Chapter 146: Minato Namikaze Crosses the Thundering River

Chapter 146: Minato Namikaze Crosses the Thundering River

Chapter 146: Minato Namikaze Crosses the Thundering River Four Times (Part )
The Kingdom of Thunder

Yunyin Village

Dodai was looking at a huge map. This was a map of the Land of Lightning and its surrounding areas. Compared to the one drawn by Jiraiya, this map was more detailed and the surrounding environment was clearly marked.

"Intelligence shows."

Mabrot pointed at the map.

"After Namikaze Minato released the live broadcast of the execution of Muzi Tadayoshi, he led a ninja force of about 2,000 people and headed straight for Kumogakure. We haven't found their whereabouts yet, so it is speculated that they are still in the territory of the Frost Country. But as long as he enters the Lightning Country, we can locate him with our local combat advantage."

"Wait, two thousand people? Where did he get his troops?"

Seiyu Meiling, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help but yell.

"Ma'am, the Sandaime once gave him a thousand ninjas, and then he trained about a thousand ninjas himself in the Frost Country during this year."

"This is a betrayal!!!"

Saiyu Meiling's voice became increasingly shrill.

"What about their families?"

"He was picked up by Minato Namikaze. You forgot the order you gave."

"what??"

Sairu Meiling's face turned red. She remembered that it was indeed the case. It was the request made by Muzi Zhongyi when he sent the money in the middle of the year. Although Namikaze Minato had handed over the bank supervision power, he had been using those 1,000 people, so he planned to bring their families over to facilitate reunion. As a result, now we don't even know where the families of these people are. It is obvious that Namikaze Minato had this idea from the beginning.
"But why do they listen to Minato Namikaze so much?"

"The money is enough, that's the first thing."

Mabroth shrugged and spoke.

"It's morally justifiable, that's the second thing."

"This is a mistake that Dodai and I made. The biggest difference between our Kumogakure and other ninja villages is that we regularly absorb civilian ninjas from the Land of Lightning. After all, the casualty rate of ninjas trained by the Lightning Release Chakra Body Forging Technique is also high. This has created a feature that the connection between our Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning is closer."

"It's a pity that we didn't know until just now that behind Mu Zi Zhongyi's extortion and tyranny, there was actually Namikaze Minato subsidizing him and buying people's hearts. This is how he got the upper hand. Those 1,000 ninjas are disappointed with Kumogakure."

"But."

Sailu Meiling couldn't help but ask again.

"I can understand these ninjas betraying the village, but why would they follow Minato Namikaze to die? How dare they invade Kumogakure with only two thousand people? Could it be that he wanted to use these people to attract attention, and then others would directly come to the village with the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"Madam, we in Kumogakure suffered from the Flying Thunder God Technique before. In the entire ninja world, if there is anyone who can deal with the Flying Thunder God Technique, it must be us Kumogakure."

Mabroth spoke up.

"Now, the whole village is under the cover of our Azabu family's space-coordinate interference technique. In fact, this is an alternative use of the Tensong Technique. If Namikaze Minato dares to move directly to Kumogakure Haru, he will fall into the trap we designed instead of flying to our vicinity."

"And, not only the village, but in fact the area facing the Frost Country is covered by our Tensou Jutsu. Although we cannot affect the coordinates of this area because it is too wide, as long as Namikaze Minato uses the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, or even if there is a large-scale chakra fluctuation, it is within our surveillance range."

"In fact, if we can contain it in a very small area, we can even use the combined ninjutsu to temporarily close the space and find an opportunity to completely eliminate Minato Namikaze."

"Wait, you didn't say that when you were outside just now."

"Madam, not only just now, but in the past few days, whenever we are not in the confidential room, everything we said and all the expressions on our faces were just a performance, including my repeated emphasis that we only need to drive away Minato Namikaze."

Tutai explained.

"Namikaze Minato has a very good relationship with Takanashi Mitsuha. In addition to being a master of Wood Style, Takanashi Mitsuha is also a master of Earth Style. He doesn't even need to form hand seals to use Earth Style. Therefore, with the combination of Earth Style and Wood Style, in most places in our Kumogakure that are not protected by barriers, theoretically he could have heard any information."

