With a surprised eyebrow that didn't exist, I cast a quick glance at the very pleased girl - when did she reach the required level in fuinjutsu? This seal is very difficult to draw, and an inexperienced master risks ruining a lot of consumables if he doesn't have the proper skills and chakra control. The younger Uzumaki has obvious problems with the latter.
- Ba-chan helped with practicing the necessary fuin," the scarlet-haired beauty showed her tongue, answering the unspoken question.
- Your help will also come in handy, Uzumaki-san," the commander nodded politely, but with somewhat less enthusiasm.
Even though she was a jinchuriki, she had not yet reached the rank of a true S-rank, despite her obscene amount of chakra.
- I hope Mito also mentioned the disadvantages of using kage bunshins like that in battle? - I muttered.
- Don't worry, Ryo-kun, everything has been taken into account and tested in practice," the kunoichi nodded, furtively pointing at her stomach.
Well, if that's the case...
The further way passed in silence and without obstacles, so, after more than three hours, we were not far from the support camp, on this section of the front. And somewhere about seven kilometers from it was already boiling battle - our forces did not hold on the second line of defense.
But that was only one of the problems - in addition to the chakra of an obvious fire-colored jinchuriki, I felt at the very edge of the available sensory radius the familiar chakra of a very strong fighter.
Accompanied by Nii Yugito, in addition to a hundred fighters, was a junior Ai and at the moment, this unit was not involved in the battle, but using the attacking troops as cover, sinking deep into our territory. What's a jinchuriki in the rear? A nightmare for any major troop formation and camp!
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Our squad had two Hyuga with strong dojutsu as strong as my sensitivity, so after a few moments, Jurin got a general idea of the difficult situation as well, immediately starting to give orders to her subordinates.
The jonins couldn't increase their speed without risking injury while traveling through the night forest, but the core of the strongest fighters didn't suffer from such problems, so all the jonins quickly broke away from the main body of reinforcements, trying to support the desperately fighting troops as quickly as possible.
- Nara-san, Uzumaki-san," the commander turned to us, "the coming battle will largely depend on you.
- Kushina, you support our forces by piling up the bodies," I gestured to the kage bunshin to watch over the girl and continued, "I'll take care of the jinchuriki and her guards, preventing them from reaching the camp.
Given that there were not only more than fifty defenders there, but also seven times as many wounded men who had been dragged from the nearest front lines over the past few days, they would not be able to get out from under the direct attack of the bijudama.
- I'll show those lightning bugs how to attack us, Datebanne! - The kunoichi's enthusiasm was fierce, "You can count on me!
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