Chapter 408: The New Generation's Yellow Flash
After receiving their assorted equipment in the west camp, Konohamaru and his friends completed their registration and officially became ninja on the eastern front.
Arriving on the battlefield for the first time, the three were completely bewildered. There were no strict teachers here, no rowdy classmates. Here, everyone had only one identity: Konoha ninja.
When the Cloud ninja, led by Killer B, launched a surprise attack with an elite squad, the three kids were utterly stunned.
There was no formation to speak of; everyone just found their own opponent.
Konoha ninja fought with kunai and shuriken, while the Cloud ninja disliked these short weapons. Many of them used katanas or custom-made long or short swords.
The assault squad led by Killer B was a veritable "chopper squad," cutting through the camp like slicing vegetables.
The first enemy Konohamaru saw on the battlefield was a tall, dark-skinned ninja twenty meters away.
This ninja was extremely brave. His longsword slashed left and right, and in less than ten moves, a Konoha ninja in a chunin vest was slashed in the shoulder. His collarbone broke on the spot, and blood spurted out like it was free. As the Konoha ninja fell into a pool of his own blood, he saw the three dazed kids in the distance and gave them a small wave, signaling them to run.
The three were just like Naruto and Sakura had been when they faced the Demon Brothers back then. They stood in a triangular formation, holding their kunai in a reverse grip. Their posture looked standard, but their slightly trembling legs betrayed their inner fear.
The tall Cloud ninja gave them what they saw as an extremely sinister smile, then forcefully shook the blood from his blade and charged at them like an arrow.
"Rasengan! Rasengan, come out, come out!" Konohamaru was terrified. He wanted to shout, but the words that came to his lips were as quiet as a mosquito's buzz. He wanted to use the Rasengan, but in his panic, he couldn't gather his chakra at all, let alone make it rotate.
Iruka was tied down by a Cloud ninja and wanted to rescue the three, but he was simply too late.
Just as Moegi screamed and covered her head, a figure abruptly appeared in front of the three. A flash of gold passed, and before they could see anything, a bloody hole appeared in the tall Cloud ninja's neck. He looked bewildered, clutching the wound, but blood still gushed out. His strong muscles could no longer provide him with strength, and his breathing became more and more rapid. Carried by inertia, he staggered forward two more steps and fell headfirst, never to get up again.
What happened? How did the enemy suddenly die?
Konohamaru twitched his nose. There was the fragrance of flowers in the air, but he couldn't identify what kind.
Not only had their enemy died, but the Cloud ninja entangled with Iruka had also collapsed like a limp noodle. Half of his neck was severed, his eyes were lifeless, and he had completely lost all signs of life.
Iruka quickly shielded the three behind him.
Udon and Moegi hadn't yet come to their senses; they were clearly scared senseless.
Konohamaru was filled with shame. I'm so useless. I was so scared by one enemy that I couldn't even move. This terrible performance of mine is a disgrace to my grandfather!
Guessing his thoughts, Iruka gently patted his head. "It's like this the first time on the battlefield. I was even more pathetic than you are now back then."
Konohamaru was indeed distracted, eagerly asking about his first experience on the battlefield.
Iruka's so-called "first time on the battlefield" was the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage. His parents had died tragically as a result, and the bodies they found were mangled beyond recognition. The psychological trauma he suffered at that time was ten thousand times greater than Konohamaru's current fright. But he glossed over the background, contrasting his cowardice back then with his bravery today to clear the gloom from their hearts and help them regain the courage to face the battlefield.
He encouraged the three of them. "Everyone is the same. There's no such thing as being braver than anyone else. It's because you are still so young that a big tree like me has to shield you from the wind and rain."
"Was Teacher Ino also pathetic the first time she was on the battlefield?" Moegi couldn't help but ask.
Iruka scratched his face. How should I put this? Haven't you seen the golden light flashing back and forth on the battlefield? She killed all these enemies. Her, pathetic? What would the Cloud ninja she killed think?
He had been fortunate enough to witness Ino extracting a soul from a Cloud ninja's corpse for information once. Good heavens, just looking at it for a moment had sent a chill down his spine.
Can someone from the underworld like that be compared to normal people like us?
Was Ino scared the first time she was on the battlefield? He had never asked, but he guessed she probably wasn't...
He tried his best to embellish it for her. "Some people are born to be ninja. At every critical moment, they can bloom with a dazzling light. Jonin Yamanaka is that kind of person."
The three young ones nodded, half-understanding.
After receiving their equipment earlier, they had gone deep into the west camp. By the time they returned to the rear camp, the Cloud ninja's attack had already been repelled.
Konohamaru heard a new term from the conversations of some passing ninja: "Yellow Flash."
"Iruka-sensei, who is the Yellow Flash?"
"Well, that's a bit complicated. The original Yellow Flash referred to the Fourth Hokage. Now it refers to Jonin Yamanaka. The enemy we encountered earlier was dealt with by her. Didn't you notice? That was the fragrance of cosmos flowers."
Konohamaru and his friends were dumbfounded, at a loss for words.
The three's first night on the eastern front was woken up by a sharp whistling sound.
After asking Iruka, they learned that it was the Cloud Village's chakra cannon.
Iruka said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, that cannon just looks big. Its actual destructive power is limited."
On a battlefield of tens of thousands of ninja, the chances of a cannonball landing on your head were very low. Ninety-nine percent of the cannonballs were actually aimed at Ino. Ordinary ninja like them didn't need to be afraid of it. The Cloud ninja wouldn't waste their limited firing opportunities on them. Charge for half a day just to kill one of you chunin? Not worth it.
For ninja below the stratosphere, there was no jutsu that couldn't be countered.
Since the chakra cannon had the word "chakra" in it, it naturally fell within this rule.
The two sides were now like playing a game of chess. The Cloud deployed its Jinchuriki, and Konoha deployed its Wood Golem. The Cloud deployed its cannon to hit the Wood Golem, and Konoha deployed Genma Shiranui's assault squad to destroy the cannon. Then the Cloud deployed Killer B's "chopper squad" to intercept Genma Shiranui's squad. The two sides countered each other, and neither could completely overwhelm the other with a single ninjutsu or piece of technology.
While the chakra cannon drew Konoha's attention, Genma Shiranui's squad's equipment, the Sandevistan Mark II, also came into the Cloud's view.
This "cheat" could allow a ninja with average physical abilities to reach an extremely fast speed. Speed is power. A "Speed" of 7 might not be much in Ino's eyes, but at an ordinary level, it was already very fast.
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