Orochimaru's Allah's Lamp

Chapter 274 Life and Death Decision

Never take chances when fighting an enemy with full field of view.

Any seemingly normal decision may be a trap set by the enemy.

In other words, the detour chosen by Uchiha Shinsuke at this time may also play into the enemy's plan.

Among the various choices, it is nothing more than a matter of probability of success.

But Uchiha Shinsuke still insisted on choosing the latter, for no other reason than his confidence in himself and the team's strength.

Among the twelve members of the three ninja teams, only two are not jounin, so there will never be any problems in terms of footwork.

As long as you are not flanked, your chances of escape are extremely high.

And the conditions required to surround them from all sides, even with the support of the Kirigakure rebel ninja from the Iron Kingdom, are not easy.

The labor cost comes second, and the key is time.

The route chosen by Konoha to the area closest to the Kingdom of Iron also requires half a day's travel. From the time when they enter Yuno Country and are discovered by the enemy to sending people to support them, there is absolutely no time.

Unless, the other party was ambushing you from the beginning.

But if this is the case, it doesn't matter if you are forced to stand still. Anyway, you can't escape left and right, and you can defeat as many enemies as you want.

The people present were all ninjas who had experienced hundreds of battles. They had been through life and death countless times, so they naturally knew what the best choice was. After a brief summary, they decided on the method.

But when Uchiha Shinsuke wanted to send a signal for help, Kakashi stopped him.

Uchiha Jinsuke looked over in confusion, and Kakashi said slowly, "We alone are not worthy of the Kusanagi and Akatsuki organizations investing so much energy. Their target may be Lord Jiraiya, and we are just bait."

If it weren't for the worst case scenario, the Kusanagi would just attack on a daily basis, and they would never be able to stop their team.

And if you think about the worst, you have to think about something even worse. Assuming that the Akatsuki organization has a premeditated plan, these ninja teams alone are obviously not able to satisfy their appetite.

They have the ability to surround and kill the 'Konoha Sannin' and severely damage Orochimaru's record, so they have to be on guard against them.

Uchiha Shinsuke's face darkened when he heard this, and he suddenly realized that what he had just considered was still somewhat inappropriate.

If you send out a signal flare and return the same way, then even if you encounter a battle, you will still have a chance to rendezvous with Jiraiya-sama.

Both sides work together to deal with the attack from the enemy.

And if they choose to take a roundabout route, they cannot send out flares to call for help. After all, it is impossible for the rescue team to follow them all the way.

Either rely on the strength of the team to break out of the enemy's blockade, or get trapped in it.

Choosing the latter would undoubtedly allow the team to bear the risk alone and avoid the worst-case scenario where the Konoha Sannin would fall into crisis.

But Uchiha Jinsuke accepted Kakashi's request without any hesitation.

Although saying this made him feel discouraged, even if the number of members in this team doubled, the weight would still be much worse than that of a 'Konoha Sannin'.

It has nothing to do with power and status, purely because of personal value.

‘For the village’ is not a word that comes easily, but when something happens, you have to risk your life to avoid greater losses and gain more value for the village.

The Konoha group immediately turned from the northeast to the southeast and accelerated their march.

…

In a jungle somewhere in the Kingdom of Yu, the leader of the Snow clan, Akira Minazuki, stopped on the treetops with the blood ninjas of the clan, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Konoha ninjas.

"In ten minutes at most, Konoha's ninjas will arrive."

A strange head with short gray-green hair poked out from the thick tree, and he said in surprise, "You actually expected them to do this."

"Although it's not the case now, at any rate, I was a ninja in the great country's ninja village before, and I know their thoughts clearly."

Shui Wuyuechi touched the scar that almost divided his handsome face into two halves and said with a smile,

"But after all, these young people are just making a small fuss. It would be fun to really set the target on the 'Konoha Sannin'."

"Your Akatsuki organization is so powerful and you were able to beat Orochimaru to the point where he didn't show up for more than a year. Why have you been having small fights lately?"

"Now put the target on Jiraiya immediately, the probability of success is also very high."

"Hey, you're asking the wrong person when you ask me that." Bai Jue's clone smiled strangely, "I'm just an eye, not my brain."

"That's not possible. Please use your eyes to play the role of your mouth again." Minazuki Aka also let out a burst of laughter, "Inform Kakuzu and Taketori and ask them to come as soon as possible."

