Build the Swarm Tech Tree in Konoha

Chapter 19 Just shy of death

After the Hokage's speech, the pep rally got on the fast track and started to set off in formation within a few minutes.

Just as Aburame Tetsumaru guessed, it was Jiraiya Jounin who led everyone, and the goal was to go to the front line of Rain Country for reinforcements.

In addition to the super-staffed brigade composed of graduates, the reinforcements also have a standard brigade. This brigade is composed of more than a hundred genin over the age of thirty-five. These ninjas are all fish belly with less than five combat effectiveness, cannon fodder among cannon fodder.

There are also chuunin recruited from various departments in the team. These chunin are not killed, but civilian ninjas who have been through qualifications. In terms of combat effectiveness, they may be a little stronger than genin.

There is also a high possibility that they are not as good as graduates. After all, they have not performed tasks for several years, and they are definitely freshmen.

After setting off, the large force of nearly 500 people met with a baggage force outside the village, and the total number suddenly exceeded 600 people.

The new genin felt at ease due to the large number of people and began to become lively.

But the old ninjas all had worried and frowning faces, and Jiraiya was about to cry. There were too many newbies, and there were also baggage, and the team that needed to be protected stretched for two kilometers.

In addition, there are only a few veterans in the entire team, so we really can’t take care of them.

The pressure on the chuunin is even greater. Each one has to organize and manage more than thirty genin, and there is no spare one available. The investigation team can only let the investigation ninja serve as the temporary captain.

We had no choice but to temporarily gather those genin with intelligence talents, including three from the Inuzuka family, four from the Aburame family, and two genin with some talent for perception, combined with a few genin who had enough combat power to make ends meet.

Nine recon teams.

After Jiraiya dispatched the reconnaissance team to the front and sides of the large team, he relaxed a little.

With their reconnaissance capabilities, they were on guard at the periphery. It was difficult for attackers to bypass them and directly attack the group. As long as there was an early warning, Jiraiya would have the opportunity to intercept them halfway.

Although it was not 100% able to block the enemy, it finally reduced the risk to an acceptable level, but the greatest risk was passed on to the twenty-seven genin of the reconnaissance team.

Among the more than 500 people present, the elites with the most potential and value are basically in the reconnaissance team. A few elites protect the majority of mediocre people. This is Jiraiya's philosophy.

If it were Orochimaru, he would most likely form a team with no potential and spread out to protect the elites with their lives.

There is no right or wrong between the two approaches. Only after being attacked, whichever method saves more combat effectiveness is the right choice at that time.

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After six days of marching, we approached the frontline base camp. We could see increasingly dense traces of battles along the way, and the atmosphere of war began to intensify.

Jiraiya and the chuunin became more and more nervous, and the genin stopped talking and just went on their way.

Aburame Tetsumaru walked on the right side of the large group, keeping a distance of about 150 meters. Because the large group was marching at a slow speed, Tetsumaru only needed to release the parasitic bugs to form a front line of 100 meters.

The semi-circular insect array of 100 meters is used as a means of early warning and detection.

There is also his unique investigation method at a further distance, the visual scanning of the Eye of Truth, but it has not been baptized by war, and Aburame Tetsumaru has no confidence.

Suddenly, the snail-shaped True Eye issued a warning that it was locked by sight. With a thought, Aburame Tetsumaru adjusted the snail to infrared vision, and immediately discovered four infrared radiation sources lurking 150 meters away.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he did not dare to stop. While mobilizing the parasites to pounce forward, he took out a flare from his ninja bag.

Aburame Tetsumaru first fired the signal flare, and then aimed at the three radiation sources and threw out the locusts attached to her right arm. The three people hid behind the bushes and in the canopy, without enough wide and hard cover.

After being thrown out, the locust spread its wings and accelerated its flight. The powerful chakra pushed the wings to flap rapidly. The buzzing of the flapping wings and the sound of breaking through the air at high speed mixed into a harsh whistle.

In an instant, high-speed migratory locusts burst out with a shrieking sound. Three locusts flew out in an arc, bypassing the hard tree trunk, and hit three infrared heat sources following the marks of the parasites.

