"It went almost unbelievably smoothly!"
Uzumaki Huaxin exclaimed.
After carefully reviewing the memories transmitted by the Shadow Clone on Uzumaki Ashina's side, Xingzhuo's expression turned strange.
They might have escaped danger by the skin of their teeth, but the danger had been absurdly intense!
Things hadn't gone smoothly from the very beginning of the operation on the other side.
The shipyard near Kirigakure was far too heavily guarded.
Even with his Byakugan and Paper Secret Technique combined with Uzumaki Ashina's Mind's Eye of the Kagura and a Sealing Technique that concealed their presence, they'd only just managed to infiltrate safely from underwater.
Later, when Uzumaki Ashina prepared his ninjutsu, the chakra fluctuations were so intense that they alerted Kirigakure. The reinforcements came in an overwhelming flood.
Just how dangerous had the situation been?
First, even without the Byakugan, the Uzumaki clan head could see the towering pillar of chakra with his naked eye.
Then the Mist Ninja patrolling nearby converged on them.
Fortunately, the clan head's combination technique was powerful enough, and it didn't take too long to prepare.
After Xingzhuo used Chidori to quickly take out the approaching Mist Ninja, the clan head unleashed an astonishingly powerful combination technique.
First came a Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, on a level comparable to Uchiha Madara's in the original story.
Then came a Lightning Release Ninjutsu Xingzhuo had never seen before.
Together, the two techniques produced something that wasn't so much fire as a barrage of flying missiles.
Every ship and building in sight was blasted into dust.
They'd only just finished the mission, destroying every target, before a large group of Kirigakure ninja could reach them. Then they'd made a swift escape using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
If they'd been three seconds later, the three chakra signatures Xingzhuo had