freenovelworld Chapter 15 Ambush
Chapter 15 Ambush
The skirmish in the rainforest ended quickly, so quickly that the smell of blood hadn't even dissipated before the battle was over.
Stop spacing out.
Fugaku Uchiha's indifferent voice interrupted Kaito Chunin's shock; his emotions were no longer affected by this matter.
He wiped the blood off his dagger, showing no sign of complacency despite the small victory: "Clean up the traces, the bodies have sunk into the swamp, we only have ten minutes to move, the enemy's main force could discover the advance team has lost contact at any moment."
"Yes, yes!"
Kaito and the other Chunin snapped out of their daze and quickly got to work. However, this time, when they looked at Nishikawa Tetsu, who was retrieving the metal decoy sticks, their eyes no longer held the previous disdain, but instead a sense of apprehension towards the unknown.
A low-ranking ninja, while speaking, used a few bottles of potion and a few sticks to kill four elite earth-style ninjas.
This method is more chilling than simple killing.
"Nishikawa Toru".
Fugaku Uchiha walked to Tetsu's side and asked in a low voice, "How much of that poison is left?"
"We don't have much stock left. We just used a third of it," Nishikawa Tetsu replied truthfully.
"However, I have a more exciting way to play in the upcoming Rift battles."
……
The team set off again.
To avoid being detected by Sunagakure, they abandoned their original marching route and instead chose a more rugged ridge line covered with slippery moss.
Hinata Hiro walked at the front with his Byakugan activated, the veins on his forehead bulging slightly from maintaining the eye technique for so long, and his face was somewhat pale.
While the Byakugan is excellent for reconnaissance, it also consumes a great deal of chakra and mental energy.
"Hizen-senpai."
As they walked, Nishikawa Tetsu suddenly quickened his pace, came to Hinata Hiroshi's side, and handed him a small glass bottle.
"What is this?" Hinata Hiroshi remained vigilant and did not reach out to take it, his pure white eyes scanning the bottle.
"A high-concentration blueberry extract, mixed with a small amount of chakra activator."
Nishikawa Tetsu explained.
"When you put drops in your eyes, it can relieve spasms of the optic nerve and replenish oxygen supply to the microvessels in the eye. Although the field of vision of the white of the eye is 360 degrees, maintaining long-distance vision for a long time can increase intraocular pressure, causing blurred edges of the field of vision, right?"
Hinata Hiroshi paused for a moment.
This is indeed a hidden ailment of the Hyuga clan, and a source of pain for the branch family ninjas.
Because of the caged bird curse, their white eyes have a blind spot. To compensate for this blind spot, they often need to overwork their optic nerves.
But this is usually a clan secret, how could this outsider ninja know so much about it?
"I'm a researcher, and I have some knowledge of human anatomy," Nishikawa Tetsu said with a smile, as if he could read Nishikawa's mind.
"Don't worry, Captain Fugaku has used my medicine before."
Upon hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha's lips twitched, but he did not refute it, only giving a cold "hmm".
Hinata Hiroshi hesitated for a moment, then took the bottle, tilted his head back, and dripped two drops.
A cool sensation instantly permeated my eyes, and the soreness and stinging sensation miraculously subsided by more than half, making my vision clearer and sharper.
"Thank you." Hinata Hiroshi's voice was no longer so stiff, and his gaze towards Nishikawa Tetsu softened.
"It's just a mutually beneficial arrangement." Nishikawa Tetsu returned to the group. "The road ahead will depend on your eyes."
Minato Namikaze leaned closer and whispered, "Your social skills are amazing. You can even soothe the Hyuga and Uchiha clans."
Nishikawa Tetsu's expression turned strange upon hearing this. "You, the future Fourth Hokage, are the one who's loved by everyone."
"In this team, the longer we keep our eyes open, the higher our chances of survival."
……
Half an hour later.
The group finally arrived at their destination—Howling Canyon.
