At this moment, Uchiha En was indeed hesitating whether to directly teleport up.
One of the Kirigakure Anbu's arms was already crippled, and Uchiha En felt that with the advantage of his weapon, he might have a chance to kill this guy.
However, the opponent was a Jonin, and an Anbu Ninja at that. If he acted rashly, there was a high chance he could be caught off guard and killed in a one-on-one fight.
Just as Uchiha En was hesitating, Asana and Yamanaka Kagetsu arrived.
Yamanaka Kagetsu connected their minds, and Uchiha En directly asked in the mental space, "You guys are done over there?"
"Yes, the opponent was a Sensing Ninja, and his strength was only at the level of an average Chunin. I could handle him myself.
If Kagetsu hadn't said she wanted to train herself and entangled with that guy for a while, it would have been resolved much earlier," Asana said.
"I see!"
"How about you, En?" Asana asked.
"I'm facing a Jonin. My Chakra is almost depleted; I can probably only use two Ninjutsu. However, his situation isn't much better; one of his arms was crippled by me, so he probably can't form hand seals now.
You guys came just in time. That guy is behind the third tree to the front right. Asana, use your Byakugan to pinpoint his location, Kagetsu, use the Mind Body Switch Technique to control him, and I'll go kill him."
"Okay." After saying that, Asana activated her Byakugan.
Yamanaka Kagetsu confirmed the Kirigakure Anbu's location through the feedback from the mental space and decisively released the Mind Body Switch Technique.
The Kirigakure Anbu had been hiding behind the tree, gripping his Kunai tightly, fully focused on guarding against Uchiha En's sneak attack.
And Uchiha En and his teammates were communicating in the mental space, so he had no idea that Asana and the others had arrived.
Yamanaka Kagetsu unexpectedly released her mental power, took control of the Kirigakure Anbu's body, and then manipulated the Kirigakure Anbu to drop the Kunai in his hand.
"Clang~" The moment the Kunai hit the ground, Uchiha En instantly teleported in front of the Kirigakure Anbu.
After Yamanaka Kagetsu saw Uchiha En, she immediately withdrew from the Kirigakure Anbu's body.
The Kirigakure Anbu's consciousness returned, and what appeared before his eyes was a brilliant flash of a blade.
"Swish~" With a flash of the blade, the Kirigakure Anbu's head flew off directly, and the large tree he was leaning against was also cut down.
Uchiha En confirmed that the Kirigakure Anbu's corpse did not turn into water or explode with lightning, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
"Finally done!"
"Well done! You actually managed to take down a Jonin. It seems even without me as your instructor, you can hold your own." Aburame Shibi, who had just dealt with another Kirigakure Anbu, walked over and said.
"Teacher Shibi, you're joking, we still have a long way to go!" Yamanaka Kagetsu said.
"And the credit for taking him down mostly goes to En. When Kagetsu and I arrived, En had already made it impossible for this Kirigakure Anbu to form hand seals," Asana added.
"You two don't need to flatter me." Uchiha En walked out of the forest.
At this moment, he was covered in blood, his Chakra was almost depleted, and his overall condition was very poor; even a Genin could probably take him down.
"Teacher Shibi, I'm afraid I'll need to rest for a while before I can continue the mission," Uchiha En said.
"Then rest for an hour! Even if Kirigakure discovers something unusual here, it will take them 2 to 3 hours to arrive.
Moreover, we've wiped out this Kirigakure Anbu squad, so the news shouldn't leak out," Aburame Shibi said.
"Teacher Shibi, why doesn't Kirigakure arrange more people to defend here? Or arrange a sufficiently powerful Ninja, like one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist?" Asana asked while helping Uchiha En sit down.
"Asana, you underestimate Kirigakure's Anbu too much. If this Kirigakure Anbu squad worked together, I definitely wouldn't be able to defeat them in a short time.
Two Anbu Jonin plus an Anbu Chunin skilled in sensing abilities—most Elite Jonin wouldn't be able to defeat them.
A few might be able to take them down, but it would take a very long time, and if they were determined to escape, they couldn't be stopped.
How many Elite Jonin are there in the entire Land of Bears battlefield?
Furthermore, our Konoha typically dispatches reconnaissance squads for infiltration missions, and Kirigakure is very familiar with our reconnaissance squad's composition, mostly consisting of three Chunin.
They wouldn't even pay attention to a configuration like ours, with one Jonin leading three Genin, because this setup is standard for Ninja Academy graduates.
Even if the teacher were an Elite Jonin, they wouldn't be able to handle such an Anbu squad.
Besides that, there's a most important reason: after their previous major defeat, the overall strength gap between the two sides is no longer as vast as it initially was.
Even if the Fourth Mizukage brought 20 Kirigakure Anbu Ninja, they wouldn't be able to overwhelm us in terms of combat power.
To win this war, they must go all out. Combat forces like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist cannot be kept in the rear at a time like this."
After listening to Aburame Shibi, Asana fell into thought, while Yamanaka Kagetsu nodded, seemingly understanding yet not fully.
Uchiha En, however, barely listened. He had just eaten a soldier pill and was fully focused on recovering his condition.
An hour later, Uchiha En's condition had mostly recovered.
Aburame Shibi ordered everyone to continue forward, first placing some exploding tags on the back of the mountain, and then circling to the front to place more.
The four quickly climbed to a spot about twenty meters from the summit. Uchiha En had just used Insight to confirm that this was the weakest part of the entire mountain. Placing exploding tags here would be twice as effective.
Although the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan couldn't directly pinpoint the weak points of the mountain like Uchiha En's Insight, they could determine where the rocks were sparse using their Byakugan.
So, Asana also chose this spot, and the four of them together placed 200 exploding tags.
Then they waited until dusk, climbed over the mountain, and affixed the remaining exploding tags on the other side of the mountain.
To ensure the mission's success, Uchiha En also took out half of the explosion paper he had previously obtained from a text game.
Uchiha En felt that the power of this paper, according to the description in the text game, was similar to exploding tags.
However, the sheep in Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, especially the main characters, were incredibly sturdy, so Uchiha En guessed that this explosion paper must be more powerful than exploding tags.
So Uchiha En also affixed the explosion paper to the weak points of the mountain, then covered it with exploding tags.
After everything was set, Aburame Shibi ordered everyone to retreat, while he stayed behind to detonate the exploding tags.
Uchiha En heard this and said, "Teacher Shibi, you and Asana and the others should retreat. I'll handle the detonation."
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