Sure enough, they were ninjas. Two of the ninjas hiding behind the bushes were hit directly on the torso. After the locusts shot into the human body, they broke and rolled. At the same time, the high-speed air jet chasing behind the locusts followed the wound and created a terrible cavity in the human body.

, the large amount of chakra contained in the finally broken locust tail exploded.

The destructive power of the migratory locusts was unexpectedly great. The triple damage caused huge wounds. The bodies of the two ninjas were almost broken into two pieces. There was no doubt that they died on the spot.

The third ninja hid behind the tree trunk. The locust chose an angle during its flight and could not bypass the tree, so it shot through the edge of the tree trunk.

After piercing the big tree, the locust's power and speed were greatly reduced, giving the ninja enough time to dodge, and the locust only slightly nailed his calf.

The subsequent explosion of the locust occurred on the surface, and the impact broke the leg bone and caused a fist-sized wound.

This was an experienced ninja. His broken leg did not affect his counterattack at all. He took out a stack of shurikens without saying a word and threw them continuously.

The fourth ninja remained in his hiding place behind the boulder and did not move, but in Aburame Tetsumaru's snail chakra vision, his chakra began to boil.

At this time, the bad bug had also marked the fourth ninja. Aburame Tetsumaru once again inspired two migratory locusts, aiming at the fourth ninja and launching them.

Then Tetsumaru began to form seals and used secret techniques to target the third ninja who launched a counterattack. The parasitic insects had already surrounded him.

Secret Technique·Insect Smoke

The parasites gathered towards the head of the third ninja, attacking the eyes and ears, interfering with sight and hearing. The enemy attacked by the secret technique had his eyes and eardrums bitten by the parasites. This time, he suffered severe pain.

screamed.

But the speed of the secret technique was too slow. The enemy had already thrown all the shurikens, and the fourteen shurikens flew over in a circle, aiming at more than just Aburame Teppanyaki.

Only then did Aburame Tetsumaru's two teammates react from the confusion of the sudden encounter with the enemy. They hurriedly dodged and one of them was hit by a shuriken.

The blood splattered by his teammates inspired Aburame Tetsumaru's fear and anger. He doubled the chakra output to destroy the secret technique and commanded the parasitic insects to penetrate into the enemy's mouth, nose, eyes and ears, gnawing and biting.

"Konoha Insect Envoy!" The fourth enemy saw the parasite's secret technique and recognized his opponent's identity.

He used the cover of the boulder to dodge the four migratory locusts, formed a seal with his hands and jumped onto the top of the boulder, puffing up his cheeks and blowing air.

Aburame Tetsumaru's snail caught the ninja's movements, his pupils shrank involuntarily, and he shouted: "Everyone, be careful!"

Wind escape·Thousand-faced wind

Countless wind blades attacked, and the three newly graduated genin were completely inexperienced. One of them hurriedly formed seals, and the other was injured and jumped behind a big tree to hide.

Aburame Tetsumaru subconsciously gave up on the secret technique, and instead extracted a large amount of chakra from the large circulation, gathered it into himself, and then squatted on guard with his head in his hands.

Under the impact of the wind blade, the cut branches and leaves of the forest flew horizontally, and the big trees fell down one after another.

There were actually bugs crawling under Aburame Tetsumaru's clothes. They were beetles with extremely hard shells. The defensive posture was to hold their heads with both hands to protect their fragile faces and expensive snails.

In the storm, Aburame Tetsumaru was hit by at least seven wind blades. The impact caused Aburame Tetsumaru to turn over twice. However, after the beetle absorbed a large amount of chakra, it increased its defense power tenfold.

It withstood the cutting of the wind blade without even a single scratch.

The so-and-so Taro who was standing in the same seal was cut into seven or eight wounds by the wind blade. Among them, the wound on the neck spurted blood for a meter away. It was obvious that the artery was severed and there was no way to save it.

The big tree where the teammate was hiding was cut off by a wind blade, and he was crushed by the big tree. His life or death is unknown.

