5 squads of armored Shinobis stood in ranks. "Men of Autumn! For years, we were suppressed, spat on, and treated like outcasts in our own home! For years, they stole our work, sabotaged our shops, and set fire to our sweat. And when that was not enough, they conspired against us, took our loved ones captive, and sent assassins to gut us in our sleep!
No more!
I say no more!
We were weak, helpless, and alone. But not anymore!
Are we weak?"
"No, sir!"
"Are we helpless?"
"N,o sir!"
"Are we alone?"
"No, sir?"
"They rats are jumping from their sinking ship. They think that running away will save them from us." I gave a tense, meaningful pause.
"Will it?"
"No, sir!"
And just like that, we set off into the tunnel. My mind was still reeling from how easily I had prepared them for battle. While so much cold calculation was running in my mind. There was anger and anguish. Sure. But nowhere near the level of excitement and fervor that these guys had.
We emerged on the other side of a half-done construction site. The lab. We camped there for a while to check if the Barrier core was noticed. The Barrier core was the one Fuinjutsu organisation not under the Council. It was considered an essential national defence power, so it was placed under the Hokage. Although its members only studied barriers and nothing else. And they were not allowed to transact commercially in Fuinjutsu.
When there were no alarms. We set out on our journey to prepare for the ambush.
We ran in sync. And in half a day, we were there. A stretch of clearing near a bridge. Close enough to see them. Far enough not to destroy the bridge. Unless they planned to cross the river by swimming or delay their journey by a week at least. They will come through here.
We set our traps. Our detection arrays and our kill zones. Then, after posting lookouts. We decided to take a rest.
A few hours later, a lookout informed us of an imminent approach.
"My lord. This seems easy."
"Yeah. Too easy. They are walking right into the kill box. Are they really them?"
"Yes. We confirmed Rei's chakra signature."
"I see."
"Sir?"
"What?"
"Your orders?"
"When they are about to hit the center of the kill box. Tell me"
I heaved the heavy crossbow into position. The men lifted theirs with me. The Yami no Reigan was modified to act as an arrow with the help of a steel rod. The first volley by me will be followed by 2 volleys of 2 reigans each.
They crossed the bridge. They were now together. This really was strange. They had sent out no scouts ahead. We had a full 50 targets walking like they had no care in the world.
"They are entering, sir!"
A lot of tags were remotely detonated at the edges.
The group panicked but held. Huddling closer in formation to combat the unseen enemies.
I pushed the SS trigger and aimed. The vortex went off with a snap as the missile flew towards the marked area.
Someone screamed to look out, but it was already too late. The bolt struck dead center. The vortex grew and went bang, creating a beautiful mixture of ash and fire. We ducked behind a rock as the shockwave passed us, smashing into the little trees.
I looked to Daichi as he signed to others, and intel was rallied back. "The Special Jonins are down. The Chakra signatures left there are too weak to fend us off."
"Someone survived?"
"Yes, the first scout who screamed the warning. He was a speed-based special Jonin. But he won't live long. He is too injured and bleeding out."
This seems too easy and simple. What's happening?
Achievement: Kill Streak I: DecaKill: Kill 10 Shinobis in one move
Reward - 200SS
LEGEND - 235
Achievement: Kill Streak II Pentakill: Kill 50 Shinobis in one move
Reward - 1000SS
LEGEND - 250
What? I guess he died. Wait, does this guy think we are playing SmashKarts or something? Kill streak? Really? And Penta means 5, not 50!
The achievement vanished, leaving a spinning circle of dots. Then it refreshed.
Achievement: Kill Streak II QuinquagintaKill: Kill 50 Shinobis in one move
Reward - 500SS
LEGEND - 250
That's not the point! And what the hell is Quinquaginta? How do you even pronounce that?
Anyways. It was Free SS. I opened my Status
STATUS
KUROSAWA REN
Power -
Physique - 722
Chakra - 4050
Specials - YamiGami
Skills - Tagcraft V, Sensor, Taijutsu III, Kenjutsu III, Leader II, Medic II
System Stats - 1932
Call - The Eye Slows
TREE OF LIFE
Soul Develop (5/10) 10000 SS
Physique
Soul Physique(1/1000) 10SS
Chakra
Chakra Control (10/100) 100SS
Energy Processing (0/1000) 100SS
One Tail (100/1000) 10 SS.
LEGEND - 250
I had spent a ridiculous amount of SS, around 3 soul upgrades on all those SS tags. But we needed them.
There had been an improvement, giving 500SS in tagcraft. I guess it was time to return to the basics and learn more jutsus. I put 780 in Chakra. 152 I kept. The Rest, I dumped it all into Chakra. I was starting to notice how the Chakra volume was becoming a restraint.
STATUS
KUROSAWA REN
Power - Special Jonin
Physique - 800
Chakra - 5050
Specials - YamiGami
Skills - Tagcraft V, Sensor, Taijutsu III, Kenjutsu III, Leader II, Medic II
System Stats - 152
Call - The Eye Slows
TREE OF LIFE
Soul Develop (5/10) 10000 SS
Physique
Soul Physique(79/1000) 10SS
Chakra
Chakra Control (10/100) 100SS
Energy Processing (0/1000) 100SS
One Tail (200/1000) 10 SS.
LEGEND - 250
I was now of the opinion that when the system said power. It meant that you can hunt an average guy in this rank. But what do I know? I hadn't really fought anyone in a while now. I needed to ask somebody how they trained clan heads themselves.
The return journey was full of hectic energy. Especially since we had not really fought anybody despite being fired up. The plan was that we will get majority of them and then will have to chase the ones left, But tbey all died in one move. I had a sinking feeling that I was missing something. I'll have to run a battle simulation when we get back. These things were seriously overpowered.
Of course. The primary condition is that nobody comes close. Or it will be a suicidal blast. Our boots made us fast. But not that fast.