"There has been feedback from Konoha. They are only accepting the commission of the projection and are not interested in the content. In other words, they will not send troops openly, but we don't know whether they can help Minato Namikaze secretly."

"In fact, the last time, the Sandaime suffered a loss from the black market vendors. After returning, he pondered for a long time and finally chose to use part of the Lightning Release Chakra Body Forging Technique to construct an offensive defensive barrier. Although we still cannot detect where the enemy is, in this barrier, we can ensure that all our strategies will not be discovered by the enemy."

"But you haven't explained why he would do such a suicidal thing!"

Sailu Meiling blinked and changed the subject somewhat stiffly.

"Ma'am, I don't know either, but a large force of ours has already headed towards the Frost Country, ready to take over everything there, to guard against Konoha and prevent Minato Namikaze from retreating."

"I have also ordered troops to be deployed on the front and set up an intelligence network covering the western part of Yunyin. Whether he moves forward or backward, we will find him. At the same time, we have deployed troops on the left and right sides along the coastline. I have set up a pocket formation in the entire western part of Yunyin."

"I don't know what Namikaze Minato is going to do, but I only know that as long as we take steady steps and advance step by step, he will have no chance. His only winning move, the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, will only lead him into a trap, or Konoha will tear up the contract and go to war with us, Kumogakure."

"Huh, that's good"

Hearing this, the tension in Saiyu Meiling's heart mostly dissipated, and at the same time, she couldn't help but feel fortunate for her choice. If she hadn't controlled the Fourth Hokage, once her affairs were exposed, I'm afraid these two people wouldn't be so kind to tell her all their plans.——
The border between the Kingdom of Frost and the Kingdom of Thunder
Minato Namikaze and two thousand ninjas moved forward quietly in the night.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, Minato Namikaze gave the order.

"Under the mountain on the left side ahead, the earth-style ninjas performed a joint ninjutsu to create an underground rest area."

"Yes!" Half of the two thousand ninjas under Namikaze Minato are from the Hidden Cloud Village, who are good at lightning escape, and the other half are chakra-sensitive people found by the Land of Lightning and the Land of Frost. The theory is that they are not ninjas, but just auxiliary casters in the joint ninjutsu. Together with a few earth escape ninjas, they can perform a certain level of earth escape. They may not be able to fight head-on, but they are capable of doing so if they just want to rest or build fortifications.

"Boom, boom, boom."

After a few breaths, a huge round bulge emerged. At the signal of Minato Namikaze, the ninjas went in one after another. Compared with being blown in the cold wind outside, having a windproof place to rest was enough for the ninjas.

"Admiral Minato, please eat something. You must ensure your health!"

A ninja brought the food to Minato Namikaze, who gave him a subtle look. The reason was very simple. This person was Li Zhongren transformed through the Wood Release Transformation Technique.

Just like Dodai said, Li Zhongren couldn't help Namikaze Minato openly, so he could only give some assistance secretly here, such as using red envelopes to prepare food and water for these ninjas. Of course, he would not give it directly, but hide it in certain places in advance, and say that it was prepared in advance. After all, Mu Zi Zhongyi was already dead.

"Thank you."

Namikaze Minato showed a warm smile. Although he was able to subdue the two thousand ninjas here, it was inseparable from the strategies and operations of the two of them, and there was also enough money to pave the way, but the most important thing was actually Namikaze Minato's personal charm. This thing is really mysterious. Li Zhongren asked himself, there is no such thing.
Apart from anything else, Namikaze Minato didn't say how he was going to deal with Kumogakure, but these two thousand people followed him wholeheartedly and rushed into the heart of Kumogakure. This scene made Li Zhongren's eyes red with envy. What the hell is this succubus in the ninja world?
"Report, a large-scale chakra fluctuation was discovered in the southeast of the Land of Lightning, near the Thunder River."

In the Hidden Cloud Village, inside the intelligence operations secret room, the Azabu family's sensory ninja issued a report.

"The coastal troops on the southern front will advance northwards, and the vanguard troops will advance in a net-like manner. They must lock on to Minato Namikaze and his troops' movements."

