Chapter 82: Luring the Enemy
To prevent Kurama Kon from moving and interfering with his balance at such high speed, Sasuke held her more firmly against his back. He felt how light she was, her weight barely a presence. He pondered the paradox of the Kurama clan: such immense genjutsu power trapped in such fragile bodies. Such pronounced weakness was a fatal disadvantage for a ninja.
"Hmm!" Kon softly whimpered, feeling shy at being held more tightly. She huddled like a quail, burying her face in Sasuke's back, not daring to move further.
Sasuke, seeing that she had stilled, felt satisfied. Now he could use his movement technique with all his strength to accelerate even further. Soon, they caught up to the Sunagakure smuggling team.
However, Sasuke didn't stop. He led Fūjin and Raijin in a large circle to get ahead of them, reaching a river mouth that was the only possible path. The terrain was open, with abundant water resources and dense forests; a perfect place for an ambush. They set up a simple but large-scale trap and prepared to wait.
The Sunagakure team was finally less than three kilometers away. At that moment, on a huge tree a kilometer away, a shadow clone of Sasuke, observing them with a monocular, adjusted the lens angle just in time for a ray of sun to reflect, sending a telltale flash. A second later, he jumped from the branch, feigning a desperate escape.
The Sunagakure team immediately stopped.
"Sandfall, should I kill that little mouse?" a ninja asked, kneeling before his leader.
"Feng Ya, if you don't get rid of that little mouse, you don't have to come back. And I'll take good care of your Maki," the leader said, his face grim.
"Yes, sir!" the ninja responded, and with his Body Flicker Technique, he chased after the fleeing clone.
The team leader gave the order to continue, and the remaining eight Sunagakure ninjas rushed directly towards the estuary where Sasuke had set the ambush.
"Senpai, are you a jonin?" Kurama Kon asked, surprised to see Sasuke create ten shadow clones. She admired him even more.
"Yes," Sasuke replied without elaborating. With the enemy divided, he made a quick calculation. His side: himself (special jonin level), Fūjin and Raijin (two potential special jonin), and ten chunin-level clones, with Kon to amplify their power with genjutsu. The enemy side: one special jonin puppet user, a leader who was a "special jonin" in name only, and six chunin.
'The combat power difference is almost 2 to 1. The advantage is mine,' he felt, convinced he had never fought a battle with such superiority.
"Kon, stay here. This clone will protect you. When you need to release your illusions, obey its orders," he instructed, while assigning two other clones to guide Fūjin and Raijin.
Soon, the eight Sunagakure ninjas entered the ambush circle. Sasuke did not activate the explosive tags, only the kunai and shuriken traps. At the same time, he and his ten clones launched the Hiding in Mist Technique. In seconds, the entire estuary was engulfed in an unnaturally dense mist.
"Oh no, it's an ambush!"
The Sunagakure ninjas realized too late.
"Red Hawk, dispel the mist!" ordered the special jonin puppet user, taking command.
The fake jonin in charge snorted coldly, visibly dissatisfied, but said nothing.
The chunin named Red Hawk unleashed a Wind Style: Great Breakthrough. The hurricane dispersed a portion of the mist, but the forest was too dense, and the mist covered the gap again in seconds.
"Attack together!" the puppet user ordered. Four chunin quickly formed hand seals, preparing a combination of Earth and Wind ninjutsu to completely break through the mist.
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