Chapter 13 Elegy
Even greater chaos swept through the Konoha camp. Although Uchiha Kagami immediately issued an order to break out and forcibly completed the mission of the command center, the people's hearts were already in chaos. Realizing that they were besieged, the Konoha ninjas, except for a few large-scale attacks at the beginning, fell into a state of fighting on their own.
The ninja squad system is a system passed down from the Warring States Period and is most suitable for bringing out the characteristics of ninjas.The team system of three to four people can make up for the shortcomings of individual ninjas and greatly improve the team's combat effectiveness. A good team can often defeat the superior ninja and kill the powerful ninja who is alone in the fight.But its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, when the group fights, once unified scheduling is lost, the ninjas will unconsciously find teammates with a higher degree of integration and fight independently, causing the originally clenched fists to become a mess, and it is difficult to Gather your strength and complete the much-needed human wave tactic.
Under the leadership of some powerful and prestigious ninjas, most of the ninjas broke out of the encirclement. The remaining hundreds of Konoha ninjas were trapped in heavy siege. The scene that happened to the Iwagakure not long ago seemed to be about to be staged.
The contrast of changing from a hunter to a prey in a short period of time made Tsuchitaka Okata lose his mind. Just a while ago, he was a hunter hunting Iwagakure, but now he has become a prey, which makes him laugh and cry.
Tsuchitaka Ogata squatted down and looked at his teammate lying on the ground. He couldn't help but feel sad for his teammates. In the eyes of outsiders, he was a glorious Konoha jonin, and he was praised wherever he went. However, in a large-scale dispute, a jonin did not have the ability to rewrite the outcome.
This is a Konoha ninja whose lung was pierced. This fatal injury did not kill him immediately. If he could get timely medical treatment, he would have a great chance of surviving with the ninja's inhuman physical fitness. However, the enemy would not let this happen under their noses.
Knowing that he could not survive, the Konoha ninja gave up the idea of using chakra to maintain his life. The damage to his right lung made blood foam spray out of his mouth every time he breathed. Looking at the stern face of his captain, he opened his mouth with difficulty like a fish on the shore.
Tsuchitaka Ogata quickly put his ear to his mouth, listening carefully to his teammate's last words, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes.
After a while, Ogata slowly stood up, and the lying Konoha ninja also swallowed his last breath painfully. The rain quickly washed away the blood foam on his mouth and the sadness in Ogata's heart. War is like this. It will not even leave a little time for you to cherish the memory of your deceased teammates. It will only wield the blood-red sickle and devour the lives of the ninjas.
The dead ninjas can rest in peace, but the living ones must continue to struggle.
At the Konoha temporary hospital, the person in charge held a wartime meeting with a solemn expression, and arranged the breakout mission in an orderly manner. Thanks to the fierce resistance of the Konoha ninjas on the front line, the enemy has not infiltrated yet, but it will not be long before it will also fall.
Not long after, the huge tent for the wounded was opened, and the person in charge and several ninjas walked in. After a brief explanation of the situation, the field fell into silence, and an emotion called despair spread.
There are more than two hundred wounded people here, about fifty of whom are seriously injured and unable to move, and the rest are mostly seriously injured but can move slowly.
The head of Konoha Hospital knew that time was running out, so without saying any more words, he walked straight to a ninja with bandages wrapped around his abdomen and was about to help him up and take him away.
But just as he touched the ninja's body, a calloused hand interrupted him.
The person in charge raised his head and stared at the injured ninja, feeling dissatisfied.
"Tsk, what the hell, you were still playing in the mud when I was going to the battlefield! Take the others and leave quickly. Give me the kunai, I'm going to the battlefield to kill the enemy!" The injured ninja sat up calmly, swearing.
"You guys are a bunch of ballless guys. You had the energy to eat before, but now you don't even have the energy to stand up? Ugh!"
The ninja, who had been broken in a bite, put the forehead protector on his head and slowly walked towards the exit of the tent.
"Bah, I've been annoyed with you, an old bird, for a long time. You keep yelling that you are the personal bodyguard of the Second Generation, looking down on this and that, and even being picky about meals. I've tolerated you for a long time." A ninja with a broken arm stood up suddenly, grabbed the forehead protector and followed him cursing.
The despair in the tent was swept away by a few dirty words, and the bloodiness was completely ignited in a very short time.
"Bah, two old birds from the old times dare to shout here, come with me if you have balls, and teach these two shameless old men a good lesson!"
"That's right, he relied on his seniority to steal my chicken legs. I shed blood for Konoha, so what's wrong with eating a few chicken legs? No doubt, get him!"
"Hey, hey, hey, this kind of thing is inevitable. Count me in!"
"Three generations of my family died on the battlefield. It cannot be cut off when it comes to me!"
"..."
For a moment, the entire wounded tent was in chaos, and all the wounded who could move walked out swearing and cursing.
The person in charge watched them struggle out of the tent with red eyes, feeling extremely complicated.
