The Students' Counterattack

Amid a buzzing din, Kikaichū swarmed over the battlefield like dark clouds, blanketing the sky and plunging the already dim battlefield into even deeper darkness.

At the same time, Tenten, standing on a distant tree branch, swung a Scroll larger than she was and fired all kinds of thrown ninja tools from it as though they cost nothing, raining them down upon the battlefield!

In an instant, the once-clear battlefield descended into chaos.

Asuma, Kurenai, Hayate, and Yugao, who were disguised as Akatsuki members, had been mentally prepared for this sudden multilayered assault, yet they were still greatly surprised.

Though none of the four were sensory-type shinobi in the strict sense, they were all experienced Jonin. They had long known that a group of brats was lying in ambush nearby, so they had been prepared for an attack. But the fact that these brats dared to defy the intimidation of Akatsuki members and work together so wholeheartedly was far beyond their expectations.

As the Kikaichū and thrown ninja tools came rushing at them, Kurenai, Hayate, and Yugao, the three Jonin serving in the Anbu, naturally were not foolish enough to take them head-on. Their figures flashed, and each of them dodged aside.

However, the moment Kurenai landed, her vision darkened, and the scenery around her changed.

"Genjutsu...?" Slightly surprised, Kurenai unconsciously curled her lips into a smile. "Hehe, it must be a child from the Kurama Clan. To dare use genjutsu on me, you really do have some nerve!"

She truly had not expected any of the students to dare use genjutsu against her.

Not far away, Yugao saw Kurenai suddenly freeze, while the chakra fluctuations around her became unusually chaotic. She immediately understood that someone had launched a genjutsu attack on Kurenai, and her sharp gaze swept across the