MSIN: Chapter 35

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Although he didn't know where the attack came from, Haori quickly retreated.

Three kunai hit the corpse he used as a shield, the smell of gunpowder and the flash of dust reminded him that these were no ordinary kunai.

They were kunai laced with explosives.

On the circular ring behind each kunai, there was a thin thread tied to a piece of paper with a jutsu drawn on it.

This thing, technically called an explosive tag.

Overall, explosive tags are a very practical and powerful tool, comparable to a B-rank attack jutsu. If you get hit by one, you'll either die or be seriously injured.

Of course, this is only if you get hit.

Not even caring about a comrade's corpse, this is the war between ninjas.

"BOOM!"

After a loud explosion, blood rained down beside Haori, sticking to his clothes, but he didn't care.

Haori was thrown back by the blast wave, and as he drew a small arc in the air, emerging from the smoke and dust of the explosion, three Sand ninjas charged towards him in mid-air.

Did he look like a helpless target?

The Chidori in his hand transformed into a blade of light. Haori's body twisted in mid-air, then used the force of the explosion to spin rapidly, turning him into a glowing top, along with the Chidori spear!

Chidori Shadow Leaf Dance!

The three Sand ninjas who attempted to attack him had just jumped up when they were cleanly cut in half in mid-air.

The ninja who had just attacked didn't pursue, he watched as his comrades were killed. After the attack ended, he quickly crouched and landed, then simultaneously exerted force in his legs and retreated again. He moved close to his Leaf comrades and faced the ninja.

Ignoring the surprise attack with kunai and explosive tags, this ninja was worthy of his attention.

Without time to count his recent kills, Haori gritted his teeth and pulled out the shuriken stuck in his arm and leg.

The explosive tags hadn't caused him any real damage, but they had thrown him into the air, and in the air, it was hard to avoid all the shuriken.

Haori avoided fatal injuries, but was still hit several times.

Then, he pulled out several glass bottles from his ninja tool pouch and quickly popped several different pills into his mouth.

Among them, besides blood-replenishing pills and hemostatic pills, the most important were various antidotes. He had been hit several times, and no one could guarantee that the enemy's weapons weren't poisoned.

Because of Chiyo's presence, various antidotes were standard equipment for Leaf ninjas.

Then he took out another bottle, poured out a ration pill and swallowed it.

Chakra was naturally Haori's weakness. Although he had taken out nearly ten enemies in one strike, his chakra was already half depleted, and he needed to replenish it urgently.

The Sand ninja walked towards Haori again. There had been no dialogue between them until now, and in fact, there wouldn't be any until one of them was killed.

This wasn't because of the cosmic truth that those who talk too much die quickly, but because they had no need to talk. They had no personal grudge, but in this situation, there was nothing but life or death.

Haori narrowed his eyes, he could see the cruel glint in the other's eyes.

He charged towards the other.

Unexpectedly, the Sand ninja threw his long sword with a flick of his wrist.

This was an unexpected move by Haori. Generally, ninjas could throw kunai without a problem, but throwing long weapons was less common.

However, this was still within Haori's reaction time. He quickly stopped, his head and upper body swiveled to the right, easily dodging the attack.

But that wasn't the point.

The problem wasn't over yet.

Originally, the enemy ninja had a long sword, now he threw it away, so the question is, what does he have in his hand now?

The answer is nothing.

When a ninja has both hands free, that's when they're least idle, because that's when they're forming hand seals.

Wind Release: Wind Cutting Technique!

A wind blade attempted to cut Haori in half.

At this time, Haori was in a rather awkward position to dodge the enemy's thrown sword, could he dodge this jutsu in time?

He could, if he couldn't, this fan fiction would end right here.

He saw his right leg trip over his left leg, and then miraculously tripped himself.

From a posture point of view, it wasn't very pretty...

Okay, let's not defend his image, it was a faceplant.

But at least he dodged the enemy's attack.

But it seemed like he was unable to fight back in this position, but that wasn't the case.

Just as the enemy was about to charge in for the finishing blow, Haori's face turned upwards. The fall had knocked his mask off, revealing his face.

But that wasn't important, the enemy wouldn't let him off just because he was handsome, the point was that his mouth was finally exposed... there's no mistake in that statement, is anyone thinking wrong? Those who are thinking wrong, go stand in the corner.

At the same time as he fell, he had already prepared to counterattack.

Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!

A fire dragon roared along the ground straight at the enemy.

Yes, Haori could use Fire Release, it should have been mentioned before, if it wasn't, then this information is now public.

He didn't expect this fire jutsu to kill the enemy, he just hoped to buy himself a little time... so he could get up from the ground.

The restraint effect of this jutsu was obvious, Haori even had time to pick up his mask.

But as expected, in terms of lethality, this jutsu didn't work.

After seeing the power of this jutsu, the other party immediately abandoned the attack and chose to defend.

Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!

The Sand ninja clapped his hands on the ground, the ground immediately turned into mud, and then the mud instantly rose, forming an earth wall.

In terms of chakra nature, wind counters lightning, lightning counters earth, fire counters wind, they all have their own counters.

But the problem is, the quality of their jutsu is different, Haori's lightning jutsu is top-notch.

Haori quickly threw out two shuriken, the shuriken circled in a large arc and attacked the enemy hiding behind the earth wall.

He also charged forward again, Haori had realized that he couldn't continue to fight this person, he had to finish him off quickly.

Just trying to save chakra would only waste more chakra.

Chidori Flow fully activated, in an instant, Haori's speed reached his peak!

The piercing sound of electricity seemed to echo across the battlefield.