"Hey, leader, give me a good time. I'm a ninja recruited by Konoha for ten years. I can't be a prisoner of those bastards!"
Before the person in charge could come to his senses, a shout made him unable to hold back any longer, and tears flowed down his eyes.
"Why are you crying like a woman? I don't need any more. Just hit my throat and I'll be the hero of Konoha, hahahaha."
"That's right, hahahaha, you must have done some research, dying by cutting the throat is painless!"
"If you ask me, it's better to stab the heart directly. It's not easy to cut with the bandage on my neck."
"Fuck you, you have a good throat!"
"Good heart!"
"Good throat!"
Several seriously injured soldiers argued with each other with red faces, and no one gave in.
"It doesn't matter, just remember to take out my eyes, I am a proud Uchiha!"
The voices of several people paused, and they turned around and said in unison: "You don't even want your jade dog, why are you pretending to be so powerful!"
"......"
The waves of foul language seemed insignificant in the entire offensive and defensive battle, but these tiny voices formed a sad song, which completely sang the dignity of Konohagakure and declared its dominant position to the entire ninja world!
Veterans never die, and their tragic songs will inspire generation after generation of ninjas to forge ahead, just like burning leaves, illuminating the entire Konoha Village.
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Ye Shan knew nothing about the tragedy in the temporary hospital of Konoha. At this moment, he just wanted to return to Konoha Village alive. The voice of an individual was inaudible under the arrangement of fate. His strength did not allow him to be a hero who saved everyone. On this rainy night, all Ye Shan could do was to survive as much as possible.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the rain was getting heavier. Ye Shan, who had eaten a few pieces of dry food to warm himself up, estimated that the time was about right. He called out to his teammates, changed direction, made an arc, and moved forward quietly.
The increasingly dark night provided great convenience for the team to sneak in. Under such conditions, even a ninja with excellent eyesight could not see the situation five meters away. Unless there was a sensory ninja, everyone was half blind. However, the number of sensory ninjas was too small. It would cost a lot to train a qualified sensory ninja. Whether it was Sand Village or Rock Village, it was impossible to lay a tight sensory network in the middle of such a vast rainforest. This gave Ye Shan and others great hope of escape.
The strength of the Konoha Ninja Village is reflected in all aspects, and it is even more powerful than other ninja villages in terms of reconnaissance and perception. A Hyuga clan ninja who has just refined chakra and can use bloodline limits has a reconnaissance ability that is enough to surpass ordinary perception ninjas by several streets, a complete dimensionality reduction attack. The terrifying thing about the Hyuga clan is not only the pair of eyes that can see through everything, but also the ninjutsu developed with the Byakugan.
On the battlefield, sensory ninjas and medical ninjas are the main targets. The harsh living conditions require sensory ninjas to have a certain self-protection ability, but human energy is limited, which leads to many sensory ninjas having mediocre attainments in ninjutsu. But the Hyuga clan is different. If they are taken out individually, each of them has powerful combat power, which makes other ninja villages envious.
But unfortunately, in Konoha Village, the Byakugan is only allocated to a few elite teams, and a team like Ye Shan's is not qualified. Many times, Ye Shan thought that if there was a Hyuga ninja in the team, what would be the need for stability and bicycles. Apart from anything else, tonight, he could even slip out of the Rain Country unscathed.
After sneaking around for about an hour, Ye Shan's team encountered the second wave of corpses tonight. This time there were many more corpses than last time, and the clothes on their bodies were also various, revealing the factions the corpses belonged to when they were alive. Among them were two Konoha ninja corpses, five Sand ninja corpses, and three Rock ninja corpses. Two for eight, and they were ambushed, which made Ye Shan ecstatic.
Restraining the joy in his heart, the steady Ye Shan carefully observed the footprints around him that were about to disappear due to the rain, and made a preliminary conclusion about the group of big fish that broke through the fishing net.
There is no doubt that the eight ambushing ninjas were unlucky. They were killed by the fish as a fishing net. Judging from the traces of the battle, the battle was very short, perhaps only a few breaths. The chaotic footprints showed that a large number of Konoha ninjas escaped. Ye Shan estimated that there were at least ten of them.
The joys and sorrows of different people are not shared. The death of the Konoha ninjas was undoubtedly sad, but their deaths not only did not arouse much sympathy from Yeshan and the other two, but instead made them happy.
Honestly, this couldn't be blamed on Ye Shan and the other two. The arrogance of the command and the incompetence of the intelligence department had caused tonight's tragedy. If anything, they could be considered victims. They had just completed a very difficult mission, and when they walked to their doorstep, they found that their house had been robbed. If this wasn't a victim, what was it?
No matter what, the chances of survival for Ye Shan's team became infinitely greater because of the few corpses.
The gaps created by the big fish breaking free from the fishing nets have become the hope for the small fish and shrimps to escape. As they struggle to swim out of the nets, it is impossible for them to feel much gratitude or sympathy for the big fish that died of exhaustion. All they think about is how to escape along the path opened by the big fish while the fisherman is patching up the holes. That's all.