The terrain here is extremely treacherous, with steep cliffs hundreds of meters high on both sides and a turbid river rushing and roaring in the middle.
Because the canyon is narrow, the wind makes a sound like ghosts howling when it passes through it, hence the name.
"This terrain..."
Fugaku Uchiha stood behind a high rock, looking down at the river below, his brow furrowed. "Although it's a good spot for an ambush, the enemy is on a boat, while we're on the shore. If we launch an attack, they can easily use water-style defense or accelerate past us. Our ninjutsu has a limited range, making it difficult to completely cut off the entire fleet."
"What if we blew up the canyon?" Kaidou suggested. "We can use explosive tags to destroy the rock walls on both sides and block the river."
"It's difficult."
Nishikawa Tetsu shook his head and pointed to the rock walls.
"The rocks here are basalt, which is extremely hard. And look at the structure of the rock face, it's very solid. To blast it down and block such a wide river channel, we would need at least several thousand explosive tags for targeted detonation, and our current stockpile is simply not enough."
"What should we do then?" Kaito asked anxiously. "Are we just going to watch them go?"
"A direct attack won't work, but we can use leverage."
Nishikawa Tetsu squatted down, took out paper and pen, and quickly drew a model of sound wave vibration.
"Hiyuki-senpai, please use your eye technique to observe whether there are any densely packed cracks in the middle section of that cliff over there?"
Hinata Hiroshi immediately activated his Byakugan, his gaze spanning hundreds of meters: "Yes. At a height of about eighty meters above the water, there are several deep fissures inside the rock formation, and it seems that groundwater is seeping out."
"That's right."
A glint of light flashed in Nishikawa Tetsu's eyes: "That's a stress concentration point in the rock strata."
"We don't need to blow up the entire mountain. We just need to detonate these support points at a specific frequency, and gravity will naturally do the rest for us."
Nishikawa Tetsu stood up and took out a dozen specially made kunai with strange metal pieces attached to them from his backpack.
"This is a resonant explosion."
He looked at Minato Namikaze: "Minato, only you can complete this mission. You need to use the Body Flicker Technique to precisely insert these kunai into the rock nodes that Hizen mentioned within five seconds."
Minato Namikaze looked at the almost vertical, moss-covered, slippery rock wall, then at the rushing torrent below. His face showed no fear, but rather a confident smile.
"Five seconds? Three seconds is enough."
"very good."
Fugaku Uchiha took over command and looked down at the dark river below, the direction from which the enemy was approaching.
"Hiroshi Hyuga, report the enemy's location."
"Three kilometers away, traveling at a high speed. Leading the way is a heavy transport ship, with a large amount of... what's that?"
Hyuga Hiroshi's voice suddenly became tense: "Puppets! Countless puppets! And the person standing at the bow of the ship has an astonishing amount of chakra; it's Kazama Sosuke, a Jonin and disciple of Chiyo of Sunagakure!"
"Elite troops...?"
Fugaku Uchiha took a deep breath, and his chakra began to surge, the three tomoe slowly rotating in the darkness.
"Everyone, lie in ambush! No one is allowed to make a move without my order."
"Nishikawa Tetsu, prepare the detonation device."
"Minato Namikaze, be ready to act at any time."
"yes!"
The rain poured down harder and harder, burying all the dangers lurking in the canyon.
Nishikawa Tetsu lay prone in the damp, cold grass, his fingers gripping an extremely thin chakra thread. His gaze was fixed on the bend in the river, his heart pounding faster with the faint sound of a motor approaching from afar.
This battle was not just about cutting off supplies.
It was also to prove to the ninja world that sometimes, knowledge is more deadly than ninjutsu.
"They're here."
Hinata Hiroshi gave a low shout.
A massive searchlight beam pierced the rain as a transport ship, resembling a steel behemoth and laden with weapons of mass destruction, slowly entered this natural coffin.