The Root's Trap

Deep in the dark and cold forest, it was already about one o'clock in the morning, and the three of them ran towards their destination.

With the help of the faint moonlight, you can see a large number of steel wires connected between the large trees, forming an airtight spider's web, waiting for prey to fall into it.

Further on is the important supply point for the sand ninjas.

That is to say, no matter what happens, it is impossible to silently invade, and in such an important location, there must be a perception ninja in charge of monitoring, and the whereabouts of all three may have been exposed.

Cobwebs made of steel wire were cut, and the kunais and shurikens that fell from the dark sky were densely packed. Some kunai handles were also attached with explosive talismans, and the corners were burning.

bang!

bang!

The endless bombardment made my eardrums ache.

The earth shook and the surrounding trees quickly burst into flames, swallowing the tranquility of the night.

However, this also proves that the front is an important supply point for Vila da Areia. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a careful defensive trap. Even if we observed it beforehand, we could not avoid it without any movement, and we could only break in forcefully.

"Come on, there are eleven people in the West, nine people in the South and seventeen people in the back."

Ayane observed with the Byakugan the number of ninjas that came to stop them, a total of thirty-seven.

Among them, most of them are Chunin, and there are some mixed Jōnin who are team leaders.

"Start taking the antidote."

After Shiraishi finished talking, he swallowed the white pill first.

Ruri and Ayane did the same, taking the antidote.

Then Shiraishi took out two smoke bombs from the ninja bag and exploded into the burning forest. For a while, gray smoke filled the sky. Even though it was useless to sensory ninjas, it could be used to disrupt the rest of the ninjas and throw them into chaos.

"Damn, there's poison in that smoke! Get out now!"

The well-trained Sand ninja invaded the smoky area and immediately realized that something was wrong. The body began to feel weak and weak, and a painful choking sensation made them dizzy. Some ninja with low poison resistance ability fell straight to the ground, their bodies writhing in pain.

"Fire Style: Fire of Extinction!"

Ruri's hands quickly formed a seal and chakra that was much greater than the fireball technique accumulated in her mouth, and she released it all in one breath.

The waves of fire rising in the sky overwhelmed the trees in front of them.

In the scorching fire, the night turned red as blood.

The originally icy air rose sharply, causing those within reach of the sea of ​​flames to feel that their bodies were immersed in boiling water and their skins became extremely hot.

Three small figures advanced like lightning. I believe that during this gathering ceremony, the sand ninja at the supply point probably couldn't sit still any longer.

The range of Ruri's fire ninjutsu is very large and there are burning trees everywhere. Using wind jutsu will fuel the fire and make it more prosperous.

These fires can only be put out with water jutsu, and water ninjutsu are the techniques that Sand Ninjas are not good at. Furthermore, such a huge sea of ​​fire was completely dispersed and spread to a wide range, far beyond common fire style techniques.

It is not something that can be contained in a short time.

As the time to act is only ten minutes, it seems that the feint plan worked, but how much attention can be attracted, Shiraishi cannot guarantee anything, they can only do their best to complete the task.

After ten minutes, it doesn't matter if the mission was successful or not, you must leave the battlefield.

In the burning forest, shrill and painful screams were constantly heard, and the Hidden Sand troops that faced Shiraishi head-on with three people, the battle was over in the blink of an eye.

Shiraishi played with the Kunai in his hand and passed a sandy ninja who hurried on. Kunai cut his carotid artery and killed him on the spot.

"Empty Palm!"

bang!

Ayane swung her palm and released a shock wave of chakra like an air cannon and hit the sandy ninja who wanted to sneak attack from behind. The opponent flew up vomiting blood and broke a tree.

This is a special long-range body technique derived from the Hyuga clan's white eyes. Movement is invisible and colorless, and the target of the attack can hardly be distinguished with the naked eye. If you're not a perceptive ninja, it's hard to avoid this move.

And that ranged attack move was a reward for Ayane in the last mission.

