Yasu noticed a ninja force of about 80 people ahead and immediately dispelled the Flaming Thunder God, remaining vigilant.
The Konoha ninjas behind him had not yet arrived.
He frowned, deep in thought.
How could such a large ninja force appear ahead?
Could it be that the Cloud ninjas had anticipated this and deployed a ninja force ahead of time?
But that doesn't make sense.
If they had anticipated this, there would have been no need to send those 14 Cloud ninjas to intercept them.
According to the Observation Haki's perception, among these 80 or so ninjas, there are at least 20 Jonin.
So, he quietly tracked them, wanting to see the exact situation.
When he saw these 80 or so ninjas, his eyes widened slightly.
Konoha headbands, they are Konoha ninjas.
Why did the reinforcements arrive so quickly?
Still, he didn't dare to be careless and created a Shadow Clone, appearing in front of them.
Yasu's Shadow Clone asked: "Are you the Konoha ninjas supporting the Land of Hot Water?"
The ninjas here basically knew Yasu.
A man with a pineapple head emerged from the group and said to him: "You are Yasu, right? We are the ninja force coming to support the Land of Hot Water. I am the acting commander of this force, Nara Shoji."
Yasu asked: "Why did the support arrive so quickly?"
Nara Shoji replied: "Because Lord Hokage said that the current situation in the Land of Hot Water is very bad, so we immediately gathered, moved forward at full speed, reduced rest time, and hurried here. Where are Lord Orochimaru and Lord Jiraiya now? Do you know?"
Yasu looked at a ninja with white eyes, black hair, and shoulder-length hair.
He demanded of this ninja: "You are a ninja of the Hyuga clan? You have the Byakugan, right? Activate your Byakugan!"
The Hyuga ninja, who was being watched by Yasu, frowned.
The Hyuga clan is the second largest ninja clan in Konoha. Yasu's tone made him very unhappy, ordering him like this as if he is working for the other party.
Nara Shoji looked at Yasu's dirty body and could smell a strong smell of blood. It was obvious that Yasu had just been in battle.
So, Nara Shoji guessed his concerns.
Nara Shoji looked at the Hyuga ninja: "Haruto, open your Byakugan, Yasu is confirming our identity."
Hyuga Haruto, upon hearing the order of the acting commander Nara Shoji, reluctantly gathered chakra and activated the Byakugan.
After he activated the Byakugan, blue veins appeared around his eye sockets.
Only then, did Yasu nod and dispelled the Shadow Clone technique, and the main body appeared from the side.
Nara Shoji looked at Yasu in surprise, not expecting him to be so cautious.
But that's right, Yasu suspected their identity, how could he let the main body appear in front of them?
Yasu said solemnly to Nara Shoji: "I am the commander of the ninja force stationed in the Land of Hot Water. The Cloud ninjas are planning to besiege us. I tore a hole and led them to break through. Now they are behind me. Go and meet them quickly!"
After he finished speaking, many people in the ninja force looked at him with contempt.
They thought Yasu was bragging.
With Orochimaru and Jiraiya around, how could it be Yasu, a 13-year-old kid, be in command?
Now he is alone, and looks more like he escaped alone.
Originally, most of them did not have a good impression of Yasu.
So, they were more convinced that he had escaped.
But Nara Shoji believed him.
First of all, because of Yasu's emotions, as a leader, calmness is the most important thing, and this Kid's emotions are very calm.
If he were an escapee, he would definitely not have been so calm in confirming their identity just now.
Then there is his identity.
Although Yasu is very unpopular in Konoha, he is undoubtedly Orochimaru's disciple.
Although it is a bit strange to have Yasu, a 13-year-old child who has just been on the battlefield for a long time, as the commander.
But as a disciple of one of the Sannin, Orochimaru, Yasu must have something extraordinary.
Thus, Nara Shoji immediately issued an order: "Everyone immediately go and meet our companions!"
Nara Shoji led the team to provide support.
Because Yasu cleared the road, tearing open a gap in the Cloud ninjas' unformed encirclement, allowing more than 20 of the Konoha ninjas to break out of the encirclement in time.
Now the Cloud ninjas were chasing them from behind.
After Nara Shoji's team arrived, they immediately organized a counterattack.
When the Cloud ninjas saw more than eighty Konoha ninjas, they were immediately frightened and retreated in panic.
Through his observation Haki, Yasu found that these supporting ninjas seemed to be ninjas from ninja clans.
It seems that the ninjas with civilian status in Konoha have almost all been assigned, and they can only send all the ninjas of the ninja clans.
As Konoha is composed of large and small ninja clans, the ninja clans actually have far more ninjas than civilian ninjas.
Moreover, the gap between the strength of the ninja clans, whether they are Chunin or Jonin, and the civilian ninjas is also very large.
After all, many strong jutsus are monopolized by the ninja clans.
Seeing the support arrive, many Konoha ninjas wept with joy.
Because this means that they no longer have to carry out such high-intensity operations.
Since Orochimaru and Yasu arrived, they originally had less than a hundred ninjas, but now only twenty-odd ninjas are left.
This high-intensity and high-sacrifice rate operation has brought their spirits close to the limit.
When the ninjas of the supporting team heard that Yasu was really the commander of the ninjas in front of them, and that it was thanks to him for clearing a path for them, so many people survived, they all looked at him in surprise.
At this time, Yasu was already resting against a tree.
Finally, he can relax for a while.
His spirit has also been tensed since he came to the Land of Hot Water, after all, the intensity of the battle is too high.
After a while, Orochimaru and Jiraiya also reunited with the main force.
After listening to Nara Shoji's report, Orochimaru nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work, your support was very timely, and our plan can be considered a complete success after your support arrived."
Nara Shoji asked Orochimaru what their plan was.
Jiraiya told them their plan, and Nara Shoji's scalp went numb as he listened.
This is too risky, right?
No wonder, those ninjas were all in tears when they saw them.
It turned out that under Orochimaru's command, they had been reduced from ninetyish people to twentyish people, which mean that nearly seventy people had been sacrificed.
Although Nara Shoji felt that Orochimaru's plan was very risky.
But the effect is also quite obvious. Now their location is about 6 kilometers away from the border line.
Don't underestimate these six kilometers, a lot can be done in these six kilometers.
If they were still on the border line, it would be quite difficult to advance the front even with their support.
And what shocked Nara Shoji even more was that Yasu was actually one of the planners, and the plan was mainly based on his ideas.
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