Shrapnel Explosive Tag

Standing on the grasslands, the Medical Department's pit was extremely difficult to spot.

But from the air, the Medical Department's square pit was highly conspicuous.

Ōnoki had found a highly valuable target. After dodging a jab from the Adamantine Enma Staff, he flew toward the Medical Department.

Konoha's side also noticed Ōnoki's movements and hurriedly adjusted their formation.

More and more Konoha ninja voluntarily positioned themselves in front of the Medical Department.

Kanzuki Senju suddenly jumped in front of Chu Inuzuka, the commander of the Medical Guard Battalion.

"Commander! I'm small! Please throw me out there! Throw me into the air, then use Explosive Tag Shuriken to attack the Tsuchikage!"

Chu Inuzuka looked in surprise at Kanzuki Senju, who only came up to his waist. This girl had only graduated this year and was still far from grown.

Yet it was precisely her petite build that made the plan she proposed very suitable.

The Senju Clan was still as brave as ever.

The Medical Guard Battalion could not just sit here and wait for death, waiting for Ōnoki to pass judgment on them. They had to do something first.

Just as Chu Inuzuka was about to agree, Kawadera Uchiha suddenly stepped forward from behind him and said:

"I have a tactic that might work!"

In the Sea of Consciousness, Kawadera Uchiha said, "Second, you said it yourself. If I save Kanzuki Senju, you'll give me an A-rank mission reward!"

"Yes," Tobirama Senju said.

"This is utter nonsense. Konoha was founded to create a village where children could grow up safely.

Kanzuki is a Genin. Sending her to face Ōnoki directly is far too reckless!"

"But I'm only a 240-month-old child too. Is it not reckless for me to face Ōnoki?" Kawadera Uchiha said.

"Second, I've already accepted the mission to save Kanzuki Senju.

So teach me whatever good tricks you have. Since you wanted me to do this, you must have some trump card against Ōnoki, right?"

"No."

"What? No?"

"The methods I use against Ōnoki or Mu, the Second Tsuchikage, are beyond your ability to use."

"You can't seriously expect me to defeat Ōnoki with genjutsu, can you? Ōnoki may not use genjutsu much, but his resistance to it must be maxed out too!"

"That is not my concern."

Kawadera Uchiha understood that, to Tobirama Senju, he was the sort who could simply die if he died.

Compared with the half-grown Kanzuki Senju, Chu Inuzuka was more willing to trust Kawadera Uchiha, a Special Jonin.

As Kawadera Uchiha met Chu Inuzuka's expectant gaze, he suddenly caught sight of someone from the corner of his eye and immediately pointed at him.

"Captain Chu Inuzuka, I request to work with Dazhou Yamanaka to deal with Ōnoki!"

"Me?" Dazhou Yamanaka, standing nearby, pointed at himself with his index finger and asked again.

"Me? I'm going to deal with Ōnoki? But I don't even have my Ino-Shika-Cho teammates!"

On the battlefield, Ino-Shika-Cho usually appeared in teams of three. He had been terribly unlucky: his teammates had died three times, and all three times, he had been the sole survivor.

Some bastard had spread rumors that he was a lone star of misfortune who doomed his teammates. He had already supposedly gotten six teammates killed.

Kawadera Uchiha looked toward the guard unit's Ninja Hawks. Two Ninja Hawks were perched on a ninja's shoulder.

He said, "Captain Chu Inuzuka, let us try. There isn't much time!"

Chu Inuzuka nodded and said to Dazhou Yamanaka, "Dazhou, listen to Kawadera and respond quickly!

The rest of you, don't let your guard down either. Get your Explosive Tag Kunai ready!"

Kawadera Uchiha rubbed Kanzuki Senju's head, signaling for her not to act rashly.

"Leave this sort of thing to the adults. Children shouldn't try to show off."

At that moment, Kanzuki Senju suddenly understood why her cousin Seigetsu Senju came to see Kawadera Uchiha every day.

That sense of security, that gentleness, was unforgettable. His identity as an Uchiha, his Sharingan—none of it affected that sense of security in the slightest.

Dazhou Yamanaka wandered over to Kawadera Uchiha in confusion, having no idea what Kawadera Uchiha intended to do.

"Kid! I didn't target you when you were promoted to Special Jonin, did I? I gritted my teeth and wrote in the final report, 'Genjutsu specialist, fully qualified to serve as a Special Jonin'!"

Kawadera Uchiha pointed at the Ninja Hawks and said, "Quick! Dazhou Yamanaka, can you use the Mind Transfer Jutsu to control those two Ninja Hawks?"

