Once the screams outside subsided, Kōki stopped the Wood Spike Formation and released the Wood Expulsion Jutsu. Looking around, he saw that there was no one left standing on the battlefield except for Kōki and his companions.
Kōki frowned as he looked at the bloody battlefield. He realized that the Impaling Formation he had developed was too gory; the ninjas who died under this technique were not even human-like, but rather a group of human hedgehogs.
Kōki secretly thought that he should use Impaling Technique less often in the future. The battlefield scenes left behind by this technique were unbearable for most people, and even he, the caster, felt disgusted by the horrific state of his enemies.
The three members of the Ino-Shika-Cho, who had just seen the light of day again, were also horrified by the scene of blood flowing like a river. As members of the Anbu, they were quite experienced, but this was the first time they had seen anything like it. They never expected that Kōki's technique would be so cruel, or more accurately, inhumane.
" Kōki, your technique is very powerful, but it's too bloody. It's best to avoid using it in the future," Nara Yūsuke advised Kōki.
Such techniques instill fear in enemies but also make comrades uncomfortable, damaging Kōki's personal image and easily leading to misunderstandings about Kōki, thus harming his reputation.
Nara Yūsuke believed that Kōki could become the light of Konoha, and such a cruel technique was inconsistent with the character of the light of Konoha.
Yamanaka Kenji and Akimichi Tsuyoshi, who were standing nearby, nodded in agreement; they also did not want Kōki to overuse this technique.
"Okay, senior, I understand. To be honest, this is the first time I've actually used this technique since I developed it, and I didn't expect it to be so bloody. I won't use it again unless it's absolutely necessary."
Kōki nodded in agreement to Nara Yūsuke's advice.
To be honest, he was indeed disgusted by the gore of this technique. He had previously developed this technique simply because it had a wide range and great power.
He never expected what the enemy would look like after being hit by this technique. Now that he has witnessed such a horrific scene, he has sealed the technique away and will basically never use it again.
"I really can't take it anymore, Kōki, let's use Earth Release to bury this scene together," Yamanaka Kenji suggested to Kōki with a grim expression, unable to bear the horrific sight any longer.
"Okay, but we'll start after I've gathered the intelligence."
Kōki agreed with Yamanaka Kenji's opinion, and he also expressed his distress over the tragic state of the battlefield. However, he noticed that his intelligence seemed to be on the body of the deceased Sunagakure, and he needed to retrieve the scroll containing the intelligence first.
After a few leaps, he arrived at the spot where he had previously used the Cutting Technique to take down the two Sunagakure. He then used the wooden sticks that grew from his arms to poke at the corpses there. He didn't want to touch the enemy's bloody bodies with his bare hands.
A few minutes later, he found the corpse of a Sunagakure behind a rock. The corpse was holding a scroll, and there was also the corpse of a bird that looked like a falcon next to him.
It's easy to see from this scene that the deceased Sunagakure was trying to use the rocks as cover to transmit information via Summoning Technique, but he didn't realize that Kōki's jutsu had no blind spots and died directly from his Impaling Formation.
However, Kōki was lucky; thankfully, he used the Impaling Formation for indiscriminate attacks, otherwise his information would have been taken away by the summoning beast.
Thinking this, Kōki secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then used a wooden stick to lift the scroll and confirmed that the information was correct before moving to the other side to continue searching. He remembered that there was another piece of information that should be nearby.
Kōki, who was searching for the Sunagakure corpses containing information, suddenly spotted an unusual trail and froze on the spot.
" Kōki, what's wrong?" Nara Yūsuke, who was following behind him, looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked. Then, following the direction in which Kōki was standing there, he saw a Sunagakure corpse pierced by wooden spikes, nothing special.
Just as he was about to ask further questions, Kōki himself answered, "Senpai, the body is gone. The Sunagakure Village resident who was affected by my Cutting Technique is gone."
Nara Yūsuke was somewhat confused by Kōki's words. He looked at the corpse on the wooden spikes in front of him. Wasn't the person right here?
"Senior, that's not it. My wooden spikes killed two people directly, but the third person is missing."
Upon hearing Kōki's words, Nara Yūsuke immediately realized something was wrong and asked Kōki seriously, " Kōki, are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm absolutely sure I'm not mistaken." Kōki's expression was somewhat grim; he sensed that he might have made a mistake.
After receiving Kōki's affirmative reply, Nara Yūsuke's expression became complicated. He also realized that Kōki's information might have been leaked.
" Kenji, Tsuyoshi, let's search the area again. Perhaps the Sunagakure carrying the intelligence is still nearby."
Nara Yūsuke still held a sliver of hope, thinking that the Sunagakure ninja, in his severely injured state, shouldn't have gone far.
Yamanaka Kenji and Akimichi Tsuyoshi also sensed the seriousness of Yūsuke's words and immediately began searching the surrounding area.
However, they were stopped by Kōki as soon as they started their operation.
"Senior, no need. I've already found traces of him, but it'll be difficult for us to catch up with him." At this moment Kōki had arrived in the bushes in the forest, and he spoke as he looked at the bloodstains on the ground.
Upon hearing Kōki's words, the three members of the Ino-Shika-Cho immediately jumped to Kōki's side and looked in the direction he was pointing.
A trail of blood could be seen heading towards the stronghold that Kōki and his men had just wiped out.
At this moment, Nara Yūsuke understood why Kōki said it was too late. There was a stream in that direction, and if Sunagakure wasn't stupid, they would jump into the rushing stream and escape with it.
Several minutes have passed since the battle ended, and no one knows when the Sand Sunagakure Sunagakure escaped, meaning it's now very difficult for them to catch up.
Having understood the situation, Nara Yūsuke immediately ordered, " Kōki, Kenji, quickly use your Release Technique to clean up the traces of the battlefield. We're leaving immediately. Kōki's information has most likely been exposed; we must return to the village quickly so the Lord Hokage can make a decision."
Nara Yūsuke knew exactly how important the information about Wood Release. Now that the information had been leaked, he had to quickly report this matter to Hiruzen Sarutobi so that Hiruzen Sarutobi could decide on the next course of action.
"Yes!"
Kōki and Yamanaka Kenji both used their Release Technique to destroy any traces of the battlefield.
Fire Style: Great Fireball
" Earth Release - Earth Cover "
The enormous fireball exploded directly on the battlefield, the shattered flames scattering everywhere and igniting the surrounding trees. The raging fire spread across the battlefield, and the mangled, unrecognizable corpses were burned to ashes in the flames.
Once he sensed that the flames had almost burned out, Yamanaka Kenji used Earth Release to lift up the ground of the battlefield, covering the flames and ashes beneath the surface like a tidal wave. All traces of the battle were thus buried.
After completing this series of actions, Kōki and his companions immediately left the battlefield and headed towards Konoha.