From the beginning, there was no way out for this Konoha team.

No matter whether you are advancing or retreating, or your troops are making unexpected moves, or choosing to take a detour, you will be intercepted by the troops deployed, and then surrounded and suppressed with the support of the other two groups. The difference is only in the different positions.

But considering the village, they chose a dead end and cut off their last chance of life. Speaking of which, it is really ironic.

"I've done this since the beginning."

Bai Jue muttered and retracted his head into the tree, leaving only one sentence, "Be careful, they are already here."

"Really?"

The leader of the Snow Clan, Shuiwu Yuechi, suppressed the smile on his face, and a pair of black eyes faintly revealed a cold light.

"Children, go over there, catch the big ones, let go of the small ones, and entangle them."

"yes!"

The sound of breaking wind sounded in the jungle.

…

The Konoha group ran quickly through the jungle, and the atmosphere in the team became increasingly tense.

Since Uchiha Shinsuke's warning, Hinata Kato, who is the eye of the team, has increased the frequency of investigations and reported the surveillance content in real time.

And in Hinata Kamon's field of vision, the cold gazes of the white Zetsus hidden underground made his back pierce.

When the other party learned that he had been exposed on Zhihu, he no longer made any cover-up and told the Konoha team clearly through his Byakugan that you were being targeted.

In this increasingly depressing atmosphere, Hinata Kamon suddenly shouted, "More than ten ninjas appeared in front of us, including at least three jounin."

The expected ambush appeared, and the members of the Konoha ninja team breathed a sigh of relief.

The biggest fear comes from the unknown, which can eat away at people's sanity bit by bit, but when exposed to the field of vision, it becomes less scary.

When Shinsuke Uchiha heard the news, he immediately ordered, "rest where you are and wait for the enemy to attack."

It wasn't that he didn't expect that there might be other enemies coming around him. At this time, the best way to break through the enemy's siege was to go all out.

But what I'm afraid of is that the strength will be exhausted again. Now I put my fist away and hit it again to be more powerful.

Da da da…

A series of footsteps sounded, and the Konoha ninjas each stopped on a tree trunk, put into defensive formation, looked ahead, and stood ready.

The enemy came very quickly, covering a distance of three or four kilometers in just a few minutes.

The two were only a few dozen meters apart, and when they were about to enter attack range from each other, the ninja from the Snow clan took the lead.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

A dozen chuunin jointly used it, and in the blink of an eye, a huge wave was set off, which overwhelmed the Konoha ninjas and completely dispersed their formation.

Having said that, these ninjas struck too early and poorly grasped the distance, giving the Konoha ninjas too much time to react. Apart from breaking down a dozen small trees, they did not cause any injuries to the ninjas.

But the ninjas of the Snow Clan are not meant to undermine their enemies.

The three blood-successor jounin, headed by the leader of the Snow Clan, Minazuki Akari, jumped onto the water with a light body.

He put his hands together and said in unison, "Ice Escape·Magic Mirror Ice Crystal!"

"Stop them quickly!"

As the ice spread, there was a loud roar from Uchiha Shinsuke. He had seen the Snow Clan perform it on the battlefield between Konoha and Kirigakure, and he knew how difficult this move was.

"Fire Release·Dragon Fire Technique!"

"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"

…

The ninjas in the Konoha team who were good at fire escape immediately started using their own techniques.

It's just that the scattered team formations cannot hit the power of ninjutsu, and their tactical intentions are not unified. Some attacks go straight to the three ice escape ninjas, while others use flames to melt the spreading ice to open a passage.

These ideas were all correct, but they came to nothing one after another.

Not only because of the dispersion of power, Fire Release is only one of the five basic escape techniques after all, which is much weaker than Blood Succession Ninjutsu.

Judging from the morphological changes alone, the flames melted the ice, and the water had to evaporate to offset its power.

During this time interval, a new layer of ice is created again.

The evaporated water vapor, these former ninjas from the Kingdom of Water did not waste, "Water Release: Kirigakure Jutsu!"

White mist spread, filling the space like an inverted ice bowl.

After Minazuki Aka trapped most of the Konoha ninjas, he looked at the ninjutsu he had performed with a little sigh in his eyes.

The ice escape ninja, combined with the Kirigakure assassination technique, has killed many enemy ninjas, but now that it is taken out, it can only play a trapping function.

