Harvest

Minato Namikaze breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It was good that they had retreated; he had been under immense pressure that day. He had just taken office and almost had the enemy reach the village, his hard-won Hokage position nearly jeopardized. Thankfully, he had pulled through.

After calming himself down, Minato Namikaze asked, "Third Lord, was it you who repelled the Mist ninja?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, pointed to a child behind him, and said, "That's his father. He burned his life force to kill four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and scared away the Mist ninja."

Minato Namikaze was taken aback. The village had a ninja with that kind of strength? He instinctively looked at Might Guy and blurted out, "Guy?"

Might Guy was Kakashi's classmate and friend, Minato Namikaze naturally knew him.

Upon recognizing Might Guy Minato Namikaze, Might Guy quickly said, "Lord Hokage, my father died in battle, and his body is nowhere to be found."

After thinking for a moment, Minato Namikaze asked uncertainly, "Is it the Eight Inner Gates?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect the Eight Inner Gates to be so powerful."

"Minato Namikaze, this child needs to be raised well; his father is a hero of the village."

Minato Namikaze nodded in agreement, then suddenly remembered something and whispered to Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Danzo -senpai sent someone to contact us, saying he needs ten Aburame Clan ninjas, and they must be at least Chunin. He said he's confident he can stop the Sunagakure."

Minato Namikaze hesitated, unsure whether he should send someone over. He didn't want to, as he disliked Danzo's methods. However, if they could truly stop the Sunagakure, Konoha's situation would undoubtedly improve significantly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flashed as he considered a possibility. After a moment's thought, he said, "Let's agree to Danzo. He probably wasn't exaggerating this time."

Minato Namikaze was taken aback. Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to know what Danzo was planning, but he didn't ask. He had only been in power for a short time and hadn't even seen many of the village's confidential documents, so he knew very little.

Minato Namikaze nodded and had someone make the arrangements.

"Third Lord, what happened to Senior Dai's body?" Minato Namikaze finally had time to ask about some details.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded gravely and said, "Yes, not only is Might Guy's body missing, but four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist have also perished, and their swords are gone too."

"You mean, there were other people present at the time?" Minato Namikaze frowned.

"It's uncertain. Perhaps the surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist of the Mist took the Ninja Blade and Might Duy with them. But if that were the case, they shouldn't have left the four bodies behind, only taking Might Duy's body." Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't sure either.

The two thought about it but still couldn't come up with a solution, so they had to put it aside for the time being.

In just a few days, the situation in the Ninja World changed dramatically. The Mist Ninja main force, which had come with great momentum, was defeated in an instant. The Mist Ninja detachment's brilliant move of striking directly at the heart of the enemy was inexplicably and completely thwarted by a Konoha Genin.

Even more surprisingly, the Sand Ninja Army suffered heavy losses without having provoked or offended anyone.

The Iwa ninja, who had initially vowed to attack Konoha, ironically withdrew their forces.

Feeling as if he had participated in the whole process, yet also feeling as if nothing had happened to him, the Fourth Raikage was completely confused about what had occurred. In a fit of rage, he smashed the makeshift desk in two with a single punch.

The Sunagakure retreated. Danzo, at the cost of five Aburame Clan ninja, finally lured the poisonous insects to the Sunagakure camp.

Then Danzo watched quietly from a distance as the Sunagakure struggled desperately amidst the ravages of poisonous insects.

He didn't know how many Sunagakure were killed or wounded, but at least the Sunagakure retreated. This time, if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't decisively repelled the Mist Ninja main force, and if Might Duy Hiruzen Sarutobi, a Genin, hadn't scared off the Mist Ninja detachment, Danzo felt he could have used this maneuver to try and get the Hokage position again.

The Hokage should be someone like me, who can make enemies retreat with a wave of his hand, not Minato Namikaze like Minato Namikaze who gets the advantage.

However, given those two incidents, Danzo's actions, while impressive, were not enough for him to challenge Minato Namikaze Hokage position.

One thing after another happened, and the situation changed so quickly that it was hard to keep up.

Not only Cloud ninja confused, but even the Konoha ninja who suddenly turned the tables were bewildered by their victory.

However, one thing is clear: Konoha turned the tide in what could almost be described as a desperate situation. It's just that the specific details of the battle are still unclear, as all sides are mobilizing their intelligence ninjas to gather information at all costs.

What's the deal with that Konoha Genin? Was it a false rumor deliberately spread by Konoha? Or was it a hidden Trump Card of Konoha? Or some kind of Forbidden Technique? Are there any other ninjas in Konoha capable of using such Forbidden Technique?

If a Genin can achieve Kage Level skill by performing Forbidden Technique, what if Jonin were to do it? What if the Hokage were to do it? We can't think about this question too deeply, or the Four Great Nations will lose confidence in winning the war.

And what's going on with the Sunagakure? Why did they suddenly retreat without a reason? Who defeated them? Could it be another Konoha Genin?

Are all Konoha Genin ninja) this skilled?

What's going on with the Iwa ninja? Did they know Konoha was prepared all along? Or did that old fox Ōnoki reach some kind of agreement with Konoha?

While all parties in the Ninja World were trying to sort out the cause and effect, Yichen returned to the Land of Earth.

Yichen first communicated with Ikura at the front line, recounting what he knew to Ikura.

Although Ikura found it strange that Yichen knew beforehand that Konoha was able to stop the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist's flanking Mist Ninja detachment, he didn't ask any further questions. He only inquired about how the four Ninja Blades would be dealt with.

