"That's right, Kōki's analysis is correct. Sunagakure won't take such a big risk. If they dared to do so, not only would the other three ninja villages not let them off the hook, but even their own daimyo would truly abandon them."
As the team's strategist, Nara Yūsuke completely agreed with Kōki's opinion. He also believed that the people of Sunagakure wouldn't be so stupid. Apart from lone wolves, no one in the Shinobi World would dare to do such a thing. Those who dare to do it usually don't have a good ending. If they have a ninja village behind them, it will also implicate their own village.
"So, the people of Sunagakure intend to detour through the Land of Lightning Land of Lightning then return to Sunagakure from there." After listening to Kōki and Nara Yūsuke's analysis, Akimichi Tsuyoshi understood the Sunagakure team's purpose.
"That's right, we need to speed things up now. If they get into the Land of Lightning, our mission will have failed. But there's good news: their team members are all injured to varying degrees, which will slow down their escape."
"So if we move faster, we can catch up with them." On the other side Yamanaka Kenji picked up where Akimichi Tsuyoshi. While searching the battlefield, he found fragments of clothing unique to Sunagakure, guessing that some of the Sunagakure people were injured, so he suggested that they speed up their pursuit of Sunagakure.
At the same time, he handed the fragment to Nara Yūsuke for examination. After taking the fragment and examining it several times, Nara Yūsuke confirmed that it was a fragment of Sunagakure's clothing. He immediately waved his hand, signaling to accelerate the pursuit.
After receiving instructions from Nara Yūsuke, Kōki and the others set off again, this time at a much faster pace than before.
On the other side, a ninja dressed Sunagakure Anbu member was bandaging his wound when he asked the ninja who was deep in thought, "Captain, what do we do now?"
The Sunagakure troops were relentlessly pursued by Konoha Ninja from the border, only managing to escape after losing most of their comrades.
After escaping their pursuers, they found a secluded place to rest.
To avoid revealing their whereabouts, they dared not even light a fire, and could only endure the cold and rely on unpalatable Military Rations Pill to replenish their Chakra and strength.
Even so, they dared not relax their vigilance. They knew that on Konoha's territory, the slightest mistake could mean certain death. A sense of frustration and despair began to spread among the squad.
At this moment, the man referred to as the captain by the Sunagakure's Anbu was thinking about a strategy to escape the Land of Fire. He understood that he had been lucky to escape from Konoha earlier.
Because the border ninjas of Konoha cannot pursue them for too long, otherwise they will be caught off guard by their own village's frontline ninjas.
But now they weren't so lucky; he guessed that those chasing them were definitely Konoha's Anbu.
"Captain, which way should we run? Should we continue the mission?"
Despite his teammates' constant urging, the Sunagakure captain wasn't angry; he understood the anxiety and worry in his teammates' hearts.
However, he didn't have a good solution for the time being. Just as he was racking his brains to think of a way out, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind. He said to his four remaining teammates, "We're not going to do the mission. We'll pretend to head towards the capital of the Land of Fire, but actually bypass the capital, enter the Land of Fire Land of Lightning, and then use the Land of Lightning as a route back to our Land of Wind."
"Furthermore, this might attract Konoha's attention, forcing them to divide their forces to protect the Land of Land of Fire's capital, thus reducing obstacles to our escape."
At this point, the Sunagakure captain was no longer thinking about how to complete the mission of destroying the Land of Fire, but rather about escaping the Land of Fire.
After being discovered by Konoha Ninja at the border, he knew his infiltration plan had failed, and now he was just one Sand ninja alive at best.
Before he began this mission, Lord Rasa had told him that if the infiltration failed, he should evacuate the Land of Fire as quickly as possible. Every Jonin is a precious asset to Sunagakure, and Sunagakure doesn't have as many talents as Konoha to waste.
The Sunagakure captain's words gave the other members a glimmer of hope; no one wanted to die if they could live.
With renewed hope, the Sunagakure squad's spirits lifted, their eyes gleaming with vitality. They then began quietly organizing their combat tools, while the wounded quickly began treating their injuries, striving to preserve their maximum fighting strength before the final battle.
