Ambush on Sunagakure

Yichen left the Training Ground where the three members of Team Six were located and went to the Tsuchikage's Office Building, where he found Ming working.

Ming found it strange; hadn't the meeting just ended that morning?

Yichen said, "Senior Mei, don't supply the Kanako's Exploding Tags to the village yet. I plan to sell them."

Ming frowned and said, "I've considered this issue too, but it's not worthwhile. We can sell them on the black market, and even get a higher price than the normal price, but the sales volume won't be large."

"Exploding Tag are too expensive, so not many people buy them regularly."

"If you want to sell in large quantities, the price must be at least 20% lower than the market price."

"Moreover, those who can afford to buy in such large quantities are usually from the other Four Great Ninja Villages. Isn't this aiding the enemy?"

"We don't have an abundance of our own Exploding Tag."

"If Kanako's Exploding Tags much faster in the future, and we have extras after using them ourselves, then we can sell them to other ninja villages, which would be quite profitable."

Yichen smiled and said, "That's exactly what we need to do—help the enemy. The more they buy, the better. Ideally, we should make them stop making their own Exploding Tag from now on and use only those made by Kanako."

Ming, being a clever man, quickly asked, "Is there something wrong with these Exploding Tag?"

Yichen smiled and said, "No problem, it's just that Kanako can control whether they detonate or not."

Ming's eyes widened. She carefully processed what Yichen had said, and after a long while, she said, "Let me think about this some more. If so many Exploding Tag suddenly appear on the black market, other ninja villages will become suspicious."

"I need to figure out a way to release a large number of Exploding Tag at once without arousing suspicion from other ninja villages."

Yichen nodded and said, "Then I'll leave this to you. I'm not going to worry about it anymore."

Ming nodded, ignoring Yichen.

After explaining the Exploding Tag to Ming, Yichen went to find Ikura to learn about his plans to ambush and kill Sunagakure and Cloud ninja in other small and medium-sized countries.

Then Yichen flew out of Iwagakure alone.

Yichen is heading to the Land of Bears, which is the main battlefield for this operation to annihilate the Sunagakure.

As Yichen flew, he absorbed Natural Energy. By the time he arrived in the Land of Bears, he had successfully entered Sage Mode.

In the Land of Bears, in a town bordering the Land of Wind, four Sunagakure are on patrol.

They have been in control of this town for a long time; they took over all management of the town from the very first day they arrived.

Including taxes!

Although this place is nominally still part of the Land of Bears, it is in fact under the jurisdiction of the Land of Wind. Even the officials are appointed by the Land of Wind.

So, although these Sunagakure were initially impolite to the civilians of the Land of Bears, their behavior has become much more civilized now, and the Sunagakure have even taken the initiative to maintain order in the town.

The patrol team, led by a Jonin, circled the town before arriving outside, chatting and laughing.

Although the patrol route is not fixed, they patrol multiple times a day and have never encountered any problems, which has made the team somewhat complacent.

Not long after the group left the town entrance, the leading Jonin vaguely sensed that something was amiss.

He had just gestured for his men to stop when the attack began.

Suddenly, several figures sprang out from the ground on both sides, unleashing a barrage of hidden weapons at them.

At the same time, intense Chakra fluctuations emanated from the soil not far away, and these fluctuations were rapidly spreading towards this side.

The Sunagakure Jonin quickly, rushing forward to break out of the encirclement and evading the first wave of attacks.

After breaking through the encirclement, he glanced back and saw that all three of his men were dead.

In that situation, it wasn't that he didn't want to save people and was only thinking about escaping; it's that if he had been a second slower, he would have been killed in there too.

There was no time for grief, for his own situation was dire, and a violent surge of Chakra erupted again to his left front.

This Chakra surge also carried intense heat, so it was most likely Fire Release.

Sure enough, the next moment, a thin figure wearing a mask appeared from behind a tree, and then a huge fireball shot out from the person's mouth.

