Battlefield

After all of the rogue shinobi passed the test, they were thoroughly checked by the Shimura shinobi before most of them were given worn-out battle armors and kunai while some with exceptional strength were given the choice to choose their own personal weapon.

They arranged a place to sleep in the various tents as they were told to rest as much as they could because they were going to the battlefield tomorrow.

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Early morning next day, the newly recruited shinobi were forcibly awakened by the Shimura shinobi as they put on their battle armor and started their journey to the battlefield, with the examiner shinobi of yesterday leading them.

There were almost 80 shinobi including the recruited ones. All of them traveled quickly by jumping from the branch of one tree to another. Ashiba was one of them, he was performing this action with ease, from which it could be inferred that his physique has been obviously improved.

Ashiba had also gotten a [Substitution Jutsu] as did the rest of recruited shinobi yesterday from the Shimura clan as a pre-reward for the war they were gonna fight in. All recruited shinobi were also informed that depending on their performance in the battle, they could acquire different levels of Justus or any other material they needed.

Ashiba tried to practice the Jutsu yesterday, but his chakra couldn't channel the way he wanted. He had inferred that the reason seemed to be because of his bloodline. He had also faintly felt the shaking of a tyrannical energy that was much more violent and stronger than chakra from the depths of his bloodline when he tried to forcibly perform the Jutsu. Unfortunately it seemed that the energy wasn't capable of manifesting or you could say that his body wasn't capable of controlling it yet.

He was not disappointed from this failure, on the contrary, he had high expectations for the energy he felt to reveal itself, after all, it could impressively suppress the chakra in his body.

They continued to travel for about 2 hours, with some rest in between. Soon, they started hearing the clashing of swords and kunai along with a massive presence of chakra being channeled. Some of the shinobi had tense expressions on their faces as they started to hear the screams and shouts from the battlefield.

The examiner shinobi led them to a cluster of military tents which seemed to be tightly guarded. A shinobi in black clothes and a mask suddenly appeared in front of the group, the examiner approached him and whispered to the masked shinobi some words before pointing at the group, he nodded and disappeared as fast as he appeared.

Soon the group entered the basecamp of the Shimura clan. There were shinobi sprinting, going in and out quickly for various tasks. The examiner shinobi also left somewhere before coming back and leaving a sentence in a hushed voice: "Wait here, an elder will come and assign you to your teams." he then departed again.

Not long after, a middle-aged looking shinobi came to their position holding a scroll in his hand. He opened it and started stating names of people and putting them into squads of 6.

Ashiba looked at his group which consisted of 6 to 9 year old shinobi and 4 of them were from the Shimura clan.

"Each of your squads will shift positions with other squads that are on the battlefield twice a day and rest a day between each." he said with a serious expression before looking at Ashiba's squad and two other squads of kids, saying with a grave tone: "And you three squads should remember to only engage in fight on the west side of the battlefield with the same age group of shinobi as yourself, as most of your generation are in the Soldier level with weak combat power. Furthermore, don't worry about higher level shinobi as they won't interfere in your battle".

After explaining a couple of more things, the middle aged shinobi left.

Some random shinobis came after and showed each squad its temporary residence, a tent.

Before Ashiba and his squad could rest and recover from the journey, a loud voice that spread to all surroundings suddenly yelled:

"Get ready for battle!"

They quickly equipped their armor and went outside the tent, saw a bearded shinobi with a red headband that urged them to come with his hands, quickly caught up with him and followed his lead.

They were passing by a squad who just seemed to come from the battlefield. One of the shinobis of the squad was carried by his teammates, he had an arm missing from him.

Looking at this from afar Ashiba couldn't help but think about the scenery of the battlefield.

As they got near the battlefield, the smell of blood also got stronger and more pungent.

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Ashiba looked at the scenery in front of him with a craze blurring his eyes and face.

As far as the eye could see, shinobis were pouncing onto each other. A blizzard of kunai and shuriken were shrilling and sissing through the sky. The strong shinobi were screaming with victory as various powerful Jutsu filled the seething, spite-filled sky while the defeated Shinobi were whimpering and choking as the battleground became slimy with their intestines.

The effluvium of death was all around the battlefield. The battlefield had been baptised in blood and the bitter, mordant perfume of corpses emanated from it.

Looking at the scenery in front of him Ashiba couldn't conceal the maddening expression on his face.

'This is the world I have always dreamed off!'

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