Surrounded by mountains, everything is devastated.
This was Uchiha Tokumitsu's first impression of Kawa no Kuni.
The Kingdom of Sichuan is the country with the largest territory among the five major countries. Unfortunately, this country is similar to the Kingdom of Wind. Most of the areas are in an uninhabitable and desperate situation.
Cliffs and cliffs that have been eroded by wind and sand for thousands of years can be seen everywhere, and strange mountains and rocks emerge in endless layers. The most scarce thing is the green vegetation that represents life and hope.
It is precisely because of the barrenness of the Kingdom of Sichuan that neither the Fire nor Wind countries have much interest in its territory, and both regard it as a buffer zone between the great powers.
Moreover, due to the special terrain and harsh natural environment of the Kingdom of Sichuan, there are a large number of barren lands that are not suitable for ordinary people to live in. Therefore, the frequent conflicts caused by the two great powers of Fire and Wind in the Kingdom of Sichuan have not had a great impact on its citizens. Influence.
This can be considered a blessing in misfortune.
The two chief commanders of the Western Border Defense Force, Mimura Hazaki and Mumu Koutana, are both veteran Jonin of Konoha.
Although the two became famous early and were strong, they did not have a solid backing. Therefore, although they had a certain reputation among the jounin community in the village, they did not have enough status and had been working in various border defense forces stationed outside.
"Sakumo-sama, Tokumitsu-kun, welcome you."
At the gate of the Western Border Defense Force station, Misura Hamaki excitedly held Hatake Sakumo's hand.
Uchiha Demitsu was observing the two of them.
We also had a close relationship with Kume Kōtō. He used to be the commander of the Grassland garrison camp and commanded the northwest border defense forces. There was a handover when Uchiha Kamon and Uchiha Tokumitsu took over as border commanders. Contact at work.
But compared to his calm appearance at the beginning, Mumu Gongdao looked particularly tired and haggard at this time.
The same was true for Misura Hamaki, who was holding Hatake Sakumo's hand tightly and bursting into tears.
"Yamaki-kun looks a lot haggard..." Hatake Sakumo also said bluntly to his old friend, "It's really hard on you for taking up the post of border commander."
"Sakumo-kun and Tokumitsu-kun can lead the mobile troops to come to the rescue, which really solves our urgent need." When talking about his situation, Mimura Yemaki was also filled with sadness and tears.
"Didn't Sunagakure's main force be transferred to the Land of Rain to attack Hanzo's Rain Ninja Army?"
There was something strange about Uchiha Tokumitsu.
"Even if the main force of Sunagakure is called back, the remaining Sunagakure will give us a particular headache." Mimura Hazaki said with a bitter smile.
Mimura Yemaki and Kime Koutana welcomed Uchiha Tokumitsu, Hatake Sakumo and all members of the mobile unit into the camp, and arranged some meals. They just talked about the reason.
The Western Border Defense Force was originally the most powerful of the external ninja armies stationed in Konoha, but all this became a thing of the past after the outbreak of the Rain Country War.
Although the dispatched troops led by Danzo Shimura occupied some border cities in the Country of Rain, they were never able to truly penetrate the core hinterland of the Country of Rain. They were just locked in an endless war of attrition with the Rain Ninja Village on the inside.
Although the Konoha family has a great cause, it cannot withstand endless consumption. However, it takes a lot of time to recruit the ninja army, and it also has to take care of various tasks that have increased in number due to frequent wars. Therefore, it is close to the Land of Rain. The Northwest Border Defense Force has become Danzo Shimura's target.
The Western Border Defense Force, which originally had a quota of 1,700 members, was successively stripped of nearly 600 elite ninjas for various reasons, and the recruitment order also came with the Hokage's permission. Mimura Hazaki and Mumu Kouto simply No reason to stop.
Coupled with Sunagakure's frequent attacks and consumption, all the backbone chuunin were deployed, and the western border defense force, which had suffered severe blood loss in the ninja army system, was in a passive state of being beaten. The morale and combat capabilities of the ninja army were deteriorating.
"So far, there are only less than 600 ninjas left in the border force who can participate in combat, and they also have to shoulder border patrols, invasion and suppression, escort tasks, etc. The village's assessment requirements for us have never been lowered, but have been intensified. The Ninja Army has long been overwhelmed by the heavy workload."
At this time, Mimura Yemaki, who was already thirty years old, was choked with sobs as he spoke, and Mu Mu Kung Dao also touched his forehead and sighed.
In a daze, Uchiha Tokumitsu seemed to have returned to his previous life, as if he was listening to a middle-aged social worker with seniors and juniors crying about the unbearable experience of being squeezed and flogged by KPIs and 360 environmental assessments.
