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"Tomorrow we'll split into two groups and deal with both Kusagakure and Sunagakure simultaneously!"

"Are you sure? This is difficult."

"This is the only way, otherwise there won't be enough time. At the same time, we also need to put the search plan for the target on the agenda."

"Then what should we do?" Seeing Shikaki's determined look, Nakamura knew that he already had a plan in mind.

As expected, Nakamura hadn't misjudged Shikaki. Pointing to the unfolded map, he said, "The Sunagakure's camp is here, and the Kusagakure's is here. The distance between the two camps is quite long."

"We need to get there as quickly as possible, while also ensuring we have enough Chakra for battle. It should take about two hours."

"Therefore, someone needs to hold them off for at least an hour." After saying this, Shikaki quietly looked at Shiro, waiting for his reply.

Shiro thought about it seriously for a moment and replied, "It's possible, but I can only go alone. That way, I'll have enough mobility and be more flexible."

"That's good. This is the plan for tomorrow. Taichi- Nakamura, and I will be in one group to deal with the Sunagakure people. Shiro will be in a separate group to hold them off before we arrive."

"Don't let them leave there easily. Once we arrive, we can launch a full-scale attack."

"Once this plan succeeds, we'll have at least two weeks to deal with Takigakure and find our mission target!"

"Don't worry, I'll hold them off. It's just guerrilla tactics. My archery skills aren't for nothing."

Afterwards, Shiro and his group made some detailed arrangements for tomorrow's plan, as well as the time allocation for finding the mission target.

To be honest, this is not easy to find.

According to intelligence, Karin's mother possesses Mind's Eye of the Kagura, which grants her an extremely wide range of perception, and Shiro are currently unable to gain her trust.

Therefore, for now, we can only wait until we have time after dealing with Kusagakure before we can properly search for her whereabouts.

Fortunately, Shiro and his group had an advantage in this regard.

First, Shikaki has extremely strong calculation abilities, and can deduce the approximate range based on the places she has hidden in the past.

Secondly, Shiro possesses Noble Phantasm can block Mind's Eye of the Kagura, allowing him to bypass her senses. Combined with Shikaki's abilities, their search efficiency is quite high.

Of course, Shiro and his group also had disadvantages; they didn't have enough people, and their search time and area were definitely not as good as the others.

After discussing the Shiro, Shiro went back to treating his injuries.

This time, he didn't care about any aftereffects. There was a fierce battle tomorrow, and he had to be fully prepared. He not only needed to be able to Projection, but also to be able to unleash his true name.

Therefore, Shiro took out his secret formula that he had prepared for a long time. It had the fewest side effects, the best effect, and could even temporarily increase the cell division rate for a period of time, which meant it had a slight self-healing ability.

However, none of this is free. First, it will cause extremely intense pain that is very difficult to endure.

Secondly, and most importantly, although its side effects on Magic Circuits are minor, it has one major drawback: reduced lifespan!

As we all know, and now we know what we didn't know before, the number of times a human cell can divide is limited, and the self-healing speed of this secret medicine is caused by accelerating cell division.

Therefore, this can also reduce human lifespan.

This is distinctly different from Hashirama Cells Hashirama Cells, whose restorative power comes from the transformation of life force; in other words, that's not science.

At the same time, another drawback of this thing is that it doesn't last long. In other words, Shiro's lifespan was reduced for nothing, and his increased self-healing ability was useless, although the reduction in lifespan wasn't much.

However, we still need to use this thing. There are plenty of ways to make up for it later. As long as we can complete the mission, it's only a day or two of lifespan, which we can afford!

After making up his mind, Shiro first set up a Sound-Dampening Barrier, and then took the secret medicine.

Then, it began to scream in agony inside the barrier.

The next day, Shiro woke up with a vacant look in his eyes. This was his first time using it, and indeed, only personal experience could yield the most comprehensive data.

After another discussion with Shiro and Shikaki, Nakamura and the others with a Message Snake before parting ways with them.

"Mr. Nakamura, is Shiro really alright all by himself?"

"Trust him, Taichi. I've never seen anyone whose archery skills are better than Shiro's. Besides, he has Flying Bird. There's no need to worry too much about him."

"Let's focus our efforts on Sunagakure first and deal with them as soon as possible. That would be the greatest help we can give Shiro."

"Yes, Mr. Nakamura!"

After that, they focused on getting on their way while carefully analyzing enemy intelligence.

The Suna Ninja they faced this time were weaker than the previous two, consisting of only one Jonin and three Chunin.

However, the composition of the opposing team is somewhat disadvantageous to Taichi and his group. The Jonin is a Wind Release ninja, so there's no need to worry about that; there's no longer any need to hide.

During the battle, they can fight freely. With Nakamura's strength, he can defeat his opponent relatively easily. The troublesome ones are Taichi.

The three enemies were roughly at the Chunin level; two were puppeteers, and one was Wind Release ninja. The Wind Release ninja was easy to deal with, but the puppeteer was a different story.

Taichi's Sharingan isn't particularly adept at sensing Chakra, so he can't determine the location of his body based on the Chakra Threads.

Generally speaking, these puppeteers have one thing in common: the puppet that is in the open is the real puppet, while the real puppet is hidden in the shadows to ensure safety.

Although anyone who has fought against puppeteers knows about this habit, there's still not much that can be done about them.

Furthermore, because Shikaki was unfamiliar with them, he couldn't even find comparable data for calculations.

The only way is to use a large-scale Ninjutsu attack to force them out. At this moment, Taichi desperately wished that he was skilled in Fire Release.

Unfortunately, his specialty is Lightning Release, specifically Lightning Release Nintaijutsu.

There's even less hope for Shikaki; all he knows is Shadow Mimicry Technique.

While Taichi and the others were still on their way, Shiro was already in position. He had found the best observation point, which was both concealed and easy to evacuate from.

On a mountaintop, there was no more suitable location for Shiro, who possessed Clairvoyance.

However, even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, so Shiro naturally couldn't just prepare this one.

Besides this place, Shiro also found a forest behind the mountain as Shiro escape route.

Meanwhile, Shiro had also planted dozens of Explosive Tag here. It would have been better if they hadn't come to search; now that they have, they've found something good.

It's not that Shiro didn't want to put more, but mainly because he bought these with his Shiro money, not as Projection, so the cost was very high. He needed to keep some as backup in case of emergencies.

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