Dressed in Root attire and taking back roads to the Fire-Lightning front, Feng Bai looked speechlessly at his teammates.
Yamanaka Zen and Shimura Ikku.
Old man, you're quite the personnel manager. Next time, don't bother.
Mentally thanking his father for these "wonderful" companions, Feng Bai steeled himself and waited for his two teammates to issue orders.
"So, what do we do next?"
Looking at these two who had played such important roles in his thorny and brutal growth path, Feng Bai awaited their commands.
"Didn't Lord Danzo tell you?"
Hearing Feng Bai ask for their opinions, Yamanaka Zen and Shimura Ikku exchanged glances, then looked at Feng Bai in unison.
"He did—he said we should coordinate with the main force and harass the enemy from the shadows. That's why I'm asking what we should do next."
Feng Bai repeated the mission Danzo had given him before departure.
"Since Lord Danzo entrusted the mission to you, that means you'll be commanding this squad." The two bowed their heads in perfect synchronization, showing their allegiance while awaiting Feng Bai's orders.
"Me?"
Only then did Feng Bai realize he was now the squad commander.
Tsk, tsk, tsk—commanding two Jōnin as a Chūnin?
Quite thrilling indeed.
In that case, he'd have Yamanaka Zen split their forces and attack Kumogakure's main army from both south and north simultaneously.
...
Unlike the Konoha ninja fighting on the front lines, Root operatives specialized in small-scale warfare, using superior numbers against fewer enemies and executing precise decapitation strikes against enemy leadership.
This perfectly matched Feng Bai's sixth-man style of operation.
The battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure was within the Land of Hot Water. While both sides engaged in large-scale combat, Feng Bai's team secretly infiltrated behind Kumogakure's lines and began striking their supply convoys.
In Feng Bai's understanding, war was always about logistics—even in the Naruto world, this remained true.
Most ninja living in this world weren't terrifying monsters like Madara and Hashirama, capable of single-handedly facing thousands or tens of thousands of enemies.
"They're coming—about twenty people, at five o'clock."
Crouched in the grass, Yamanaka Zen sensed the enemy and reported the general situation to Feng Bai.
"Still quite a large force."
Calculating their available strength, Feng Bai hesitated briefly before deciding to target this unit.
He was indeed too young—his hot-headedness had led them to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines, not only losing contact with the main force and being unable to get real-time updates on the front, but also cutting off their supply route from the Land of Fire.
No choice—they could only raid Kumogakure's supplies to fill their stomachs.
Fortunately, their group only had three people. After each strike, they could retreat quickly, preventing Kumogakure from tracking their movements.
"Should be an isolated supply team—after all, a large convoy passed through just three days ago."
As Shimura Ikku spoke, he glanced at Feng Bai.
This young master had impulsively decided to ambush logistics teams without realizing that during large-scale warfare, enemy transport units were equipped with powerful escort forces—definitely not something three people could handle.
Their several attacks had all targeted isolated or straggling supply teams, unable to significantly impact the front lines.
"Zen, please take point."
Pulling poison-tipped senbon from his ninja pouch, Feng Bai took position and waited for Yamanaka Zen to act.
"Understood—Mind Body Switch Technique!"
Half-kneeling, Yamanaka Zen used his clan's secret jutsu, directly controlling the Cloud ninja at the front.
Manipulating this Cloud ninja to draw his blade and strike at a nearby teammate, as the transport team fell into chaos, Feng Bai suddenly leaped out and attacked with Earth Dragon Bullet.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
The earth dragon Feng Bai created opened its maw and spewed forth a torrent of mud.
The sudden attack threw the transport team into turmoil. Several quick-reacting Cloud ninja dodged the mud flow, while some younger ninja couldn't evade in time and were mercilessly engulfed.
"Damn it, it's a Konoha attack! Prepare for battle!"
A slightly older Cloud ninja restored order to the chaotic situation and organized a counterattack.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Hidden in the shadows, Shimura Ikku saw someone taking command and decisively abandoned the defenseless Yamanaka Zen, directly striking at that Cloud ninja.
"Don't underestimate me—Cloud Style: Lightning Slash!"
The veteran Cloud ninja swung his lightning-wreathed blade, trying to block the Wind Release attack.
"Wind counters lightning. You're dead."
Shimura Ikku paid no mind to the resistance, already searching for his next target.
"Don't worry about me—go surround that earth-style kid!"
The underestimated Cloud ninja roared furiously, using all his strength to forcibly disperse the wind attack, and stopped his comrades from helping him, signaling them to attack Feng Bai.
"Quick, we have the numbers—take this kid out first!"
A young Cloud ninja, following orders, drew his blade and charged at Feng Bai.
"A group attack? Heh." Throwing a kunai, Feng Bai leaped into the air and began forming hand seals, exhaling numerous ice crystals from his mouth.
The ice crystals condensed into Feng Bai's likeness—five of them in total.
"Clone Technique—no, they're made of ice? Damn, he's a Kekkei Genkai user!"
A Cloud ninja with perfect theory scores recognized Feng Bai's technique, his face turning grim.
"Ice Release: Ice Mist."
One ice clone, under Feng Bai's control, exhaled a large amount of vision-obscuring ice fog.
"Secret Art: Demonic Ice Mirrors."
Numerous ice mirrors began appearing within the fog.
"Now this is my domain."
Entering the ice mirrors with his clones, Feng Bai smiled slightly: "Awaken—hunting time."
"This is bad!"
On the other side, the Cloud ninja fighting Shimura Ikku realized something was terribly wrong when he saw the ice fog spreading. Just as he was about to assist, he was blocked by the Konoha ninja before him.
He could only listen helplessly to the continuous screams emanating from the ice fog.
"Damn it! Cloud Style: Righteous Slash!"
Unleashing his full potential with the determination to take Shimura Ikku down with him, this Cloud ninja finally forced back his opponent. Just as he turned to support his teammates, Feng Bai's emotionless voice rang out: "Ice Release: Ice Spiral Strike."
A spiraling ice pillar pierced through the Cloud ninja's chest. As he fell, this small transport team was completely annihilated.
Taking the useful supplies and destroying everything else with Fire Release, Feng Bai's team, operating behind enemy lines, didn't linger. After watching the supplies get consumed by flames, they quickly fled.
Half an hour passed.
Cloud ninja patrolling the rear arrived belatedly after seeing the firelight, discovering the team that had become corpses.
While dispatching ninja to pursue, they simultaneously reported the situation to front-line headquarters.
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