Are we here to fight a war, or to go on a picnic and eat leftovers?
Arriving at the archipelago battlefield where Yayoi and the Hidden Cloud Village, Doichi, who had come with the main Doichi, couldn't help but complain inwardly about the frozen sea and islands, the damaged and sunken ships, the hundreds of corpses with bizarre deaths, and the dozens of Hidden Cloud Village who were too badly injured to get up.
Although the exchange of fire was brief, the extent of the damage to the archipelago was astonishing.
Moreover, he suspects that the extent of the damage was achieved through restraint.
After all, two-thirds of the thirty supply ships belonging to the Hidden Cloud Village were still relatively intact.
On some remote islands far from the heart of the battlefield, a considerable amount of supplies remained, which had not been taken away in time.
However, this was completely different from the original plan. According to the original plan, Yayoi, the General of the Land of Night, was supposed to hold back the enemy's main force, while a force of over a thousand men from the rear would then surround them...
Well, you could only say that plans can never keep up with changes.
Fortunately, there is an alternative plan: the Hidden Cloud Village will decisively withdraw, and the vanguard force composed of Yayoi and a few others will head directly to the Land of Land of Lightning's mainland to enter the self-defense counterattack phase to protect the Land of Night.
"Teams One and Two are responsible for collecting the bodies, searching for the wounded, and detaining them."
Teams three through six will inventory and salvage the supplies.
"Teams seven through ten will clean up the battlefield and build fortifications."
The ninja leading this thousand-strong force Uchiha Hokuto, the head of the Uchiha Clan in the Land of Night.
Although he is already sixty years old and his strength began to decline rapidly several years ago, he has fortunately taken some precious drugs to replenish his vitality and prolong his youth, which allows him to barely maintain his peak condition.
As an old man who has lived through the Warring States Era, he is very familiar with war and has rich experience in dealing with it, and he can command the troops in an orderly manner.
This mixed force of over a thousand Samurai and ninjas was divided into ten companies, each with a different number of men, but all of them had just over a hundred.
Doichi was an ordinary member of the 7th Squad of the 1st Company, whose captain was Elite Jonin from the Uchiha Clan.
The team members are the Samurai Mifune and the genius girl Shiraishi Aotori, who comes from an ordinary family.
This girl possesses superb Chakra control abilities and is an important Medical support unit in the team, skilled in Taijutsu and Medical Ninjutsu.
Without a doubt, these two were important members of the team left to him by his father, Yayoi.
One is the son of Samurai commander, whose Swordsmanship talent is unparalleled in the entire Land of Night. Two or three years ago, when he graduated from school, Mifune directly defeated a Upper Samurai and passed a special exam. Now he is a Upper Samurai.
A commoner genius with no background or complicated relationships, and possessing unparalleled Medical talent, is destined to hold a high-ranking position in the Medical Rescue Department, perhaps even a minister or deputy minister.
"Listen carefully, our Seventh Squad's mission is to collect the bodies. We should try to gather any intact bodies and avoid damaging them. Aotori, you have the most experience and ability in this area, so the Seventh Squad will be led by you from now on."
The Jonin the Seventh Squad Uchiha Kazuya, was around thirty years old. Like most male Uchiha ninjas, he was handsome with neat, short hair.
He then turned his head and spoke to the only girl in the group— Shiraishi Aotori.
"Yes, Captain Kazuya."
The girl, Shiraishi Aotori, nodded seriously. Unlike the other three in the group, her Ninja Outfit was white, with a white trench coat over it. The word "medicine" was prominently displayed in red on the vest of the trench coat, signifying her identity as Medical Ninja.
She was neither tall nor short, just of normal development, but she had well-maintained long blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and wore frameless pink glasses, giving her an intellectual and beautiful, gentle aura.
Unlike the ninja village model of training Medical Ninja, the Land of Night, in its training of Medical Ninja, not only focuses on cultivating Medical skills, but also emphasizes Taijutsu techniques), which must be taught and assessed.
This was precisely to improve the support and evasion capabilities of Medical Ninja, and to ensure they weren't completely helpless when faced with danger.
Therefore, if you view Aotori as a weak and powerless Medical Ninja, you will definitely suffer a great loss.
While her Taijutsu are not enough to directly confront Jonin or Upper Samurai, she can hold her own against four or five Chunin on her own without being at a disadvantage.
This level of combat ability is actually quite outstanding for Medical Ninja.
In a few years, given her age and talent, as long as she puts in the effort, it won't be difficult for her to acquire combat abilities at the Jonin or Upper Samurai.
If she didn't possess such outstanding talent and strength, she wouldn't have been assigned to this team.
Doichi and Mifune had no objection to Uchiha Kazuya's arrangements and obediently followed behind Aotori, joining the rest of the team in collecting the bodies.
Unlike the corpses of Ordinary People, even after a ninja dies, important secrets and information can be obtained from their bodies. If you're lucky, you might even uncover the secrets of special Ninjutsu.
Especially for ninjas with Kekkei Genkai, the more intact the corpse, the higher its value. The reason why the power of many Kekkei Genkai families has been cracked by outsiders is often because outsiders studied the corpses and deciphered their secrets.
Besides collecting the corpses, the First and Second Companies were also responsible for handling prisoners—that is, detaining some seriously wounded Hidden Cloud Village who were unable to escape.
No matter how important a corpse is, it's not as useful as a living person.
Whether used for trade with Hidden Cloud Village or for intelligence gathering, the value of living ninjas is immeasurable.
Well, the premise is that these seriously injured Hidden Cloud Village who cannot get up obediently accept their status as prisoners.
While collecting the corpses, Doichi caught a glimpse of a severely wounded and crippled Hidden Cloud Village out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly, with his last bit of strength, the ninja grabbed Kunai and launched an attack, only to have his throat slit instantly by a Samurai, killing him on the spot.
Fortunately, most of the surviving Hidden Cloud Village knew the value of life. Although they didn't cooperate much with their work, they didn't do anything foolish like launching a sneak attack or resisting. They just stubbornly accepted their fate as prisoners, preserving their last bit of self-respect.
Doichi's expression turned slightly unnatural at all, but he quickly regained his composure.
Since graduating in March and officially joining the Jonin squad, he has had his share of bloodshed during missions.
But ordinary killings are a little different from this situation, because the way these Hidden Cloud Village looked after their defeat was truly tragic.
Whether alive or dead, most of the Hidden Cloud Village were missing limbs, and many had even been cut in half at the waist. Their agonizing screams had been heard ever since they arrived.
Doichi followed Aotori to a place densely packed with corpses. He squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, only to find several bloodstained fingers and some white bones covered with bloody bits of flesh. Dao Yi's face fell, and his stomach began to churn.
He wasn't the only one; many ninjas and Samurai who had just graduated this year were also filled with bitterness.
While they sometimes have to kill during missions, the horrific scenes they encounter go far beyond mere killing.
Although this brutal scene was not intentionally caused, but rather a consequence of the weak being caught in the crossfire of a battle between the strong.
'This is war...'
Doichi glanced at the team leaders, who stood there with normal expressions, neither making a sound nor doing any work, demonstrating a strong mental fortitude.
Doichi believed that the fact that these team leaders weren't doing any work might be an important part of tempering the new recruits' will and helping them adapt to the pace of war as quickly as possible.