"Yes!" Upon receiving the order from Shin'un, the dozen or so ninjas around Shin'un immediately dispersed and scattered towards the thousand ninja soldiers behind him.
These dozen or so ninjas shared the same duty as Shirai Rei: to relay Shin'un's orders to the entire army. They were a separate communications unit and did not belong to the ten ninja squads of over a hundred people each led by the ten Jonin.
It wasn't just these dozen or so ninjas; all of the more than one hundred ninjas surrounding Shin'un belonged to this group, and they were considered subordinates whom Shin'un could directly command.
Seeing a dozen or so ninjas running back to relay their orders, Shin'un immediately turned to the Inuzuka Clan ninja beside him and asked, "How far are we from the Sand Ninja ahead?"
"Report, we're about two thousand meters away. My reconnaissance team is waiting for orders not far from that group of Sand Ninja," the Inuzuka Clan ninja said after a quick calculation.
"More than two thousand meters?" Shin'un glanced back at the noise made by the nearly one thousand ninjas moving together, pondering to himself, "In that case, those Sand Ninja might have already discovered our reinforcements."
"Speed up!" Fearing the enemy might simply flee, Shin'un disregarded the consequences and immediately accelerated, pressing forward. "Prepare for battle!"
"Yes!" Nearly a hundred ninjas were chasing after Shin'un. Upon hearing Shin'un's order to prepare for battle, they all took out Kunai, gathered their Chakra, adjusted their state, and prepared to fight.
Suddenly, Shin'un seemed to remember something and looked at the Nawaki Squad that had been following him.
After three consecutive days of non-stop marching, Nawaki seemed to have begun to realize the hardships of the battlefield. He had been silent since yesterday, following Shin'un without saying a word.
Although Nawaki seemed much more composed, Shin'un was still somewhat worried and instructed him, " Nawaki, this is your first time leaving Konoha, and also your first time encountering enemy village ninjas."
"Don't think about killing the enemy. Once the battle starts, just find a corner and watch what a real ninja fight looks like."
"Ah!" Upon hearing Shin'un's words, Nawaki immediately snapped out of his daze and hurriedly waved his hands. "Big brother, how can this be?"
"You know, I've been prepared for this for a long time, ready to fight the enemy with all my might..."
Seeing Nawaki's appearance, Shin'un was speechless. How could he have thought that Nawaki had become more composed...?
It seems that his previous silence was simply because Nawaki was a little tired after three days of forced marching and had never left the village to carry out any missions.
"Alright." They were about to crash into the Sand Ninja ahead, and Shin'un didn't have time to talk to Nawaki, abruptly ending the conversation. "Do as I say!"
After speaking, Shin'un turned his gaze to the other side and beckoned over a Hyuga Clan ninja who had been following him.
"We've traveled quite a distance; can we see those Sand Ninja now?"
Upon hearing this, the Hyuga ninja immediately Hand Seals, his temples bulging with veins, clearly observing the movements of the Sand Ninja from a distance.
"Report, we can see them." After observing for a while, the Hyuga Clan ninja replied, "However, they are fleeing into the distance, probably sensing our large group of ninjas approaching."
Shin'un frowned slightly and asked, "Can we catch up at our current speed?"
"Sure," the Hyuga Clan ninja replied.
"They must have broken through our Konoha defenses to get here. We can see several seriously wounded among them, and most of them have minor injuries of varying degrees."
"Those injuries have severely slowed them down. If we maintain our current speed, we should be able to spot them once we enter the Land of Land of Rain."
Hearing this, Shin'un nodded and said nothing more, but his pace subtly quickened.
A few minutes later.
The group had just crossed the border of the Land of Fire and arrived at the territory of the Land of Rain.
The familiar thick, dark clouds of the Land of Rain appeared before my eyes, and a light drizzle once again covered Shin'un.
"Why is it still raining in this damn place!" Seeing the dark clouds in the sky and feeling the dampness everywhere, Xiong Yi, who was not far from Shin'un, Yūichi spoke up in frustration.
Upon hearing this, Shin'un glanced sideways at Yūichi.
Yūichi's Fire Style is weakened in rainy weather. During the three years he spent in the Land of Rain, Yūichi complained about the Land of Rain several times a day. Shin'un and Shiina Kō had basically gotten used to it.
With his thoughts back on track, Shin'un took a deep breath of the familiar, humid air of the Land of Rain, and his spirit couldn't help but jolt.
Then, Shin'un's attention returned to what was in front of him.
"Report: We are 500 meters away from the Sand Ninja."
The Hyuga ninja in charge of reconnaissance dutifully reported the findings.
Shin'un nodded, his gaze fixed on what lay ahead.
Half a minute later, the figures of Sand Ninja could be seen appearing in the distance ahead.
Staring intently at the figures of these Sand Ninja, Shin'un's eyes narrowed, his attention focused, and everything in his field of vision slowed down rapidly.
"Sizzle~"
As he ran, he Hand Seals with his right hand behind his back, and a faint electric current appeared around his body, entering the Lightning Body Flicker state, instantly increasing his speed.
Like a bolt of lightning, Shin'un appeared before the surrounding ninjas in the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, Shin'un had already closed to within a hundred meters of the Sand Ninja using the extreme speed brought by the Lightning Body Flicker.
After reaching a certain distance, Shin'un slowed down slightly. Looking at the Sand Ninja figures ahead who had already noticed him, he placed his hands in front of his chest and began to Hand Seals.
" Lightning Release? Lightning Snake!"
With a thought, Shin'un rapidly consumed a large amount of Chakra, and a highly condensed ball of lightning appeared in his palm.
"Hiss~"
A faint hissing sound like snakes appeared, and immediately more than a dozen ferocious snake heads made of electric current shot out from the ball of lightning.
The next second, a dozen Lightning Snake rushed towards nearly a hundred Sand Ninja at an extremely fast speed, their Lightning Snake bodies, which were covered with scales and looked lifelike, extending dozens of meters long in the air along their path.
"This!"
"What is that?!"
Ah!~~~
"..."
A dozen or so Lightning Snake charged into the Sand Ninja crowd, each Lightning Snake a Sand Ninja. The Lightning Snake, which were essentially solidified from a large amount of electricity, immediately emitted a large amount of current that surged into the Sunagakure they were biting, and screams of agony immediately followed.
The cries of agony reached his ears. Seeing that his attack had taken effect, Shin'un's expression remained unchanged. His purpose in using Lightning Release: Lightning Snake was not only to attack the nearly one hundred Sand Ninja fleeing in front of him.
With a thought, Shin'un remotely controlled the Lightning Snake to perform the next action through the lightning orb in his hand that was connected to all the Lightning Snake tails.
"Sizzle~"
With Shin'un's control, the dozen or so Lightning Snake made new moves.
They tossed aside the dead Sand Ninja from their mouths, their bodies swelled and exploded, and the electric currents that made up their bodies spread out, filling the surrounding space.
Under Shin'un's deliberate manipulation, more than a dozen Lightning Snake were evenly distributed among the nearly one hundred Sand Ninja.
When the Lightning Snake exploded and electricity surged out, most of the Sand Ninja were paralyzed by the current, their bodies out of control, leaving them standing there frozen.
At this moment, the Konoha Ninja behind Shin'un finally arrived.
Maintaining the ball of lightning in his hand, Shin'un, his eyes blazing with murderous intent, commanded:
Kill them all, leave no one alive!