As time passed and the battle continued, the clamor and noise of the battlefield gradually subsided.
Finally, as the sunlight peeking through the clouds was about to disappear, only one Sunagakure remained on the battlefield.
A Sunagakure Genin was fortunate enough to become the last ninja to survive to the end. Judging from her delicate and beautiful face, this Sand Ninja was a very young girl.
She noticed the noise around her gradually subsiding, and while remaining wary of the brutal Konoha Uchiha ninja opposite her, she couldn't help but shift her gaze to look around.
Although she had a vague idea of the outcome, she still couldn't stop trembling.
She could no longer see any of her companions from Sunagakure; instead, dozens of Konoha Ninja with fierce expressions and wearing green vests were staring at her menacingly.
Seeing herself surrounded by dozens of Konoha Ninja, the girl from Sunagakure began to tremble as she held up her Kunai, her face growing increasingly panicked.
"Ah!!!"
Ultimately a qualified ninja, despite her deep fear and knowing her fate, the Sunagakure girl raised her Kunai and charged at the Uchiha ninja with a death wish.
"Clang!"
"Bite!"
Unfortunately, sometimes mindset alone cannot determine everything. The equally young Konoha Uchiha ninja on the other side easily blocked the Sand Village girl's all-out attack.
Perhaps with a mocking attitude, this Konoha Chunin, a young genius from the Uchiha Clan, could have easily killed the Sunagakure girl, but he deliberately didn't.
Instead, he stood still, watching the Sand Ninja girl opposite him slowly lose her sense of certain death born of despair and gradually collapse, and a smile appeared on his face.
Seeing this scene resembling a cat playing with a mouse, most of the dozens of Konoha Ninja around stopped joining in, shook their heads, and turned to help others on the battlefield clean up the battlefield or bandage their wounds.
The remaining dozen or so Konoha Ninja on the field seemed quite interested in the scene, all smiling as they stood in a circle, arms crossed, watching the center with great interest.
A dozen seconds later, this scene came to an end with Shin'un's arrival.
"What are you all doing! Are you all free?!"
Shin'un was still some distance away when he saw a dozen or so people gathered in a group. He narrowed his eyes and rushed over.
Pushing aside those blocking his way, Shin'un walked straight into the crowd and saw his teammate Uchiha Yūichi and a Sand Ninja girl playing a cat-and-mouse game in the center of the crowd.
Shaking his head helplessly, Shin'un first turned to look at the Konoha Ninja who were forming a circle behind him and said:
Did you replenish your supplies on the spot if you ran out?
"Have you finished treating your wounds and getting rid of the smell of blood?"
"When we're on our way, if even a trace of blood gets out, I'll personally use Lightning Release to seal your wounds!"
"..."
When the dozen or so Konoha Ninja around saw that the leader of this team, the Elite Jonin Hirakawa Shin'un, had arrived, they immediately lost their previous enthusiastic demeanor, lowered their arms that were crossed over their chests, and listened to Shin'un's speech with their heads slightly lowered.
Although Shin'un is still relatively young, his superior strength, his recent outstanding performance on the battlefield, his status as the team leader, and his somewhat fitting title of " Lightning Kid " have all brought Shin'un considerable prestige.
Although they were nowhere near as good as the Sannin could hold off or even fight to a draw against the " Demigod of the Ninja World," Hanzo of the Salamander, they were at least elite ninjas who had made their names in various ninja villages.
At the same time, this also allowed Shin'un to reprimand the other ninjas as a matter of course, making his actions as the team leader smoother and allowing the other ninjas to accept Shin'un's reprimands with a clear conscience.
After all, the Shinobi World is a world where the strong call the shots; anything unreasonable can be made reasonable if you are strong enough.
"Alright, hurry up and get things organized."
"We'll be departing in two minutes."
After a few words of reprimand, Shin'un didn't bother to say anything more and waved his hand to signal the dozen or so Konoha Ninja in front of him to leave.
Upon hearing Shin'un's words, the dozen or so Konoha Ninja looked up at each other and said in unison:
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"..."
After saying that, the dozen or so Konoha Ninja immediately turned and left. Their departing figures were hurried, as if they were afraid that Shin'un would scold them again.
After all, although Shin'un had the ability, qualifications, and prestige to reprimand them, they didn't harbor much resentment. Most of them also felt that Shin'un's reprimand was reasonable. However, Shin'un was only fourteen years old this year, and it was quite embarrassing to be reprimanded in public by such a young child...
Watching the dozen or so Konoha Ninja disappear into the distance, Shin'un finally had time to turn around and deal with Uchiha Yūichi and the Sunagakure girl who were still playing cat and mouse behind him.
Standing there, Shin'un frowned Yūichi as he watched Yuichi, who seemed to be enjoying toying with the Sand Ninja, and thought to himself:
"Everyone says that Uchiha clan members' mental state after awakening their Sharingan is like that of a psychopath, but this guy looks like a genuine psychopath to me."
Shaking his head, Shin'un intended to stop Yūichi's actions. "Alright, Yūichi, hurry up and finish this fight, give her a quick death, we're about to set off." Shin'un crossed his arms, looked at the two people in front of him, and said slowly.
"Please, Shin'un, time isn't that tight. Let me have some fun."
Looking at the Sunagakure girl in front of him, who was crying in despair, Yūichi easily parried her increasingly feeble attacks and replied with a smile to Shin'un beside him.
Shin'un shook his head, looked up at the horizon, and saw that the sun was clearly setting, so he decided to take action directly.
Extending out his right arm, after a few simple hand gestures, a thin, crackling electric current appeared and hovered on the outside of Shin'un's right arm.
Lightning Release: False Darkness!
As Shin'un gently waved his right hand forward, the slender bolt of electricity surged towards the Sunagakure girl.
"Sizzle~"
"Hiss~"
With a faint whooshing sound, the electric current struck the Sunagakure girl directly between the eyebrows, leaving a small, round hole that went through both ends.
Suddenly, the Sunagakure froze, his body seemingly losing all strength, and he collapsed to the ground, lifeless. His handsome face still seemed to bear the despair of the moment before.
"Hey!" Upon seeing the Sand Ninja he considered a toy killed, Yūichi immediately looked at Shin'un with displeasure. " Shin'un, what are you doing?"
Seeing Yūichi's appearance, Shin'un frowned and said:
"Pay attention to your mental state and keep a clear head at all times."
"Also, you should know that we are very short on time."
"According to the Jonin Nara's plan, we need to rendezvous with the other large forces before the sun completely sets, so as not to waste time making subsequent arrangements."
"Furthermore, because of you, I've already extended the adjustment period from one minute to two minutes. What more do you want?"