"After Sunagakure's callback, are there any more difficult enemies to deal with?"
Uchiha Tokko was a little puzzled.
"Although Sunagakure's large-scale ninja army has withdrawn, there is still a raiding team composed of several elite jounin who are still operating in the Kingdom of Kawa and in the border areas of the Kingdom of Fire. We have no way to punish them..." Mumu Koutana Said somewhat helplessly.
"Elite Jonin..." Hatake Sakumo put his hand on his chin and tapped his temple with his index finger slightly, thinking about countermeasures.
"Do you have any specific information about the enemy?"
Uchiha Tokko continued to ask.
"No..." Mu Mu Gongdao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The ninja teams that fought with them have all been killed, and we only analyzed some limited intelligence based on the corpses."
"Elaborate."
"There are about five to six people, among whom there should be two or three extremely accomplished puppet masters, and the others should also be Jonin who specialize in wind release."
Mimura Yemaki said helplessly.
The enemy came and went with ease, as if they were in uninhabited territory. In addition, he had lost countless troops and generals in exchange for such a rough information, which made him, the chief officer of the border troops, very embarrassed.
"Is there any pattern in the other party's attacks?" Hatake Sakumo asked.
Mimura Hazaki took out a map and opened it.
It is densely marked with red '×' signs as well as time, casualties and other markings.
"There are no rules at all..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo looked at the map for a long time and found that there was no pattern of attacks at all.
"Yes..." Mu Mu Kung Dao said helplessly.
"You don't even know the other party's identity?" Hatake Sakumo scratched his head, feeling a little troubled.
"Yeah..." Mimura Hazaki sighed, "We can't even effectively track them. They have touched the outside of the camp many times. Fortunately, Hinata's Byakugan ninja found out and warned him in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous... "
"Let's discuss tactics to eliminate the enemy."
Hatake Sakumo stopped Misura Hazaki from complaining and said proactively.
"Okay, okay, very good!"
Mimura Yemaki and Mu Mu Gongdao were overjoyed.
…
The destination of the mobile unit's mission to Kawakuni was originally the border area in the northern part of Kawakuni near the Land of Rain, but now Sansho Hanzo was too busy turning his head to defend against the menacing Sunagakure army, and had no intention of paying attention to the Konohagakure ninjas. army, so the Konoha Expeditionary Force stationed in the eastern border area of Rain Country can also take a breath to replenish and recuperate, and the mobile troops do not need to rush to the border area to coordinate the operations of the dispatched army.
After discussions between Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo, they finally decided to conduct a nationwide search by dividing their forces and pulling a net to clear them up.
The main force responsible for the search was naturally the combat jounin of the mobile unit.
Uchiha Tokumitsu led the twelve Uchiha jounin in the mobile force, while Hatake Sakumo led the other nine combat jonin and three jonin selected from the border troops to form a search and suppression team.
There were two teams of twenty-four jounin in total, and each team was assigned three sentient ninjas, forming a front-line search and suppression team. The border troops organized two support troops composed of thirty ninjas each to serve as the rear communication support fulcrum and supplementary force for the two search and suppression teams.
The auxiliary ninja troops and escort squads under the Mobile Force stayed at the base camp of the Northwest Border Defense Force to assist in the defense.
At the same time, the border troops also assembled the last elite force and organized a reserve force of 70 people as a ready-to-commitment force.
After allocating the search area and determining the time and code for information exchange, Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo led their troops to go out to perform the mission respectively under the expectant gazes of Mimura Yemaki and Kimu Koudao.
…
Uchiha Tokumitsu divided the twelve Uchiha jounin under his command into three teams, with four jonin in each team, and then divided the three sentient ninjas into each team. He personally led one team in the middle, and the other two teams They were divided into left and right groups, and an area with the highest number of Sunagakure attacks was selected for search.
After searching for two days, nothing was found.
At noon on the third day, after the morning search, Uchiha Tokumitsu led his troops to rest on the top of a cliff.
"Chirp——"
Suddenly, a signal flare rose into the sky in the distance.
"It's support troops!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu's expression changed!
Sunagakure finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Walk!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu did not hesitate, drew his Kodachi and led his troops to rush towards the direction of the police.
The other four Uchiha Jonin and Sensing Ninja consciously followed him to form a Yafeng formation.
Sudden--
"Wind Escape·Great Wind Sword!"
The wind blade, which was almost invisible to the naked eye, made a whistling sound like a sharp blade piercing the air at high speed, and struck towards Uchiha Tokko.
The rocks and gravel along the way were all cut into pieces by the wind blades. The power was evident!
"Secret Technique·Uchiha Fire Formation!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu did not dare to neglect at all, he quickly formed a seal and stamped his left foot on the ground.