The hokage negotiated with the elders of the Hyuga clan. To increase the combat effectiveness of Sakumo's team, I hope the Hyuga clan can teach Ayane this branch member more secret techniques.

The empty palm is one of them.

This time, Shiraishi and Ayane will be in charge of attacking the supply point. Ruri just needs to accumulate chakra, and continuously release fire ninjutsu to increase the scale of destruction and attract all the attention. Open a gap for the Anbu people to attack the local supply point.

The huge wave of fire spread again, the scorching high temperature, raging flames swept through the forest.

Looking around, there are traces of raging flames everywhere.

And the price to pay is also very high. Due to the continuous use of high-level fire ninjutsu, the chakra in the body is quickly consumed. It is estimated that after a few more fire techniques like this, the chakra will hit rock bottom.

Ruri stopped as soon as she saw that the riot had almost reached its peak, and they still had to go some distance to try to expand the scale of the riots even further.

As you go deeper into the sand ninja camp, there is a stream in front of the supply point, and there are a large number of tents parked on the opposite side of the stream, surrounded by tall trees that can be used to house the camp.

A fire has broken out in the forest opposite, which has already raised the alert of the sand ninjas here. Under the effective command of the superior ninjas, the sandy ninjas that were waiting here were not chaotic, and they weren't worried because of the enemy's fierce onslaught.

"Konoha ninja? Why are they attacking here? Did they discover the secret weapon?"

The sand jōnin frowned.

"If that's the case, things aren't looking too good. You know, Jinchūrik's situation is a little bad right now."

"No matter what, the use of the tailed beast must not be leaked in advance, and Konoha will be taken by surprise!"

The eyes of many Sand jōnin were bloodthirsty, and they were determined to wipe out the invading Konoha ninja.

On the opposite side of the river, Ayane's body suddenly shook and stopped.

Seeing Ayane stop, Shiraishi and Ruri also stopped.

"What's wrong?"

As the eyes of the entire team and Ayane, Shiraishi and Ruri could only follow in their footsteps.

"Something's wrong, there's no supply warehouse here, and this isn't a supply point for Suna!"

Ayane's face paled, and she realized the gravity of the matter.

Sakumo told them that the main objective of this mission is to cut off Suna's supply point, and he needs to cooperate with the Anbu.

Although it was a ninja who called itself 'Root', it was also a branch of the Anbu, and they had a very familiar understanding of this mission, so the three of them believed it to be true.

However, now Ayane looked around the interior of this 'supply point' with her white eyes, and it turned out that there was no supply warehouse, just a large number of sand ninja here.

Other than that, nothing.

Ayane can tell this is because it's occupied by the sand ninja, but it's not a supply point.

After hearing Ayane's words, Shiraishi and Ruri also changed their expressions.

We've been tricked! The thought came instantly.

"To walk!"

Not daring to stop, Shiraishi was the first to react, but he didn't care because he was on a mission. There had to be an explanation for this sort of thing.

If the mission failed because of poor skill, Shiraishi had nothing to refute.

But the information provided was wrong and the mission was full of camouflage and deception, so there was no need to persist.

The three quickly set off to retreat, but by this time, the Sand Ninja had already organized the personnel around, forming a large airtight network to surround the three of them.

...

At the top of the cliff in the distance, four root ninjas were standing, with the full moon behind them as a backdrop, looking out over the tumult in the forest.

"The three of them are quite capable. No wonder Danzo-sama wants to get rid of this Uchiha genius and letting her grow up is too dangerous."

"In the end, the Uchihas can't be trusted. It's a pity that two excellent ninjas will also be lost."

"If Kunoichi Uchiha can be exterminated, the two of them will not have died in vain"

Originally, according to the plan, they were supposed to start a suicide attack on Suna's camp, but now they're just watching as spectators.

"Are we going to act now? Looks like there's nothing left to see."

"Wait, although I don't believe they can escape, just in case, if they're lucky enough to escape, we'll go upstairs and deal with the survivors. We can't leave any clues, that's Danzo-sama's order."