Yuhara cautiously edged toward the dangerous area of the battlefield. In fact, once he crossed the Cloud Hidden control line and reached the relatively rearward area beyond it, the danger would actually be much lower.
As for whether Yuhara could cross the control line safely, honestly, that depended on luck. If he was lucky, he could stroll right through it as if nothing were wrong. If he was unlucky, he would run into Cloud Hidden Ninja... The ninja control line was relatively loosely maintained, relying on powerful Sensory Type Ninja rather than large numbers of ordinary personnel. As such, openings would always appear.
However, when faced with a situation like this, no sane person would entrust their life or death to something as nebulous as luck.
If Yuhara knew Shadow Clone Jutsu or some other physical clone technique, infiltrating would have been much easier. Unfortunately, he did not.
When he was about fifty kilometers from the target location, Yuhara once again took out the mission map Orochimaru had given him. After staring at it for a long while, he finally determined where he would cross over.
Combined with what he had just figured out—that relying solely on himself gave him a very low chance of remaining undetected—he ultimately decided to carry out that bold and shameless infiltration plan.
Konoha's "Yellow Flash" had extremely distinctive features, and the enemy could recognize him at a glance. Basically, no one would assume that the "Yellow Flash" they saw was a counterfeit. As explained earlier, a ninja like the "Yellow Flash" had the ability to cut straight through the Cloud Hidden battle lines. The moment he appeared on the battlefield and adopted an attacking posture, he would inevitably trigger a series of uncontrollable chain reactions.
The "Yellow Flash" would make the enemy's actions unpredictable, leaving Konoha unable to respond to those uncertainties... If Minato Namikaze were really on the battlefield, Konoha would of course have no problem at all. Their morale would even soar. But what if the "Yellow Flash" was fake?
In short, under normal circumstances, no one would do something so harmful to others and useless to themselves, something that would only plunge both sides of the war into chaos.
But Yuhara didn't care about any of that. Did putting on a Konoha Headband really make him think he was a Konoha Ninja?
The appearance of the "Yellow Flash" on the battlefield would indeed make the enemy's actions unpredictable, but their first reaction could be predicted... They would pull their forces together.
Ordinary Ninja were completely useless against Minato Namikaze. They would only be throwing themselves away, and killing fifty enemies in an instant was definitely not Minato's limit. What Yuhara was doing was simply meant to make the Cloud Hidden Ninja group together and clear a path for him.
Under normal circumstances, people would describe such a stroke of wisdom with one phrase... Absolutely shameless.
Now that he had sorted out his plan, Yuhara checked his equipment. Then the infiltration began.
Sensory Type Ninja capable of reconnaissance were a scarce resource. Not every hidden village was like Konoha, with large numbers of high-quality reconnaissance Ninja. In this regard, Konoha had always displayed the extravagance of a tycoon. One Hyuga enough? Not enough? Then how about a pair, three with two, a straight, an airplane, or a bomb made of Hyuga? That had to be enough, right?
Besides, Konoha was already considered to be in decline. In the past, Konoha had Hyuga on its left hand and Uzumaki on its right. They could see clearly how many pairs of underwear the enemy was wearing.
Although the other hidden villages did not have Byakugan, everyone knew the importance of intelligence. Thus, each village had its own excellent Sensory Type Ninja, and Cloud Hidden was naturally no exception.
Therefore, when something rapidly approached their controlled area, Cloud Hidden immediately detected it.
Had someone misunderstood the meaning of the word "infiltration"? No. This was because he had his own strategy.
"Coordinates 60/45, heading northeast... Understood. I'm very close to that area. I'll go check it out immediately."
A Cloud Hidden Ninja received a message transmitted from headquarters in the most secretive and swift manner possible, then rushed straight toward the target.
Just as the Ninja had said, he was very close to the area, so he quickly saw the "target":
He was very young, dressed like an ordinary Konoha elite ninja, but...
He had golden hair.
When the Cloud Hidden Ninja saw the target, the other party seemed to notice him as well. Thus, when that rapidly moving "target" slowly turned his head, the Cloud Hidden Ninja instantly forgot to breathe.
His gaze met a pair of clear, lake-blue eyes, pure and limpid without a trace of impurity.
The Yellow Flash!
It was Konoha's Yellow Flash!
After their eyes met, the Cloud Hidden Ninja lost even the ability to think for several seconds. He instinctively believed he was already dead. Only after that figure disappeared did he reach up and touch his neck, discovering that his head was still attached and he was, in fact, still on duty.
After regaining his senses, he began to gasp heavily.
This intelligence had to be sent back to headquarters immediately. First, the fact that the "Yellow Flash" had not even bothered to silence him meant he was carrying out an urgent mission in which not even half a second could be wasted. Second, the "Yellow Flash" was heading in the direction of Cloud Hidden headquarters.
The "Konoha White Fang" ahead and the "Yellow Flash" behind—each generation surpassed the last. This ability to decide the outcome of a battle with a single blow, this terrifying pressure that struck directly at the heart, could never be summed up by merely saying that someone had "great combat power." In that sense, ten thousand Kakashis could not match one Minato Namikaze... Uh, ten thousand was probably an exaggeration.
Kakashi was a genius. He wasn't beyond saving.
After all, he could still master the Transformation Jutsu.
After the Cloud Hidden Ninja transmitted the news that the "Yellow Flash" had appeared and might raid headquarters, Cloud Hidden's movements could be set aside for the moment. Only then did he have time to recall every detail of what had just happened. Then he realized... The "Yellow Flash" didn't seem as fast as he had imagined.
Although the other party was already moving very quickly, he was nowhere near being elusive. Perhaps that was his economical cruising speed? All right, this minor detail wasn't worth worrying about.
The "Yellow Flash" who had appeared on the front line could naturally only be Yuhara. As for how he was moving at high speed, the answer was that the Transformation Jutsu had only changed his appearance. In reality, he was still carrying two lumps of iron on his back. Using those two lumps of iron, he could "take off."
In theory, whether or not he had those lumps of iron on him, someone capable of manipulating magnetism should have been able to fly with ease. However, at his current level, honestly playing with iron was somewhat easier.
He made his body float just above the ground, then constantly erupted Chakra from his feet to propel himself forward. In this way, he used his muscles as an engine to achieve "ground-skimming flight"... A true human-powered maglev train.
His speed was merely passable, so it was best not to compare it with genuine superhuman speed.
As for things like superconducting magnetohydrodynamic propulsion, sorry, but for Yuhara at present, human-powered propulsion was already quite advanced.
After letting two or three more enemies witness the "Yellow Flash," Yuhara directly canceled the transformation on the spot. Then he changed direction. He stopped recklessly charging toward the Cloud Hidden core area and instead began moving toward the marked location on the map.
About half an hour later.
The Konoha front-line camp received the latest developments from Cloud Hidden.
Orochimaru was a little dumbfounded:
"Cloud Hidden is preparing for the final battle?"
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