Aokawa distributed the Explosive Tags to everyone: "I've added some extra ingredients to these."
"They are more powerful; you can call them Greater Explosive Tags."
As soon as Anko Mitarashi heard the words "more powerful," her eyes instantly lit up.
She excitedly reached out and snatched her share.
"Big is good, I like big things!"
However, Aokawa's next sentence caused the excitement on her face to instantly freeze.
She almost threw the "big guy" in her hand straight out.
"It's just that the stability is a bit poor."
The hands of Asuma Sarutobi and Shiranui Genma paused slightly as they took the Explosive Tags.
Ebisu even subconsciously took half a step back.
Looking at how the several of them looked as if they were facing a great enemy, not knowing where to put their hands and feet, Aokawa's lips curled slightly.
"Don't worry."
"It will be no problem for them to last until you retreat."
But Asuma and the others instantly felt the Explosive Tags in their hands grow even hotter.
"The action plan is simple."
Aokawa composed his expression, and his voice returned to calm.
"I will go in first, deal with all the hidden sentries, and destroy their alarm devices."
"Afterward, I will send a signal."
"Asuma, you take Genma to the Area B Armory."
"Anko, you and Ebisu go to Area A and Area C, which are the ration pills and Explosive Tag warehouses."
"From the moment I send the signal, you only have three minutes."
"Within three minutes, you must finish placing them and then immediately retreat along the original route to behind that waterfall we passed earlier."
"Understood?"
"Understood!"
The several of them suppressed the tension in their hearts and responded in low voices.
"Very good."
Aokawa nodded, his gaze sweeping over them.
"Remember, you are Konoha Ninjas; keep your movements clean."
After speaking, his figure flickered.
His whole person seemed to melt into the shadows of the dusk, silently disappearing at the end of the bushes.
Inside the base, it was still peaceful.
The patrolling Cloud Hidden Ninjas marched with regular steps, and the sentries on the watchtower yawned, completely unaware that the Shinigami had already arrived.
Aokawa was like a ghost walking in the darkness.
His Byakugan saw the Chakra flow of the entire camp with perfect clarity.
The position of every hidden sentry and every patrol route formed a 3D dynamic map in his mind.
He flickered into the blind spot of a watchtower's vision.
A very faint shadow rapidly climbed up along the tower's pillar.
The Cloud Hidden sentry at the top of the tower only felt a chill at the back of his neck; before he could even groan, he slumped down softly.
Aokawa's figure did not pause for a moment, leaping off the top of the tower.
Like a weightless feather, he silently landed on another roof a hundred meters away.
The second hidden sentry, dealt with.
The third... the fourth... the entire process was smooth and flowing, so fast it was breathtaking.
In less than a minute, the eight hidden sentries scattered throughout the camp were all cleared out.
They didn't even know how they died.
Having finished all this, Aokawa came to an inconspicuous wooden house in the center of the camp.
This was the hub of the entire camp's alarm system.
He did not break in.
He simply extended a finger and lightly tapped the position of the lock.
The Gentle Fist's Chakra penetrated through, precisely destroying the internal lock core structure.
*Click.*
With a soft sound, the door opened.
He slipped inside and quietly closed the door behind him.
A moment later.
A very faint bird call sounded from the center of the camp, reaching the ears of Asuma and the others waiting on the periphery.
The signal!
The four of them were invigorated and did not dare to hesitate for a moment.
According to the prior arrangement, they immediately split up and rushed toward their respective targets at maximum speed.
Asuma and Genma rushed toward the Area B Armory.
The way was clear all along, eerily quiet.
They could even hear their own heartbeats.
The two didn't dare think too much, quickly sticking those "enhanced" Explosive Tags onto the armory's load-bearing walls and weapon racks.
On the other side, Anko Mitarashi and Ebisu also successfully reached Area A and Area C.
Looking at the mountains of supplies in the warehouse, a flash of excitement crossed Anko Mitarashi's eyes.
She grabbed several handfuls of ration pills and stuffed them into her Ninja Tools pouch. Then, she haphazardly stuffed Explosive Tags into the bags of ration pills and stuck several more onto the crates containing Explosive Tags.
Having finished all this, she nodded in satisfaction and turned to retreat the way she came.
Two minutes and fifty seconds later.
The four of them completed their missions almost simultaneously and began to retreat at full speed.
Seeing that no one had discovered them yet, Aokawa simply appeared in a grand manner and unleashed a Fire Release in front of the patrol.
The leading captain's pupils constricted.
"Who's there?!"
"Enemy attack!!"
The sharp sound of the alarm finally, belatedly, echoed throughout the entire valley at this moment!
However, the Fire Release Aokawa unleashed had already ignited the Explosive Tags.
*Boom boom boom boom.*
A series of explosions rang out, flames soaring into the sky, and the explosions triggered sympathetic detonations of the Explosive Tags in the warehouse.
For a time, the entire warehouse was engulfed in soaring flames.
The deafening sound of explosions instantly tore apart the valley's tranquility.
The soaring flames dyed half the sky orange-red.
"Enemy attack!"
"The warehouse has been blown up!"
Shrill shouts and alarm sounds mixed together; the entire Kumogakure Base was in total chaos.
That Cloud Hidden Captain, who had just led his team on patrol to this spot, watched his own warehouse turn into a sea of fire; his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
Seeing those figures wearing Konoha standard flak jackets fleeing outward from the center of the explosion...
"It's Konoha Ninjas!"
"Pursue them! Don't let a single one escape!"
The Cloud Hidden Captain roared and took the lead in the pursuit.
The team members behind him also followed closely, filled with Killing Intent.
Seeing the pursuers swarming, Aokawa made a hand gesture to the three behind him.
He himself did not retreat but instead advanced, proactively meeting the strongest Cloud Hidden Captain and another Jonin.
The other several Cloud Hidden Ninjas bypassed him and lunged straight for Asuma Sarutobi and the other two in the rear.
The battle erupted instantly!
The Cloud Hidden Captain threw a heavy punch, with a fierce wind that tore through the air, aimed straight at Aokawa's face.
Aokawa dodged to the side and struck back with a standard Konoha-style Fist Technique.
*Thump!*
Fists and feet collided, producing a dull thud.
However, Aokawa's movements appeared somewhat clumsy, as if he were a Genin who had just mastered basic Taijutsu, with both power and angle lacking refinement.
The Cloud Hidden Captain seized this opening, his offensive becoming even more ferocious.
"With just this much skill, you dare to run wild on Kumogakure's turf!"
Aokawa was forced to retreat repeatedly, looking extremely disheveled.
On the other side.
The situation for Asuma Sarutobi and the other two was even worse.
They had to constantly suppress their instinct to use their signature Ninjutsu.
Facing the storm-like attacks of the Cloud Hidden Ninjas, they could only use the most basic Taijutsu to block and evade, their movements awkward to the extreme.
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