The forty-sixth year of Konoha.
After more than three years of prolonged warfare, Konoha finally decided to take the initiative and launch a decisive battle against Sunagakure. They would deal with Sunagakure first, then concentrate their forces against the watchful Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
The location of this decisive battle was Kikyo City beneath Kikyo Mountain.
The Battle of Kikyo Mountain broke out as scheduled and had not changed because of Hatake Sakumo.
Although Hatake Sakumo possessed Kage Level strength, compared to the war in the original story, there was only one more person on Konoha's side. At most, the enemy would send one additional Kage Level expert to oppose him; he could not alter the overall course of the war.
With orders from both sides, a bloody decisive battle began.
A battle between several thousand ninja was undoubtedly a magnificent sight.
Under such dense combat coverage, casualties had already appeared within mere minutes of the battle beginning.
As the commander-in-chief, Orochimaru summoned Manda and charged at the Sand Ninja from the front.
His ultimate target was Chiyo, Sunagakure's frontline commander. This was a battle between the commanders of both sides.
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Facing the aggressive Orochimaru, Chiyo unleashed her strongest killing move as well.
Though she was over fifty, her figure had gone out of shape and her face was covered in wrinkles, she still retained the combat strength of her prime.
As Orochimaru and Chiyo clashed, the large-scale battle between Konoha and Sunagakure officially began.
Shuriken, Explosive Tags, and ninjutsu continuously ravaged the already scarred land.
In less than an hour, casualties on both Konoha's and the Sand Ninja's sides had already reached several hundred.
As a medical ninja, Hyuga Bin was stationed toward the rear of the battlefield. Together with the other medical ninja, he continuously treated combat ninja whose injuries affected their ability to fight.
The war that had lasted over three years had turned Hyuga Bin from a nine-year-old boy into a handsome twelve-year-old youth.
Of course, in Konoha's forty-fourth year, he had been promoted to Chunin alongside dozens of classmates his age, including Uchiha Obito.
Hyuga Bin was now a genuine medical Chunin.
With the merits he had accumulated, it was not impossible for Hyuga Bin to be promoted to Jonin after the Third Shinobi World War ended.
Compared with Konoha's medical corps of nearly a hundred people, the Sand Ninja, with less than half as many medical ninja, were naturally stretched thin.
In response, Sunagakure chose to attack their rear.
During the battle, they dispatched several elite Sunagakure squads to circle around to the rear of the battlefield and launch a surprise attack on Konoha's medical ninja.
In this battle, crippling Konoha's frontline medical system was a vital part of Sunagakure's path to victory.
At this moment, the nearly hundred medical ninja, including Hyuga Bin, had no idea that danger was approaching.
Relying on his abundant Chakra reserves and more than three years of "real-person practice," Hyuga Bin controlled his familiar Mystical Palm Technique to continuously treat the severely wounded.
Due to treating others without regard for Chakra consumption, Hyuga Bin's Chakra had already fallen below the red line he had set for himself, leaving less than * tenths.
Even so, he could not stop treating people.
As the battle continued, more and more combat ninja would be injured. If he conserved Chakra, someone might fail to receive treatment in time and die.
After quickly stabilizing a ninja's fatal wound, Hyuga Bin suddenly sensed intense killing intent!
"Enemy attack!"
As Hyuga Bin shouted to those around him, he instantly activated his Byakugan, covering a radius of three kilometers and observing every direction, from the sky to underground, without a single blind spot.
Nine years after awakening the system, the Caged Bird mark on his forehead had long since become nothing more than an ordinary decoration.
In just one second, Hyuga Bin locked onto the Sand Ninja's positions. More than twenty of them had surrounded his group, and the distance between them was rapidly closing.
Among the more than twenty Sand Ninja, even the weakest Chakra fluctuations belonged to Chunin.
There were as many as six whose Chakra reserves had reached Jonin level or above.
On their side, only two Jonin squads were responsible for protecting nearly a hundred medical ninja, including Hyuga Bin.
The disparity in strength was enormous.
In Konoha, most medical ninja were not skilled at combat. An ordinary combat Chunin could easily kill several medical Chunin of the same rank.
Moreover, after using Medical Ninjutsu for so long, most of the medical ninja had consumed over half their Chakra and were simply unable to sustain a battle.
"Where are the enemy ninja?"
Everyone had been startled by Hyuga Bin's shout, yet the surrounding area remained calm, with no ninja in sight.
"In one minute, more than twenty Sand Ninja will launch a surprise attack from due north, southeast, and southwest. Prepare for battle."
Hyuga Bin informed everyone of the Sand Ninja's locations while firing a signal flare into the sky.
The two squads responsible for protecting the medical ninja immediately assumed defensive formations, surrounding the medical ninja within their protection.
Even after hearing that there were more than twenty Sand Ninja, the two ninja squads showed no fear whatsoever.
This was the duty of combat ninja. They would never allow medical ninja to die before them.
Several combat ninja whose injuries were not fatal, along with medical ninja who possessed some combat ability, also stepped forward voluntarily, preparing to face the fierce battle ahead.
"Looks like it's time to transition into a combat ninja!"
Facing the approaching crisis, Hyuga Bin rolled his wrists, intending to free the hands he had used to treat the wounded and use them to protect his companions.
After growing over the past few years, his strength was already vastly different from before. He had more than enough confidence to protect everyone present.
The moment he made his decision, three options appeared in his mind.
[Option A: Use your full strength to eliminate the twenty-four incoming Sand Ninja in a single move. Completion reward: Wind Release—Great Breakthrough (C-rank reward).] [Option B: Continue being a medical ninja and accept the protection of combat ninja. Completion reward: Water Release—Great Water Ball Technique (B-rank reward).] [Option C: Hide your identity and intercept the twenty-four incoming Sand Ninja at the three directions separately. Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]
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