Yichen hasn't figured out how to deal with it yet. The seven Ninja Blades have Summoning Jutsu on them, and Yichen doesn't know if anyone in Kirigakure can summon the seven Ninja Blades, but he doesn't dare to take the risk. So Yichen has applied multiple seals to four of the Ninja Blade.

Before using the Ninja Blade, Yichen needs to find a way to break the seal.

However, Ikura reminded herself that the Mist ninja would soon receive news of the missing Ninja Blade. Forget everything else for now, she needed to deal with the Exploding Blade Shibuki first.

The power of the Exploding Blade Shibuki mainly comes from the Exploding Tag, but these Exploding Tag cannot be generated out of thin air. Yichen guessed that the Mist ninja must have placed the Exploding Tag in a certain place beforehand, and then the user of the Explosive Blade would use them to summon them.

If Munashi Jinpachi himself hid the Exploding Tag in some secret place, that would be one thing. But if the Mist ninja were responsible for placing and keeping them, they would definitely move the Exploding Tag immediately.

That's a considerable sum of money.

With that in mind, Yichen immediately released the seal on the Exploding Blade Shibuki and began to study with Ikura how to use Exploding Blade Shibuki.

The principle behind the Exploding Blade Shibuki isn't complicated. Although Ninja Blade possess some spirituality, they are essentially just weapons. With Yichen and Ikura's Kage Level strength and knowledge, they quickly figured out how to use the Explosive Blade.

The summoning and detonation of the Explosive Blade are separate. Yichen only needs to use the summoning function without activating the detonation function to summon the Exploding Tag from the other end of the Summoning Jutsu.

This is not difficult for Yichen, whose mastery of Sealing Jutsu is almost at the top level in the Ninja World.

As it turned out, Yichen's guess was correct; the Exploding Tag used by Exploding Blade Shibuki were indeed prepared in advance. After Yichen tore hundreds of thousands of Exploding Tag off Exploding Blade Shibuki, it was no longer able to summon any more Exploding Tag.

After resealing the Explosive Blade, Yichen and Ikura were both quite satisfied with the hundreds of thousands of Exploding Tag.

In frontline battles, Exploding Tag are important strategic resources. Yichen only packed five thousand of them, leaving the rest for Ikura.

Yichen didn't bring the five thousand Exploding Tag back to the village; instead, he went to find Kanako, who was on a mission at the front lines.

To support the Exploding Tag needed for the battle, Kanako had to volunteer Chunin Captain to carry out missions. During this time, she happened to be on the front lines, where there were many missions and many Contribution Points.

When Yichen found Kanako, she had just finished her mission and was calculating how much reward she had left after deducting the Exploding Tag she had used. She discovered that she had barely made any profit.

Listening to Kanako rambling on and on, Yichen couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The price of Exploding Tag is indeed high. It's definitely too difficult for Kanako, a newly Chunin, to generate revenue by carrying out missions with three rookie Genin.

Yichen was quite happy to see Yichen. She briefly told him about her recent situation, and then expressed her frustration that she was struggling to make ends meet.

Upon hearing this, Yichen immediately took out a prepared scroll and said, "I just got hundreds of thousands of Exploding Tag from the Mist ninja. I kept five thousand of them; they're all inside. You can use them."

Hearing Yichen casually mention hundreds of thousands of Exploding Tag, Kanako, though knowing Yichen was just showing off, was still so shocked that her mouth formed an "O".

After a long while, Kanako finally realized that Yichen was going to give her another five thousand Exploding Tag, and then she was completely dumbfounded again.

When she came to her senses again, Yichen had already disappeared.

After carefully examining the scroll in her hand, Kanako quickly returned to her tent. Then, she unrolled the scroll and began counting the pages one by one.

After handing the Exploding Tag to Kanako, Yichen flew directly back to Iwagakure.

Without lingering, Yichen first went to the interrogation room to hand over the member of the Kurama Clan to the Interrogation Department, and then went to the Tsuchikage's Office.

"Lord Tsuchikage, we've struck it rich! We've struck it rich!" Yichen exclaimed eagerly as soon as he entered the room.

Ōnoki was analyzing the recent situation with Mei and Saka when he saw Yichen come in. He was about to ask him if he had any news from the front lines when he heard Yichen shout that he had struck it rich.

The three exchanged glances, and then Ming spoke first, "What happened that made you rich?"

Yichen directly took out four sealed Ninja Blade from the Sealing Scroll. Upon seeing the four Ninja Blades, Saka almost jumped up and said, "You clashed with the Mist ninja and killed four Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist?"

Yichen returned from the Land of Fire and, apart from being delayed for a while dealing with the Exploding Tag on the Exploding Blade Shibuki at the front lines, spent almost no time there.

Therefore, Ōnoki and his two companions were still unaware of the complex changes in the situation at the front lines. They were even unaware that Konoha had stabilized the situation. So when Saka saw the four Ninja Blades, he subconsciously assumed that Yichen and the Mist ninja had clashed.

Saka wasn't surprised that Yichen was able to kill four Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist; while it would be troublesome for Yichen, who was at the Yichen Kage Level, it wasn't impossible. Saka was just worried that Yichen's actions would cause trouble for Iwagakure.

Yichen chuckled and said, "I didn't kill them. Four Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist ninja Swordsmen of the Genin were killed by a Konoha. I picked up four Ninja Blades. Hmm, that Genin used a powerful Forbidden Technique. I brought the bodies back to see if I can study them."