harleyscars Chapter 42 Good evening!
Chapter 42 Good evening!
Chapter 42 Good evening!
Aburame Ryoma looked around, his thin cheeks twitching slightly, his throat bobbing as he swallowed hard.
The situation is already very bad!
There were twelve of them this time.
One person went out during the day and hasn't returned; it's highly likely they've already met with some misfortune.
Four people were injured not long ago after stepping on a forest fire trap with explosive tags and were subsequently trapped in the wildfire. They are probably all cooked by now.
Two other people had gotten separated from them during the earlier breakout and their whereabouts were unknown. Aburame Ryoma dared not hope that they had survived.
Just seconds before, Rakan, also a Jonin, was killed by a Rain Ninja boy right under his nose!
At this point, only four members remained of the twelve-person Root Expedition Team.
Moreover, everyone was injured, their faces were blackened, and their breathing was unusually heavy.
Before setting off, Aburame Ryoma never imagined that, with him personally leading the team, they would suffer such heavy losses in a small country like the Land of Rain!
Even though he thought he had taken it seriously enough before, he now realized that he had underestimated this Rain Ninja boy from the intelligence report!
Lord Danzo, you should be glad he's not a true member of the Shimura clan. That kid is more ruthless and capable than you.
But no matter how much he regrets it, Ryoma Aburame must shoulder the responsibility of being the commander.
"I'll hold them off. You all find a chance to break through and descend the mountain! Someone must get out alive and deliver the intelligence back to the village to Lord Danzo!"
Aburame Ryoma's original intention was to sacrifice himself, but unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the shaman next to him ripped off his mask and threw it away, and then quickly formed hand seals.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
By abandoning his mask and breaking the precepts of his roots, the shaman responded with his actions: he didn't want to go back either.
Although the Root ninjas were blindly loyal, they never lacked the courage to sacrifice themselves. Their only mistake was following a leader who was ambitious but incompetent and full of scheming.
However, this is not a choice that ordinary root members have.
For a moment, Ryoma Aburame's eyes, hidden behind his sunglasses, became slightly moist.
He could only turn and roar at the Jonin codenamed "Broken," "Go!"
Without hesitation, Po grabbed the last Chunin standing nearby and turned to leave!
At the same time, Wu Kuangye and Karasuha clashed again, while Aburame Ryoma also looked at Shiba Kiyokawa.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Dayama!"
He knew he had to stop this mysterious Rain Ninja boy at this moment.
Because the other party not only has strength and intelligence, but also has highly effective treatment methods!
Shiba Kiyokawa leaped up, dodging the Wind Release: Giant Bullet while simultaneously forming hand seals and retaliating with a ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Chaotic Airflow!"
Originally, this move only created a whirlwind and didn't have much destructive power.
But now the surrounding area was filled with burning dead branches. Shiba Kiyokawa used this move to make the most of the environment. In an instant, a whirlwind swept up countless burning ashes and covered Aburame Ryoma.
"Damn it!"
Ryoma Aburame cursed under his breath, forced to abandon his attack and choose to defend.
"Earth Release: Earth Prison Hall Without End!"
An inverted bowl-shaped earthen prison rose from the ground, enveloping Aburame Ryoma and simultaneously isolating him from the raging fire tornadoes surrounding him.
Having forced out his opponent's defensive ninjutsu, Shiba Kiyokawa was not complacent; instead, he instantly became alert.
With the earthen prison hall blocking his view, he almost immediately predicted that the other party would definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble!
He immediately formed hand seals and used the Instantaneous Movement Technique to reach Ziyanghua, who had the weakest self-defense ability in the group, and then hugged her and leaped up quickly.
The next moment, Ryoma Aburame emerged from the ground and used "Earth Release: Heart Decapitation Technique" to teleport to the foot of the hydrangea. His outstretched arm was surrounded by a dense swarm of black flying insects.
If it weren't for Shiba Kiyokawa's quick reaction and accurate prediction, who teleported in time to help, the hydrangea would probably have been devoured by insects by now, completely unprepared.
The hydrangeas in the air seemed to still feel lingering fear.
She never expected that these elite Jonin from the great ninja villages could launch such a fierce counterattack under such extremely unfavorable circumstances.
Fortunately, Shiba Kiyokawa was there, which allowed them to fight on equal footing with these people and even drive them into a corner!
Before she could even process her feelings of gratitude for a few seconds, Shiba Kiyokawa hurriedly tossed out, "Be careful!"
Then he threw her out of his arms.
She threw it too hastily, and the hydrangea landed on its bottom, its pants even getting burned by the flames on the ground.
This move perfectly exemplifies the saying that women only slow down my sword-drawing speed.
Helpless, Ziyanghua could only purse her lips, make a fierce-looking face at Shiba Kiyokawa, and get up to quickly retreat far away.
Seeing that his sneak attack had failed and his target had already retreated, Ryoma Aburame had no choice but to retreat and continue to contend with Kiyokawa Shiba.
Shiba Kiyokawa wasn't in a hurry, making full use of his surroundings and fighting with ease.
After several rounds of fierce fighting, suddenly, without warning, Shiba Kiyokawa gave Aburame Ryoma a gentle smile.
"Do you think your companion has successfully escaped?"
One sentence immediately stirred up the calm in Aburame Ryoma's heart again, causing his heart, which had stopped twitching due to his fear of death, to start pounding violently again!
He found out? He knew all along that we were deliberately stalling? He did it on purpose?!
……
Meanwhile, at the foot of the mountain, a Root ninja codenamed "Break" and another Chunin, despite their severe burns, tumbled and ran down the mountain, finally escaping the inferno.
Without daring to rest for a moment, Po immediately took out his scroll and quickly recorded the encounters and intelligence of this trip.
He then used ninjutsu to copy the scroll into three copies: one for himself, one for his companions, and the last one for a large yellow dog he had summoned.
The dog he summoned wasn't a ninja dog, but it was a large dog that was very intelligent and perceptive.
After feeding the dog two ration pills, the general placed the scroll in the small pouch on the dog's waist and then pointed towards the border.
"Run that way! Go back to Konoha and give the item to Lord Danzo!"
Seeing the spirit dog dart away in a flash, Po finally breathed a sigh of relief, slumped to the ground, and said to his companion.
"Let's take turns on alert and rest for a while."
The Root Chunin next to him, whose injuries were even more severe, also felt a great sense of relief upon hearing this and collapsed to the ground.
Despite being ragged and still steaming, they couldn't help but feel a surge of relief, thinking they had finally escaped death.
But to everyone's surprise, Po's expression changed the next second!
Because he sensed that his summoned beast was dead, just now, without any warning!
He turned his head and looked towards the border.
Then, under the moonlight, a cute little white cat with pure white fur appeared slowly and gracefully from the end of a branch. Its tail was wrapped around a kunai, and its paws, tail, and kunai were stained with fresh blood.
With her back to the moonlight, the ninja cat Tama playfully greeted the two of them, "Good evening, meow~"
(End of this chapter)