Chapter 69 Fight and retreat

Qianyu stood at the front of the team, looking expressionlessly at the ninjas who had been divided into two teams.

It has now been five days since they asked Konoha for help.

Based on the distance between Konoha and Hot Spring Country, plus the time needed to arrange ninja support, it would probably take at least a day and a half for the support to reach Hot Spring Country.

So now the mission of Qianyu and his team is to withstand the pressure from the Cloud Ninjas and defend part of the front as much as possible within these 36 hours.

Jiraiya, who was standing at the end of the team, sighed: "He is really like you, your disciple, and he is also very capable, but his personality is too cold. We are all companions, why say such heartless words."

Orochimaru retorted: “As a leader, there is no distinction between companions, only between commanders and subordinates. Only in this way can Chiba be unaffected by other factors and make the most accurate judgment.

Qianyu's approach is the most correct. First, set up the rules so that you can enforce discipline. Otherwise, everything will be in chaos, and how can you command the team? "

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya, you are too sentimental on the battlefield, which is why you are constrained everywhere. Sometimes, you must give up when you should, otherwise it will cause greater losses."

Jiraiya sighed: "So, I am not suitable to be a leader to command the battle. By the way, Chiba seems to be very cold to everyone. This is not good. The main reason is that Minato and him don't get along. Otherwise, I really hope that the two of them can become partners. Alas, what a pity.

But that's not necessarily the case. We used to be enemies, but now we are still close friends. Orochimaru, do you think Chiba and Minato will be like us?"

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with a meaningful look, but didn't say a word.

Jiraiya asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong? Maybe it's possible that Chiba and Minato could develop into close friends like us during this war, right?"

Orochimaru turned his head back: "Whatever you think."

Jiraiya felt that Orochimaru was a little bit weird.

Orochimaru crossed his arms and looked at Chiba in front of him, with a myriad of thoughts running through his mind.

Now he is no longer bound by worldly ethics. He has only one goal, which is to gain eternal life and learn all the ninjutsu in the ninja world.

As for Chiyu, she currently has only one target, and that is Uzumaki Kushina.

Whether it is Orochimaru or Chiba, they will use any means to achieve their goals.

Orochimaru knew very well that even as a master, Chiba would consider him an enemy without hesitation if it involved Uzumaki Kushina.

But he would also regard Qianyu as an enemy if she prevented him from gaining eternal life.

A snake appeared at Orochimaru's feet and reported the situation of the Cloud Ninja to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru looked at Chiba and nodded.

Qianyu understood and announced, "Everyone, follow me!"

Chiyu led the Konoha ninjas and began to retreat.

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All fifty Cloud Ninjas have started to move and are approaching the Konoha Ninja camp.

As they advanced, the Cloud Ninja was extremely careful.

Because setting traps around the camp is a basic operation for all ninjas stationed.

as predicted.

The Cloud Ninja discovered a trap as they advanced.

Just as the trap was dismantled and the Cloud Ninjas were preparing to advance further, a loud shout of fear was heard from within the team.

"It's a double trap! Little..."

Before the word "heart" was uttered, the trap hidden in the trap was triggered.

In an instant, explosions sounded one after another, and at the same time, a large number of shurikens, riding on the storm of the explosion, shot towards the Cloud Ninja team.

The quick-reacting Cloud Ninjas dodged.

The Cloud Ninjas who were slow to react were either injured or killed.

However, these triggered traps only caused a little trouble to the Cloud Ninjas and did not cause many casualties.

However, with the lessons learned from the past, the Cloud Ninjas are more cautious and when checking traps, they will also check whether they are double traps.

This also bought precious time for the Konoha ninjas.

The Cloud Ninjas slowed down, and Qianyu and the others also had to slow down.

After all, their purpose was not to escape.

There is a snake wrapped around Chiyu's arm, which can feed back to him the information obtained by Orochimaru in the back.

"Stop, all ninjas and shadow clones, set up traps on the spot. If you don't have detonating tags or don't have enough ninja tools, fake traps!"

After waiting for a while, Qianyu received feedback that the Cloud Ninja was approaching, and ordered everyone to move on.

After a while of chasing, the distance between the Cloud Ninja and the Konoha Ninja began to gradually narrow.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya had already seen the Cloud Ninja emerging from the woods.

Jiraiya stood on the tree trunk, quickly forming seals with his hands.

"Fire Release·Big Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya refined the chakra into oil, and while spitting out the oil that filled his mouth, he used Fire Style Ninjutsu to burn it.

The surging flames swept towards the Cloud Ninja.

Cloud ninjas that were infected with this flame were difficult to extinguish using conventional methods due to the properties of the oil.

At the same time, because there were woods all around, the flames burned more and more vigorously, successfully hindering the progress of the Cloud Ninja.

The commander of the Cloud Ninja also discovered Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

The Cloud Ninja commander's eyes narrowed.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya are both here, which means that the current commanders of the Konoha ninjas are not them.

The Cloud Ninja commander immediately gave the order: "Divide into two teams of seven people, chase from the flanks, go around in front of the Konoha ninjas, and find a way to stop them! At the same time, request support from the nearest companions around!"

The two teams of Cloud Ninja immediately took a detour, bypassing Orochimaru and Jiraiya, and went after them.

Qianyu ignored everything behind him and commanded the team to continue retreating.

During the retreat, Namikaze Minato accelerated to Chiyu's side and reported: "Chiyu, we found traces of Cloud Ninja on the right wing!"

"Can you confirm the number of people?"

"Can't confirm, we only have one perception ninja here right now!"

Qianyu frowned and said to Minato Namikaze: "You go back to the team first."

Minato Namikaze thought that Chiyu would take action immediately, but he didn't expect that Chiyu didn't seem to have such an intention.

Those Cloud Ninjas were definitely planning to stop them, and Namikaze Minato thought it would be better for them to strike first before the Cloud Ninjas attacked them.

Namikaze Minato opened his mouth, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chiyu: "You said it yourself, we only have one perception ninja, and we can't confirm the number of the enemy now. Acting rashly will only put us in a passive position. Go back to the team!"

"Yes."

Namikaze Minato retreated back into the team.

Qianyu called out the system and opened the redemption store.

The fact that there are too few perception ninjas in their team is a major flaw. At the same time, Qianyu is not good at perception either, so now they can only see if they can find suitable perception abilities in the exchange store.

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