"I know you are worried about me, and you are thinking of my safety, but my wish is to protect everyone on the battlefield."
"Please believe me!"
Haruki looked at Souta and Ruka sincerely.
[Ding!]
[System detected Souta's gratitude value + 200]
[Ding!]
[System detected Ruka's gratitude value + 2000]
[You have now collected a total of 4000 gratitude points, and your Cursed Spirit Land God's rank has risen to 65.7%]
Souta and Ruka looked at Haruki with emotion.
What a sensible child!
Having Haruki in Amegakure is truly a blessing for Amegakure.
"Alright."
"We will also work hard to treat everyone in the camp."
Souta and Ruka clenched their fists, promising Haruki.
Only by everyone working together can Amegakure have a tomorrow.
Having earned a good amount of emotional value, Haruki wandered around the camp contentedly.
His peripheral vision caught Hanzo's figure, and Haruki simply stopped and stood still, observing Hanzo's every move.
Hanzo walked out of the camp, and a faint purple mist, centered around him, slowly but steadily spread out. The purple mist clung to the ground, quietly covering key areas outside the camp like a living entity.
After setting up the poisonous mist, Hanzo returned to the camp. He immediately saw Haruki standing not far away, watching him with glowing eyes.
Haruki ran towards Hanzo, his eyes filled with uncontrollable admiration. "Sensei is so amazing."
Haruki didn't believe anyone could resist a child's flattery.
Adult flattery feels fake, but can a child's flattery be called flattery?
That's called heartfelt.
[Ding!]
[System detected Hanzo's affection value + 500]
[Your companion Cursed Spirit Rika's rank has risen to 72.15%]
"I just spread some poisonous mist, that's all."
Hanzo thought, what's so amazing about this?
Haruki hadn't even seen his more powerful techniques yet.
"Sensei is the strongest ninja in my heart." Haruki continued his offensive.
[Ding!]
[System detected Hanzo's affection value + 500]
[Your companion Cursed Spirit Rika's rank has risen to 73%]
"Cough, cough." Hanzo cleared his throat.
He looked at Haruki and urged, "Now that you're on the battlefield, you must not neglect your training."
"Yes!"
…
Night fell.
Outside the tent, the strong wind swept past, making a "slapping" sound.
The air inside the tent was heavy, and the Amegakure ninjas were on edge.
Hanzo sat at the head, and the other ninjas sat neatly in chairs along both sides of the long table.
A large map was placed on the long table.
The map clearly outlined the terrain of the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind.
Wastelands, rocky highlands, as well as Sunagakure's border defenses built on sand dunes, watchtowers, trap areas, and main camp locations were all precisely marked.
Hanzo's aura was calm, and his sharp eyes stared at the map on the table.
Haruki sat in a chair next to Hanzo, his presence incongruous with the serious expressions of the ninjas inside the tent.
"Sunagakure's defense line seems tight, but it's not impregnable."
Yushi pointed a slender metal rod at an area on the map, on the flank of Sunagakure's camp.
"This area is a quicksand area. It's extremely difficult for them to lay traps and set up outposts here, so using this area as our breakthrough point is most suitable."
The geographical conditions of the Land of Wind are arguably the worst among the Five Great Nations. Not only are desert resources scarce, but dangers lurk everywhere.
This is also why Sunagakure always wages war with other villages.
Sunagakure attempts to invade other countries' territories to compensate for the scarce resources of the Land of Wind.
Mizuna looked at Yushi and asked doubtfully, "Since this quicksand area is a weakness in Sunagakure's border defense, how do we cross it?"
Yushi looked at everyone and said, "This is the problem we need to discuss—how to cross this quicksand area."
"Can't Earth Release users just use their ninjutsu in the quicksand area?" An Amegakure ninja said.
Yushi looked at him and said helplessly, "The quicksand area is very large. To build a road in the quicksand area using Earth Release, it might require tens of thousands of people to simultaneously use Earth Release Ninjutsu."
The proposing Amegakure ninja immediately fell silent.
Tens of thousands of people?
Even Konoha, the strongest ninja village, couldn't gather tens of thousands of Earth Release users.
This quicksand is both a weakness in Sunagakure's border defense and a natural defense for Sunagakure's border.
"Then, according to you, crossing the quicksand area is impossible." An Amegakure ninja said despondently.
He looked at Yushi and said, "Unless each of us has a flying summoning beast, trying to cross the quicksand area is simply nonsense."
Ninjaa who have summoning beasts are few, let alone those with flying summonig beasts.
Flying?
Summoning beast?
Haruki blinked, an idea surfacing in his mind.
He didn't have a summoning beast, but he had a broom.
Through the system's explanation, Haruki had a new understanding of Tool Manipulation.
The principle of Tool Manipulation is to imbue inanimate objects with "life" or "autonomous movement," and then precisely control them using Cursed Energy for flight, attack, defense, and reconnaissance.
The broom was just an ordinary medium for the technique. Haruki could also control various other objects he chose to fly.
Since he could control one, he could control more, as Tool Manipulation had no quantity limit.
Haruki estimated that the number of controllable objects was related to his Cursed Energy.
The more massive his Cursed Energy, the more objects he could control simultaneously.
When Haruki controlled the broom, the Cursed Energy consumed was not much.
By the way, how much Cursed Energy did he have now?
Haruki called out to the system in his mind.
[Total Cursed Energy: Self-Cursed Energy (7,300,000) + Cursed Energy carried by Cursed Spirits (33,520,000)]
Haruki's eyes widened.
So much Cursed Energy!
It's stable.
Haruki had no more worries.
He whispered, "I… I have a way…"
Countless eyes immediately fell on Haruki like searchlights.
"Haruki, you are a medical ninja, what method could you possibly have?"
The Amegakure ninja sighed, waving at Haruki. "We're discussing important matters, you go out and play for now."
The Amegakure ninja was quickly slapped on the back of the head by Mizuna, who sat next to him.
Mizuna glared at the Amegakure ninja, who scratched the back of his head and mumbled, "I just wanted him to go out and relax. The child is so nervous he's talking nonsense."
Haruki: "…"
"Haruki." Yushi looked at Haruki, his voice gentle, "What method do you have? Tell us."
Haruki took down the broom he carried with him.
Yushi's eyes lit up. Hadn't Haruki been flying in the air with this broom all along?
"But…"
The light in Yushi's eyes quickly extinguished.
"There's only one broom." Yushi sighed in disappointment.
"The point isn't the broom, but the curse on the broom." Haruki stood up from his chair.
(End of Chapter)
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