Within Konoha's Border Line, in a certain forest.
Whew...
That should be about enough.
From a branch of a tree at the edge of the forest clearing, Chiba glanced back. After confirming that the Steel Wires behind him, entwined in the dim night and nearly invisible save for the faint linear gleam they gave off when light struck them, he let out a soft breath.
After spending a full hour, Chiba had finally completed the trap network around the campsite. So long as the enemy did not suddenly descend from the sky, even if they managed to break through the trap network, they would have enough time to react—or flee outright.
Good thing I had asked Hirohiko about setting traps when I had the chance.
And Hirohiko truly deserved his reputation as a master of trap-setting. To devise such a tight trap network, set up so many Exploding Tags, and still control the blasts so they would not affect the central area—only someone like him, someone who racked his brains studying traps, could have come up with it.
Still, this trap formation was extremely practical. Most ninja only used traps as an auxiliary measure, but someone like Hirohiko, who used a trap formation in actual combat and could bring out its full power, was probably one of a kind.
And precisely because no one bothered to study such things too deeply, its practicality rose even further.
Unfortunately, he probably would not see any more novel trap formations in the future. Hirohiko already possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan. In terms of practicality and combat power, the Mangekyō Sharingan was unquestionably superior—far superior—to a trap formation.
Besides, as an Uchiha clansman blessed with the Sharingan, an eye that could be traced back to the Sage of Six Paths, not making proper use of