Chapter 58: Smoke Bomb

"Urgh!!"

Watching the Leaf Ninja before her turn into a Dried Corpse, Pakura's face showed no joy; on the contrary, it looked extremely grim.

Her wounds, following emergency treatment by Chiyo, had mostly recovered, at least enough not to affect her current Power Level. Once she was somewhat healed, she and Chiyo began a massive sweep of the Leaf Ninja.

Without interception from ninjas of the same rank, the crushing killing efficiency of Shadow-level Ninja against ordinary ninjas was fully displayed. A Chunin might hold out for a move or two, but a Genin would be killed instantly. Even a so-called Jonin, when faced with two Shadow-level Ninja working together, would at most last a minute or two before being finished off.

Yet, even though the two had already killed over a hundred Leaf Ninja, Uchiha Feiyu still had no intention of showing himself to them; instead, he began slaughtering the Sand Ninja frantically, as if it were a competition.

Even among those at the Shadow-level, the efficiency of killing lower-ranked ninjas differs, and unfortunately, Uchiha Feiyu was likely in the category with the fastest efficiency.

Stealth combined with high speed allowed him to instantly kill any non-sensory Chunin or Genin. Layered with the unfathomable White Fang sword technique, even a Jonin would often have their throat slit within three moves.

His ultra-fast speed and stealth ability also ensured his high disengagement rate, preventing him from being entangled by the opponent's Jonin and then besieged. This meant that even if Pakura and Chiyo wanted to pursue him, they had no chance; instead, Uchiha Feiyu would continue to slaughter ordinary ninjas during their pursuit.

Don't look at the fact that Pakura and Chiyo had already killed over a hundred Leaf Ninja; Uchiha Feiyu had already killed nearly 300 Sand Ninja! If he kept killing like this, the Sand Ninja would definitely be the first to collapse!

"This guy is so ruthless, he doesn't care at all that his own side's ninjas are being killed. Damn it... it seems I have to use my trump card early!"

The old woman Chiyo's face first showed a look of gnashing teeth, then gradually calmed down, and finally became as still as an ancient well, filled with chill.

"The final trump card? But..."

A look of hesitation appeared on Pakura's face, but looking at the current state of the battle, she slowly nodded:

"You're right... now is the time to use that!"

With a bang, Chiyo directly summoned a strange puppet with a huge belly, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of her mouth:

"Fortunately, for some reason, that woman didn't participate in this war! Let these Leaf Ninja try out the Puppet Master's greatest masterpiece!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chiyo clasped her hands together, and the huge puppet suddenly split open with many holes, and boiling white smoke gushed out like steam.

Facing that white smoke, Chiyo took out a small black pill and swallowed it without hesitation. Pakura also took a pill. It wasn't just them; all the Sand Ninja who saw the white smoke drifting over took pills from their ninja tool pouches and swallowed them without hesitation.

As for the Leaf Ninja who didn't take the pill... just by coming into contact with the white smoke, they began to cough violently, their eyes, mouths, and noses feeling as if they were burning, making it impossible to breathe.

"What is this, biochemical poison gas? I didn't expect the Sand Ninja to have such a trump card!"

Uchiha Feiyu hadn't expected the opponent to have such a move, but he wasn't afraid. The main thing was that the speed at which the poison gas drifted was too slow. For ordinary ninjas, as long as they weren't entangled by an opponent, they could easily escape.

Furthermore, powerful Wind Release could blow the poison gas away, ensuring one's safety for a short time.

In Uchiha Feiyu's view, this kind of poison gas was best used in conjunction with special terrain, or simply when surrounding the Leaf Ninja from all directions, making it impossible to escape; that would be a truly efficient means of killing.

As it stood, although it could disperse many Leaf Ninja and cause some results, the number of Leaf Ninja who actually died because of the poison gas was not high.

Watching the drifting poison gas, the invisible Uchiha Feiyu swung his blade, killing a Sand Ninja who was preparing to take a pill, snatched the pill, swallowed it, and then, without a word, dived into this thick white fog.

Upon entering the white fog, Uchiha Feiyu discovered that this so-called poison gas didn't seem to be the kind of deadly poison that kills on contact.

Yes, this seemingly terrifying poison fog actually didn't have enough toxicity. Let alone wanting to poison a ninja to death, even if it wanted to poison an ordinary person, they would probably have to soak in the thick fog for ten minutes.

Because many Leaf Ninja, even in the poison fog, were scurrying around like headless flies, coughing violently while fleeing aimlessly. If it weren't for the Sand Ninja chasing them, these Leaf Ninja could probably all have escaped.

However, although the poison gas wasn't too lethal, the concurrent reactions it caused were both rapid and difficult to resist, such as violent coughing, sore throats, and severe eye pain after inhaling the gas.

To put it bluntly, for a ninja, this kind of poison was equivalent to a strange chili-water smoke. It was just that ordinary gas masks had no effect on this kind of poison; Uchiha Feiyu saw a Leaf Ninja wearing a gas mask being hacked to death while coughing.

"Also, these days, poison gas isn't that easy to manufacture. It needs to be deadly, spread quickly, be transmissible through the respiratory tract, and most importantly, the quantity cannot be small, otherwise it can't form a large-scale poison fog..."

With so many conditions layered together, even if Sunagakure had researched deadly poisons thoroughly, doing this was extremely difficult. The most important thing was that the cost was simply too high.

This was exactly why the Sand Ninja only manufactured powerful, irritating smoke bombs instead of orthodox poison gas bombs—they were too poor! They really couldn't afford to make them!

"But who cares about that? Even if the Leaf loses, it doesn't have much to do with me. I might as well hack a few more ninjas and earn a little more while I can!"

In this thick poison fog, Uchiha Feiyu, like an invisible ghost, slit the throats of one Sand Ninja after another.

Because this group of Sand Ninja was in the poison fog, they had greatly relaxed their vigilance. Coupled with the thick fog obscuring their vision to a certain extent, they couldn't see their companions falling in the distance. Uchiha Feiyu unexpectedly found that he was killing these Sand Ninja even more smoothly.

The original Konoha Ghost already had a reputation; as long as the Sand Ninja saw their nearby companions suddenly fall with blood spraying from their necks without an enemy in sight, they would be terrified and scurry everywhere. It would take Uchiha Feiyu some time to catch up to them.

Now, however, the Sand Ninja in this poison fog were completely unaware, and they were finished off silently and without a trace.

(End of chapter)