Chapter 43: A Cheating Commander is Just Great

Yamanaka Chujiu did not explain, merely narrowing his eyes slightly to release the exclusive killing intent of Orochimaru stored within the giant snake skin.

The killing intent, which had almost condensed into a physical form, instantly subdued the Konoha Ninja.

The doubts in their hearts dissipated along with it.

This killing intent, this baleful aura, and this damnably familiar, intelligence-based disdain...

Tsk, no mistake, it is Lord Orochimaru!

Lord Orochimaru's brain is so brilliant; we simple-minded ninja shouldn't guess blindly, we should just honestly execute his orders!

No one doubted anymore, and all the Konoha Ninja quickly relayed the orders.

The Konoha Ninja who delivered the orders had seen Orochimaru with their own eyes and personally felt that intelligence-based disdain, eliminating their common-sense skepticism, but the Konoha Ninja on the front lines had not.

They had not seen "Orochimaru" with their own eyes and could not help but doubt the bizarre orders they received.

Chunin squad leader: "(⊙o⊙) What? (⊙o⊙) What! What the hell is this!?"

Messenger ninja: "This is Lord Orochimaru's order: launch an attack on the Cloud Ninja squad to the front left, then retreat to the woods on the left side of the camp and wait for new orders..."

Chunin squad leader: "This is Lord Orochimaru's order?"

Messenger ninja: "Yes!"

Chunin squad leader: "Isn't this an order that should be issued by a squad leader like me?"

Messenger ninja: "Are you questioning Lord Orochimaru?"

Chunin squad leader: "I'm not questioning Lord Orochimaru, I'm questioning you, you idiot!"

The messenger ninja frantically pulled out a pile of proof: "Is there a problem with the key, the seal, or the paper?"

Chunin squad leader: "No, the key is fine, the seal is also fine..."

Messenger ninja: "If there is no problem, then execute Lord Orochimaru's order, otherwise I will execute you for the crime of disobeying orders!"

Chunin squad leader: "Yes, resolutely execute Lord Orochimaru's order!"

The Konoha Ninja squad leaders were full of doubts, but military orders are like mountains and cannot be disobeyed.

Moreover, everyone trusted Orochimaru; this lord had led the Konoha Ninja Army to win so many battles, so these seemingly unreasonable orders must be because we are too stupid to understand the lord's profound thinking.

The Konoha Ninja grumbled in their hearts, but their bodies honestly executed the orders, and then they produced a result that shocked everyone.

From a macro perspective, one could see that depending on the strength of the Cloud Ninja squads, groups of three to five Konoha squads would simultaneously launch ninjutsu attacks against them.

The saturated ninjutsu attacks blocked off all space for the ninja to dodge.

When the fragile human body faces powerful ninjutsu, there is no difference between a powerful Jonin and a fragile Genin.

The Cloud Ninja did not make a sound; the entire squad died simultaneously, their bodies torn apart and incinerated.

Yamanaka Chujiu's tactical goal was very clear: it is better to cut off one finger than to injure all ten.

Using saturated attacks that exceeded the ninja's endurance limit, he instantly caused large-scale deaths to shock the morale of the Cloud Ninja.

There were as many as six thousand Mist Ninja concentrated on the front lines, and the personalities of the ninja were vastly different.

But facing hundreds of deaths erupting simultaneously, regardless of whether they were decisive, reckless, cautious, or steady, they all fell into an inescapable shock.

This was the consistent emotion Yamanaka Chujiu needed.

He could use thousands of Thought Threads to entangle thousands of Cloud Ninja, but he could not split his focus thousands of times to apply targeted suggestions to each one.

He couldn't even manage to split his focus three ways!

Only when thousands of Cloud Ninja maintained the same emotion could Yamanaka Chujiu use the same method to drive his Thought Threads deep into the minds of the Cloud Ninja.

The shocked emotions of the Cloud Ninja were quietly amplified, allowing them to last as long as possible.

This was an abnormality that looked very normal; at least at this moment, no one would notice.

Because: everyone is the same as me!

The Konoha Ninja were shocked by their own results, but Yamanaka Chujiu's operation followed immediately, only doing the opposite to interrupt the shock and stir up the Konoha Ninja's awe for Orochimaru.

The Konoha Ninja inexplicably felt a tightness in their hearts and remembered Lord Orochimaru's orders.

No one dared to neglect the orders; they immediately acted according to the commands and retreated in an orderly fashion by squad.

The retreat of several hundred meters was completed in an instant, and the 4,500 Konoha Ninja broke free from the entanglement and once again formed a more complete defensive line.

Immediately after, the second wave of orders was delivered to every squad.

Having experienced one battle, Yamanaka Chujiu roughly grasped the characteristics of the thousands of Konoha squads: some executed orders resolutely, some hesitated until the last moment, and some were impatient.

There were even squads that were at a loss, scrambling and crawling; these were clearly pure cannon fodder consisting of new Chunin leading novice Genin.

As for the ninja squads that performed brilliantly, they were all veterans who had fought for years during the Third Shinobi World War, possessing excellent combat power, experience, and resilience.

Next were the Root ninja who had not been converted into Living Puppets; their combat power was fierce, they feared no death, and they obeyed orders resolutely.

The shortcoming of being inflexible became the greatest advantage in the hands of the micro-management master Yamanaka Chujiu.

After the Konoha Ninja disengaged from the battle, the Cloud Ninja reacted one after another.

"The Konoha Ninja are retreating!"

"Pursue! Don't let them run!"

"Don't pursue!"

"The attack just now was too bizarre; something must have changed on the Konoha side!"

"We cannot surround and annihilate the Konoha Ninja Army here; let alone an army of eight thousand Cloud Ninja, even with twenty thousand ninja, we couldn't wipe them out in the vast Land of Fire!"

"The Konoha Ninja's actions are bizarre; how do you know there isn't a trap ahead?"

"It's precisely because it's bizarre that they must be running away!"

Each side had its own reasons, and the Cloud Ninja with different views could not convince each other, all falling into chaos.

It was not until the front-line commander of the Cloud Hidden Army, Killer Bee, arrived at the front that he directly ordered a pursuit, which ended the chaos in morale.

Front-line advisor Samosi asked in confusion: "Lord Killer Bee, how did you determine that we needed to attack?"

Killer Bee began to rap excitedly: "Yo yo, I don't know what's right or wrong, but I know, hesitation~~ is the worst, not deciding is the worst decision!"

From a logical standpoint, Killer Bee's decision was undoubtedly correct.

But war has no logic or common sense to speak of; when one side uses cheats, a correct decision turns into a foolish one that walks right into a trap.

Yamanaka Chujiu sat in command at the Konoha camp, clearly sensing the movement of every Cloud Hidden squad and perceiving the chaotic disorder within it.

He immediately issued a series of targeted orders, adjusting the newly formed defensive lines of the Konoha Ninja to adapt to the attack formation of the Cloud Hidden Army.

The attack of the Cloud Hidden Army did not strike a steel plate, but rather a large net.

The ninja squads acted like hooks, advancing and retreating in coordination to weave a grid.

Under the real-time mobilization of Yamanaka Chujiu, the large net formed by the Konoha army was as flexible as silk, clinging to the Cloud Hidden Army like maggots on bone, tightening the more they struggled.