Chapter 140: Joining the Second Army
When Kyosuke woke up again, he found himself resting on Thirteen's back.
He struggled slightly, preparing to get up and walk on his own.
But the aching muscles all over his body successfully stopped him.
His movement not only alerted the two clan shinobi, but also Saori, who was not far away, and she slowly came over.
"Tsk," Saori said, looking at his weak appearance, and couldn't help but tease him. "How is it? Are you comfortable?"
Kyosuke ignored her and asked Thirteen in a hoarse voice, "Where are we now?"
"We're almost back at the cave. Do you want to rest a bit longer?" Thirteen asked with concern.
"Alright," Kyosuke said. Seeing that nothing had happened, he drifted off to sleep again.
Saori, who was on the side, saw his comfortable look, couldn't help but purse her lips, and then sped up, passing everyone and coming to the front of the team.
Perhaps due to the continuous hard battles and the excessive overdraft of his body, after returning to the northern cave, Kyosuke suddenly fell ill.
His illness scared the many Uchiha clansmen.
Fortunately, the medical ninja got him some medicinal herbs nearby, and with everyone's careful care along the way, he was finally cured before returning to the camp.
Kyosuke, who was now full of energy again, immediately began to clamor to go to the battlefield with the main force.
However, this time, everyone, including Orochimaru, did not agree to his request. Instead, they "imprisoned" him in his own tent and ordered the medical personnel to carefully nurse him back to health.
Helpless, Kyosuke could only "leisurely" rest for a while.
During this period, the Southwestern Army had to fight against the Sand ninja, led by Chiyo and Bunjin, almost every day. Both sides had their victories and losses.
But the overall situation was still that the Sand ninja had the advantage.
Especially in terms of high-level combat power. If it weren't for Uchiha Fugaku's assistance, Orochimaru's First Army would have been trapped by the Sand ninja several times.
Fortunately, at this time, the Rain ninja, personally led by Hanzo of the Salamander, arrived on the battlefield, successfully winning a respite for the Southwestern Army.
From then on, the front line was successfully divided into two parts.
The first part was the Sand ninja army, led by Chiyo, facing Hanzo at the border of the Land of Rain.
The second part was the 2,000 Sand ninja, personally led by Bunjin, engaged in a fierce battle with the Southwestern Army on the front lines.
Everyone knew that the outcome of these two battles would directly affect the future course of the war.
So, although the Southwestern Army was now somewhat lacking in stamina, they were still gritting their teeth and desperately holding on.
In this situation, Kyosuke's "house arrest" was finally lifted.
That night, Kyosuke, who hadn't been active for a long time, couldn't help but sneak into Fugaku's tent.
At this time, Fugaku was discussing something with a few jounin from the clan. Seeing Kyosuke arrive, the few of them nodded to him in greeting.
"What are you guys discussing?" Kyosuke asked with curiosity.
"Sigh," hearing his question, Fugaku let out a rare sigh.
Then, a casualty report was handed to Kyosuke.
He looked down, and his heart sank.
This report detailed the current casualties of the Uchiha clan.
In this battle, Uchiha Fugaku had personally led 287 clan ninja to the battlefield. But now, excluding the seriously injured and disabled, the combat-ready force was less than a hundred.
Looking at the somewhat heavy casualty report in his hand, Kyosuke finally understood why Fugaku had sighed.
However, although the Uchiha clan's casualties were not small, the number of enemies they had killed was even greater. Especially now that almost all the clansmen had learned Kyosuke's Chidori, their lethality had been raised to another level.
Now on the battlefield, many Sand ninja would instinctively feel a chill in their hearts when they heard the sound of a thousand birds chirping, reaching the point where they were afraid before the battle even began.
This was the reputation the Uchiha clan had forged with their blood.
So, although Uchiha Fugaku was sighing, in his heart, he was undoubtedly very proud.
This was the glory of the Uchiha.
The tent was quiet for a while, and then Kyosuke broke the silence. "Which battlefield will our squad be assigned to?"
Fugaku turned and said to a man beside him, "Ukyo, since you've worked with Kyosuke before, their four-person squad will be assigned to you."
"Haha, I'd be more than happy to," Uchiha Ukyo said with a loud laugh, then said to Kyosuke, "I'm glad to be able to fight alongside you again."
"Me too," Kyosuke replied with a smile.
Next, the group began to discuss the current situation again. As for Kyosuke, he could only listen in.
But this was also good, because the thoughts and strategic intentions of each of them would be absorbed by him, ultimately strengthening his own understanding of the battlefield.
So, Kyosuke had been listening with his full attention, and even asked questions from time to time, and the group patiently explained to him.
A night thus passed.
In the early morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, the Southwestern Army was preparing to set off for the battlefield.
After a simple mobilization, Orochimaru led the First Army directly to the main battlefield, preparing to meet the Sand ninja Bunjin's attack.
As for Kyosuke's squad, they had joined the Second Army and were preparing to take a slight detour to attack the enemy's ninjutsu strike force.
Usually, these units were composed of a large number of chunin and genin. Although their frontal lethality was strong, they were completely unable to resist a high-mobility, high-combat-power jounin unit.
This kind of action was Kyosuke's favorite.
Of course, the Sand ninja would not just watch the Southwestern Army slaughter their genin. So, under normal circumstances, they would also form special reaction units to counter the Second Army's attacks.
So, if the Second Army wanted to wantonly slaughter the enemy's chunin and genin units, they had to first defeat the Sand ninja's reaction units. Otherwise, everything would be in vain.
Having understood this, Kyosuke silently followed them and set off.
After a few dozen minutes of a forced march, Kyosuke finally arrived at the front line for the first time.
Here, the Third Army had been desperately holding on for more than ten days. The original team of more than two thousand had now been reduced to less than 1,500.
This showed the brutality of the front line.
At this time, Kyosuke's mind suddenly recalled Fugaku's previous warning.
"On the front line, you can't dodge kunai. So, what you need to do is to kill boldly. As long as you kill all the enemies around you, no one can threaten you."
Kyosuke looked up at the shuriken and various ninjutsu flying in the sky, took a deep breath, and his hands quickly formed hand seals.
Then, the Second Army, including him, instantly transformed into a series of afterimages, charging madly at the Sand ninja's ninjutsu unit.
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