Chapter 129: Orders Received
"How are you? Are you alright?" Saori helped Kyosuke to a hidden cave and settled him in.
At the same time, a ninja skilled in medical techniques came forward and began to treat him.
"If you keep pushing yourself like this, your body won't be able to take it," Saori said with concern, looking at Kyosuke, who was resting with his eyes closed.
"Don't worry. It's just a small wound. It'll heal with some rest," Kyosuke said with a casual smile.
The squad then rested in the cave for half a day.
At this time, they had already reached the edge of the forest, meaning they had traversed it laterally.
The reason for this was because Kyosuke's squad had been desperately intercepting the Sand ninja, which was why they had unknowingly arrived here.
"Sigh, I wonder how the main force is doing," Kyosuke said, lying on the ground, a trace of worry rising in his heart.
In his opinion, even with the addition of the Uchiha clan, the situation was probably at best a 30-70 split.
And that was with Orochimaru personally leading the charge. That was why they had a thirty percent chance of winning. Otherwise, Konoha would have undoubtedly lost.
The reason was simple: the sheer difference in combat power between the two sides.
Of course, the situation was not without a turning point. If the Rain ninja were to join the battlefield at this time, the situation would immediately be very different.
But to his frustration, the Rain ninja were still holding back, probably waiting for some kind of opportunity.
Before that, Konoha could only resist with all its might.
After some thought, Kyosuke temporarily put aside his worries.
He pulled up the system panel and checked his gains for the day.
880 experience points.
This was the result of Kyosuke's desperate fighting today.
Although it looked like a lot, it was still far from his expected value.
To have the initial ability to intervene in the war, Kyosuke's level would have to be at least 50, which would require nearly 10,000 experience points.
If he wanted to have a certain degree of ability to change the course of the war, his level would have to rise to 60, which was the threshold of an elite jounin. In that case, the experience points required would be at least 15,000.
So, Kyosuke's process of accumulating experience was still a long one.
Not to mention, what would appear later would be large-scale units. There would be no more situations like today, where experience points were delivered to his doorstep.
This would once again reduce Kyosuke's speed of acquiring experience.
But fortunately, this long and drawn-out war was not something that could be finished in a day or two, so Kyosuke could afford to wait.
Just as the remaining eight were finding places to rest, an intelligence officer suddenly sat up straight and began to fiddle with the machine behind him.
The others, noticing this, also turned their gazes to him, waiting for the news.
After a while, a hint of joy appeared on the intelligence ninja's face.
Seeing this, everyone's heart couldn't help but relax.
"It seems to be good news," everyone thought.
"According to the intelligence, we have successfully located the Sand ninja's medical unit and are now assembling a team to launch a surprise attack," the ninja said excitedly.
He then looked up at Kyosuke, as if he wanted to say something but was hesitating.
Kyosuke knew what he meant. He thought for a moment, then asked, "The specific location, how far is it from here?"
"Not far, about thirty kilometers directly in front of us," he replied quickly.
"Transmit our situation to the intelligence department and wait for their battle plan."
"Yes, sir."
Beep. After a long while, the instructions from the intelligence department finally came back.
After a quick read, Kyosuke had a rough idea.
The instructions were simple: Kyosuke and the others were to monitor the Sand ninja's medical unit while avoiding detection as much as possible, and then use their location as a temporary base to assemble the ninja unit responsible for the surprise attack.
From this intelligence, Kyosuke knew that the Sand ninja probably knew that Konoha had obtained some intelligence, but they were not sure what the specific intelligence was, or where they would assemble their forces for a surprise attack.
So, the Sand ninja would only send some men to be on guard, but they would not rashly move their main force. Otherwise, more than one location would likely be exposed.
Having understood this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that this mission would not be too difficult. They just had to hold this base and be careful not to be discovered.
But then, the intelligence department sent another instruction, and this time, it gave Kyosuke a headache.
"Order Uchiha Kyosuke to infiltrate the Sand ninja's medical unit and gather intelligence."
This short sentence made Kyosuke's brow furrow.
Ever since he had completed that infiltration mission, he had had a premonition that he might be assigned this kind of mission again. But after a long time without any news, he had gradually forgotten about it.
But it was clear that the intelligence department had not forgotten his ability. The reason they hadn't assigned him before was probably to use it at a critical moment.
What was a critical moment? For example, now.
But the problem was, although there were many troops in the valley before, the defenses were actually not very tight, which was why Kyosuke had been able to wreak havoc in the Sand ninja's camp as if he were in an uninhabited land.
But this time was different. Now that the two sides had completely gone to war, the medical unit could be said to be a crucial department. How could the Sand ninja not be heavily guarded?
The difficulty of infiltrating here was probably several times higher than last time.
But despite his headache, he still had to do the mission. After all, if they could successfully defeat the Sand ninja's medical unit, the help it would provide to the entire war effort would be immeasurable. So, he still knew what was important.
Seeing Kyosuke's expression, the others basically knew his decision. The communication officer, while reporting back to the intelligence department, felt a sense of admiration for him.
Because he knew in his heart that if it were him now, he probably wouldn't have the guts to infiltrate the enemy's interior alone. This was not a matter of ability, but of his own lack of courage.
So, he could only be a communication soldier, not a ninja who could go to the front lines and kill the enemy.
"But intelligence communication is just as important on the battlefield," the communication soldier comforted himself, then turned and nodded slightly to Kyosuke.
"Then I'm off. You guys wait here for the assault unit to assemble," Kyosuke said, then turned and walked out of the cave without hesitation.
"...Be careful," Saori said, looking at his back, and silently prayed in her heart.
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