Chapter 230: Failure

"It's fine! It's fine!"

Facing Lin's gentle smile, Obito had no resistance at all, waving his hands over and over, indicating it was nothing.

At this moment he was so nervous he felt like dying; even the hand he stretched forward to shake was drenched in sweat.

"Everyone! Come out!"

At this time, Yeyuan Lin basically paid no extra attention to her companion's abnormality; she didn't even notice the hand he had behind his back.

Instead, she called out to the surroundings.

"Everyone?"

Hearing this word, Obito was completely dazed; originally he thought this would be his alone time with Lin.

How could there still be any 'everyone'?

"Everyone! Kakashi hasn't been promoted to jonin, right? I think, as fellow classmates, we can give a gift and celebrate together!"

Lin ignored Obito's change in expression, instead taking out a plan and distributing it to those classmate ninjas who had suddenly appeared under the cherry blossom tree here.

【So that's how it is?】

Looking ahead, seeing the girl enthusiastically distributing the plan, preparing a surprise for Kakashi, Obito finally realized his own self-indulgence.

The rose in his hand also slipped out of his control.

Aside from those classmates who had arrived early but hadn't shown up yet, the busy Yeyuan Lin noticed nothing at all.

Instead, those classmates, who had thought they would watch a confession drama, never imagined things would take such a turn.

Each one was utterly astonished!

But at most they just sighed, Obito this idiot had embarrassed himself again…

……

The third day, evening.

In a mountain hollow, Dong Shilang's group was using binoculars to observe that outpost in the distance.

Looking at the dense rock ninjas therein, even the battle-hardened Dong Shilang couldn't help but feel a toothache.

Yesterday and the night before, taking advantage of the cover of darkness, they scouted along the rock ninjas' supply line once.

Because of the existence of the perception barrier, they couldn't get too close, and with the cover of darkness, visibility was even more blurred.

To confirm the accuracy of the intelligence, he placed his companions far outside the rock ninjas' outpost, letting them observe the situation of those outposts.

It didn't need to be highly accurate; just using binoculars to observe from afar to confirm the general situation of those outposts was enough.

"Zhishui! They're entrusted to you; during our mission, you will lead them!"

At this moment, Dong Shilang was instructing Zhishui on something; for this mission, he did not intend to bring along these little brats from his squad to act together.

Letting them participate in the scouting would be sufficient; anything more would be unnecessary.

Indeed, venturing deep into Earth Country with so many burdens would be too dangerous. He only planned to bring Yan and these few; as for this bunch of brats, he couldn't let them idle.

To be safe, Dong Shilang arranged for Zhishui to take those clansmen and find some remote places in Grass Country to serve as their refuge points.

If anything unexpected happened, this would be their hiding place during retreat.

Even such a mission wouldn't be easy; finding some retreat outposts in Grass Country is also not simple.

If along the way the rock ninjas discovered their trail, this group would also have a rough time, but he believes Zhishui can handle these well.

After all, the opponent is the future 'Instant-Body Zhishui'!

"Senior! With just the strength of you few, is it really no problem?"

"I think we should all go together; that way our strength can be more concentrated!"

But regarding his good intentions, Zhishui obviously didn't appreciate it.

Although being excluded from the mission made Zhishui extremely unwilling, even though he usually acted modest and polite, how could he possibly accept being looked down upon when he awakened the Sharingan at age eight?

Having been called a genius by his family since childhood, he considered even an ordinary Chunin no match for him; yet now he doesn't even have the qualification to go on a mission together,

How could he accept that!

"Zhishui! This mission isn't suitable for bringing you lot, and it's not that more people is better!"

According to his plan, this mission doesn't need too many hands.

"Moreover, staying here isn't completely without things to do; besides finding a refuge, you also need to set up some necessary traps to cover our retreat!"

"The retreat route for us is entrusted to you!"

This isn't just empty talk, because Dong Shilang himself lacks confidence in being able to bring Yan and the few back safely.

"Yeah! Zhishui, maybe at some point we'll need you to protect us!"

Beside him, the fully armed Uchiha Asahi stroked Zhishui's messy natural curls and smiled at him.

She really liked this young clansman; looking at him, she couldn't help but think of her own younger brother.

Thus she doted on Zhishui even more.

"Let's go!"

After calming Zhishui down, Dong Shilang looked at his companions and had three black large birds carry the five of them toward the distant rock ninja outpost.

"This mission's main goal is to attract the rock ninjas' attention; everyone, be careful while carrying out the task!"

"Are the explosive tags for bombing all ready?"

"Mm! We've checked them once, no problems at all."

"That's good!"

Seeing this, Dong Shilang didn't forget to remind.

"Rock ninjas have those who can fly; our aerial bombardment, though hard to defend against, might prompt the panicked rock ninjas to find some way to bring us down, and then……"

This time, he doesn't plan to proceed with conventional methods; instead, he will use aerial bombardment to draw the rock ninjas' attention.

But doing so will inevitably invite grudges!

By then, the number of Rock ninjas surrounding the five of them will be considerable, and there are all sorts of strange ninjutsu in the Ninja World; encountering any mishap along the way is inevitable.

In his view, even Shenwupiqiao would have no decent defense against aerial bombardment.

As long as they're willing to use explosive tags, it's a matter of minutes.

But when he proposed this plan in the Hokage's office, for some reason the Third Hokage did not agree to his plan.

On the contrary, they praised his method of using aerial advantage to lure the Rock ninjas, and even had the logistics department issue them a large number of explosive tags.

At the same time, they also informed him of some specific details of the covert ninja logistics within the Land of Earth.

After much thought, Dong Shilang finally understood.

As an Uchiha clan member, how could the Third Hokage possibly let him become the one to end this war? Being the battlefield MVP is something he was never destined for.