Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Chapter 170 The Battle of Fate

On the other side, the walkway above Water Rain Gorge.

The troops of Huangtu and Baixing are still in a standoff.

"How should I address this person?" After the perception team conducted multiple checks and confirmed that there were no ambushes around, Huang Tu finally understood Bai Xing's strength and dared not be careless.

At this moment, Huang Tu, who was in his youth, stepped forward and respectfully greeted them:

"I am a Jonin from Iwagakure and the son of the Third Tsuchikage."

"If you desire any reward, please feel free to give your orders. My team happens to have quite a few..."

"Oh. I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it."

At this moment, Shirahoshi created a three-meter-tall slime sword and inserted it into the crack. He rested against the blade and checked on the situation of his clone.

But upon hearing Huang Tu's words, he also recalled the actions of the Iwa ninja along the way:

"You guys broke through White Rain City not long ago, right?"

“That place is an ally of our Lunar Organization.”

"did you know?"

Monthly organization.

Huang Tu noted down the name, then shook his head sheepishly, "I really don't know that. We just received a secret message from Amegakure..."

"Oh? So you're planning to help Amegakure clear their name?" Shirahoshi interrupted Kotobuki directly. "Then we'll be enemies."

"No, no, no—" Huang Tu wasn't stupid. They hadn't even given any benefits, and he was being forced to offend people to secure this cooperation. What kind of cooperation was this? He immediately started spouting nonsense: "We just thought Rain Ninja were attacking the town, so we rushed in to help the residents of White Rain City drive them away. Absolutely nothing..."

"Those supplies were also from the Rain Village ninja?" Shirahoshi's eyes were smiling as she thought to herself, "You bastard, you're really good at bragging."

"I...I found this by accident," Huang Tu said, scratching his head.

"Good grief, you turned on auto-pickup, huh? I'm too lazy to compete with you."

Bai Xing rose from the sword's edge, and Huang Tu became a little nervous. "Th-that, we can pay it back! We didn't kill a single person!"

Fortunately, his father had instructed him before he came out, otherwise he might have helped Amegakure clear his name for no reason, and lost countless ninjas in the process.

"That's not up to you."

"Secondly, as I just mentioned."

With a thought from Bai Xing, the slime greatsword reacted, "Those who cross this line..."

"die!!"

"Not good!" Huang Tu then realized that Bai Xing had discovered that he had secretly sent a small squad of troops behind him to use earth magic to pass through Bai Xing's territory.

The giant sword flew out, and after being injected with fire chakra by Shirahoshi's chakra threads, it gradually changed from light blue to deep red, aiming at an Iwagakure team below a canyon.

"Watch out!!" a Jonin from Iwagakure shouted downwards, "The attack is coming! Retreat!"

"Too late." Shirahoshi deliberately waited until the Iwagakure team had crossed the land he was pointing below by about fifty meters before making his move:

"Fire Assault - Greatsword Chain Slash!"

The massive fire sword crashed into the rocky terrain below. The Iwagakure squad peeked out, eager to hear their commander's instructions, only to be met with the fiery red giant sword not far away...

"burst!"

boom! ! ! !

The flames instantly filled the Iwagakure squad's vision, and the mountain shook and trembled.

Seeing this, Huang Tu gritted his teeth and dared not let the troops behind him continue their operation.

The main problem is this area, which is surrounded by rain, making it difficult to perceive the surrounding environment and reduce visibility.

The rear troops were positioned at a flat, cliffside official road. Without traversing this canyon, they would have to use a massive amount of chakra to leap down the cliffs on either side...

What if there are traps below? What if someone is lying in ambush ahead?! And supplies need to be relayed from behind. If this person destroys the canyon passage, how will the logistics troops transport supplies?

The loess soil dares not gamble.

Even in ninja wars, the need to utilize modern passageways cannot be avoided.

In addition, this place is about 200 kilometers away from the border of Huoyu.

"Alright, alright. We won't go over there, we can retreat, right?"

"Could you please have someone clean up my companion's body?" Huang Tu asked.

Bai Xing once again conjured a giant sword and inserted it into the crevice. Leaning against the blade, she crossed her arms and looked at Huang Tu: "I'll help you."

huh, huh, huh-

Chakra threads flew out from above and landed in the blasted hole below, each thread grabbing a fragment of the body of one of the four Iwagakure ninjas and placing it in front of Huang Tu.

