Tsunade's Medical Ninja Training Program, half a year has passed, and the results have been relatively smooth. Fully fifty Medical Ninja have been sent to various battlefields...
Among them, Genin has been promoted to Chunin.
However, more than a dozen ninja students did not graduate early...
Although the number of the Ninja Academy "graduated early" has increased in the past year, this time more than a dozen of them are Yamanaka Clan, and the youngest is only eight years old, so Sarutobi dare not let them graduate directly!
Otherwise, if something happens, Yamanaka Clan will absolutely not be able to accept it.
And Akaseki is in Land of Hot Water, so the mission goes smoothly.
Originally this was the buffer zone between Land of Wind and Land of Fire, used to control the scale of the war. It was to the north of Land of Rivers and southwest of Land of Rain... It was cut off by the two major nationals and became independent as Land of Hot Water.
If Konoha and Sunagakure are controlled together, it is not easy for Konoha to transform the buffer into "Outsourcing Ninja Village", but now...
Land of Wind was completely washed away!
Although Sunagakure also brought a lot of pressure and consumption to Konoha, for Yugakure and Sunagakure between the two countries, it has long been We can no longer take care of it. The battle front is mainly in the hinterland of Land of Wind, which is close to Sunagakure. Yugakure is considered "behind enemy lines", and there is no point in harassing this place.
Therefore, Yugakure accepted the Outsourcing agreement without any resistance.
For Land of Hot Water, they are even more happy to see the result - originally Daimyo of Land of Hot Water was recommended by the leader of Yugakure and supported by the two major countries. Now he can directly hand over the task to Konoha... This is" "Promoted"! Now Tourism, the main development company of Yugakure, has shares of "Relief Fund" supervised by Konoha. Some small tasks are also taken away by Konoha, and then Outsourcing comes back.
To a certain extent, Yugakure is actually not at a loss, because... at the same time, Yugakure will also give them the tasks Outsourcing of Land of Rivers and Land of Rain, which Yugakure cannot usually receive!
It's a pity that Land of Hot Water is not big in size. Let alone comparing with big countries, its population is only one-fifth of Land of Grass's, and Yugakure's combat power is relatively weak...
Konoha basically doesn't get much money from Land of Hot Water, it's just used to "place" some Chunin teams. In addition... it also achieves complete control over Land of Hot Water!
When the war is over, Yugakure will come into play...
By then, not only will Tourism in various places recover, but as a buffer zone between the two major countries, it will completely lean towards one of them, which will naturally provide a considerable deterrent.
Seeing that the date agreed upon by Akaseki and Orochimaru is getting closer...
But Akaseki is no longer in a hurry now!
On the one hand, it is because "Wood Release" has not awakened, and it is too late to awaken now; on the other hand, although Akaseki failed to awaken "Wood Release", but by accident, it was discovered that "Swamp Release" actually has a similar effect...
Orochimaru previously speculated that Wood Release has the effect of converting external forces into vitality, so it can not only improve the owner's physique, but also has the same principle as "Sage Mode", so it is the best auxiliary for "Sage Mode".
However, Akaseki has also gained something in the past six months...
Because we have been strengthening the ability of "Swamp Release" to transform the outside world, and trying to reverse the part representing "vitality" from Water Aspect back to Earth Aspect, that is, correct it back to "" Wood Release", so even if there is no success, "Swamp Release" has greatly improved in terms of transformation! Over the past six months, Akaseki has discovered that "Swamp Release" is also improving his physique, but...
The direction of improvement does not start from "vitality". It is not like Wood Release transforming "inorganic" into "living", but more like... "fertilizing" oneself!
And it also transforms external energy, but... it transforms "living" energy into "inorganic" power that can strengthen the user's physique.
Although the direction seems to be reversed...
But the goal was inexplicably achieved!
Therefore, Akaseki is not obsessed with "Wood Release" now. He already has the confidence to go to Ryūchi Cave and is just waiting for Orochimaru to come over.
After all, at this time, Orochimaru couldn't act at will. He could only ask for orders to perform other tasks nearby, and then take the time to go there with Akaseki.
But what Akaseki didn't expect was...
Orochimaru hasn't come yet, but Tsunade came first!
And...
"Sister Tsunade? What's going on?" Akaseki saw Tsunade who shouldn't be here, Konoha Kuno, and Yamanaka Sansan, appeared in front of Akaseki, Yifan of Akaseki should open "Sharingan"--in case it is some special Transformation Technique!
"Akaseki! Call Tanuki Treasure to come out and help us to support the breakup!" Tsunade was not polite, and even Yugakure was not prepared to enter. Akaseki also discovered that the three people in front of him were all real, and...
The dusty life in this body is definitely not fake!
"Broken? Jonin Kato? What's wrong with him?" Akaseki was stunned when he heard this, and then instinctively looked at Konoha Kuno.
Mokume is almost Kato's "personal bodyguard". Why is it that this time when Kato is in danger, he is on the way to support instead of by his side?
"Explain on the way!" Tsunade said anxiously.
Akaseki didn't waste any time. When he asked the question, his hands were already Hand Seals...
