Chapter 38

*Sigh*

Sighing inwardly, Kazuo maintained his soft smile, which had become his signature look in this world, and walked to stand in his usual spot next to Shikaru.

"Alright with that out of the way, I'll be showing you all my battle plan for the next battle tomorrow," Shikaru said as he took out a map from a sealing scroll and laid it out onto the wooden table.

'Tomorrow?' Kazuo thought as his eyes slightly widened before quickly returning to normal.

"This time sadly we won't be able to launch any ambushes or place any traps, it will be a head-on bloody battle. We are similar in terms of military power as well." Shikaru said as he circled a large clearing to their northeast where the large-scale battle would take place.

"Why can't we place traps? Seems like the perfect location to place underground explosion tags." Kazuo asked as he looked at Shikaru.

'You want me to be your assistant? Fine, then I'll make you doubt every single decision.' Kazuo thought, in a way, he would be helping himself and the camp itself by questioning every decision however Kazuo was sure he would be able to milk some knowledge out of the sinister Nara during the process as well.

"Because there will be scouts around, there is no way for us to place the explosives without them noticing movement," Shikaru answered as he looked at Kazuo.

"How? They don't have a byakugan and we could use the hiding like a mole technique to hide ourselves whilst we do it." Kazuo asked once more, his brows furrowed in confusion.

His words caused a silence to envelop the tent.

"You're saying that you can use the hiding like a mole technique to plant explosives underground, on such a wide area?" Aoki Hyuga asked, his eyebrow raised.

Kazuo turned to look at the man before nodding his head.

"Yes, it's quite easy, I've already done it multiple times in combat," Kazuo answered.

'I fucked up, of course, normal people wouldn't be able to do what I can with a fully mastered jutsu given by the system.' Kazuo thought to himself however the words had already left his mouth and so he decided to see where this line of actions led him.

"Show me how you use the jutsu," Shikaru spoke up as he asked Kazuo.

Turning to face the Nara, Kazuo nodded before forming a single-handed hand sign and slowly starting to head underground.

After a few seconds, Kazuo jumped back above ground and canceled the jutsu.

"You can use it with a single hand seal and then continue using the jutsu without maintaining the hand seal at all once it is cast?" Inuzuka asked, her voice raised and shock clearly displayed all throughout it.

"Yeah, it's easy. You simply have to maintain a constant control of the chakra and follow the predetermined path that the hand sign started." Kazuo said, still acting as if he didn't know what he had done was extremely abnormal.

"Fucking geniuses, I hate this shitty world." The Inuzuka woman spouted constant profanities out of her mouth as she stomped around for a few seconds.

Kazuo meanwhile was observing the woman closely, memorizing everything about her, her habits, the way she walked, the way she talked, her ticks, every single thing that made her, her.

'The Inuzuka clan sure does have a short temper, they are also brash and crude, and they don't have any sophistication anywhere in their personality, is this a clan trait? Was it genetic based or is it just because of the way they were raised? It would be an interesting experiment to kidnap an Inuzuka and try to raise him to be the complete opposite of his roots.' Kazuo thought before turning his head toward Shikaru once more, stashing the thought into the back of his mind for potential later use.

"Seem's like you will be of use very soon Kazuo, in fact on this very night," Shikaru said as he gave Kazuo a light smile, his dark eyes seemed to glint as they gazed at him.

'This bastard is he excited? Im fucking straight ok you fucker.' Kazuo thought before nodding his head.

"Yes sir, I'll be going on a solo mission or with a hyuga member to the battlefield location and planting as many explosion tags into designated locations before returning to the camp. No, I'd say staying there would be a better decision as I would be able to activate the seals at the right time, but the activation could cause complications if I went together with everyone tomorrow." Kazuo said as he took a small pencil that was laid on top of the map and quickly circled five locations.

"Im guessing this is where the explosions will be placed?" Kazuo asked as he turned toward Shikaru once more, the man had stayed silent throughout Kazuo's entire explanation.

A light chuckle erupted from the man, whilst the captains were eerily silent.

"You really have improved Kazuo, in fact, it's such a huge improvement that it's almost monstrous, thankfully you did make a mistake," Shikaru said with a slight smile, which to Kazuo looked mocking more than anything else.

Taking a stick, Shikaru tapped one of the circles that Kazuo had marked as a place where he would plant the explosives.

"This part here is painted a slightly darker shade of green which means that the earth here is of a higher density, lowering the explosion power however even that could be forgiven but the fact is that it is a bit too far away from the central part of the battlefield, even if the explosives do activate then they will at most claim a measly sum of lives," Shikaru said before taking the pen that Kazuo had placed back down onto the map and circling a new location.

It was in a weird location, placed at the far right of the battlefield, it looked as if it was even worse than where Kazuo had decided to place the explosives.

"This part may look worse however that is only if you do not take into account the reaction of the cloud ninja, when the explosions occur, they will be backtracking immediately and with the highest number of explosions happening in the left as well as the fact that their camp is located in this direction, they will come here where you will then launch a second set of explosives for another decisive blow," Shikaru said before placing the pen down and laying back down on the chair.

"I see," Kazuo said with a smile before raising his hand.

"May I go outside for a moment?" Kazuo asked, and before Shikaru even gave him permission, Kazuo walked to the front of the tent and made a single-hand seal.

"Kai"

*Booom*

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