Konoha conquers the strongest Lei Wu

Since Konoha's defense line has shrunk back due to lack of manpower, Kumogakure can control quite a lot of places, but even so, they have not crossed Konoha's defense strongholds to harass the rear.

It's not that Kumogakure doesn't want to go, but while Konoha's defense stronghold still exists, if they go over, they may not be able to come back. Konoha just shrinks the defense line, and it doesn't really allow Kumogakure to remain in the village.

Do whatever you want within the Fire Nation.

The area that Todoroki and the others patrol is a dense forest between the temporary camp and Konoha's defense stronghold. Kumogakure is testing Konoha's bottom line. If they encounter Konoha's strong counterattack, they will naturally calm down, but if Konoha retreats

If so, then Kumogakure will press forward step by step.

Honglei and the others set out from the temporary camp around one o'clock in the afternoon and arrived at the designated location two hours later.

The dense jungle greatly reduced their traveling speed. Along the way, they not only had to be careful of poisonous snakes and beasts, but they also had to be careful not to fall into the traps of Konoha ninjas. Traps laid in this dense forest were very difficult to find.

After arriving at the location, the four of them found the tallest tree and climbed up to check the terrain. Ryozo still held the kunai and stood guard under the tree to prevent them from being stabbed below...

Woods, woods, Hong Lei looked at it and all he saw were woods.

But the woods do not represent desolation. On the contrary, such vibrant woods hide countless treasures, precious medicinal materials, wood, abundant wild animals, and minerals buried underground. These are all things that Konoha can fight with a ninja village.

The foundation of the entire ninja world.

For example, the Country of Wind where Sunagakure Village is located has very few natural resources except for the sky full of yellow sand and endless deserts. This is why they leave the Iwagakure Village next door alone and run away every time.

The reason why I came here to take a bite of Konoha was because the Fire Country was so rich, so rich that it made them jealous and their hearts beating.

Of course, Iwagakure Village is also jealous. Almost all of the soil country is Gobi and barren mountains. There are more stones than soil, and the soil is also very barren. After a year of hard work, farmers may sprinkle a handful of food and it may not be enough to fill the land.

From my own belly.

Tully took the map and checked the terrain. Their current location was slightly towards Konoha.

"We should be at this location now." Tully pointed his finger on the map, and then drew to the side, "Then we will patrol in this direction, and after reaching the border, we will change the route back."

Honglei took a look at the route that Tully had set and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. After all, he was an experienced chuunin and could still do this kind of thing well.

After thinking for a while, Honglei asked Tali, "How are our casualties recently?"

"Casualties?" Tully immediately understood what Honglei meant. "Don't worry, the number of casualties in recent days has been around single digits. We don't want to go too deep. There will be no problem."

Kara's expression dropped slightly, "Does this mean that dozens of people have been killed in the past five days while I was recovering from my injuries..."

This also means that it has been a week since Honglei and the others arrived at the front line, and nearly a hundred people have stayed here forever.

Tully saw Kara's look and comforted her, "Don't be too sad. It's just a test between the two countries now. The number of casualties is already much better."

"In other words, when the war officially breaks out...will more people die..." Kara's mood became even worse.

"Ha, haha." Tully scratched his head awkwardly, as if he had messed up again.

Honglei sighed helplessly, and casually found a topic to divert from this somewhat serious question, "Let's go down quickly, that guy Ryozo must be waiting impatiently."

"Yes, yes! Everyone, please act quickly. It will be bad if someone finds you lazy." After Tully said that, he jumped down from the top of the tree. Honglei and Kara looked at each other and jumped down after him.

After finally reuniting with Ryozo, Tully ordered everyone to start patrolling forward in unison.

The so-called reverse attack means that Thunderbolt is at the forefront as the arrow, and Kara is on the side about two meters behind him, on the side close to Konoha. Ryozo and Kara's positions are symmetrical, but on the side closer to Kumogakure.

Tully stood in the last position and took charge of the situation.

This is one of the two most commonly used formations for the ninja team. The other one is naturally the frontal one, where Tali and Todoroki, who are chuunin, change their positions and stand at the front of the team.

Tali stood at the end to ensure that attacks from the rear would not fall on the genin immediately, and he could also detect attacks from the front in advance with his rich experience.

If he stood at the front, he would not be able to react in time to attacks from behind.

The four of them maintained their formation and patrolled back and forth at the designated location several times without encountering Konoha's ninjas, nor did they see any traces of anyone coming or going.

After it got completely dark, Tully found a tree hole and set up some warning traps outside. Then the four of them began to eat military dry food. Although everyone wanted to make a fire and eat something hot, Tully was cautious.

Lee still didn't agree.

Honglei ate the military rations with a grimace. In order to reduce the smell, he didn't even bring pickles!

It seemed that this war would destroy his stomach first before destroying his body.

After everyone had a sumptuous dinner and rested for about an hour, they began patrolling at night again.

We are still losing ground, but everyone's positions are a little more compact, and they will try to reduce the noise they make when moving. Most animals have rested at night, so it is extremely quiet, and even the slightest sound will be heard.

far away.

But it turned out to be another fruitless patrol. Tully would adjust the patrol route every time to prevent anyone from ambushing them on their way back after discovering their traces.

At about ten o'clock in the night, Tully found a cave under a low cliff. Everyone took turns to rest inside, with Ryozo taking the first round, then Todoroki, Tully and finally Kara.

This distribution allows both Ryozo and Kara to have a complete sleep.

Early the next morning, after eating dry food, everyone started patrolling again.

Three days passed like this. After finding nothing, Hong Lei and the others returned to the temporary camp for supplies and rest.

They only found some footprints and other traces on the second day, but after tracing them, they didn't find anyone.

After Honglei and the others took a brief rest for half a day, they set off again and headed towards their patrol area.

At the same time, on the Konoha side, there was also a team heading towards the same place as them.