Chapter 101

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Chapter 101: Puppet Bomb

The winding and twisting mountain road is extremely steep. The only place you can step on is between your two feet. Below is a very deep canyon. At first glance, all you can see is pitch black. But underneath, it was actually just an ordinary shallow puddle of water, without even any extra living creatures.

Just now, Ryosuke and his team first entered the canyon and then walked up through the narrow mountain path. It took them half an hour to finally reach the top of a cliff where they could see some light. This is also why Ryosuke knows the situation below. This road is a shortcut to the border of the Land of Fire. Normally, only ninjas would take this road to save time.

The strong wind on the narrow mountain path was flowing very fast, and the faint cold wind was rushing up from the bottom of the valley. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been blown into the abyss by this strong wind and smashed to pieces. So in such an environment, it is almost impossible to fight. But for ninjas, nothing is absolute. When a ninja reaches the Chunin level or above, almost every one of them has a certain foundation in chakra control. Based on this level, it is not impossible to fight in such an extremely harsh environment.

For example... now!

"Earth Style: Earth Spear!" With chakra concentrated on the soles of their feet, dozens of Anbu, led by the captain of the Anbu team, broke away from gravity and ran quickly on the rock wall. While approaching the hidden Mist Ninjas hiding in the crevice, the leading jonin of Konoha made hand seals flexibly. From a distance, he could be seen slapping his palms on the rock wall.

In Ryosuke's eyes, a stream of chakra followed the strike of the Jonin, merged into the rock wall, and flowed towards the hidden Mist Shadow Ninjas. The ninja's battle lasted only in the blink of an eye. From the time Hizashi noticed something was wrong, to the time the Anbu captain led his team towards the enemy, to the time he cast a spell and launched a counterattack, it only took a few breaths.

Immediately afterwards, sharp rock spikes broke out from the rock wall without warning and stabbed towards the unsuspecting enemies. In Ryosuke's opinion, this group of hidden Mist Ninjas who were planning a sneak attack could only be described as amateurs. Looking at the history of wars, big and small, in the ninja world, no commander or captain would underestimate Hyuga's vision.

But now... a few idiots have appeared. However, when he said they were fools, Ryosuke was only temporarily commenting on their current behavior. In his heart, he was still very alert about the situation of several people. The Byakugan cannot see through everything. If they could see through any object, then they, the Hyuga, could be said to be invincible during the era when they did not leave the outer wall. But in reality, this is not the case.

In most cases, ordinary Byakugan can only see through chakra, but when chakra flows in the body, it can be used to see meridians, acupoints, bones, etc. Only those with sufficient purity or extremely talented people can train and enhance the ability of their Byakugan, allowing them to see substantial objects with their perspective and expand the scope of their insight. This is also the case in the original timeline. As the most talented member of the Hyuga clan, Neji can do things that ordinary Hyuga cannot do.

Although Ryosuke has an evolved Byakugan that allows him to see solid objects, it is not necessarily possible to see through all conditions in the human body, including the various organs, the conditions inside the organs, the blood flowing in the heart, and so on. He had no way of fully understanding all of this, at least... not at the moment. In this situation where he could only see part of the human body, he didn't see anything unusual about these people. So, Ryosuke could only focus his attention on his surroundings.

He felt that these people might be death squads similar to the Expendables, who intended to use their lives to divert their attention in an attempt to allow other main forces to successfully launch a raid. But unfortunately, Ryosuke guessed wrong. As far as he could perceive, there was no sign of any other enemy except them in this canyon, whether it was the deep valley below or the cliff above.

So... where is the problem? What is the point of these people appearing here? Almost without any surprise, these enemies were frightened out of their wits by the sudden rock spikes, and they ran out of the alley in a panic like a group of Genin who just graduated from the ninja school. Some of those who were unlucky had their bodies pierced directly by the rock spikes and lost their lives.

"Take them down!" The captain of the Anbu seemed to have noticed something fishy going on and did not launch a siege immediately. Instead, he waited patiently for a while and observed that they were indeed simple-minded. Then he directed several Anbu to approach and capture them alive.

But at this moment, Ryosuke, who was far behind them, finally noticed something was wrong. Because he could clearly see that those people in the cracks of the rock wall, who had been pierced by sharp rock spikes and must have lost their lives, were actually moving again. Can a dead person still move? Ryosuke reacted immediately after seeing this scene.

If these things are not White Zetsu, then they are most likely puppets made from corpses! Or even puppets made from living people, or human bombs! Only in this situation can it appear so real and no different from that of an ordinary person under his Byakugan.

"Let them retreat!" Without hesitation, Ryosuke used his ability of genjutsu to briefly control Hizashi in the team and told him about the situation. But unfortunately, it's too late. The moment he informed Hizashi about this matter.

Boom! A huge explosion sounded in the crevice of the mountain. The impact, which was incomparable to that of the detonating talisman, directly penetrated the entire mountain crevice. Gravel and dust gushed out of the crevice like a spring, splashing in all directions. These pieces of gravel were like hidden weapons, smashing randomly onto the surrounding ninjas. The powerful force left streaks of blood on their bodies.

One of them was more miserable, with the wound pierced directly through the eye. The gravel dug deep into his eye sockets and got stuck between the bones. He let out a scream, but dared not move, for fear that he would fall into the deep valley if he lost balance.

The huge explosion caused the mountain to shake, and a large section of the rock wall near the crevice fell off directly, turning into falling rocks and smashing towards the bottom of the valley. Those who were about to step forward to capture the hidden Mist Anbu members were hit by the sudden falling rocks and fell to the bottom of the valley along with the rocks.

Boom.

The falling rocks and the Konoha Anbu fell to the bottom of the valley, making a dull sound, as subtle as a dud. Everyone on the mountain trail felt a sinking feeling in their hearts at this sound, including Ryosuke. They could all feel the depth and horror of the canyon from this sound.

The remaining few surviving hidden Mist Ninjas seemed to have predicted the explosion and left the range of the mountain crevice early. Then, they rushed towards Hizashi and his team as if they were risking their lives. But unfortunately, they were intercepted by the Root ninja who were protecting them secretly with ninjutsu halfway through the journey and were trapped on the other side of the mountain path with a wall of earth.

Boom! Almost without any surprise, the explosion sounded again. A huge roar echoed throughout the canyon. The mountain was hit by huge explosions again and again and began to shake.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Run forward!" Mitomon shouted and called on the team to rush forward. The people from the Anbu and Root had already fled towards the cliff the moment the earth wall rose. The same went for Ryosuke. The moment he opened his mouth to remind them, he had already begun to withdraw from the other end.

At this moment, everyone did not care about the consumption of chakra. They all concentrated their feet against the wall and ran towards the cliff. Now, on the rock wall of a cliff thousands of feet high, looking at the posture of this group of people, they intend to use their lives to cause an explosion, causing the rock wall of the canyon to collapse, and use environmental factors to bury them here.

But...is everything really that simple? This was a... good opportunity for a surprise attack.

(End of this chapter)