The operation at Gray Bream Harbor was nearing its end, but this was precisely when they could least afford carelessness.
"Plant the explosive tags quickly! Focus on those sealed crates with unusually strong chakra signatures and the warehouse's main load-bearing structures!" Shinji commanded calmly, his gaze sweeping over the mountains of supplies inside the warehouse.
Shinji and Miwako immediately went to work like seasoned combat engineers, precisely affixing large numbers of explosive tags to the warehouse's key wooden support pillars and the specially made metal crates that emitted unusual chakra fluctuations, most likely containing chakra metal and sealing scrolls.
"Mission complete. Everyone withdraw immediately along the planned route!"
The three regrouped without a moment's hesitation and followed their preplanned escape route, avoiding the main patrol routes. Just as they had arrived, they silently melted into the deeper fog and darkness beyond the harbor, leaving no unnecessary traces behind.
Behind them, orange-red flames surged ever higher into the sky, accompanied by thunderous roars from a chain of explosions!
Gray Bream Harbor, the vital supply hub and strategic stronghold Kirigakure had painstakingly developed, was reduced to a burning, collapsing wasteland of ruins and inferno by Hatake Sakumo's squad in a precise, deadly fifteen-minute assault.
Two days had passed since the successful destruction of Gray Bream Harbor.
At a larger forward command camp on Konoha's eastern front, the atmosphere of war remained as taut as a drawn bowstring, tense and oppressive.
Yet an indescribable feeling, mingling excitement with admiration, quietly spread like an undercurrent among the lower- and middle-ranking ninja.
The news was that the White Fang Squad, with just three genin, had successfully infiltrated and destroyed Kirigakure's vital supply hub, Gray Bream Harbor, and seized crucial intelligence.
Although no official announcement had been made, word had already spread through unofficial channels in