After a few seconds, the effect of the spell ends.

Aburame Tetsumaru jumped up from the broken branches and leaves, and suddenly found that the enemy had rushed in front of her, holding a kunai and stabbing him.

Aburame Tetsumaru didn't care about the kunai, punched the enemy's head with his fist, and reached into his pocket with his other hand to take out the kunai.

The enemy's kunai did not penetrate the beetle, but Aburame Tetsumaru's fist was dodged. The opponent's level of taijutsu was very high, and he was definitely the best among chuunin.

Aburame Tetsumaru immediately used a kunai to fight back, but was intercepted by the enemy's kunai. Within a breath, the two fought back and forth for several rounds, and brilliant sparks were created between the two kunai's blocks.

The enemy not only blocked all of Aburame Tetsumaru's attacks, but also launched attacks continuously, hitting Tetsumaru repeatedly.

Bing, hit the abdomen, failed to break the armor.

Ding, it hit the root of the thigh and failed to break the armor.

Ding, hit the wrist, failed to break the armor.

Qiang~~, scratched the neck, but failed to break the armor.

Bing, hit the armpit, failed to break the armor.

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A series of attacks all hit vital or vulnerable key locations, but none of them failed to break through the beetle's defense.

The masked enemy's expression could not be clearly seen, but his eyes were so wide that they bulged out. It was obvious that Aburame Tetsumaru's defense power and protective area far exceeded his expectations. There was no flaw at all except his face.

The enemy can only attack Aburame Tetsumaru's face. This is the part of the human head that has the fastest reaction speed and the most flexible dodge. How can it be so easy to attack?

Starting from the close combat, Aburame Tetsumaru found that the enemy could not break through the defense, so he began to directly construct chakra runes. Because the chakra of the beetle on his body reacted violently and there were no seals, the enemy was not aware of it.

Aburame Tetsumaru was not yet proficient in constructing runes directly through chakra, and was disturbed by battle. It was not until he was stabbed seven or eight times, and the enemy was stunned by his defense power, that he completed the chakra runes.

After completing the rune ninjutsu and starting to operate, Tetsumaru attacks with kunai with both hands at the same time to distract the enemy.

The enemy easily blocked the kunai. He stared at Aburame Tetsumaru's face, thinking anxiously about how to attack. He failed to break through his defenses with several consecutive attacks. He couldn't help but feel a little impatient and ignored the subtle movements that stimulated the ninjutsu.

Wind Escape·Sand Dust

The enemy whose vision was obscured by the ninjutsu was in a hurry. While resisting Tetsumaru's kunai, he continued to use the substitute technique and the teleportation technique to avoid the attack.

The enemy pulled away after using ninjutsu continuously, but inevitably the continuous use of ninjutsu caused chakra chaos and fell into a brief state of silence.

Ninjas who cannot use chakra are dead. Aburame Tetsumaru first threw out two locusts, then chased after them and attacked with kunai.

The distance was too close for the locusts to reach their maximum speed. The enemy held a kunai in each hand to block the two locusts, but the explosion of the locusts blew away the kunai, and even his hands were scratched by the locust fragments.

Ignoring the pain, the enemy drew out a rib to block Aburame Tetsumaru's kunai. The impact of Tetsumaru's attack made him stagger, and his back rested against a fallen tree trunk.

This was what Aburame Tetsumaru wanted. He let go of his right hand and dropped the kunai, aiming his palm at this extremely experienced chuunin. The opponent was horrified to find that Aburame Tetsumaru had formed a seal.

It's just a ninjutsu seal, so it shouldn't matter. The enemy had this thought for a moment, and stabbed Aburame Tetsumaru's face with his right hand, hoping to force him back.

Wind Escape·Trouble Wind·Thirteen

The neurotoxic crystalline powder smeared the enemy's face, and he was instantly paralyzed. He continued to attack forward with his right hand, and fell straight to the ground.

After 10 seconds, the poison caused the heart to stop beating, and he lost consciousness in less than 30 seconds. He died a few minutes later.

(End of chapter)