The Taketori clan and Kakuzu are all violent ninjas, and they are completely unable to use the cage to its fullest potential.

"What a pity."

Minazuki Aka stared at Uchiha Jinsuke and slowly sank into the ice.

Even with the fog blocking it, Uchiha's Sharingan is not easy to mess with.

…

"Fire Release: Fireball Technique!"

On the treetops covered with ice slag, Uchiha Shinsuke continued to spit fire towards the ground.

His purpose is not to attack, but to use this as a mark to rally people.

Not long after, eight members gathered together.

Uchiha Jinsuke looked around and frowned, "Kakashi, where did he go?"

Hinata Kamon replied, "When the opponent used ice escape ninjutsu, he rushed over with his speed."

Also not present were two chuunin and one jounin. They were both on the edge before the ninjutsu was activated, but luckily they escaped.

"I see."

Uchiha Shinsuke nodded slightly, "It just so happens that he is of little use here, but can play a greater role outside."

Among the five series of ninjutsu, although fire escape is not very effective, it is the most suitable for dealing with ice escape, and Kakashi is not good at fire escape.

When the enemy only chooses a conservative entanglement strategy, both the thunder escape used for attack and the earth escape used for defense will be useless.

"The most important thing now is to break the ice cover."

When Uchiha Jinsuke said this, he subconsciously pressed his temple.

If he had Susanoo like Shisui, ninjutsu of this level would be just a matter of one move, and pure and simple would be just a joke.

But now, it takes several times the energy to escape from it. This is really...

Uchiha Shinsuke looked around and divided them into two groups based on whether they were good at fire escape. "You two, please guard the surroundings to prevent ice escape ninjas from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack."

…

Standing on the top of a large tree branch that had not been knocked down by the waves, Kakashi looked at the ice cover not far away, frowning deeply.

The forehead protector on his head had long been straightened, but even though the magatama was flowing in his eyes, there was no sign of it.

The chakra flowing in the ice shield interfered with the Sharingan's ability to see, making it impossible to find the traces of the three ice escape ninjas.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

Amidst bursts of screaming wind, Senbon flew towards Kakashi and the other three ninjas one after another, forcing them to stay away from the ice cover.

After a Konoha Jonin retreated dozens of meters, he suddenly shouted at Kakashi, "Captain, they are trying to force us back."

"..."

Of course Kakashi could see it, and he even knew that if he turned around and fled in the designated direction, these rebellious ninjas from Kirigakure would not even continue to pursue him.

There are eight jounin and one elite chuunin, including two powerful eye-jutsu ninjas. Being able to keep these people is already a huge profit for the grass ninja.

After all, they definitely did not use a lot of manpower and material resources as they had previously suspected.

Kakashi thought of this and subconsciously touched the scroll hidden in his chest, which contained the funds for purchasing rare ores in the Kingdom of Thunder.

Now that we have learned that this operation is an ambush, the next thing to do is to avoid losses to the village as much as possible.

He should turn around and leave now.

There are more than a dozen chuunin on the other side, and in a short period of time with only three of them, it is difficult for me to pose much of a threat to the ice shield, and I cannot fight with the teammates inside.

Not to mention, the enemy still has reinforcements, and after choosing this road, they have given up hope of rescuing the village, and now they can earn as much as they can escape.

but……

but……

Kakashi raised his hand and touched his left eye. The magatama flowed in it and was filled with pupil energy, as if the blood of his old friend still remained in it.

This time he faced a choice again.

But unlike before, it was not because they were blinded by their emotions that they deliberately chose to save or not to save. The situation that developed into the current situation was a common choice made by the twelve of them.

As a whole, we can be broken and damaged, but we must never abandon each other because of division.

This kind of thing is never allowed.

Therefore, after Kakashi hesitated for a moment, he shouted to the other two companions, "You try your best to stop them, and I will find a way to destroy this ice shell."

As soon as he finished speaking, without thinking about whether the two of them would respond, he lowered his waist slightly and held the short knife at his side with one hand.

The two Konoha ninjas were stunned for a moment after hearing this order, and without any hesitation, they rushed towards the Kirigakure rebellious ninja.

Two against sixteen were obviously fighting tooth and nail, but as the captain Kakashi was already fighting tooth and nail, how could they be timid?

Two eyes, one black and one red, reflected the scene in front of him, but Kakashi's mind recalled the swordsmanship he saw on the big lake after the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

(End of chapter)