Build the Swarm Tech Tree in Konoha

Chapter 58 Promotion and Transfer

The insect swarm retreated in all directions, but they did not go very far. When they were out of sight, they dug holes and hid on the spot. Only a dozen reconnaissance dragonflies were left to scout around, three of which were specifically responsible for monitoring the retreat of the Iwa Ninja team.

It wasn't until the Iwa Ninja team had gone far that the insect swarm emerged from the ground. This time, all the insects concentrated on one location.

The swarm of insects gathered like a tide in an ordinary clearing. The ground in the clearing suddenly collapsed, revealing a dozen huge insect nests.

It turns out that this open space is actually a depression, with tens of thousands of camouflaged insects linking their limbs and holding up rocks, soil, fallen leaves, and weeds to disguise themselves as flat ground and obscure the insect nest.

All the insects entered the insect nest, and Aburame Tetsumaru lifted the psychic spell and sent the insect nest back to the Aburame tribe.

After everything was packed up, Aburame Tetsumaru called his subordinates, and the four of them returned to the Konoha camp together.

Along the way, the two newly added genin kept complaining to the captain that they were not allowed to fight and had no chance to show off their talents.

Aburame Tetsumaru hurried on with an expressionless expression. Saburo Yukimura, the only old subordinate in the team, smiled and said nothing. He gloated and watched the two juniors committing suicide.

The captain is about to be promoted to special jounin, and Yukimura himself is also going to be promoted to chuunin. When they return to the camp, the Aburame team will be disbanded, and the two newcomers will have no time to enjoy the treatment of the "chuunin cradle team".

Having said that, if there is still time, how can we get two Sanmo genin to join the Aburame team.

The so-called three no genin are the blank slate ninjas who graduate from the ninja school: no ninja number, no guidance captain, no ninjutsu above D level, commonly known as cannon fodder.

Two years ago, Aburame Tetsumaru was promoted to chunin, left the Ueno team and led a brand new team as captain. It is said that he achieved many outstanding results, and his subordinates were promoted one after another. (In fact, none of them were promoted. Uchiha Keiichi was promoted from the beginning.

Chuunin and Kurama Yun retired before they could be promoted, but nothing happened to them when they left. This is the original version of the legend)

To everyone's surprise, Aburame Tetsumaru showed a completely different battle mode in her personal mission. The insect array that was once sparsely constructed with a few thousand insects was upgraded to a swarm of hundreds of thousands of insects. It was like a sea of ​​​​insects drowning the enemy.

The emphasis is on non-contact combat.

With this method of warfare that was completely different from that of ninjas but more suitable for war, Aburame Tetsumaru not only completed all the tasks, but also continuously created exaggerated achievements.

Hanzo, Lao Zi, Qingyan and other top ninjas took action one after another, but no matter how they chased him, they couldn't do anything to him. At most, they beat him and fled in confusion, and no one could even see his true body.

But the inexplicable Aburame Tetsumaru gradually fell into silence. His later fame was actually because none of his subordinates were killed or disabled in battle, and all those who left were successfully promoted to chunin.

The source is that during the graduation season of Konoha in 2012, Orochimaru gave Aburame Tetsumaru three graduate genin, all of whom were Sanmu ninjas, including Saburo Yukimura.

Aburame Tetsumaru is a person with a teacher's ethics. He is obviously a team leader, but he also assumes the responsibility of guiding the team leader. He carefully guides the training of his three subordinates and even instructs them to exchange appropriate ninjutsu.

Two of the genin were more talented, but their minds were confused. After being praised for a few words after their strength improved, they became dizzy. In order to be promoted to chuunin earlier, they took the initiative to leave the Aburame team.

Saburo Yukimura was born into a family of small businessmen and had a lot of experience. He knew that he was lucky, so he resolutely followed Aburame Tetsumaru and even spent money to keep his position. He would rather not be promoted than leave the Aburame team.

Because he knew that once he left the Aburame team, he would be easily killed by the enemy, just like the first two teammates, although they were promoted to chunin, they disappeared in Konoha's previous defeats.

It has never been smooth sailing for Konoha in the Country of Rain. As the battlefield in the Country of Rain continues to change, Konoha has experienced both high moments and tragic defeats.

After the end of the Toxic Wasteland time, Konoha completed the reorganization of power. Orochimaru used multi-faceted containment tactics to great effect, leaving Sansho Hanzo exhausted, but still unable to prevent Amegakure Village from being directly attacked.

After the Great War in the Bear Country and the Great Retreat from the Wasteland of the Rain Country, the weak Sunagakure Village was left powerless and could only watch Konoha show its power. The Amegakure Village was on the verge of collapse and had to join forces more closely with the Iwagakure Village.

Konoha has the upper hand in the Rain Country.

But then Shimura Danzo made a mistake again. Being completely ignored, he fought hard to regain his power and sent out the root ninjas to attack in all directions, but he only got a lot of achievements that were not worthy of recognition.

The root's sexy moves aroused fierce hatred, causing Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Amegakure to start to unite.