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The Sand ninja heard a sonic boom behind him, swiftly turning around to block with his kunai, causing two lightning-infused shuriken to be knocked down. Despite this, he felt no joy at the moment. Instead, a sense of unease crept into his heart, prompting him to instinctively take a step back. At that moment, a swift knifehand pierced through the earth wall he created with ninjutsu.

Had he not dodged in time, that hand would have likely pierced his chest!

Unfortunately, what was fortunate for him was unfortunate for the enemy. The kunai in his hand directly impaled the palm of that hand, and then he leaped high from behind the wall!

Wind Release: Wind Cutting Technique!

The wind blade sliced across the enemy's neck, and the next moment, the Sand ninja could have seen the scene of the enemy's head rolling to the ground!

However, that anticipated scene did not occur.

Another sound rang beside his ear.

Another Haori appeared on his side, holding the long sword that had been thrown as a projectile weapon.

At that moment, his attention was entirely focused on the Haori in front of him, completely unaware of the attack from the side.

With a gentle thrust, the long sword pierced his heart.

The Haori hit by his Wind Cutting, at that moment, also disappeared with a puff of smoke.

It was just a simple Shadow Clone Technique.

The enemy's final thought was, "Ah, it was a clone after all." Even in losing his life, the regret in his eyes was overshadowed by disappointment rather than remorse.

He should have regretted his carelessness leading to his demise at the enemy's hands, but he didn't. Ultimately, his regret was not being able to kill the enemy.

So, when did Haori use the Shadow Clone Technique?

Quite simply, it was when he fell, before using Fire Release, he also simultaneously used the Clone Technique and Transformation Technique. Not only did he create a clone, but he also hid himself, leading to this final fatal strike.

This was a tricky opponent. In order to take him down, Haori had consumed a significant amount of chakra. After calming himself down a bit, Haori began to retreat.

He needed to restore his chakra levels somewhat. In large-scale battles like these, he couldn't just keep charging forward. Without chakra, he would end up dead.

After retreating to the majority of Leaf's forces, for the next period, Haori hid behind his own forces, using long-range throwing of shuriken and kunai to inflict damage on the enemy.

Due to his precise throwing ability and calculation skills, his efficiency was high. Constantly lurking in the background to take shots, with his stylish movements and unexpected attacks, he could take down an enemy with an average of five to seven shuriken.

And so, until his ninja tools were almost depleted, Leaf's reinforcements finally arrived.

Unlike before, upon encountering Leaf's reinforcements, instead of retreating, the Sand ninja intensified their attacks.

Something was wrong, very wrong. This was the time to cut losses and retreat.

After Leaf's reinforcements arrived, the balance of power had shifted in favor of Leaf, but the Sand Village ninjas still fought desperately.

As if they had nothing to lose.

Haori suddenly had a bad feeling. Why did the Sand Village adopt this strategy? It was clearly voluntarily sacrificing their own forces... Perhaps there was some kind of conspiracy at play.

With hesitation in his heart, although Haori had recovered some chakra, he didn't rush to the front like at the beginning.

He needed to conserve some strength to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.

In terms of individual ninja quality, Leaf's ninjas might be slightly superior, but even if each side's ninjas were equally matched, Leaf's overwhelming advantage in numbers gave them the upper hand against the Sand Village. In terms of the initial deployment of forces, the ratio was now 2:1, and soon, the Sand Village forces would be wiped out.

Unless they truly didn't retreat.

However, the fact was, even when the casualty rate reached seventy percent, the Sand Village ninjas continued to fight to the death.

At this point, Leaf's reinforcements had been arriving for about an hour and a half. Almost all Leaf ninjas had realized the abnormality of the Sand Village's behavior. Why were they engaging in this suicidal action?

Suddenly, Haori's ears picked up a faint roar-like sound.

Like some kind of monster.

And the sound was coming from the direction of the Land of Fire.

Haori had a guess, his unease was about to be confirmed.

He quickly found his team captain, luckily, the captain was still alive and well, with no missing limbs.

"Captain Hyuga, do you know what's going on at headquarters?"

Haori didn't know if this Hyuga was from the main family or a branch family, or how good his reconnaissance abilities were.

"I don't know, my Byakugan can't see that far, but I can faintly sense a massive amount of chakra coming from there. I've never seen such chakra before, it's like..."

The Hyuga captain's words were left unfinished, but Haori already knew what he wanted to say.

Like a Tailed Beast.

Even if he hadn't seen a Tailed Beast, these ninjas had all heard rumors about them.

Then, a huge flash appeared in the sky above Leaf's headquarters!

This was a special flash bomb used by Leaf for communication.

Then, another four flash bombs rose in succession.

This was headquarters calling for urgent assistance. Without a doubt, Leaf's headquarters had come under attack!

And the situation had become extremely critical... In this light, the actions of the Sand Village ninjas made sense; their goal was to hold back Leaf's main forces and prevent them from providing reinforcements.

Haori and Captain Hyuga exchanged a glance, seeing the worry in each other's eyes.

"Disengage from the fight with the Sand Village and immediately head back to headquarters!"

Although Haori didn't know who was giving the command on the battlefield, at this moment, there was no time to verify. In any case, when Haori heard this command, he turned and started sprinting towards headquarters.

In truth, even without such an order, he would have run back. There weren't many enemies left here, but the situation at headquarters was extremely critical, and most importantly, Kusuna was there.

There had been a mistake in Leaf's intelligence department; they hadn't anticipated that these actions were all just feints. However, for this attack, the Sand Village had paid a heavy price, as they had long been prepared to lose one thousand men.

This meant that the attacking forces on headquarters were absolutely unprecedentedly powerful.

What are Haori's strengths and weaknesses based on the story so far?

How does Haori's fighting style differ from other characters in the Naruto universe?

Is Haori a good example of a strategic fighter, or does he rely more on brute force?

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