Chapter 192: Han's Advance, Tobi's Appearance
In the Land of Grass, at the Stone ninja's main camp.
A man in his thirties, with a calm expression and wearing bright red armor, was listening to his subordinate's report.
"According to the intelligence from our spies, we have now grasped the locations of several important camps of the Konoha army. This is the specific topographical map."
The man took the map from his subordinate and began to examine it carefully.
After a long while, the man suddenly let out a light laugh. "Konoha is really careless. How could they expose such important intelligence about their medical unit so easily? It's really..."
After laughing, he slammed the map on the table with a thump, then suddenly got up and went to a nearby clothes rack. He took off his red conical hat and put it on his head, and only then did he slowly say, "Send my order. Assemble the troops and prepare for a surprise attack."
"...Are you... going to the battlefield in person?"
"Of course. Right, send a message to Tōshi to see me."
"Yes, sir."
Just as the Stone ninja unit was taking action, Konoha also received the news in time.
"Not good! The leader of the Stone ninja army, 'Han,' has personally come to the battlefield and is currently marching rapidly toward the right flank," a ninja in charge of intelligence and communication shouted in a panic.
"The Five-Tails jinchuriki..." The one in charge of the intelligence and communication unit this time was none other than Inoichi Yamanaka. He thought for a moment with a grave expression, and then said decisively, "Inform all the units of this news and prepare to organize men to counter the jinchuriki's attack."
"Yes, sir."
Seeing his subordinate begin to make contact, Inoichi Yamanaka turned to look at another person and asked, "How much longer until the reinforcements arrive?"
"At the earliest, it will still take five days."
"Five days... no. Send a message to the support unit now and request that their commander, Uchiha Kyosuke, come at the fastest speed. Say that the enemy's jinchuriki has already personally come to the battlefield."
"Yes, sir."
"I hope there's enough time," Inoichi Yamanaka muttered to himself.
Soon, the intelligence that the Stone ninja's leader, the Five-Tails jinchuriki, Han, had come to the battlefield was known by all the units.
Besides the army that was responsible for the frontal blockade, the rest of the people all gathered together to prepare for the arrival of the strong enemy.
But then the眾 of the Northwestern Army found that the enemy had suddenly disappeared when they were approaching the frontal battlefield. To be precise, their leader, Han, had disappeared.
Upon learning of this situation, the sensory units all began to move out to search for the enemy's tracks. The same was true for the many sensory ninja who were in charge of guarding the various units.
It had to be said that if a jinchuriki were to infiltrate the Land of Fire, the consequences would be devastating, so the Northwestern Army had to be cautious.
Under such a large-scale search, Han's whereabouts were soon discovered. And to everyone's surprise, his current position was less than ten kilometers from the medical unit. If they marched at full speed, it would probably only take a few minutes for the two sides to make contact.
The terrified Northwestern Army quickly mobilized their powerhouses to the medical unit's station to prepare to resist the jinchuriki's attack. But they were so focused on Han's tracks that they did not notice that another team had also quietly infiltrated the Land of Fire.
A team of ten was speeding through the forest. They were the team that had bypassed the defensive line and infiltrated while the Northwestern Army's attention was drawn to Han.
Their leader was the Stone Village's jounin, Tōshi, a powerful elite jounin.
As for the purpose of their infiltration, it was clear: to secretly destroy the Northwestern Army's supply line.
After all, at this time, Konoha was fighting against the three great nations alone, and their supplies and personnel were very tight. As long as they successfully destroyed their supplies, the Northwestern Army would probably be powerless to resist the Stone's invasion.
They were the most crucial factor in this surprise attack. Even their leader, Han's, actions were just a cover. This was known to no one except Han himself and Tōshi, so there was no possibility of an intelligence leak.
However, what they didn't expect was that their supposedly extremely secretive tracks had long since been detected by another force, and a corresponding plan had been made.
At this time, this force had already appeared before Tōshi's squad.
"Who are you?" Tōshi stopped his subordinate who was about to make a move, and after a careful sensing, he found that this strange person was alone. This gave him enough patience to ask how he had discovered their tracks.
"Ah, are you asking who I am?" The spiral-shaped white human body heard this and lowered its head in thought.
This white human body was the most special clone among the many White Zetsu, Tobi.
After a long while, just as Tōshi's patience was running out, Tobi finally looked up and said in an exaggerated tone, "I can't tell you."
"...Are you messing with me? Forget it. I don't need to know," the veins on Tōshi's forehead bulged, and after a deep breath, he took the lead and charged at him.
"Ah, are you angry?" Tobi waved his hand with an exaggerated movement, and then said in a playful tone, "Actually, I just want to borrow your body for a bit."
"Borrow my body? We'll see if you have the ability," Tōshi said coldly.
Then, a stone dragon suddenly rose from the ground in front of him and quickly rushed at Tobi.
"Earth Release: Earth and Stone Dragon."
The ninjutsu, a mixture of mud and rock, was Tōshi's most skilled attack. He was confident that even if he couldn't kill this strange man, he could at least expose some of his abilities, so that he could get a glimpse of the enemy.
However, the next scene made his eyes instantly widen, and at the same time, he muttered to himself with a hint of terror, "Wood Release?!"
"That's right," Tobi said, jumping out from behind the arched Wood Release protective wall, and said with a dance of his hands and feet, "This move is called 'Wood Locking Wall.' How is it? It's amazing, right?"
"...Who on earth are you? How can you use Wood Release ninjutsu?!" Tōshi asked with a grave expression.
"I said I can't tell you. Why are you still asking? Wouldn't it be better to just let me borrow your body?" Tobi said, sighing with his head bowed.
"Forget it. I'll just take it myself. You cheapskate," Tobi said. At the same time, a thick wooden stick instantly shot out of his hand and wrapped around Tōshi.
"Wood Release: Silent Strangle Jutsu."
At this time, the vanguard squad led by Han had already engaged the guards of the medical unit.
Although these garrisons were not enough to stop the powerful Han, fortunately, the Northwestern Army's reaction was relatively fast, and they were able to send powerhouses to support them in time.
Hiashi Hyuga, Uchiha Ukyo, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi—the four of them successfully blocked Han's squad outside the medical unit's station, and a fierce battle was about to break out.
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