even if we can't beat them in the future, we can still run away." Yangping had already started daydreaming. Judging from his dreamy expression, you could tell what he was thinking.
Taiyi had to give him a warning: don't let this thing make you reckless and lose your sense of awe for danger.
"You absolutely must not do anything dangerous. You'll be the captain soon, so you'll have to be responsible not only for yourself but also for your teammates."
The Flying Thunder God Technique is not omnipotent. The Second Hokage, the creator of the Flying Thunder God Technique, was still killed while trying to protect his disciples.
Besides, what if I myself run into trouble and can't provide immediate assistance? Wouldn't you all be in danger?
These words made Yang Ping break out in a cold sweat. He had indeed become a little arrogant just now. Fortunately, Taiyi reminded him, otherwise, if things had continued like this, something unspeakable might have really happened.
By then, it will be too late to regret it.