Chapter 106: The Expected War of Atrition
Because of their injuries, the three of Xuan Mo did not move, no one was stupid, as long as Yan Ren didn't find them, then they would recover with peace of mind, and it was not until they regained their basic combat ability two days later that the three of them cautiously poked out of the cave.
Rong had to be careful, because except for Xuan Mo's own recovery to his heyday, it is impossible for Yamanaka Haiyi and Hinata Ninghai to return to their heyday for a short time, especially Hinata Ninghai, who may not be able to return to their peak strength in this life.
The three of them were cautious as thieves, and the fact was almost the same, with the help of Hinata's ability to Ning Hai's white eyes, the three of them returned to the Konoha frontline camp without danger.
"You're finally back." Nara Lujiu, who saw that Xuan Mo and the three of them had finally returned, breathed a sigh of relief, not only worried about the safety of his friends, but also afraid that something would go wrong with Xuan Mo's 'special' existence.
If Xuan Mo encounters misfortune in the area he is in charge of, when he returns to Konoha, he is afraid that he will suffer misfortune himself.
And for Hinata Ninghai, who lost an arm, he can only express his happiness, yes, he is glad that the other party is still alive, losing an arm is better than dying, ninja is a dangerous profession, how many can get out of it? Just losing an arm might be a good thing for Hinata Ninghai.
At least... There is no need to do too dangerous tasks in the future, and for a wartime disability like Hinata Ninghai, Konoha is compensated.
"The disturbance in the Iwa Shinobi camp was caused by the three of you, right?" Uchiha Fugaku, who had come back a long time ago, looked at the three of them and said, although it was a question sentence, but it was an affirmative tone.
Five days ago, they had noticed that the Iwa Shinobi camp was not 'functioning' properly, and Iwa Shinobi pursued them like crazy, and had to return after losing one of their teammates.
"yes, Iwa Shinobi is like crazy, you won't really destroy Iwa Shinobi's supplies, right?" A neutral female ninja with a painted face said, with a large dog with black and gray fur squatting beside her.
It was another group of sabotage teams behind enemy lines, Inuzuka Paw, who was lucky, and hid in time to detect that the atmosphere was wrong, and only then turned back to the camp after confirming that something had indeed happened inside Iwa Shinobi, and no one was left behind, but injuries were inevitable, and now one of her teammates is still unconscious.
The three of Xuan Mo glanced at each other, a flash of pride flashed in their eyes, and Yamanaka Haiichi took out a ninjutsu reel from his waist and opened it flat to unseal it.
Burst.
A small cloud of smoke dispersed, and everyone saw what was sealed in the reels.
Forehead protection, a full eighteen forehead protection! And...
"It's the forehead guard of the rock ninja, one, two, three... Eight! Eight Iwa Shinobi Upper Ninja's Forehead Guard!! Inuzuka Paw let out a shocked sound, and the ninjas who came to watch also let out a burst of exclamations.
The ninja forehead protection signs in the same village are the same, after all, this represents the ninja village to which they belong, but there are still some subtle differences in the forehead protection of the upper ninja and the lower ninja, which can be seen by anyone with discernment.
"Good boy, did you surprise the camp of the Iwa Shinobi?" Nara Shikahisa's eyes widened, and he finally knew why Iwa Shinobi's movements were so abnormal a few days ago.
"Not only that, one of these eight upper ninjas is a hunter with a bloodstain limit explosion, and the other is a big stone who knows the secret art camouflage hidden technique, including the other six upper ninjas were all killed by Xuan Mo's main force." Yamanaka said.
Wow.
Exclamations came and went.
"I'll take all of this into credit." Nara Lujiu said immediately.
"It's all thanks to the cooperation of Haiyi's predecessors and Ning Hai, and the credit belongs to everyone." Xuan Mo said loudly, Yamanaka Haiyi's words undoubtedly put most of the credit on him, but the role played by the two was not low, and he didn't dare to take it all.
And it is the result of the cooperation of the three of them, and the glory reward should naturally be divided equally, and he also got his own reward, even if there is no merit, he will not care.
Uchiha Fugaku, who spoke out at first, was silent at this time, his eyes were vague, as if he was thinking about something.
Everyone dispersed, now after all, it is wartime, if it weren't for the return of Xuan Mo and the others, everyone would not have gathered together.
Back at the base camp, Xuan Mo and the three of them went to rest first.
Xuan Mo woke up at night, took a walk around the camp after eating, and figured out how the situation had changed in the past few days... In general, there has not been a large-scale battle yet, after all, once a large-scale war occurs, it will mean the death of a large number of ninjas, and the living forces of both sides will be rapidly depleted.
Without perfect certainty, Iwa Shinobi did not dare to start a large-scale war easily, after all, the five major countries in the ninja world, now the situation between the Earth Country Iwa Ninja Village and the Fire Country Konoha Ninja Village is getting worse, but there are tigers and wolves around, if Iwa Shinobi and Konoha fight first, both will lose. Feel relieved... The other three ninja villages will never let go of this opportunity.
Now the Iwa Shinobi is adopting a killing tactic, dragging Konoha and waiting for the actions of the other ninja villages, even if they don't attack Konoha, the other villages can fight separately, so that there is no drama of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches.
But regardless of whether the other ninja villages will take action or not, a large-scale war will break out sooner or later.
After all, now that Iwa Shinobi and Konoha are at war, as the consumption increases, one side will always lose its breath first, so as to launch a general attack to end the war.
Recently, the reinforcements of Konoha have reached 3,000 people, and they will not continue to reinforce for the time being, but more than half of these 3,000 people are shinobi and belong to the ranks of cannon fodder.
The real elite is not as large as the number of them who have arrived in a hurry.
The cutting-edge power is naturally the only one who has to be a ninja, but the number of ninja in a ninja village is limited, and it is an extremely important strategic resource, which is why Yan ninja is crazy about Xuan Mo and others.
Before a large-scale war broke out, eight upper ninjas died, and they were still killed in their own positions, which not only affected the strength of Iwa Shinobi, but also slapped Iwa Shinobi in the face and drained the morale of Iwa Shinobi's grassroots ninjas.
In terms of normal battles, one side can dispatch dozens of upper ninjas, then this battle can be called a battle, although the upper ninja is strong, it does not mean that the lower ninja as cannon fodder is useless.
Shinobi on the battlefield is indeed cannon fodder, but when the cannon fodder forms a certain amount, even a shadow-level powerhouse can be piled to death!
The lower ninja grows fast, and it doesn't take much time to cultivate a lower ninja at all, as long as the people of a village are not dead, even if you can only throw a shuriken if you cultivate it a little, it can be regarded as a lower ninja, although it is the most wasteful lower ninja.
Konoha's current enemy is only Iwa Shinobi, and naturally it has not reached the point where it is necessary to urge the lower ninja, and the Konoha ninja who is now on the battlefield with Iwa Shinobi is nothing to Konoha's overall strength, even if it is all damaged here, it is at most a wound to the bones, not to the point of hurting vitality.
What is the idea of Iwa Shinobi, how could Konoha not know? Therefore, the real backbone always stays in the village, so that it needs to face emergencies from time to time