Zone 81 Mission

The forward Main Camp had no walls. The closer one got to the Commander-in-Chief's tent, the more tents there were; farther away, they became sparser.

The entire camp was stifling. No one gathered together to chat. At most, people hurried past in groups of two or three.

Shimura Danzō's oppressive presence was overwhelming. No one dared relax, and his style made the frontline troops feel suffocated.

"I heard your classmate's mission failed. He was assigned to the Decoy Unit."

"I heard your classmate's mission failed. He was assigned to the Decoy Unit."

"Terrifying. The Command Center is like a cold machine. As long as you complete the mission, everything is fine. But once you fail and return to Main Camp, the only outcome is being assigned to the Decoy Unit and sent on a single mission to lure out the enemy."

"The Decoy Unit's casualty rate is over eighty percent, right?"

"The latest news is that it's over ninety percent."

"We have to be extremely careful on this mission. To complete it, we'll have to do whatever it takes."

"Yeah. Whatever it takes."

Hearing those fragments of conversation, Uchiha Ling secretly clicked his tongue.

As expected of Shimura Danzō. What a dark style.

Uchiha Ling saw several empty lots at the edge of the camp. There were wooden stakes in the center of each, making them look like temporary Training Grounds.

One or two teams were training desperately in each Training Ground, eager to improve their strength.

Another team was busy opening up a new Training Ground nearby.

Uchiha Ling's hands itched. He really wanted to study the newly acquired Vacuum-Flow Wind Release.

He turned his head slightly and caught, from the corner of his eye, a corner of a robe peeking out from behind a large tree in the