#129 - Chapter 129: 25 Ninja Dogs, Fully Open! Thousands of Miles of Tracking, Locking on Sand Villa
“The Gate of Healing is the limit.”
“We can't continue any further.”
“Otherwise, this ninja dog will be ruined immediately.”
Hinata Tenhao retracted his palm, his Byakugan and ROOM seeing everything clearly.
After opening the Gate of Healing, the ninja dog's body load had reached its limit.
Even if the damage caused by running is far less than fighting with the Eight Gates Formation's taijutsu, the longer the Eight Gates are maintained, the ninja dog's body will gradually collapse, until the meridians tear and it can no longer maintain the Eight Gates Formation state.
“Koumaru, are you okay?”
A ninja named Inuzuka Retsu squatted in front of his ninja dog.
“Woof!”
The ninja dog grinned and barked a few times.
“You're saying you're incredibly strong right now?”
Inuzuka Retsu immediately translated.
The ninja dog nodded after hearing this.
If the Sand Village had genin, it said it could take them on one by one.
Gaara is an exception.
The clansmen, led by clan head Inuzuka Yu, were relieved to see this.
“Although the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain is not as extensive as the Land of Rivers, the distance is still considerable.”
“To pinpoint the Sand Village's whereabouts before they reach the Land of Fire, it's impossible with just one ninja dog, even if it has opened the second gate of the Eight Gates Formation.”
Hinata Tenhao stood up and looked at Inuzuka Yu.
On the way to the front line, he cheated with shadow clones and, under Tsunade's hands-on guidance, crammed some knowledge about the ninja war.
Commanding a ninja war of a thousand people is definitely beyond his ability, but he is no longer completely ignorant.
“I understand.”
Inuzuka Yu nodded, indicating understanding.
“I have divided the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain into 25 areas.”
“A ninja dog that has opened the Gate of Healing can completely be responsible for 1 area.”
“The remaining ninja dogs will be kept as backup.”
Tsunade handed Inuzuka Yu a simple reconnaissance map.
“Yes.”
Inuzuka Yu's face was heavy.
25 areas meant that 25 ninja dogs would have to be crippled. As a dog lover, his heart was definitely bleeding, but thinking that this was the ninja world war, and that Hinata Tenhao could cure the ninja dogs crippled by opening the Eight Gates Formation afterwards, he endured the heartache and resolutely accepted the task.
“Smell this.”
“Don't worry.”
“Once you reach the limit, you will automatically exit the Eight Gates Formation state, and I will heal you then.”
Hinata Tenhao placed the prosthetic limb in front of the ninja dog and assured it.
He couldn't understand the ninja dog's language, but he knew that the ninja dog understood human language.
As expected.
Hearing Hinata Tenhao say this, the ninja dog named Koumaru nodded, its every move full of humanity.
It bowed its head and gently sniffed the puppet parts.
Whoosh!
A moment later, the ninja dog Koumaru stepped on the ground with all four limbs, and dashed out like a gust of wind with a speed surpassing a steed.
“Koumaru, wait for me!”
The Inuzuka ninja next to him immediately flashed to follow, but could only barely see Koumaru's taillights.
“An ordinary genin, no, even an elite genin, would probably be bitten to death in one encounter with a ninja dog that has opened the Gate of Healing.”
Seeing the ninja dog's speed, many Konoha ninjas thought to themselves.
“Since he can help ninja dogs open the Eight Gates, can it also be used on ninjas?”
Nara Shikaku, who had been watching, kept analyzing, and one idea after another sprouted in his mind.
Admittedly, the price of forcibly opening the Eight Gates Formation is very high.
The ninja dog will lose its ability to be a ninja dog, and the ninja will also lose his ability to be a ninja.
But in a large-scale ninja war, once it reaches a fever pitch, even living as a cripple is better than dying as a ninja.
Hinata Tenhao didn't care what Nara Shikaku was thinking. At this time, his mind was focused on the ninja dog in front of him.
He repeated the process, opening the Gate of Opening and the Gate of Healing for the second ninja dog.
With the experience of forcibly opening the second gate for the first ninja dog, his movements became more and more skilled, and his efficiency also became higher and higher.
In the eyes of others, Hinata Tenhao just glared twice, and then raised his hand to tap the acupoints twice, and a ninja dog opened the first and second gates of the Eight Gates Formation.
In just a few minutes.
The 25 ninja dogs in front of him were all opened with the Eight Gates Formation, and then went with the Inuzuka clansmen to carry out reconnaissance in the assigned areas.
After doing all this, Hinata Tenhao's forehead was already covered with drops of sweat the size of beans.
Opening the Eight Gates for himself and helping others open the Eight Gates are completely different things.
The former, once activated, requires no effort at all; the latter, uses Byakugan acupoint tapping, supplemented by the power of the Op-Op Fruit.
Even though Hinata Tenhao's physical strength is now far superior to when he first ate the Op-Op Fruit, using the Op-Op Fruit's ability 25 times in one breath consumes a lot of stamina.
Especially ROOM - Eight Gates Surgery, which involves the delicate work of meridians and acupoints.
It not only wastes physical strength, but also wastes mental energy.
“Are you okay?”
Seeing this, Tsunade was just about to step forward, but found that someone was one step ahead of her.
Uchiha Mikoto quickly stepped forward, reached out and wiped the sweat from Hinata Tenhao's forehead, her movements careful, as if wiping a rare treasure that would break at the slightest touch.
“I'm fine.”
Hinata Tenhao shook his head, took out a military ration pill made from Sea Kings from his ninja tool bag, put it in his mouth, chewed it gently, and then swallowed it into his stomach.
To others, the invaluable Sea King military ration pills were stored in dozens of pounds in his scroll.
However, the intimate scene between the two fell into the eyes of others, causing quite a stir.
Especially the ninjas from ninja clans.
“……”
Tsunade just glanced at Hinata Tenhao and Uchiha Mikoto with a smile that was not a smile, and said nothing.
“Tenhao, that kid, is really something!”
“How long has it been, and he's actually progressed to this point.”
“It's not far from capturing Mikoto.”
Seeing Uchiha Mikoto taking care of Hinata Tenhao like a wife serving her husband, a flash of a smile flashed in Hinata Hizashi's eyes.
The other Uchiha were also surprised to see this.
Only the team leader, Uchiha Kagami, was overjoyed.
Obviously, he also knew about the marriage agreement between Hinata Tenhao and Uchiha Mikoto.
The better the relationship between the two, the stronger the relationship between Hinata and Uchiha.
At least, that's what he thought.
“When did this happen?”
“Hinata and Uchiha are actually mixed together.”
“This kind of closeness is not something ordinary friends can have.”
“But, the age difference between these two is a bit big!”
……
Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza and other ninjas narrowed their eyes slightly when they saw this.
One Uchiha was already giving the F4 a headache.
If they really got together with Hinata, then the F4 would really be uneasy!
“After this battle, the structure of Konoha may change.”
Nara Shikaku thought to himself, but immediately put away these thoughts.
These are all things that the F4 should be worried about.
For him, the top priority is to win against the Sand Village first.
Just as Hinata Tenhao and a group of Konoha ninjas were resting in place, patiently waiting for news.
Faced with 25 ninja dogs that had opened the Gate of Healing, and launched a long-distance tracking, within three hours.
One of the Inuzuka ninjas who went out to scout, searching for Chiyo's scent on the border, brought back news.
Chiyo.
Sand Village.
They were found.
