Konoha In early October 47, conflicts broke out again at the Land of Rain border. The Land of Fire lord strongly condemned this and joined forces with the Land of Rain lords to put pressure on Land of Wind.
Such diplomatic means did not have much effect. Sunagakure still went its own way and even sent an elite team to sneak attack Konoha's supply line.
When the news from the front line came back to the village, "Hardline Faction" launched another protest. In their opinion, the reason for all this was that Hokage was too weak.
Fortunately, Tsunade, who stayed in the village, supported his teacher, and eventually "Hardline Faction" was "suppressed" again.
Although it is not a full-scale war at this time, Tsunade still feels tired, and more and more people are showing their good will.
What made her even more stressed was the development of drugs. Tsunade felt that some people in the village had probably misunderstood her. She actually relied entirely on her own disciples for the cultivation of medicinal herbs.
The new drug that is currently making a splash on the battlefield was originally used to enhance the "brain Chakra". Shu Furukawa hoped to speed up the processing of nerve signals, and the result was a "crazy" effect.
Shizune looked at Tsunade who was standing by the window and was a little worried. The teacher didn't even eat lunch. This kind of situation is rare:
"Teacher Tsunade, are you still thinking about pharmacology?"
"Nara Clan recently added some pharmacopoeia information. Maybe there will be useful knowledge in it."
Tsunade was wearing blue Jonin casual clothes. He turned around and saw the worried eyes of Shizune, and immediately showed a gentle smile and reassured:
"Nara Clan's collection does have high reference value, but what I'm worried about is actually the dependence caused by drugs."
"Even if the side effects are reduced, some ninjas may become addicted to false power."
"Like Teacher Sarutobi, I want to avoid war as much as possible. No matter it is a big country or Small Nations, killing will leave only pain in the end."
Shizune couldn't understand this emotion deeply and could only blink to express approval. Tsunade suddenly laughed out loud when he saw this scene, leaned over and joked:
"You don't have to think so much at your age. Children should live happily!"
"You can fall in love in a few years, Shizune, do you have someone you like?"
Tsunade rubbed Shizune's little face. The latter seemed to think of something and his face turned red for a moment.
Seeing Shizune running away shyly, Tsunade suddenly missed Shu Furukawa. The two of them could talk about many things:
"I hope no one notices Xiu's true talent."
In Tsunade's opinion, Chakra of Shu Furukawa is very special and can catalyze the mutation of ordinary medicinal herbs.
The efficacy of the mutated herbs has doubled. Konoha's current herb laboratory is almost entirely supported by mutated herbs.
This ability was discovered by Tsunade shortly after accepting Shu Furukawa. She did not want to see the senior officials "researching" disciples in the name of the village, so she kept it a secret:
"It's really troublesome. I should have known I would have only done private research."
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Konoha border line, close to the boundary of Land of Rain, Sunagakure Ninja, who was running away with all his strength, jumped off the tree trunk and shouted with a distorted face:
"Come on, you bastards, Sunagakure Ninja won't die like a coward!"
Three young men wearing turbans stood back to back. After shouting, no one responded. For a while, cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.
"Whoops!"
Shu Furukawa Shuriken, which was attached to Wind Release Chakra, suddenly flew out. The three of them immediately widened their eyes, one of them fell down, and the other jumped to the side.
As the temporary captain, Sunagakure Chunin saw the opportunity and threw the short knife. The blade was cut off on the spot when the blade collided. Shuriken was also deflected due to the collision.
The protruding rocks on the ground behind were cut off instantly. The three people who had determined the direction tried to counterattack. Just as Chakra was about to erupt under their feet, one of them discovered that black bugs appeared on his body.
"No!"
Sunagakure Chunin screamed in despair, and then was "knocked down" by Kikaichū. His body began to become paralyzed and he was unable to make any reaction.
The two people beside them felt their scalps numb as they saw that their leader Jonin was "eaten" by the bugs in this way. At this moment, the scene reappeared, and both of them couldn't control their legs.
"He was actually dominated by fear."
Hearing the voice coming from behind, the Sunagakure boy felt a pain in his chest. He looked down at the dagger holding Chakra, and a relieved smile appeared on his face:
"It's over..."
After whispering, he fell to the ground. Sunagakure Ninja on the other side turned around and swung his sword, but the blade was cut off instantly.
Kakashi holds the short knife horizontally and stabs. The Lightning Release Chakra attached to the knife vibrates at high frequency, cutting a huge wound on the enemy's waist.
"Bang..."
The last one, Sunagakure Ninja, also fell down, with blood continuously overflowing from his body. Kakashi just glanced down, and then put away the dagger with a calm expression.
Inuzuka Ago jumped down from the thick branch. The giant yellow dog next to him immediately came to Shu Furukawa and wagged its tail. Seeing the performance of his pet dog, the senior Jonin said with a smile:
"It has only been a few days since Xiu came here, and you started getting close to him!"
"Woof!"
The big dog barked to express his dissatisfaction, and Shibi Aburame, who moved out from behind the tree, pushed up his sunglasses and explained with a cool look:
"Senior, my Kikaichū told me that Xiu has a "natural" smell! Animals like it very much!"
Kakashi looked puzzled, and subconsciously put Chakra on his nose, smelled it carefully, and then complained with his dead fish eyes:
"I don't smell 'natural', what does that smell like?"
Shu Furukawa smiled heartily, patted the dog's head, changed the subject and said:
"Senior, this should be the last invasion team. It seems that we completed the mission ahead of schedule today."
Inuzuka Ago nodded with satisfaction, Kikaichū, the sensing ninja plus two ninjas with a keen sense of smell, the tracking team is very efficient:
"Thanks to everyone, we finally cleared up all these stubborn Sunagakures."
"We will wait for orders from the village in the next few days."
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Late at night, in the Konoha camp, most Chunin were discussing the recent actions. Everyone thought that the village would launch an attack before the weather turned cold.
Sunagakure's recent sneak attack was somewhat effective. Some ninjas were injured and part of the supplies were lost.
Might Guy did not participate in the pursuit mission today. He was busy guarding the transport team most of the time. When he saw Kakashi and Shu Furukawa, he immediately greeted him loudly:
"Is the mission over?"
Shu Furukawa responded and quickly took over the injured person next to Might Guy. Konoha Ninja thanked him loudly after receiving the treatment, but he looked unhappy when he saw Kakashi.
Might Guy scratched his head in embarrassment and wanted to explain, but Kakashi looked at the older Chunin and said expressionlessly:
"Since you admit that you are a tool, then you should play the role of a tool."
"Injured again? For a guy like you who has no ninja talent, go back to the village as soon as possible. Staying here will only hinder your progress."
"If I were still lucky enough to serve as your captain, I would still choose to abandon you on the mission!"
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