Chapter 569: Blitz on Fire Country

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"Huff."

Nara Shiosui, Inuzuka Midori, and Aburame Naoya were also panting heavily.

"Squad leader Shisui, you're too strong. We can't beat you, no way we can beat you." Inuzuka Midori was thoroughly humbled.

She, who was best at taijutsu, was brutally beaten up close by Shisui; Nara Shiosui's Shadow Imitation Technique couldn't even hit the agile Shisui, and Aburame Naoya's bugs were all burned up before they could get close.

"Truly living up to his reputation." Nara Shiosui sighed inwardly.

Each of the three of them alone was an excellent chunin, and due to their complementary abilities, the three working together might be able to defeat an average jonin.

But in front of Shisui, they were like dough in his hands, seeing no possibility of victory.

Aburame Naoya silently nodded in agreement.

"If you train seriously, you'll be able to have my current strength one day too." Shisui encouraged.

"Shouldn't you say 'train seriously and you can surpass me' at times like this?" Inuzuka Midori teased.

Shisui didn't speak, just smiled.

He was happy to comfort people, but he wouldn't go against his conscience and say something outrageous.

It wasn't that he looked down on Inuzuka Midori and the others, but the gap between them was too great.

"Let's take a break. In the afternoon, there will be a lesson from Muzuki—Captain Muzuki." Shisui said.

In the afternoon, not only did Inuzuka Midori and the others have class, but even squad leader Shisui was a student, receiving Muzuki's guidance alongside them.

"Captain Muzuki? So the captain of this training team is Teacher Muzuki?" Inuzuka Midori's eyes widened as she asked.

She had attended a special training session hosted by Muzuki once, and had a deep impression of him.

Shisui nodded. Although Muzuki wasn't a special name, with the title "Teacher" after it, it was definitely the Muzuki he knew.

"Great! We get to have Teacher Muzuki's class again." Inuzuka Midori was very happy.

Nara Shiosui was also looking forward to it. In a special organization like the training team, Muzuki's lesson content should be different, right?

At noon, the four of them went together to the training team's cafeteria to eat.

After eating, there was free time to either find a quiet place for a nap or chat with friends.

Shisui chose to find a quiet spot to review his actions from the morning.

"I should have held back a bit more during the fight, given them more chances to show off, and when explaining, I needed to speak a little slower..." Shisui recalled the things he hadn't done well.

"But overall, today should be considered a pass, right?"

Shisui's inner calm wasn't as composed as he appeared on the surface.

Before this, he had always been the one being taught. Suddenly having to be a squad leader and instruct others, Shisui wasn't very confident. He felt that being good at learning and being good at teaching were two different things.

However, judging from the reactions of Inuzuka Midori and the others, his performance seemed fine—they didn't dislike him.

Border of the Land of Fields.

"All members of Team Eleven have arrived. No incidents!" A dark-skinned Cloud jonin reported to the Fourth Raikage.

The Fourth Raikage nodded and ordered, "Have the unit rest immediately. We'll move tonight, late in the night."

Marching at night was not only more concealed, but the time was also when people were most likely to let their guard down—a perfect opportunity to attack.

The Cloud jonin nodded and quickly relayed the Fourth Raikage's orders to his own squad.

"I wonder if we'll run into Minato Namikaze this time. If we do, I'll make sure he knows our strength!" Killer B said indignantly.

Minato Namikaze had truly become famous across the ninja world after clashing with the A-B Combo, so Killer B felt Minato had stepped on them to gain fame and wanted to get back at him for his big brother.

"Bee, don't underestimate that guy. He can't have been standing still all this time." The Fourth Raikage said seriously.

He was a very confident man, but Minato Namikaze's performance made him dare not be careless about this person.

Since leaving Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage had defeated many so-called predecessors. He had suffered only two losses: one was against a mysterious Kirigakure ninja about whom he knew nothing, and the other was Minato Namikaze.

The mysterious Kirigakure ninja—the Fourth Raikage had investigated for a long time without finding any information, so he put that aside for now—but Minato Namikaze's abilities and combat skills truly gave the Fourth Raikage cause for concern.

"It's not underestimation, it's confidence from within! Not afraid, not backing down, because we are the AB Combo of Kumogakure!" Killer Bee replied in a rap-like tone.

Fourth Raikage looked at Killer Bee with a line of black lines on his forehead. This younger brother was good at everything except having a mouth.

"Get some good rest. Next up is a life-or-death war!" Fourth Raikage said mercilessly, knocking Killer Bee on the head with a hand knife.

Although according to common sense, Konoha probably wouldn't deploy a large ninja force here, at most just a few patrol squads that the Kumogakure unit could easily crush.

But when dealing with war, one must be cautious, extremely cautious, and not formulate strategies based on the best-case scenario.

"Yes, big brother." Killer Bee nodded seriously, lightly leaped up onto a tree, lay down on a branch, and fell asleep instantly.

"I wonder when he'll really grow up." Fourth Raikage shook his head as he looked at Killer Bee's state.

Killer Bee was already seventeen this year, not too young, but still very childish in personality.

Then Fourth Raikage began to inspect the condition of the unit.

He was the commander; even if he rested, he couldn't rest this early.

The units hadn't all arrived yet. If something unexpected happened, he would need to handle it.

Time passed bit by bit. The last team arrived at three in the afternoon, and like the other teams, they encountered no trouble.

Fourth Raikage issued orders to the last team, and an involuntary smile flickered across his face.

The situation was developing in the best possible direction. Next, as long as they launched their attack, they would become the second hidden village to breach the main territory of the Land of Fire.

And unlike Kirigakure's sneak attack at an opportune moment, they were fighting their way in from the border, even if they used some strategy.

At five in the afternoon, Fourth Raikage finished his early dinner and closed his eyes to rest.

At this time, most of the Kumogakure ninja were already resting, with only a small part on alert around the perimeter.

At half past ten at night, Fourth Raikage woke up and ordered the team to make final preparations.

At twelve o'clock at night.

Wearing his Kumogakure combat uniform, Fourth Raikage stood before one thousand two hundred Kumogakure ninja and gave the order with a stern expression: "Invade the Land of Fire!"

No need for more words. The well-trained Kumogakure ninja immediately rushed toward the border of the Land of Fire in their planned formation.

The skin color of the Kumogakure ninja became a natural camouflage in the pitch-black night. Those with poor eyesight might not even be able to spot them in the darkness.

Of course, most ninja are not in the category of poor eyesight.

"A large number of ninja are coming from the direction of the Land of Rice Paddies!" The border patrol ninja, upon discovering this terrifying scene, quickly shouted while hastily pulling a signal flare from his tool pouch, preparing to fire it.