The most magical scene of the Second Ninja World War appeared. The Iwagakure and Sunagakure villages were fighting fiercely in the Bear Country, but they fought together in the Rain Country, and Iwagakure even provided supplies to the Sunagakure Village.

Tsuchikage Onoki knew very well that some of these supplies would inevitably flow into the Bear Country and then become resources to fight against the Iwagakure. Iwagakure Village's supply to Sunagakure Village was still endless.

All because of Konoha's excessive strength. In order to resist Konoha, the two countries had no choice but to ignore their past grievances. Oh no, it should be that the two countries ignored the fight with their left hands. They intertwined their right hands tightly and joined hands to fight against the evil Fire Empire.

doctrine.

The complexity of the contradictions and interests between the big powers is so vividly displayed that an old guy from the Warring States Period would never be able to understand it, and it would even make him have a shattered outlook on life and a mental breakdown.

After the three villages united, their power in the Rain Country far exceeded that of Konoha. Orochimaru did not hesitate to decide to give up the land to save the ninjas, and organized a retreat with Jiraiya and Tsunade.

During the retreat, the Sannin fought Hanzo again, setting a record for their third defeat, but they managed to hold Hanzo back for a whole day. About four thousand ninjas retreated to the Land of Fire intact to regroup.

Statistics later found that more than 2,600 Konoha ninjas died in the battle, disappeared or were captured, all because Danzo firmly opposed retreat. After all, he was a genuine commander and influenced many ninjas. These ninjas believed that Danzo would win Konoha.

Following his remarks, he launched a counterattack against the Iwagakure, but was besieged by the Iwagakure and Sunagakure villages, and was eventually annihilated.

Danzo himself was beaten by Jinchūriki Lao Murasaki and Sunagakure Chiyo throughout the whole process. Unfortunately, he was hit by Lao Purple's melt escape and lost one eye.

But Shinobu Anami's greatest skill is being shameless. He finally managed to escape using the sacrifice of his subordinates. As for the oath that he would rather die in battle than retreat, who said that? Anyway, it was not Danzo who said it.

But more than two thousand Konoha ninjas followed you, and then you came back alone. Such a huge loss could not be covered up. Danzo was dismissed for the second time, and Orochimaru was appointed acting commander.

The Three Kingdoms Alliance of Wind, Earth, and Rain was formed due to the strength of the Fire Nation. Everyone knew that this alliance was not reliable, but the speed of Ohnoki and Hanzo's decision was beyond the Sand Ninja's expectations.

On the afternoon of the day when Konoha withdrew from the Country of Rain, the Iwa Ninja and the Rain Ninja attacked the Sand Ninja. The Sand Hidden Village was unable to resist and was forced to withdraw from the Country of Rain.

The Sand Ninja's defeat was so fast that the Iwa Ninja not only snatched back a large batch of aid supplies, but even received the last batch of supplies to aid the Sand Ninja at the Sand Ninja's station.

That day, the Iwa Ninja responsible for transporting supplies and the Iwa Ninja responsible for cleaning the battlefield looked at each other, not knowing what to do at all.

Iwa Ninja of the Land of Rain: Can these supplies be considered seized?

Local Iwa Ninja: Let’s transport the things back. Is the mission completed?

After repelling two major countries in succession, Iwa Ninja was satisfied and increased his troops in large numbers, preparing to cooperate with the main force of the Bear Country to attack from both sides and completely defeat the Wind Country.

But an accident happened, and several Iwa Ninjas massacred villages and cities. The Iwa Ninjas were tyrannical in the Land of Rain by virtue of their status as allies, but the massacre was inappropriate and the Rain Ninjas could not tolerate it under any circumstances.

Although these massacres were inexplicable, and although there might be a conspiracy, the Rain and Earth Alliance still collapsed, and the ninjas of the two countries fought fiercely.

Hanzo was furious on the spot and even drove the Iwa Ninja out of the Rain Country. The two countries, Wind and Fire, watched the excitement and had a great time. They all agreed that Hanzo was worthy of the title of "demigod".

Since then, the ninja armies of the four countries have come and gone in the Land of Rain, and no one can continue to gain the upper hand. The tug-of-war continues to this day.

In the past two years, Yukimura, the only veteran member of the Aburame team, was fortunate enough to meet more than a dozen new teammates, most of whom came from famous ninja families such as Gekko, Shiranui, Kurama, and Inuzuka.

These teammates had outstanding talents and profound knowledge. Under the protection of Aburame Tetsumaru, they grew up rapidly. After two or three months, they were promoted to chunin and left to form their own team.

Aburame Tetsumaru's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and rumors are spreading that Shimura, Aburame, Inokacho, and even big families like Hinata, Uchiha, and even the Hokage family are beginning to compete for a spot in Aburame's team.

This is not nonsense. Every ninja grows from weak to strong, especially the first few months on the battlefield when they are most vulnerable, and the death rate is extremely high.

