Chapter 102

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Chapter 102: Newton Rises from His Coffin

The puppet bombs made of living people detonating the canyon and causing the mountain to shake were just a prelude. Everyone in this team participating in the alliance plan is at the level of Chunin or above. It is obviously impossible to deal with them in this way. This is what Ryosuke thinks from the enemy's perspective.

So, when the Sand Ninja wearing the Sand Village forehead protector appeared in his sight at an extremely fast speed, rushed under the cliff and attacked them, he was not surprised at all. The only thing he couldn't understand was why it was the Sand Village ninja who attacked them.

In fact, ever since he discovered that those hidden MIst ninjas were living puppets, Ryosuke had guessed that the attackers did not belong to the Hidden Mist Village. Although the Hidden Mist Village and the Land of Water are not included in this alliance plan, if they really need death warriors, given the cruel system within the Hidden Mist Village, it seems unnecessary to transform them into puppets first and then come here to die. Doing so would actually increase the chances of being exposed. However, if it was a real living explosion, it would be easier to conceal the real purpose.

Therefore, the identity of the Kirigakure Anbu was only used to cover up the real power behind the raid. But... Ryosuke couldn't understand why the mastermind behind the scenes was the Sand Village. You know, Sunagakure is a member of this alliance plan, and the Land of Wind it belongs to is also an ally of the Land of Fire. Although in the original timeline, the Sand Village had launched an invasion plan against Konoha under the instigation of Orochimaru, that was a situation where there was a conflict of interest.

Now, the interests of the two countries have an opportunity to be tied together. It is also possible that the Sand Village will be able to escape from the poverty caused by environmental factors through this alliance. In this case, why would they choose to raid Konoha?

The lack of information made Ryosuke unable to understand this thankless task. However, the important thing now is not to think about these things, but to deal with the people in front of us, and by the way... see if we can get some information from them.

"Unit 1, activate!" While others were rushing forward, Ryosuke, who had been hanging far behind, was retreating instead. He retreated to a relatively safe crevice in the mountains, and then he took control of his chosen target without hesitation, who was a Hyuga Chunin in the traveling team - Hyuga Tamao.

In this traveling team, Ryosuke has a total of three targets to choose from for control. One of them is Mitomon Souji from the Mitomon clan, and the other is Hyuga Tamao from the Hyuga clan. However, compared to the unaware Mitomon Souji, Tamao knew that he would become the target of Ryosuke's control, so Ryosuke did not need to spend too much energy when using the power of the Byakugan to control him.

In the team, Tamao, who had been following closely beside Hizashi, suddenly whispered, "It seems that there are people from the Sand Village. There may be five jonin. It is also an elite team, so there is a high probability that there are no genin. At today's speed, we will be able to see them in about three minutes."

Ryosuke's perception range is farther than that of Hizashi, and he can see more than Hizashi. This canyon is very deep. Although the place where Hizashi and the others are now is close to the top of the cliff in terms of walking distance, there is still quite a distance to go.

Now the mountain is shaking due to the explosion. In order to avoid accidents, they need to get out of this deep valley quickly. However, because there is no sunlight all year round, the rock walls in the valley are relatively slippery. Even though everyone present was at least a Chunin, they moved with extreme caution.

The Sand Village ninjas who were catching up from above also did not dare to run too recklessly. The moment Hizashi opened his mouth, he already understood that the person next to him was Ryosuke.

"Is everything going well over there?" While signaling to Hyuga Iroha beside him to inform the entire team of this situation, Hizashi said, "The enemy is in a dominant position, and we are at a geographical disadvantage. If the situation is not good, you should retreat first. You are more important than this plan."

"I see." Ryosuke nodded expressionlessly while dodging the rubble that had fallen off the rock wall due to the shaking of the mountain. As the battle approached, he no longer had the energy to maintain his disguise, not to mention that he was now disguising himself through someone else's body.

With Ryosuke's reminder, the entire Konoha team made preparations in advance. So when the ninjas from the Sand Village appeared in front of them, they were not at all panicked.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet!" "Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!" "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

A unanimous voice rang out from the speeding team on the Konoha side. They seemed to have been prepared for this. The moment they saw the enemy clearly, several senior ninjas in the team immediately formed hand seals.

Fire dragons formed by condensing fire-attribute chakra were spit out from the mouths of several of the senior ninjas, and earth dragons formed by condensing earth-attribute chakra emerged from the rock wall. The two were intertwined under the precise control of chakra. The lava dragon, like magma, condensed under the convergence of two attributes of chakra.

And because they performed ninjutsu from the bottom up, Konoha was at a disadvantage in terms of geographical location and was restrained by gravity. Although the effect of ninjutsu is controlled by chakra, if the people of Sand Village react and launch a counterattack in time, they will most likely suffer the consequences. Therefore, all the Chunins except Hyugaquickly formed hand seals and used wind jutsu to control the direction of the lava dragon, making it crash into the Sand Ninjas above at a faster speed.

On the other side, the Sand Village members who were rushing down from the cliff and were planning to launch a surprise attack on the chaotic Konoha team while taking advantage of the shaking of the mountain were directly hit head-on by this huge dragon. Several ninjas who didn't have time to dodge were swallowed by the lava. Amid their screams, the smell of meat rose up.

After the impact, the lava dragon turned into pools of lava that stained the rock wall. Of course, some of it lost control and fell downwards due to the force of gravity. However, Hizashi and his companions were well prepared and nimbly avoided the uncontrollable lava.

Continuing to run forward, Ryosuke had some fluctuations in his expressionless eyes. The cooperation on the Konoha side was too tacit and too fast. Ryosuke was greatly shocked as he experienced a large-scale battle for the first time.

This compound ninjutsu that brought together the entire team was formed in just the blink of an eye. If he were to fight against this team, he might not have a chance to dodge and could only face it head-on. However, there is no way to bounce back the lava.

With his current means, perhaps only coercion can suppress this huge lava dragon. The battle took only a moment and was completed on this steep cliff.

The battlefield was also divided into two parts by the area covered with lava. Everyone stood horizontally on the rock wall in a posture that was free from gravity. On one side is Konoha, and on the other side are the ninjas from the Sand Village.

This... is a battle between ninjas! No matter what environment they are in or the advantages or disadvantages of the geography, they can use the energy of chakra to perform various ninjutsu to make up for their own shortcomings.

Although his consciousness was temporarily suppressed deep in his body, Hyuga Tamao could clearly feel that Lord Ryosuke seemed... very excited.

(End of this chapter)