At this time, I saw Akaseki spreading his arms to both sides and opening his palms. There was a word [Zhu] on the left and a word [empty] on the right. Two patterns appeared at the same time, and then...
Tanuki Treasure in "Vermilion Bird form" appeared on the left, and Tanuki Treasure's clone in "Sky Serpent form" appeared on the back!
That's right, now Akaseki's chakra can make the psychic Tanuki Treasure borrow the power of two masks at the same time.
Just...
Because this clone of Tanuki Treasure also consumes the chakra of Akaseki, so Akaseki, who has less chakra than Dojutsu Power, would not normally do this.
But now Akaseki is in a hurry to hurry up, of course... Akaseki and Tsunade immediately rode on the larger Vermilion Bird Tanuki Treasure, Konoha Kuno and Yamanaka Sansan, then rode on Sky Serpent Tanuki Treasure.
Then according to Tsunade's instructions, Akaseki also commanded Tanuki Treasure to fly into the sky and fly in the direction of Land of Wind...
Although Akaseki does not belong to Support Unit, since there is an emergency, Akaseki certainly knows how to adapt - Yugakure is not a place where war is urgent and is easy to be attacked by sneak attacks. Sunagakure's gains from a sneak attack here are extremely small, and Akaseki is not afraid of diverting the tiger away from the mountain.
Moreover, Akaseki itself will usually maintain a "Mirror Clone" here. At this time, there is no fear that Yugakure will be left unattended. In order to save time, Akaseki's body will set off directly with Tsunade without saying hello to anyone.
"Sister Tsunade, what's going on?" Akaseki asked about the situation on the road.
Akaseki Only then did I understand the situation...
With the training of the first batch of Medical Ninja completed, Tsunade, a powerful force, is about to return to the battlefield.
One day ago, on her way to Land of Wind Front, her companion Yamanaka Sansan suddenly received a distress signal from Support Unit...
The location of Support Unit was discovered, and some major combat forces, including Dan Katō, were drawn away in advance, and were later attacked by Sunagakure!
It can be seen that Konoha Ninja and Sunagakure have already suffered deeply from Dan Katō, the invisible enemy.
This time it was also carefully arranged...
Locked the location of Support Unit where he was in advance, and then deliberately created some dangerous situations that seemed to be saveable, and lured away a large number of combat forces, including Dan Katō himself, who was also lured away in the state of "Spirit Body"! And when launching the attack At that time, Sealing Squad first cracked Sealing, and then pulled up Special Sealing of Sunagakure - probably to prevent Spirit Body of Dan Katō from coming back.
It is speculated that Genjutsu ninjas and Sealing Squad who can drag Spirit Body are probably hidden in the battlefield where Dan Katō is rescued...
The reason why we spend so much time is to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Dan Katō!
Dan Katō is difficult to rank in the top ten compared to Konoha in terms of strength, but in this battle, in terms of the number of Sunagakure Jonin killed, Dan Katō has surpassed Hatake Sakumo and ranked first!
On the one hand, it is because, although "White Fang" is strong, it is Headquarters Captain after all, so the situation of direct combat is limited; but on the other hand, it is also because "White Fang" kills people by engaging in combat and "white light flash", but Dan Katō kills people truly silently, and does not even need to be present at the scene!
While the number of kills continues to rise, it also attracts a lot of hatred to Dan Katō.
For this reason, when the war was so tense, Sunagakure still caused such a big scene in order to kill him...
However, Konoha Kuno, who usually protects Dan Katō, was injured two months ago and went to Konoha for treatment, and has just recovered now.
Yamanaka Sansan received the signal a day ago, and the signal was blocked by Sealing after that.
After Tsunade learned the news, he immediately took two Jonin away from Combined Squad and rushed to the rescue location at full speed.
Konoha Kuno was still calm on the road, thinking of Yugakure who was almost on the way, and Akaseki here...
As long as we take a slight detour, we can bring Akaseki with us, and more importantly, Akaseki has flying Ninja Beast, which can greatly increase the speed in the second half of the journey! So Tsunade also accepted Konoha Kuno's suggestion, took a slight detour, and came to Yugakure.
"Sister Tsunade, you should also take a rest." Akaseki advised after understanding the situation.
Seeing that Tsunade remained silent, Akaseki said, "We will reach our destination in half a day. If you just hold on now, it won't help the situation... Only when you are energetic can you cope with the battle!"
"Half a day?" Tsunade frowned upon hearing this.
It's not that it's too slow, but...
Faster than expected!
Originally she thought it would take another day, but even so, coming to Akaseki was considered to have shortened half a day.
"I will later use Air Release to assist "Vermilion Bird" in flying... "Sky Serpent" can lock the main body's spatial position and follow it directly. However, I have been using Air Release to assist, which consumes a lot of chakra. I'm afraid it won't be useful on the battlefield." Akaseki said deliberately.
Hearing what Akaseki said, Tsunade immediately withdrew his solemn gaze and said to Akaseki, "Then I'll leave it to you!" After saying that, he sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, meditated, and recovered with all his strength.
After Akaseki, also directly Hand Seals...
Air Release·Wings of the Void!