Chapter 55: Tired Eyes, Even More Tired Heart
"Just trying to grab attention!"
Hearing Li Jie xuan's impassioned shout, Tobirama Senju curled his lip in disdain. "Give it a few days. He'll be crying and begging to come back to the Leaf Village."
Danzo Shimura nodded repeatedly in agreement, but Hiruzen Sarutobi merely smiled and gently shook his head. On the contrary, he felt that this Li Jie xuan might just surprise them…
The B4 Defense Zone—
the reason it was called the "certain-death zone" was simple:
It was too open!
No one knew why only this patch of forest had been eroded by wind and sand. Even the tallest trees were barely a meter high. With no cover whatsoever, it was nothing short of a disaster for the defending side.
"What should we do?"
Hyuga Yizu surveyed the surroundings. The vast, exposed land made him feel deeply uneasy.
"If we stay here, we won't be able to hold out for long. Whether physically or mentally, the pressure is just too great!"
Yamada Xunzhen frowned and offered his advice. "Captain, we should immediately dig bunkers. That way, we might be able to hang on!"
Among this squad, Yamada Xunzhen was the only one who could be called reliable. The suggestion to dig bunkers was steady and experienced. If this had been before the system mission was issued, Li Jie xuan might have nodded in agreement—but now…
"That's a very good suggestion!"
Li Jie xuan nodded in praise.
Seeing this, Hyuga Yizhen pulled out a shovel and was about to get to work. In such an open area, the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan really had no advantage at all, which made him extremely uneasy.
"Tch, coward…"
Uchiha Yuya sneered, disdainfully curling his lip. As a member of the Uchiha clan, he had no fear of death.
"However, I don't like it!"
In the end, Li Jie xuan still shook his head and rejected the proposal.
Hearing this, Yamada Xunzhen raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Then what does Captain Jie xuan plan to do?"
"What am I going to do?"
Li Jie xuan let out a cold laugh and clenched his fist. "I don't have a habit of passively taking a beating. I've decided to take the initiative!"
"Take the initiative?"
At those words, everyone was stunned.
Yamada Xunzhen bluntly objected. "The Sand ninja have the upper hand right now. We're already struggling just to defend—how can we possibly attack?"
Li Jie xuan smiled and shook his head. He reached up, removed his ninja forehead protector, then smoothly stripped off his ninja uniform and put on an adorable green frog baby outfit. In less than ten seconds, Li Jie xuan had turned into an infant still wrapped in swaddling clothes…
"Waaah—waaah~~"
Li Jie xuan opened his mouth and cried loudly. That appearance—he looked exactly like an ordinary baby!
"Th-this…"
Everyone was dumbfounded. It was only then that they seemed to realize something.
Li Jie xuan wasn't even three years old yet—it was just that his usual speech and actions were far too adult-like…
"As the saying goes, show weakness to the enemy and strike where they least expect it!"
Dressed in the cute frog baby outfit, Li Jie xuan lectured them. "War is fought with your brain!"
It had to be said that warfare in the ninja world at this time was incredibly crude. No emphasis on medical ninja, no emphasis on intelligence work—just clumping ninja together and charging head-on into battle…
But forget it. After all, this was their first time fighting a war. Some leniency was warranted.
Ten minutes later, Li Jie xuan and his group were already standing within the borders of the Land of Wind…
Thin smoke curled upward—
this was a civilian village…
Hyuga Yizhen rubbed his eyes tiredly. Ten straight minutes of using both X-ray vision and the Telescope Technique was a serious strain even for him. But for the sake of safety, there was no other choice.
"Yizhen, squat down."
Li Jie xuan suddenly beckoned to Hyuga Yizhen with a somewhat mysterious air.
"Huh?"
Although completely baffled, Hyuga Yizhen still squatted down as instructed.
"Thanks for your hard work…"
Li Jie xuan gently patted Hyuga Yizhen on the shoulder, then turned around and walked away.
"So… you had me squat down just to make it easier for you to pat my shoulder?"
Hyuga Yizhen instantly felt even more exhausted.
Eyes tired, heart even more tired…
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