Chapter 722

A morning passed quickly.

By noon, Kitazawa met Itachi Uchiha.

"This is the ranking for the Genius Class final exams."

Itachi Uchiha handed him a scroll and spoke.

"Thank Itachi."

Kitazawa took the scroll and said.

"There is one more piece of intelligence."

Itachi Uchiha suddenly thought of something and said, "Half an hour ago, the Fourth Mizukage arrived at the Hidden Mist Village base camp."

Kitazawa nodded and opened the scroll.

He couldn't help but let out a soft sound of surprise.

Because the scroll contained not only the rankings but also the training progress of the students in the Genius Class.

Clearly, this was an unnecessary extra step by Itachi Uchiha.

However, such an unnecessary extra step was very much to Kitazawa's liking.

One can only say that he is worthy of being Itachi Uchiha; he handles everything with great thoroughness.

For example, Sasuke Uchiha in the original story was arranged by him with absolute clarity.

Kitazawa closed the scroll after reading it.

The final exam rankings for the Genius Class were basically the same as the last monthly exam rankings.

Naruto Uzumaki remained the first in the practical exam.

Having mastered Wind Style: Gale Palm and Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, combined with the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, he was simply invincible.

Although Sasuke Uchiha had learned Leaf Style: Willow, it had no effect on Naruto Uzumaki.

Because Leaf Style: Willow is a combination of genjutsu and swordsmanship.

If he wanted to defeat Naruto Uzumaki, he could only start with Lightning Style ninjutsu.

Ino Yamanaka showed relatively significant progress.

She had learned Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Jutsu.

Although genjutsu did not perform well in the original story, it was very useful against ninjas other than the Uchiha clan.

Especially since Ino Yamanaka's opponents were a group of students who hadn't graduated yet.

Besides that, Shino Aburame's parasitic insects had made preliminary progress.

With the help of Water Style from Kosuke Maruboshi and Sakura Haruno, parasitic insects with Water Style resistance had appeared.

Of course, it was just the beginning, and the duration of the parasitic insects was still too short to complete Kitazawa's system mission.

After lunch, Kitazawa was called by Tsunade for a meeting again.

They only discussed one thing, and that was the change in the Hidden Mist Village's tactics.

The Hidden Mist Village ninjas had left the island and were preparing to establish strongholds and outposts on the shore.

The situation of the war had suddenly changed abruptly.

Previously, when the Hidden Mist Village relied on the island to fight a defensive war, the Hidden Leaf Village held the initiative.

Now it had reversed, returning to the situation at the very beginning of the war.

But because of the addition of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, the intensity had increased significantly.

Especially since many Hidden Mist Village ninjas had adopted a suicidal fighting style.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

Time entered mid-May, and the weather had warmed up quite a bit.

Hidden Leaf Village main camp tent.

"Over the past week, the casualties of the Hidden Mist Village have been more than double ours."

Shikaku Nara reported, "But after paying the price, they have established quite a few strongholds and outposts on the shore."

"Hmm."

Tsunade had expected this long ago and was not surprised.

"Lady Tsunade, I think we should organize a counterattack."

Yashiro Uchiha said in a deep voice, "We cannot let the Hidden Mist Village ninjas be so arrogant."

"I called Itachi all here precisely to discuss this matter."

Tsunade nodded slightly and said, "Three days ago, I sent three teams composed of Anbu and Hyuga clan ninjas deep behind enemy lines."

"Are there any results now?"

Yashiro Uchiha's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"This is the map they drew."

Tsunade opened a scroll and said, "The red dots on it are the strongholds heavily guarded by the Hidden Mist Village."

Kitazawa raised his head and looked over subconsciously.

There were four red dots marked on the map.

The red dot in the very center was the current location of the Hidden Mist Village's main camp.

The other three red dots were two supply points and one medical ninja stronghold.

"I intend to send three ninja teams to destroy these three strongholds, excluding the Hidden Mist Village's main camp."

Tsunade thought for a moment and said, "Yashiro, Choza, and Kitazawa, Itachi three lead the teams."

"Yes, my lord."

Kitazawa was slightly stunned, then accepted the order.

Next came the specific assignments and discussions.

The stronghold assigned to Kitazawa was a supply point located on an island.

In addition to their team, there was also the team led by Hizashi Hyuga, totaling eight people, five of whom were Jonin; the lineup could be called luxurious.

"Lord Kitazawa, I didn't expect us to be able to fight side by side again."

Hizashi Hyuga said very happily.

After all, Kitazawa's strength was formidable, and the success rate of missions with him would be much higher.

"Gather at the camp entrance in five minutes."

Kitazawa smiled and said.

"Understood."

Hizashi Hyuga immediately ran to call his teammates.

Kitazawa also took Kurenai Yuhi, Kabuto Yakushi, and others to the camp entrance.

Five minutes later, the two teams converged and headed toward their destination.

With Torune Aburame's Rinkaichu and Hizashi Hyuga's Byakugan, they reached the Hidden Mist Village's supply point on the sea very smoothly.

It was already dark at this time.

"There is no problem with the intelligence."

Hizashi Hyuga stared with his Byakugan and said, "This supply point has a total of four Jonin, sixteen Chunin and Genin."

"Then let's proceed according to the plan."

Kitazawa nodded and said, "I will first use Water Style to destroy their traps and create chaos, then Itachi all attack."

"With Lord Kitazawa's Water Style, we will definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Hizashi Hyuga said with a smile.

He had previously raided a Hidden Mist Village stronghold with Kitazawa, so he had seen his earth-shattering Water Style.

Just as Kitazawa was about to perform hand seals, four splashes of water suddenly exploded on the sea surface.

Four Hidden Mist Village ninjas emerged from the bottom of the water and surrounded them.

"The Fourth Mizukage?"

Hizashi Hyuga's eyes widened suddenly after seeing one of the Hidden Mist Village ninjas clearly.

Kitazawa's gaze couldn't help but freeze.

They had fallen into a trap!