Chapter 69

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

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

According to the distance between Konoha and the Land of Hot Springs, plus the time required to arrange ninja support, it will probably take at least a day and a half for the support to arrive in the Land of Hot Springs.

So now Chiyu's mission 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:"It's really like you. This disciple of yours 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 Chiyu be unaffected by other factors and make the most accurate judgment.

Chiyu's approach is the most correct. First, set up the rules, and then you can say and do what you say. Otherwise, everything will be a mess, and how can you command the team well?"

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya:"Jiraiya, you are too emotional on the battlefield."When you are in love, you will be 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 thing is that Minato and he don't get along. Otherwise, I really hope that they can become partners. Alas, it's a pity.

But it's not necessarily. Didn't we two get along with each other before, and we are still close friends now. Orochimaru, do you think Chiba and Minato will be like us?"

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with some meaningful eyes, but he didn't say a word.

Jiraiya said puzzledly:"Why are you looking at me like this? Am I wrong? Maybe Chiba and Minato will develop into close friends like us in this war, right?"

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

Jiraiya felt that Orochimaru was a little inexplicable.

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

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

As for Chiyu, he also has only one goal at the moment, and that is Uzumaki Kushina. Both Orochimaru and Chiyu will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

Orochimaru knew very well that even as a master, if it involved Uzumaki Kushina, Chiyu would not hesitate to regard him as an enemy.

But he was the same. If Chiyu prevented him from gaining eternal life, he would also regard Chiyu as an enemy.

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

Orochimaru looked at Chiyu and nodded.

Chiyu understood and announced:"Everyone, follow me!"

Chiyu began to retreat with the Konoha ninjas...

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

When advancing, the Cloud Ninjas were very careful, because setting traps around the camp is a basic operation for all ninjas stationed.

As expected.

The Cloud Ninjas found the trap during the advance.

Just when the Cloud Ninjas dismantled the trap and were about to continue advancing, a terrified shout came from the team.

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

‘Before the word"heart" fell, 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 took advantage of the storm of the explosion and shot towards the Cloud Ninja team.

The quick-reacting Cloud Ninjas dodged one after another.

The slow-reacting Cloud Ninjas were either injured or killed.

However, these triggered traps could only cause a little trouble to the Cloud Ninjas, and there were not many casualties.

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

This also bought precious time for the ninjas of Konoha.

The speed of the Cloud Ninjas slowed down, and Chiyu and the others also had to slow down.

After all, their purpose was not to escape.

Chiyu had a snake wrapped around his arm, and this snake could 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, Chiyu received feedback that the Cloud Ninjas were approaching, and ordered everyone to continue moving forward.

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

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

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

"Fire Style: Great Flame Bomb!"

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 raging flames swept towards the Cloud Ninjas.

The Cloud Ninjas that were contaminated by this flame were difficult to extinguish with conventional methods due to the characteristics of the oil.

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

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

The Cloud Ninja commander's eyes condensed.

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

The Cloud Ninja commander immediately commanded:"Divide into two teams of seven people, chase from the flank, go around to the front of the Konoha Ninjas, and find a way to stop them! At the same time, ask for support from the nearest companions around!"

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

Chiyu turned a blind eye to everything behind him and commanded the team to continue retreating.

During the retreat, Namikaze Minato accelerated and came to Chiyu and reported:"Chiyu, traces of Cloud Ninjas have been found on the right wing!"

"Can you confirm the number of people?"

"Unable to confirm, we only have one perception ninja here now!"

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

Minato Namikaze thought Chiyu would take action immediately, but unexpectedly Chiyu didn't seem to have this plan.

Those Cloud Ninjas must be planning to stop them, and Minato Namikaze thought it would be better for them to take the initiative before the Cloud Ninjas attacked them.

Minato Namikaze 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 now we can't confirm the number of the other side. Rash actions will only put us in a passive position. Go back to the team!"

"Yes."

Namikaze Minato returned to the team.

Qianyu called out the system and opened the exchange shop.

Now there are too few perception ninjas in their team, which is a flaw. At the same time, Qianyu is not good at perception, so now they can only see if they can find the right perception ability in the exchange shop.

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