The target was the location of the Sunagakure Jonin.

This Sunagakure Jonin the initiative and had no time to use Ninjutsu, so he could only dodge with all his might.

Because of the large number of ambushers behind him who had just killed his men, he chose to dodge to the right front.

Fortunately, he was fast enough that the Fire Release didn't hit him, and he barely managed to dodge it.

The Sunagakure Jonin breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly his eyes widened.

A dark shadow suddenly flashed past his eyes. He tried to swing his Kunai defend himself, but he was a step too slow.

He opened his mouth, as if to say, "What is it?"

But only a large amount of blood gushed from his throat; he couldn't utter a single word.

The culprit who caused all this had already run from the right front of the Sunagakure Jonin to the left front of the Fire Release ninja, and jumped to stop on the Fire Release ninja's shoulder.

"Fenghuo, well done," said the Fire Release ninja.

That's right, this person is none other than Suda Himezuki, a disciple of Yichen's Team Three, and it was her Ninja Cat, Fenghuo, who just launched a sneak attack.

Suda Himezuki's squad was on orders from Ikura to carry out the mission of clearing out the Sunagakure of the Land of Bears.

When talking about the White Cat Squad, which Suda Himezuki belongs to, one cannot help but mention Uzumaki Riori.

Originally, Yichen arranged for Uzumaki Riori to join the White Cat Squad, hoping that she could train well in the White Cat Squad.

However, after a period of time, the effect was almost zero.

Meanwhile, Yodo's wife Purple Lightning, who had temporarily suspended her mission due to giving birth to Kurotsuchi, is now returning to work.

So Yichen asked Purple Lightning to guide Uzumaki Riori.

It just so happens that Uzumaki Riori frequently visits the Kitsuchi family because of Neji Hyuga, and she is also quite familiar with Purple Lightning.

Thus, Purple Lightning became Uzumaki Riori's new captain.

After adding a new member White Cat Squad resumed its normal missions as part of the Anbu.

This time, the White Cat Squad, in cooperation with two other squads, is tasked with taking down all the Sunagakure in this town.

According to intelligence, this town is the center of this area, and there are at least three Sunagakure squads inside.

In terms of numbers, Suda Himezuki and her group are at a disadvantage, or even outnumbered.

Therefore, although they were confident that they were stronger than the Sunagakure, in order to reduce casualties and increase the possibility of annihilation, they chose to take out a small squad first.

A few seconds later, after confirming that all four members of the squad had been killed in action, Shironeko, as the commander of this operation, ordered: Enter the town, launch a full-scale attack on the Sunagakure stronghold, and give the Sunagakure no chance to escape.

The Shironeko didn't make a move just now. Besides herself, the team she's currently leading includes three Jonin, including Suda Himezuki.

Taking down that Sunagakure Jonin wouldn't be a problem; there's no need for an Elite Jonin finger.

The battle that had just taken place had already caught the attention of the Sunagakure in the town, and they were now in action, rushing out of the town to reinforce their comrades.

"Meow." Dango suddenly meowed at the Shironeko.

The Shironeko immediately waved its paw, signaling everyone to stop.

"The Sunagakure are coming. There are three teams of twelve people in total. Gray, Little Stone, each of you hold off one team."

"We'll send reinforcements after our squad has eliminated the enemy."

Shironeko possesses the strength of Elite Jonin, and her team also includes Suda Himezuki, another Jonin. Taking down a Sunagakure team in a short time would be no problem for them.

The two met as soon as the Shironeko finished speaking.

Upon seeing the Shironeko and the others, the Sunagakure on the other side felt a chill in their hearts; it seemed that the patrol team had encountered some trouble.

Without any preamble, the attacks began the moment they met.

The Sunagakure also came in small squads, and both sides quickly and consciously divided the battlefield into three parts.

Upon exchanging blows, both the Shironeko and the opposing leader were taken aback— Elite Jonin!

