"The secret technique of the Aburame Clan! Damn it, did that Uchiha brat risk his life to kill Honda just to create an opportunity for your sneak attack?" The Kirigakure captain said, looking at the Lightning Release Ninja being devoured by Parasitic Insects.
Shibi Aburame didn't speak. He raised his hands, and countless Parasitic Insects flew out from his sleeves, charging towards the Kirigakure captain.
Seeing this, the Kirigakure captain formed hand seals. From his mouth, he spewed a waterfall-like amount of water, forming a rotating water wall that spun around him, creating a flawless defense. The swarm of insects couldn't break through for a while.
"Asana, use your Byakugan to help find the weak point of the Water Prison Wall," Shibi Aburame turned and shouted to Asana.
Upon hearing this, Asana immediately activated her Byakugan and quickly found the weakest Chakra point in the Water Prison Wall.
"Shibi-sensei, the Chakra at the very top of his Water Prison Wall is the weakest."
"I understand. Parasitic Insects: Hail!"
At Shibi Aburame's command, some of the Parasitic Insects circling in the air formed a rapidly moving small ball of insects, which dropped directly from above, smashing through the Water Prison Wall's defense.
Immediately after, a huge ball formed by a large number of Parasitic Insects pressed down on the Kirigakure captain.
The Kirigakure captain's face changed drastically. In his haste, he couldn't care about anything else and quickly formed hand seals. A water dragon rose, biting towards the huge ball made of Parasitic Insects.
The water dragon opened its mouth wide and crushed the ball of Parasitic Insects.
However, before the Kirigakure captain could breathe a sigh of relief, he found countless Parasitic Insects had passed through the Water Dragon Bullet and touched his body.
Subsequently, under Shibi Aburame's command, the Parasitic Insects frantically absorbed the Kirigakure captain's Chakra.
A few minutes later, the Kirigakure captain's Chakra was completely devoured, and Shibi Aburame waved his hand, recalling the swarm of insects.
This was a Kirigakure Jonin, and he should have some useful intelligence.
"Do you think you can capture me alive?" The Kirigakure captain asked Shibi Aburame.
Shibi Aburame didn't hide anything and answered directly, "That's right. If you want to die, you can commit suicide. I'll give you that chance. If you don't want to die, then come with us obediently."
"Heh! You really look down on people!" With that, the Kirigakure captain pulled out a Kunai and stabbed himself through the heart.
"Shibi-sensei, this..."
Shibi Aburame was also stunned. He scratched his head and said, "I didn't expect him to actually commit suicide."
Asana rolled her eyes upon hearing this. What were these two thinking?
The Kirigakure Ninja were all crazy; how could they cooperate obediently?
Shibi Aburame seemed to have read Asana's thoughts and said expressionlessly, "Those who seem crazy are actually the most afraid of death, especially when all their comrades are dead. The probability of Kirigakure Ninja surrendering is very high."
"They'll surrender if all their comrades are dead? What kind of logic is that?" Asana asked, puzzled.
"Because Kirigakure Ninja's comrades mostly serve to supervise each other. Kirigakure never shows mercy to traitors. Once a comrade is still alive and escapes, if Kirigakure gets the news, they will eliminate the traitor at all costs.
If no one is alive, then naturally there's no need to fear Kirigakure's retaliation and pursuit, and some will choose to surrender."
"So that's how it is. Then why did this guy..."
"Perhaps he truly loved Kirigakure Village! There are quite a few Kirigakure Ninja like that," Shibi Aburame said.
Asana nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She didn't bother with cleaning up the bodies or the battlefield but instead ran back to Uchiha En to check on his condition.
"En, how are you doing?" Asana asked.
"I'm fine. Kirigakure Ninja aren't like Sand Ninja; they don't have a habit of poisoning their Kunai. It should be fine once we get to the camp and a Medical Ninja helps treat it."
Asana slowly raised her hand, and a soft green light appeared in her palm. Uchiha En felt a tingling sensation on his shoulder, and soon the bleeding stopped.
"Why look for a Medical Ninja? If the Kunai isn't poisoned, I can handle a minor injury like this." With that, Asana took out some gauze and medicine from a sealing scroll and simply bandaged Uchiha En's wound.
"This should be enough."
Uchiha En tried to move his arm, then smiled and said, "Feels good, thank you, Asana."
After Asana treated Uchiha En's wound, the two returned to the place where they had fought the Kirigakure Ninja.
In a short while, the bodies of the Kirigakure Ninja had already been dealt with by Shibi Aburame.
"Shibi-sensei, should we continue our journey?" Yamanaka Kagetsu asked after glancing at the bandage on Uchiha En's shoulder.
"We are still about a day's journey from the camp, and we can't get there in a short time. Let's go a little further and then find a place to rest for the night!" Shibi Aburame said.
"Still that far? But why did we encounter Kirigakure Ninja here?" Asana asked.
"They must have used some method to bypass the front-line defenses, specifically to intercept the reconnaissance squad sent by the Village," Shibi Aburame replied.
"Intercept the reconnaissance squad?"
"That's right. The current frontal battle is very unfavorable for us. Kirigakure knows how much influence reconnaissance squads have on the battlefield situation.
So they sent Ninja from various Bloodline Limit clans, and even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, specifically targeting our reconnaissance squads.
These Kirigakure Ninja who bypassed the front line and infiltrated the Land of Fire's territory most likely have this same objective. I just don't know how they crossed the front line, which is why I wanted to capture this Kirigakure Jonin to see if I could get some intelligence, but I didn't expect him to commit suicide."
After hearing Shibi Aburame's words, Uchiha En and the other three fell silent.
The reconnaissance squad's mission was even more dangerous than they had imagined!
In the evening, Uchiha En and his group found a cave. They simply tidied it up and rested there.
Since Uchiha En was injured, the other three took care of cleaning the cave, gathering firewood, and preparing food.
After dinner, Uchiha En leaned against the rock wall and slowly closed his eyes.
Unbeknownst to them, they had been on the battlefield for two days, constantly on the move, and their daily training time far exceeded 3 hours.
Unfortunately, no matter how much training time there was, he couldn't get extra roulette spins.
Including the three days he spent in the Village learning Shadow Clone and preparing for deployment, Uchiha En had spun the roulette 5 times in total, only gaining 1 attribute point each day for 5 days.
Uchiha En had pretty much figured out the roulette's pattern by now: 5 out of 7 days would guarantee 1 point, then there would definitely be one big reward, and another time could be 2 attribute points or a big reward.
Uchiha En originally planned to play today's text game as well, but when he was about to spin the roulette, he suddenly found that he had 6 attribute points in his attribute panel.
"That's not right! Shouldn't I only have 5 attribute points? Why are there 6 points here?" Uchiha En thought to himself.
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