"My Mind Transfer Jutsu controls enemies. It controls people. I've never controlled Ninja Hawks before! Why don't you ask Jonin Mei Senju to become a veterinarian?"

"How will we know if we don't try? Hurry up, there's no time!"

Dazhou Yamanaka had no choice but to use the Mind Transfer Jutsu on the Ninja Hawks. Fortunately, Ninja Hawks also possessed chakra, giving his secret jutsu's chakra an anchor point to latch onto.

Meanwhile, Kawadera Uchiha prepared two Explosive Tag Wooden Cylinders.

The Ninja Hawks flew off the ground.

Unlike other Ninja Hawks, this one had a strange look in its eyes. At times it was dazed, at times vacant, and at times sharp and brilliant.

The Ninja Hawk rose straight into the sky, climbing until it was higher than Ōnoki before flying toward him.

Ōnoki noticed the Ninja Hawk. At first, he merely assumed it was a messenger bird.

Now that he had his sights set on them, was there any point in the Medical Department sending for help?

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi moved quickly and arrived before the Medical Department now, he would still destroy it.

Unless the First or Madara Uchiha returned from the dead, he had said it: no one could save Konoha's Medical Department.

The Ninja Hawk began its dive!

Hm?

Ōnoki raised his head and watched the diving Ninja Hawk with confusion.

The Ninja Hawk's dive angle was interesting. He, the Ninja Hawk, and the sun were aligned in a straight line, so all he could see was a black speck amid the blinding light.

He could fly. Tactics that used the glare of sunlight were tactics he used frequently.

"Cheap trick."

No ninja could be killed by a Ninja Hawk that did not even count as a summoned beast.

The Ninja Hawk's claws could not even tear out a strand of Ōnoki's hair.

This Ninja Hawk was not worth a Dust Release attack.

Ōnoki condensed a pebble with chakra in his mouth and violently spat it at the Ninja Hawk.

Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon Technique!

The pebble expanded in the wind, transforming from a tiny stone into a massive boulder several meters wide.

However, the Ninja Hawk possessed reaction speed and intelligence far beyond Ōnoki's expectations.

On the ground, cold sweat seeped from Dazhou Yamanaka's forehead and flowed toward his eyebrows, making them itch.

Fortunately, he had reacted quickly enough and promptly had the Ninja Hawk change direction using the high-altitude air currents.

But in the next instant, a second Rock Iron Cannon shot over and struck the Ninja Hawk!

For a moment, feathers flew everywhere, stained with blood. The Ninja Hawk had been seriously injured.

Kawadera Uchiha suddenly clenched his fist.

Now!

Another smaller Ninja Hawk had actually been tied to the first Ninja Hawk's back.

Amid the chaos, the small Ninja Hawk took flight again and sped toward Ōnoki.

Ōnoki had already turned his gaze downward. Only after hearing another sound of something cutting through the air did he look up and see the second Ninja Hawk.

He immediately deduced that this Ninja Hawk had been hidden on the previous one's back.

The distance was a little close.

But it did not matter.

Another Rock Iron Cannon shot toward it.

Dazhou Yamanaka furrowed his brow. The tactic Kawadera Uchiha had designed for him had reached its most crucial stage.

The Ninja Hawk was fast. Without dodging or evading, it used its momentum to throw a wooden cylinder at Ōnoki.

Ōnoki's Rock Iron Cannon stone indeed struck the Ninja Hawk, but the wooden cylinder was closer to Ōnoki!

Kawadera Uchiha had been staring at the sky the entire time, maintaining the hand seal to trigger the Explosive Tags.

"Explode!"

The wooden cylinder exploded more than ten meters away from Ōnoki.

It could not get any closer. Ōnoki had already begun to evade.

Many others also stared up at the sky.

Kanzuki Senju was deeply disappointed. She saw that the Explosive Tag had detonated some distance away from the Tsuchikage.

It seemed that Brother-in-law Kawadera's tactic had failed...

Yet what happened over the next few seconds left everyone on the ground stunned.

Ōnoki... was he injured?

Kawadera Uchiha thought, As expected, it worked.

Not only had he stuffed ten Explosive Tags into the wooden cylinder, he had also smashed shuriken into fingernail-sized iron fragments and packed them inside.

Those were not ordinary Explosive Tags. They were Shrapnel Explosive Tags!

Countless fragments flew in every direction.

By the time Ōnoki noticed something was wrong, it was already too late. A fragment struck into Ōnoki's thigh.

Blood!

Ōnoki was bleeding!

Kawadera Uchiha thought, Ninja are all glass cannons. Ōnoki is no exception.

Dazhou Yamanaka cried out, "I injured Tsuchikage Ōnoki? Me?"