A direct descendant of a rich family, with high talent and education level, and abundant ninjutsu education resources, but it is impossible to be born with rich experience. It always needs to be experienced on the battlefield, to see killing, blood, and personally experience the danger of life, and then to grow up.

Like Aburame Tetsumaru, he led the team on the battlefield for three years without any casualties among his genin subordinates, which is very rare.

Especially the battlefield like the Kingdom of Rain, where the four kingdoms are fighting, is too chaotic. Even someone as powerful as Orochimaru could miss, and his beloved disciple died inexplicably.

Who would have thought that Senju Rouki, the majestic grandson of the First Hokage, would be killed by a detonating talisman trap, and his internal organs would even disappear.

It can only be said that once caught in the political whirlpool, the crisis for the children of the rich family is far greater than that of ordinary people. It is never just enemy ninjas who want their lives. The daggers coming from the darkness inside Konoha Village are even more deadly.

Therefore, Aburame Tetsumaru, a chuunin captain who protects his subordinates 100%, is particularly popular. Many people hope that he will be promoted to jounin as soon as possible, and then officially lead the new team as a jonin.

But someone blocked Aburame Tetsumaru's promotion, but it was unreasonable for a chuunin with seven jounin kill records, so the Hokage specially set up a new class: special jounin.

Special jonins have most of the rights of a jounin, including the ability to independently perform A-level tasks. The only difference is that they cannot participate in jounin voting and lack crucial political rights.

Return to the camp, go to the mission area to pay mission items, receive mission rewards, and update mission records.

After completing a set of procedures, Aburame Tetsumaru disbanded the team and asked the two unfamiliar genin to find a new team on their own, while he took Saburo Yukimura to the administrative area.

The two of them had received promotion notices before and needed to formally complete the process and receive new forehead protectors and equipment.

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"Aburame Jounin, congratulations."

"Thank you for the compliment, sir, but I am not yet a jonin, just a special jounin."

Aburame Tetsumaru turned a blind eye to Orochimaru's sinister expression and responded expressionlessly.

He took over the new forehead protector and armor, replaced them directly, and handed over the old equipment to the ninjas on the side.

It's been more than two years since Naoki-senpai died inexplicably, and Orochimaru's human touch has basically completely disappeared. Now, even Aburame Tetsumaru, who is most familiar with him, can't help but get goosebumps if he wants to talk to him.

"Lord Orochimaru, has the application I submitted been approved?"

"Hey, hey, the Hokage approved half of it, Tetsumaru-kun."

Orochimaru pulled out a document from the table, looked at it carefully, and said: "Tetsumaru-kun led the team perfectly, with a 100% completion rate for more than two hundred missions, and even zero casualties."

"With such an amazing talent, you should think about it and understand that it is impossible for a big family to allow you to perform tasks alone."

Aburame Tetsumaru understood that he had protected his subordinates too well, and now he had become a big trouble. Too many wealthy families wanted their direct descendants to join their squad.

You must lead a team and cannot wander alone.

Orochimaru took a scroll from another ninja and handed it directly to Aburame Tetsumaru.

"This is the other half of your application, transferred to the Kawa Country Army."

Aburame Tetsumaru took the scroll and opened it directly. Sure enough, it was the transfer order signed by the Hokage.

"Congratulations, you finally have the opportunity to get rid of Snow and be able to use your abilities to your heart's content." Orochimaru smiled and continued, "I have been looking forward to what your insect swarm looks like now."

Of course, what Orochimaru was talking about was not the insect swarm that drove back the Iwa Ninja's team of dead men, but the new insect unit that Aburame Tetsumaru kept secret and refused to show off at will.

As the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Earth turned against each other, this battlefield completely turned into a melee between the four parties. Whoever became stronger would be besieged by two foreign and three factions, and in the end no one could gain the upper hand.

In addition, Hanzo, who is almost invincible and cannot be defeated by anyone, is mixed in the middle. Hanzo is best at dealing with large groups of enemies. The more people gathered, the more dangerous it is.

And as the Ame Hidden Village becomes weaker and weaker, Hanzo becomes more and more independent, and his threat becomes greater and greater. An unfettered and strongest Kage-level ninja is an intolerable danger to any party.

So the three major countries even made a tacit agreement to let the rain ninja go, in order to make Hanzo have concerns and not be too wild.

As the new commander who replaced Danzo, Orochimaru's chosen tactics were mobile warfare that emphasized mobility, and his actual performance in the war was very good.

In fact, he had another set of tactical options in his mind, which was a front-line push-through tactic of large corps that emphasized the thickness of the troops. It could also be said to be a mindless crushing with the strength of the troops.

Although it is not aesthetically pleasing, Orochimaru pays more attention to effectiveness, especially if he has suitable subordinates who can implement the tactics, and the probability of victory is high.

Pity.

"It's just a pity that I won't be able to discuss science and immortality with Tetsumaru-kun for a while."

"Thank you for your compliment, sir. I look forward to working with you again in the Country of Sichuan."

"Hahahaha, Mr. Tiewan is indeed my smartest subordinate. I am looking forward to our next cooperation."

(End of chapter)