Following the order from Dodai in the intelligence operations room, the ninja troops stationed on the southern coast of the Land of Lightning set out immediately. The thousands of troops marched in a mighty force, but disappeared into the night in a flash.
"Everyone, stand up."

Suddenly, Minato Namikaze, who was resting, stood up immediately.

"Follow me north and across the Thundering River."

"Yes!"

The ninjas did not hesitate at all. They immediately stood up and followed Minato Namikaze out of the cave and ran towards the north.
"Are they making any movement?"

On the way, Li Zhongren asked in a low voice.

"Ah."

Namikaze Minato nodded.

"This kind of ninjutsu fluctuations that are spread throughout the southwest of the Land of Lightning are very interesting. They can sense spatial fluctuations and chakra fluctuations. However, their level is a little bit low. There is one more person joining in, and they don't know about it."

"hehe."

Li Zhongren smiled with a fake smile, because he was used to it. This guy's biggest hobby was Versailles, but it was understandable. After all, he was essentially just a middle school student.
"Wow, wow, wow."

The Thunder River flows from east to west and runs through the entire Kingdom of Thunder. Unfortunately, this river only converges into a large river in the lowest part of the Kingdom of Thunder, which is adjacent to the Kingdom of Frost.

Going up, there are small rivers, even streams. The source of water is the wind blowing from the sea. The water vapor is blocked and absorbed by the mountains of the Thunder Country, and finally converges into a river. Otherwise, if this river can run through the entire Thunder Country, then they don’t need to build a unified purchase and sale highway.
"Everyone, pay attention, joint ninjutsu: treading water!"

Facing the surging river, Minato Namikaze gave orders without hesitation. Two thousand ninjas, led by the jonin and chunin, used auxiliary ninjutsu. Thus, this was originally a very difficult skill for ninjas, but with the combined ninjutsu, these two thousand people walked through the river as if walking on flat ground.
"stop!"

However, after crossing the river, Minato Namikaze immediately ordered his troops to stop.

"Everyone, please do not use chakra, use camouflage cloth to disguise."

"Wow!"

The ninjas immediately pulled out camouflage cloth from their backpacks and put it on their bodies. At the same time, they lay down along the river one by one. Under the cover of the night, at first glance, almost nothing could be seen. Of course, if the other party had Byakugan, that would be another matter. Unfortunately, in the entire ninja world, only Konoha had Byakugan.
"What are you doing?"

Li Zhongren looked at Minato Namikaze, closed his eyes, and gently tapped his fingers in the air, waving
"I'm...sensing the fluctuations."

Namikaze Minato spoke.

"Their perception ninjutsu is powerful, but it has loopholes."

"What loophole?"

"That's it. Everyone, pay attention. Form the densest formation and get into the water."

Under the guidance of Minato Namikaze, the ninjas immediately returned to the Thunder River, but this time, they did not tread water, but all soaked in the water.
"Listen to me. Get ready. Combined Ninjutsu: Water Treading, activate!"

"Wow."

The ninjas instantly returned to the surface, and under the leadership of Minato Namikaze, they followed a very strange route, running back silently in the opposite direction. Their final destination turned out to be the pit they had dug at the beginning.
"Everyone, take a break."

"So, what's your principle?"

Li Zhongren used his Wood Release perception ability to discover that at the closest point, they were only a little over a kilometer away from the Cloud Hidden Ninja, but the sound of running water and the night covered up their traces.
"I just discovered this. Well, I've known this phenomenon for a long time. When I was a kid, I threw stones into the river. If two ripples were generated on the water surface, sometimes these ripples would intersect and strengthen the ripples, but sometimes they would weaken them."

"What the hell?"

Li Zhongren looked at Minato Namikaze and said, "You, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are starting to play with physics?"
"Hehe, you don't know, right? Then, I brought this phenomenon into the ninjutsu fluctuations. At this moment, they are divided into three groups, chasing all the way from the south coast. When they cross the river, the three groups will definitely use chakras. Then, when the chakras intersect, three groups of intertwined chakra fluctuations will be generated on the river surface. As long as we walk forward along the places where the fluctuations disappear, we can get behind them without anyone noticing."

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