After resting for two hours, the Sunagakure Village squad leader signaled for them to depart. They didn't have much time left to rest; if they didn't leave soon, their chances of successfully escaping the Land of Fire would be greatly reduced. His team members understood the urgency of the situation and, without hesitation, stood up to obey their leader's instructions.
The group of five immediately set off and jumped into the jungle, beginning their journey through the night.
Before they had run far, the Sunagakure Village team member at the front suddenly felt something snag on his foot. Looking down in confusion, he saw a horrifying sight in the bright moonlight: several Explosive Tag had appeared beneath his feet. Realizing something was wrong, he was about to warn his teammates behind him when the Explosive Tag exploded.
The flames and blast wave from the explosion engulfed him and knocked over his teammates behind him. He died without ever knowing when the enemy had moved in front of them to set a trap.
The other members of the " Yusa " Sand Ninja team were also shocked by this sudden turn of events and immediately called out their teammate's name. But unfortunately, the Yusa Ninja named Yusa was no longer able to respond to them.
However, they had no time to grieve at this moment. The death of Yusa made them realize that the people of Konoha had arrived and had laid a trap in their path. A bad premonition welled up in their hearts.
Suddenly, a whooshing sound came from the air, and four or five Kunai the shadows of the forest toward the remaining Sunagakure team members. However, the Sand Village ninjas, who were already on guard around them, quickly dodged.
Unexpectedly, this played right into the hands of the attackers lurking in the shadows. A Sand Ninja, trying to avoid Kunai, leaped onto a branch of a nearby tree, warily surveying his surroundings.
However, he overlooked the tree trunk beneath his feet. A small figure silently emerged from the trunk and, seizing the opportunity, thrust a Kunai straight into his chest, piercing his heart.
The Sand Ninja, whose heart had been pierced, never imagined that an enemy was hiding inside the trees, and that this enemy was so young.
That's right, the person who killed this Sand Ninja was Kōki. After analyzing the Sunagakure's escape route, Kōki and his group quickened their pace. With their excellent sensory abilities, they sensed the Sunagakure group and ran ahead of the Sunagakure team to ambush them and set up a trap.
Under Nara Yusuke's command, Yuki and his group first killed a Sand Ninja with explosive tags, and then, thanks to the special nature of Yuki's Tree Release technique, they hid in the trees and ambushed and killed another Sand Ninja.
The Sunagakure team lost two members in one fell swoop, and the remaining three were no longer a threat to Kōki and his team.
"Damn it, Yūta!" The remaining three were enraged when they saw Kōki ambush and kill their teammate. They gathered their Chakra and prepared to Hand Seals to unleash Ninjutsu to make Kōki pay the price.
Perhaps their anger at the ambush that killed their teammate clouded their judgment, causing them to focus all their attention on Kōki and completely fail to notice the shadow that had appeared beneath their feet.
Just as they raised their hands to form Hand Seals, they suddenly found themselves unable to move.
" Shadow Possession Jutsu, successful!" Nara Yūsuke, who appeared out of nowhere, secretly used the pure white moonlight as a light source to control three Sand Ninja with his Shadow Secret Techniques.
"Tsukasa, hurry up. My technique still has weaknesses at night." The Nara Clan's Shadow Secret Techniques is most powerful during the day when the sun is strongest, and it can also be used at night by moonlight, but the power of the technique is lower, and strong enemies can break free.
"Understood, Mind Body Switch Technique." Upon hearing Nara Yūsuke's words Yamanaka Kenji immediately used his Mind Secret Techniques to help Nara control the three Sand Ninja.
" Partial Expansion Jutsu, Fist!" Akimichi Tsuyoshi, who had been waiting for a long time, showed up without hesitation and immediately used the Partial Expansion Jutsu to attack the enemy.
Under the tightly interlocking chain of control, the three Sand Ninja could only watch helplessly as a gigantic fist appeared before them.
He slammed them to the ground with a single punch, shattering the entire ground beneath Akimichi Tsuyoshi's massive fist.