The three of them climbed to the top of the bell tower and saw Shinnosuke, who had just finished off the last puppet master.
Seeing the medical ninja behind his younger brother, he was very satisfied. None of the three had any injuries, which was about what he had expected. Besides those puppet masters, the rest were chunin, and some of them had been quickly promoted from genin.
With their strength, completing this mission was not a problem.
Shinnosuke easily reached the bell tower and said, "Good. Let's go. Someone will come to take over this town later."
Their task was to recapture the lost land, and garrisoning it was not their job. The higher - ups would send others for that.
"Yes!" The three nodded and followed Shinnosuke back.
After returning to the camp, Asuma was out of breath. Carrying an adult on the way was really exhausting. Shinnosuke just watched his younger brother suffer. After all, learning from hardship was a good thing...
Shinnosuke went to submit the mission report, while Asuma and the others handed the medical ninja over to the intelligence department in the camp, trying to extract all the information he knew to see if they could find an antidote.
The poisons of Sunagakure were unparalleled in the world. In the last war, if it hadn't been for Tsunade, one of the Sannin, the number of deaths in Konoha would definitely have doubled. This time, Tsunade was not around. Even with Orochimaru, an expert in poisons, they were still in a difficult situation.
He was only good at using poisons, but when it came to making antidotes, he was not as good as Tsunade.
One was for killing, and the other was for saving lives. Their systems were different.
As the front - line commander of Konoha, he didn't have so much time to prepare antidotes. He could only use some medicines to delay the death of the poisoned ninjas.
War was so helpless.
The three walked out and returned to their tent. They found that Yuhi Shinku hadn't come back yet. It seemed their mission wasn't over. After all, jonin were different from them chunin. At most, they could take B - rank missions, but jonin took A - rank or even S - rank missions.
Shinnosuke walked in and said, "Take a rest. There's a new mission tomorrow, still about recapturing the lost land."
The urgent task of Konoha now was to drive the Sunagakure ninjas out of the Fire Country's territory, so most of their current tasks were like this, with no other options.
"Yes."
After receiving the task, Shinnosuke said, "I have other things to deal with. You guys have a good rest. But still be careful of the assassination troops from Sunagakure at night. They've already launched a sneak attack once."
"Yes."
The three replied. Then they went to have dinner, came back, washed up, and went to sleep.
Seisuke set a few snakes at the door. If there were any puppets, the snakes would alert them. They didn't need to worry and could sleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Shinnosuke came and led them to another town.
He said, "This mission is the same as last time, but there's no medical ninja. What we need to do is kill all the Sunagakure ninjas without leaving any alive."
"Understood."
"Yosh! Leave it to me this time!" Asuma said excitedly.
"Don't be too impulsive, you two." Kurenai said helplessly.
Shinnosuke said, "Be extremely careful to avoid all attacks from the Sunagakure ninjas. Remember, all their weapons may be laced with poison. Also, if you encounter a puppet master, run away immediately!"
Puppet masters were not something they could handle yet. No one knew what kind of mechanisms the puppets had. The possibility of getting killed was extremely high. Unless one was very experienced, few ninjas could survive an encounter with a puppet full of mechanisms.
"Um..." Seisuke raised his hand. "I don't need to run. Physical attacks have no effect on my body."
Shinnosuke recalled the information about him, nodded, and said, "That's right. You don't need to. Asuma and Kurenai, you two remember to run!"
"Big brother, I'm not that weak!"
Asuma said unconvincingly. He felt that his big brother was looking down on him.
Shinnosuke frowned and said, "Obey. You know your own abilities. This is not the place for you to throw tantrums."
He was a bit annoyed. Was this the rebellious phase?
"But..."
"You're not Seisuke, immune to physical attacks. If you get poisoned, you'll die. There's no effective antidote yet. Asuma, as a ninja, follow the arrangements."
"Yes." Asuma replied unhappily. He just didn't want his big brother to underestimate him.
Of course, he knew the danger, but the feeling of being distrusted by his own family really wasn't good.
Seisuke patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, Asuma. Stop fussing. Captain Shinnosuke is doing this for your own good. After all, the poisons from Sunagakure are really disgusting. You don't want to die from poisoning and have your mom crying and scolding you as an unfilial son in front of the Memorial Stone, do you?"
"I..."
Asuma hung his head. "I know."
Then he suddenly realized. "Hey! Are you really my teammate? Can't you wish me well?"
"Oh."
"Alright, stop bickering. Since that's the case, Seisuke and I will launch a frontal attack, and you two focus on assassination."
"Okay."
Everyone set off for the mission location. This time, they needed to deal with a Sunagakure stronghold built on a mountain. On the earthen wall constructed with Earth Release, a group of Sunagakure ninjas stood on guard.
From a distance, Shinnosuke said, "Asuma, you take Kurenai and go around to the back. Seisuke and I will draw their fire!"
"Understood!"
"Okay, split up!"
The four of them dispersed. Seisuke followed closely behind Shinnosuke. The two rushed forward one after another. Shinnosuke said, "Seisuke, fight in the way you're best at. Remember to save some chakra."
"Got it."
The two rushed out from the cover of the forest. The Sunagakure ninjas on the wall immediately spotted them. Just as they were about to attack, Shinnosuke threw a kunai and knocked some of them down. A few who weren't killed shouted, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Konoha ninjas are coming!"
"Wind Release: Thousand - Cutting Wind!"
Countless wind blades flew over. Shinnosuke quickly formed hand - seals, slapped his hands together, and an earth flow wall rose up, blocking the wind blades.
Seisuke, on the other hand, charged forward without caring that his body was being sliced. After all, it would just reform. There was nothing to worry about.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
The shadow clones rushed towards the gate, while he himself rushed up the city wall in a few steps. The next second, with a loud boom, the city gate was blown up by the shadow clones.
"Good job!"
Shinnosuke laughed. Looking at the Sunagakure ninjas rushing out from the city gate, he sneered, "Come on! You Sunagakure scum!"
"Fire Release: Great Blaze Technique!"
He opened his mouth and spat out a pillar of fire, pouring it into the city gate.
Screams rang out. No one knew how many died from this move.
On the city wall, Seisuke ignored the physical attacks from the Sunagakure ninjas and let out a low shout, "Flame Vortex!"
A fire tornado appeared on the city wall and started to rage!