"This is... chakra threads... such powerful chakra control," Jonin Doi said in awe.

"Pack up and retreat." Huang Tu raised his hand. They couldn't linger in this position any longer. If it got completely dark and their troops were attacked by unknown forces, that would be disastrous.

At worst, we can change the passageway tomorrow morning to avoid encountering this jinx and wasting our troops.

"We'll come to you with the supplies once we've finished dealing with things back home."

Shirahoshi did not pursue them. If he were in command, he would not have allowed the Iwa ninja to waste their chakra on dangerous paths. For example, the Land of Waterfalls is full of waterfalls and mountain roads. The bridges and walkways can only accommodate one carriage at most, and sometimes landslides make the roads impassable.

This is not a place suitable for fighting; the country is much more peaceful.

The team generally doesn't cause trouble within the territory of Taki no Kyu, except when passing through.

"Alright! We'll be very happy to welcome you then, Moon Organization!" Huang Tu said through gritted teeth, because he, the commander-in-chief, had led over a thousand Iwa ninja troops, yet he had been forced to retreat by a single enemy!

At this moment, their war is against Konoha, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure, not a time to waste resources on local mercenaries from Amegakure!

The main reason is that Loulan wiped out more than 2,000 Iwa ninja troops in two consecutive battles, which means that Iwagakure's forces cannot be wasted easily.

It's important to understand that a ninja village can only mobilize a maximum of ten to twenty thousand ninjas, including retired and genin.

The Iwagakure genin are used more often, and with the reserve genin who only know a little chakra, the maximum number of ninja that can be mobilized at present is around 20,000.

Furthermore, Huang Tu's forces are not composed of low-ranking cannon fodder; most of them are regular-rank Chunin, and even more than fifty Special Jonin. If they were to die, Huang Tu, even if he were Onoki's son, would have to commit seppuku.

......

"Retreat."

"As expected of a kid who inherited Onoki's personality, he's quite cautious. If it were a more impulsive commander, he probably would have charged straight in."

Shirahoshi rose from the blade and pressed it against the greatsword, directly absorbing that portion of chakra without wasting it.

"wrong."

"Given the cunning of the Iwa ninja, they'll probably send scouts later..."

"Slime Clone Technique!"

......

Pingshi Gorge.

On this battlefield, the vanguard of about sixty Amegakure members were all wiped out by the new Amegakure ninja led by Yahiko.

Yahiko's face and body were covered in blood, and Nagato stood beside him.

After the battle, everyone took out special body bags and put the fallen members in them.

"Thirty-two people were sacrificed."

"Why don't they surrender? Clearly, clearly if they just gave up, our future would be bright," Yahiko said.

“Isn’t this normal? Normal vanguard units are all members trusted by the village,” Scorpion said as he collected various enemy corpses on the battlefield.

"Have you ever seen a cowardly ninja sent to the front lines? That only lowers the morale of your own faction."

Therefore, this unit was prepared to die before they arrived.

The rain was falling softly.

Yahiko stood before his many comrades who had sacrificed their lives in this battle and bowed deeply.

Upon seeing this, Nagato and the others behind him also bowed.

Soon.

The vanguard of the new Rain Ninja appeared on the main road behind this flat canyon.

Yu Long led a force of no less than seven hundred men forward.

Meanwhile, on the main road from Amegakure, Hanzo's thousand-nin army was also following closely behind.

Simultaneously.

After Yahiko dealt with this vanguard force, a new batch of vanguard forces emerged on the road behind them.

"Fight for Lord Hanzo!!"

This is Hanzo's scheme.

Three vanguard units were deployed in rotation to guard the area.

If the vanguard is wiped out, the next unit will move forward.

This allowed them to keep Yahiko's troops inside the Hiraishi Gorge!

"Yahiko, don't be afraid, we're here!"

At the critical moment, Yu Long led a group of Yu Yin squad members to rush up from behind.

It replenished the physical strength of Yahiko and the others after the battle.

War broke out again, but this time, it was accompanied by reinforcements from the rear.

The second vanguard of the Rain Village forces was completely wiped out by the new Rain Village forces.

At this point, there was no need for a third vanguard force to be added.

because.

tread!tread!tread!

ten.