The purple flames rolled up in all directions like a whirlpool, covering himself and his subordinates in the flames.
"Six enemies!"
the sentient ninja shouted.
"A plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain..." Uchiha Tokumitsu said with a sneer.
Deliberately attacking the weak support troops, so as to draw away the two groups on his left and right wings, and then concentrate on attacking him, the leader.
"I don't know who gave you the courage to attack me."
In Uchiha Tokko's eyes, the scarlet three magatama slowly rotated. Seeing that his subordinates were all ready, he slowly dispersed the surrounding flame array.
"Uchiha Tokumitsu, the youngest Jonin in Konoha, once served as the deputy commander of the northwest border defense force of the Land of Fire, and is currently the deputy commander of Konoha's new mobile force..."
On the cliff ahead, stood four men, two women and six Sunagakures.
The one who spoke was the woman in the middle, Sunagakure.
"Your intelligence is quite accurate~" Uchiha Tokko twisted his neck and looked at the Sunagakure ninja with his scarlet Sharingan.
"Tokumitsu-kun has defeated Iwagakure many times. We had some difficulty dealing with those stone men with granite heads, so naturally we collected some information."
Said a red-haired male Sunagakure ninja next to him.
His eyes looked directly into Uchiha Tokko's Sharingan without fear.
"As a sign of respect for Tokumitsu-kun, I have decided to accept your Sharingan as my collection." The female Sunagakure also said the bloodiest words politely and in the gentlest tone.
"I really envy you..." Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed with a hint of exclamation, "Your courage is commendable!"
Before he finished speaking, he turned into a flash of shadow and shot towards Sunagakure.
Among the four Uchiha jounin under his command, two went up with him to kill, while the other two were covering the sensing ninja while forming seals to prepare for ninjutsu support.
At the same time, a signal flare was sent into the sky by the Sensing Ninja, but it was shot down by the Wind Blade before it could take off.
"Magic·Yaohang Technique!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu's eyes emitted illusions to interfere, and at the same time he swung his sword to stir up chakra to form sword energy.
"Uchiha style: Halo dance!"
"Uchiha Style: Sword Flame Slash!"
The surging fire escape sword energy slashed in the direction of Sunagakure.
"Water Release·Water Breaking Wave!"
"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!"
Two ninjutsu blocked the attacks of Uchiha Tokumitsu and his men.
It could be seen that Sunagakure's attack force was organized very carefully. There are very few ninjas in the desert who can use water escape ninjutsu, and they are jounin.
"three minutes!"
The earth flow wall gradually collapsed, revealing six Sunagakure ninjas and six puppets.
The red-haired male Sunagakure raised three fingers of his left hand, "As long as we kill you within three minutes, your subordinates will not have time to surround you and rescue you!"
"You are so confident that it makes people uncomfortable..." Uchiha Tokumitsu raised his sword and flicked the blade with his left hand. A purple flame ignited from the blade and then spread throughout his body. "I guess your background is also very good, otherwise you wouldn't be so arrogant and look ridiculous like you have never experienced a beating in reality..."
"In front of our Sunagakure puppet master, even Uchiha's Sharingan is of no use to us!" the female Sunagakure jounin said confidently.
"Yeah……"
There was a sneer on Uchiha Tokko's lips.
His left foot suddenly hit the ground again.
"Fire Escape·Sealing the Fire Realm!"
The surging fire chakra that swept down from his left leg poured into the ground, exploding the ground like a volcanic eruption, forming ravines. The cracked ground shone with red flames, flowing like magma.
Caught off guard, Sunagakure jumped back quickly, and condensed chakra to form wind blades that broke through the ground, cutting off the fire-bending chakra that spread underground.
"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"
A frenzy of flames swept towards Sunagakure.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
The four Uchiha jounin under his command also used fire escape ninjutsu to help out.
"Chikamatsu Secret Technique·Six-Star Absorption Collapse!"
The six puppets floated in mid-air, forming a hexagonal formation. They opened the mechanisms on their abdomens together, revealing large tubes, which emitted powerful vortexes to absorb all the Fire Release Ninjutsu.
But there were faint red lights flashing on the puppet's abdomen, as if it was on the verge of exploding.
Two Sunagakures wearing masks emerged from the ground in embarrassment. The color of their hair was exactly the same as that of the Sunagakure man and woman who talked the most before.
"Using puppetry to control puppets and perform puppetry, it's a shame that you shady puppet masters can think of it..."
"How did you see that!"
The female Sunagakure asked with a slightly frightened expression.
"As I said, you are in front of Uchiha's eyes..."
Uchiha Tokko smiled confidently.
"Nowhere to hide!"
Then he swung his sword to kill him, and the Uchiha jounin followed up to cover him up.
(End of chapter)
