Decision

Uchiha Kei's tone was grim, not joking at all. His eyes had even turned red without him realizing it, the three tomoe spinning slightly within them.

Nohara Rin was completely stunned by this sight. She never imagined that someone from the same squad would do such a thing.

What made Nohara Rin even more incredulous was that Hyuga Aya, who seemed to treat her quite well, had also directly activated her Byakugan.

For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely tense. Imai Kenta, however, maintained his harmless demeanor. Only his eyes lingered on Nohara Rin with a hint of danger.

Their squad's affairs were their own business, and it was best not to expose their squad's secrets.

Imai Kenta wasn't acting for the sake of the squad, but purely for himself. Keeping such a survivor around was ultimately a hidden danger.

Especially once Hyuga Aya and Uchiha Kei truly started fighting, many things would become impossible to control.

However, Imai Kenta felt that in the end, they probably wouldn't fight. Hyuga Aya, unless she had gone mad.

As expected, Hyuga Aya ultimately held back. Without the Sharingan, she didn't need to take Uchiha Kei seriously.

Although restricted by rules, Hyuga Aya didn't believe someone who couldn't even use a Kekkei Genkai had any future.

But now it was different. Uchiha Kei, with his Sharingan, was truly someone Hyuga Aya didn't want to face.

Especially since Uchiha Kei had dodged Namikaze Minato's fatal surprise attack back then. Hyuga Aya didn't believe her speed could match that.

"Tell me your plan." Hyuga Aya felt somewhat wronged, but she still took the initiative to close her Byakugan. "You better have a complete plan, not just lead us to our deaths."

"I haven't survived myself." Uchiha Kei also closed his Sharingan. That feeling had truly made him feel comfortable. "I said before, what we want, the Iwa Ninja definitely want too. And looking at the map, the place with the fewest people is actually an encirclement mouth. Once Kakashi goes in, people from other areas can provide full support."

"So what?" Hyuga Aya calmly looked at the map. "Are you taking us and Kakashi to our deaths?"

"But don't forget, once we choose a place to break out, they can definitely provide support back. And compared to other places here, it's harder to break through. We are too few." Uchiha Kei said in a cold voice.

That's right. Although Uchiha Kei had studied the map for a long time and found nothing hidden, based on the surface of the map and Hyuga Aya's intelligence, he could already think of many things.

The Iwa Ninja couldn't be so foolish as to station so few people in a relatively easy-to-breakthrough area. Therefore, it could be said that this was deliberate. It was definitely a trap, either waiting to surround them like chiaotzu, or an Empty Fort Strategy.

Uchiha Kei didn't think the Iwa Ninja had the intelligence to dare do such a thing. To be precise, given the current battle situation, they wouldn't dare do it.

The situation there was likely that a group of powerful ninja were guarding it, ready to support other areas at any time, or waiting for foolish Konoha ninja who wanted to surprise attack to pass through so they could be caught like chiaotzu in one go!

Under normal circumstances, ninja seeing this situation might do as they did, leaving a bait and attacking elsewhere.

But Uchiha Kei decided to do something drastic. He would go through that place!

Although it carried a heavy element of gamble, if their gamble succeeded, the path ahead would be smooth, and they could even reach Kannabi Bridge directly.

Uchiha Kei didn't like gambling, but this time he had chips. Kakashi had handed him Namikaze Minato's kunai before leaving, so Uchiha Kei could judge for himself when to summon Namikaze Minato.

"Are you worried they're doing it on purpose?" Although Uchiha Kei didn't voice his thoughts, Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta seemed to have thought of something.

"It's not a worry, it's a high probability," Uchiha Kei nodded. "Therefore, I've decided to adopt some more extreme methods."

"But if we follow them like this, aren't we just going to our deaths, Captain?" Imai Kenta scratched his head, but when he saw Uchiha Kei split into several Shadow Clones, he immediately understood. "You intend to intentionally send the Shadow Clones out?"

"So that's it." Hyuga Aya nodded. "Iwa Ninja behind enemy lines need to conserve Chakra, so they won't use too many high-consumption Ninjutsu. By intentionally having the Shadow Clones launch a surprise attack on one point, we force them to immediately reinforce, and we take advantage of that Time Difference and the Paralysis Effect caused by Kakashi's solo assault to launch an all-out attack. Hmph."

Uchiha Kei smiled. Although Uchiha Kei found these two smart people exceptionally annoying, he had to admit that when it came to Mission Cooperation, smart people were much more convenient.

Looking at Nohara Rin, who still hadn't figured out the situation, Uchiha Kei shook his head and didn't intend to explain anything. She might be a qualified ninja with enough Capacity, but she was definitely not a smart person.

After understanding the situation, Uchiha Kei and the others each split into several Shadow Clones and ran off in different directions.

The True Body of Uchiha Kei and the others followed directly behind Kakashi. Splitting into several Shadow Clones with equal Chakra was still a significant Consumption for people like them.

However, Uchiha Kei could clearly see that Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya had eaten Ration Pills at the very first moment, and were doing their best to maintain their Chakra recovery while in motion.

In fact, even Uchiha Kei himself was doing the same. They were all Veterans on the battlefield; how could they not know what to do?

Although this was like trying to put out a burning cart of firewood with a cup of water, even a tiny bit of recovered Chakra was better than having none at a critical moment.

Presumably, the Iwa Ninja had calculated this point as well, but they hadn't expected there to be gamblers willing to do such a thing!

After swallowing a Ration Pill, Uchiha Kei set off first. He controlled his breathing and footsteps as best he could, trying to recover as much Chakra as possible while still keeping up with Kakashi.

"I hope you don't get us killed," Hyuga Aya caught up and said, not caring at all about the presence of an outsider. "I've been on the battlefield for seven years, and I don't want to fall short at the final hurdle."

"I've been on the battlefield for six years," Uchiha Kei said calmly. "Imai Kenta has been at it the longest, eight years, right? If we didn't hold the same Belief, we wouldn't have made it this far, and we wouldn't have ended up together. Although I hate you both because we are the same kind of people, the current situation is that we must cooperate, or none of us will make it back."

Imai Kenta nodded in silence. At this moment, he didn't even show his signature fake smile.

Hyuga Aya also nodded after a moment of thought; clearly, she agreed with Uchiha Kei's words.

Only Nohara Rin, who was very weak at this moment, couldn't figure out the situation at all. She didn't understand what these three were talking about, nor could she grasp what the relationship between these three was really about.

The night was desolate as five figures shuttled through the Woods, one after another.