Another unexpected turn of events occurred, contrary to the intelligence reports.

While fighting the Elite Jonin, the Shironeko observed the others and breathed a sigh of relief.

The other side probably thinks the same way I do: they want to use me as Wind Release: Breakthrough, finish the battle quickly, and then send reinforcements to their comrades.

So the other two Cloud Ninja squad, along with the Hai Squad and the Little Stone Squad, were all trying to stall the other side, and were currently throwing hidden weapons at each other from a great distance.

However, his own team members were stronger than the opposing leader's three subordinates.

The leader, like himself, was also distracted, observing his surroundings.

However, his expression was not good, because in that brief exchange of blows, two of his three direct subordinates had already died.

One was killed by Suda Himezuki, and the other by Fenghuo.

The remaining one was caught in an Iwa ninja and was also in a bad situation.

At this moment, Suda Himezuki and her Ninja Cat were free to do so. Whether they were supporting the other two teams or intervening in the Elite Jonin, it would cause fatal damage to the Sunagakure.

With collapse imminent, the Sunagakure leader, a decisive man, immediately shouted, "Retreat!"

Since the two sides were not yet fully entangled, the order came at the right time, and everyone except the Chunin the crossfire successfully withdrew.

However, the Shironeko naturally wouldn't let them leave easily. After easily killing the last Chunin, she immediately led everyone to chase after them, trying to entangle the Sunagakure.

Meanwhile, Suda Himezuki, along with Kazekaze, charged towards one of the intact Sunagakure squads.

The Sunagakure leader frowned; the disadvantage was too obvious. He shouted, "Jonin, stay behind to cover the rear! The rest of you, retreat!"

This decision was fatal.

Normally, a defensive line formed by one Elite Jonin and two Jonin working together is not so easy to Wind Release: Breakthrough.

If they can hold out for a while, and wait until all the Chunin in the group have left before these Jonin retreat, there's a good chance they can escape.

However, their enemies are not only an Elite Jonin and three Jonin, but also two powerful Ninja Cat.

One of them was Dango that had been hiding in the shadows all along.

The Sunagakure leader had just turned around to unleash his Ninjutsu when Dango's attack, which had been hidden in the shadows, arrived silently.

The Sunagakure Village leader was quite surprised, because when he sensed Dango's attack, Dango was already less than two meters away from his back.

This Sunagakure Ninja was quite adaptable; he forced himself to fall to one side, dodging the Dango's attack path.

In the end, Dango's fatal blow only took away a piece of flesh from his shoulder.

But Dango wasn't his only enemy. The Shironeko took advantage of the moment he stood up and was still unsteady on his feet, and in an instant, it closed in on him.

In the chaos, the Sunagakure Village leader was overwhelmed and the Shironeko completely seized the initiative.

Before he could come up with a solution, Dango launched her second attack.

This time, the attack succeeded; the Sunagakure Village leader, who had been forced into a sorry state by the Shironeko, was unable to dodge.

The Dango struck the Sunagakure leader on the head, instantly splitting his skull open.

The ensuing battle went smoothly; without Shironeko and Dango, the Iwa ninja were almost able to take down the two Sunagakure Jonin.

Once the Shironeko and Dango joined in, the battle was over in an instant.

Neither of the Jonin were able to launch a mutually destructive attack.

Six Chunin the Sunagakure escaped, while the Iwa ninja had six Jonin -Jonin level ninja, including two Ninja Cat.

As expected, not long after, all the Anbu who had been pursuing the Sunagakure returned after completing their mission.

After summarizing the situation, the Shironeko said, "Very good, the Sunagakure Village has an additional squad led by an Elite Jonin, which is different from what was reported."

"They've all been killed now. According to the plan, we'll split into three groups, each searching nearby villages, and then regroup here."

"Yes," Gray and Little Stone, the two squad leaders, replied immediately.

After saying that, the two teams quickly left, while the White Cat Squad searched the town first before heading towards their target.