MSIN: Chapter 50
Hearing him being branded with the title of White Yaksha, referencing the image in his mind, Haori subconsciously began to imitate that dead-fish eye look.
(ShixT9: He's talking about Gintoki I think, White Yaksha goes hard )
This masculine prince face, plus the magical dead-fish eyes… Rin didn't know why, but for a moment, her eyes went blind.
What a weird supernatural phenomenon.
Yes, when it came to the White Yaksha, his image was very handsome at first, after all, he was the one who chopped up aliens with a sword.
Later on, when he needed to be handsome, he could still pull it off, but most of the time he was faithfully playing the role of a useless fool.
He really didn't know who spread this title, White Yaksha. Do you know JUSTWE?
And Rin's introduction continued.
"Many people are talking about you now, saying you're one of the three geniuses of the new generation."
"Wait, what do you mean by three geniuses of the new generation?" Haori felt more and more uneasy. Genius or not, it was just a nice way to say it. On the battlefield, young ninjas with the title of genius were, without exception, the primary targets for enemy forces to eliminate.
The people calling him a genius, they weren't up to anything good, were they?
Or was this another Leaf Village star-making plan?
If it was the latter, he really couldn't agree. You know, a ninja like Minato Namikaze, being able to intimidate the ninja world with the name of the Yellow Flash, that was real strength. It didn't matter how much the Leaf Village hyped him up.
"Encountering the Yellow Flash can be considered a mission failure and you can retreat," one sentence was enough to explain his deterrence.
But even Minato couldn't guarantee that he would survive every battle unscathed. Haori felt that his thin neck couldn't bear the weight of the title of genius.
To put it bluntly, although he could unleash AOE attacks, he was just a high-attack, low-defense glass cannon. But in terms of ninja strength, he was definitely below Jonin level. The reason he could play around on the battlefield was entirely due to his smooth lightning release. If you sealed his lightning release, his level would immediately plummet.
The ninja world was a terrifying place. Haori wasn't some kind of badass. Calling him a genius, he was actually very easy to kill. What if a high-speed ninja like Minato suddenly appeared behind him and slit his throat? What if he accidentally got hit by a Dust Release? Or a Boil Release? What if a taijutsu master who could open gates kicked him?
So, at this moment, he felt a bit Spartan, feeling like "there are always commoners who want to harm me."
Actually, it had nothing to do with others. That night, he beat the crap out of Shukaku in front of so many people. That scene, many people had only seen it once in their lives. It was hard for them to forget, right?
That intimidating look, calling him a Yaksha wasn't an exaggeration.
It wasn't like no one noticed that it was mainly Kushina's credit for taking care of Shukaku, but Haori's series of attacks were too badass. Most people subconsciously chose to forget about Kushina.
These were things Haori hadn't thought about.
"The young genius of the Uchiha clan from the Leaf to Mist direction, an elite among elite ninjas, skilled in genjutsu, with unpredictable movements, Uchiha Shisui, known as Shisui of the Body Flicker ."
"The disciple of the Yellow Flash of the Leaf, the son of the White Fang, Kakashi Hatake, from the Leaf to Iwa and Kumo directions." As she spoke, Rin glanced at Kakashi, and he didn't react at all when she introduced him.
"And then there's the descendant of the Uzumaki clan, the disciple of the Red Hot Habanero, Kushina, skilled in lightning release, the White Yaksha who defeated the One-tailed Shukaku, Shiraishi Haori, from the Leaf to Suna direction."
Haori was speechless. Putting him alongside Kakashi and Uchiha Shisui clearly meant putting him on the enemy's kill list…
This meant he had to be extra careful when going to the battlefield in the future.
Just thinking about it gave him a headache. So, being low-key was the way to go, right? Since the Leaf Village was spreading this, it meant that the Suna ninjas would probably have a similar story. And there were spies between different ninja villages. If the Suna ninjas were spreading this, it meant that the other villages would also know.
This might even reach the ears of a big shot like the Raikage, and by the time it reached his ears, it might become "a young punk from the Leaf Village called the White Yaksha, who single-handedly blew up Shukaku…"
The more he thought about it, the worse it got. Haori forced himself out of this line of thinking.
"How's the situation on the battlefield?"
He needed to get some other information to dilute his thoughts.
"That night, the Suna ninjas launched a surprise attack. We suffered heavy losses. Of course, the Suna ninjas didn't gain any advantage either. Roughly estimated, their casualties were over 2,000 ninjas. As for how many died and how many were injured, I don't know those details."
Rin said.
"So, their losses are huge. They won't be completely defeated in the war, right? Tsunade-sama has been wanting to launch a counterattack. Maybe now is a good time." Haori said.
But Rin shook her head. "Our losses are also huge. The number of ninja casualties is highly confidential. I don't know, but I guess it wouldn't be much better than the Suna ninjas. More importantly, our logistics department and a lot of non-combat personnel were killed or injured. We can't even handle logistics support, let alone launch a surprise attack."
"So, we're still in a stalemate." Haori patted his forehead, feeling quite helpless. How long would this stalemate last? Without a strategic victory or defeat, the war would never end.
Unexpectedly, Kakashi spoke up at this moment.
He closed the book in his hand, put it in the ninja tool pouch on his back, and then turned to face Haori:
"The Third Hokage has decided to end the battle with the Suna ninjas. He is now leading the Leaf Village's last mobile force, about 3,000 ninjas, to this location. As soon as the Hokage arrives, we will launch a full-scale attack on the Suna ninjas!"
"The Third Hokage is going to the battlefield himself?" Haori was surprised.
He didn't question Kakashi's source of information. Because of Minato, Kakashi definitely knew more about upper-level information than he did.
What he was worried about was, if the Hokage took the last of the forces out of the Leaf Village, what about the Leaf's defenses? Although it was unlikely that a large enemy force could bypass the Leaf's three lines of defense and launch a surprise attack on the village, wouldn't small-scale infiltration and sabotage be possible?
There were plenty of death warriors among ninjas, and there were a lot of ninjas who could carry out infiltration and sabotage missions that required sacrificing their lives.
Haori's worries were reasonable. At this time, the Leaf Village's defenses were entirely in the hands of Root, under Danzo Shimura, and some of the Uchiha guard.
The Third Hokage, with the most elite ninjas directly under him, was already heading straight here.
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