Naruto: The Distant Journey
Chapter 88

The Yamanaka Tohru Who Was Set Up

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The captain of the Explosion Release unit was Shi, one of the Stone Shinobi's Quasi-Kage. Since Lightning Release could detonate clay, Shi had once specifically studied Lightning Release and could be considered quite familiar with Lightning Release Ninjutsu.

In Shi's view, such a large-scale Lightning Release would have drained even a Kage Level's Chakra after one use, let alone any other shinobi.

According to the Stone Shinobi's intelligence, the Konoha Camp had only one Kage Level combatant, Orochimaru. Shi concluded that the person who had used this technique was not Kage Level.

Yet someone who was not Kage Level had used Lightning Release on such a massive scale. They must have lost the ability to move.

Only then did Shi decide to bypass the battlefield and infiltrate the rear of the Konoha Camp, directly eliminating the technique's user. That way, they would not interfere with the Explosion Release unit's attack in the next battle.

Yamanaka Tohru had already sensed Shi the moment he entered the rear of the Konoha forces, and he had roughly guessed the Stone Shinobi's Quasi-Kage's purpose.

"Mitsuru, someone's here to deliver his head." Yamanaka Tohru smiled.

"Who? Has someone infiltrated us?" Uchiha Mitsuru was not as optimistic as Yamanaka Tohru. She immediately became alert upon hearing that an enemy had infiltrated them.

"It's fine, don't be so nervous! I'll take care of him. I'll be right back."

"Tohru, how much of your Chakra have you recovered? Do you need my help?" Uchiha Mitsuru asked.

"I've recovered a little less than half my Chakra, but one Quasi-Kage should be enough." With that, Yamanaka Tohru walked toward Shi's location.

"Quasi-Kage? Why does he make it sound like a Genin? Tohru is such a freak." Uchiha Mitsuru muttered softly at Yamanaka Tohru's back.

Yamanaka Tohru did not hear Uchiha

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