Chapter 7 This damn goblin… (Good news!) (Ch 7)

As night and day alternated, Harumitsu led the Uchiha troops behind him and set out from Konoha, heading straight west.
The closer we got to the border, the fewer people there were in the villages and towns we passed through. In the end, there were only collapsed houses and dried bloodstains.
The rotten corpse was crawling with maggots and showed signs of being eaten by wild beasts.
The scenes before him made Qingguang feel uncomfortable. He had killed ninjas from enemy countries with his own hands, but this was the first time he had seen such a bloody scene.
Two days later, in the evening, Harumitsu and the Uchiha troops were about to arrive at the front-line camp, but at this time, Harumitsu suddenly ordered to stop advancing.
Xia, who was following behind Qingguang, pretended not to brake and bumped into Qingguang’s back with her chest out.
The soft and bouncy touch made Qingguang cough twice.
“Qingguang, why did you suddenly stop and not continue?”
“It’s my fault. I didn’t tell you in advance.”
At this distance, it was impossible for Xia to fail to react. Qingguang knew very well that she did it on purpose, but he didn’t know what to say.
The other Uchiha behind them also stopped.
“Everyone, find a place to rest here first. I’ll go to the front to meet them. It’s not time for you to be exposed yet.”
“Also, don’t spread the matter of Wood Release outside.”
They were all people who had seen the Haruko Wood Release with their own eyes, so they naturally followed his orders unconditionally.
Only Xia insisted on singing the opposite tune at this time: “I will go with you.”
Xia walked to Qingguang’s side and stood side by side with him. She put her left hand under her chest, holding up the weapon that had just hit Qingguang, and raised her right hand to play with a strand of long hair on her left temple.
“Why are you following me?”
“It’s too boring to be here with them. None of them is my match. It’s more interesting to follow you.”
Such a reason made Qingguang helpless and he had to nod and agree. If he kept her here, who knows what kind of trouble might happen, and a teammate might be injured before the battle even started.
Just as Qingguang was thinking, Xia quietly put her red lips close to Qingguang’s ear and spoke softly, making an invitation.
“Just now, it was this pair of bad guys who bumped into you. Do you want to bully them back?”
The sensitivity coming from his ears made Qingguang shudder all over, and he immediately moved a step to the left.
“Don’t mess around.”
This damn goblin, really owes…
If Qingguang had not been a gentleman for many years, he would have probably been unable to suppress this impulse.
Not long after, Kasumi followed Haruki to the front-line Konoha camp, and after some inquiries, she came to Orochimaru’s tent.
When the curtain was opened, Jiraiya was seen lying on the ground with a rain cloth underneath him to isolate him from the ground. His back was already covered in blood and the wounds were festering over a large area, dark purple in color.
Kato Dan, who was standing by, was using the technique of extracting the toxins from his wound.
Qingguang asked, “Senior Jiraiya, what are you doing?”
“Haha, I wasn’t paying attention. I was tricked by Chiyo from Sunagakure. It’s a small problem. I won’t die.”
“Jiraiya, don’t talk at this time.” Kato Dan reminded.
“It’s okay. I have you here, and Tsunade is here to prepare the antidote for me. There’s nothing to worry about.”
Jiraiya still maintains his usual optimism.
Orochimaru, who was standing by, had a blank expression on his face and his arm was wrapped in bandages. He led Haruki out of the tent so as not to disturb Jiraiya’s surgery.
During the conversation with Orochimaru, Haruki realized that the wound on Jiraiya’s back was caused by him taking it to protect Orochimaru from Chiyo’s sneak attack.
Yesterday, when Jiraiya was leading a squadron of 12 ninjas to sneak into the Rain Country, they encountered a pair of puppeteers from Sunagakure, one male and one female, both of whom had superb skills in controlling puppets.
With only two people, they killed two ninjas in Jiraiya’s team through the puppet mechanism. Jiraiya chose to stay alone to buy time for his subordinates to escape, and at the same time fired a flare. Orochimaru immediately led the troops to support.
But he didn’t expect that when he arrived, the old man Chiyo had been hiding in the dark, lying low and not taking any action, trying to assassinate Orochimaru.
After all, the commander on the front line is Orochimaru, and the assassination can only kill one person. Compared to Jiraiya, Orochimaru is a better target.
At the moment Chiyo was about to attack, Jiraiya stepped forward and took the attack for Orochimaru.
Seeing that the assassination attempt on Orochimaru failed, Chiyo and the two puppeteers led the troops lurking nearby and left.
“The puppet techniques of those two people are extremely similar to Chiyo’s. They are most likely Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law as reported in the intelligence. It’s a pity that there is no more accurate information.” Orochimaru said regretfully.
Looking towards the sunshine with hope.
“Harumitsu-kun, how much support did you bring this time?”
Qingguang himself is a great fighting force, but he is not clear about Qingguang’s current strength. According to his speculation, he should be slightly inferior to himself.
Jiraiya’s injuries would take at least ten days or half a month to heal. Facing Hanzo and Chiyo at the same time, he, Tsunade and Jiraiya could only barely resist.
Now even if Haruki came, Jiraiya would not be able to join the battle. A pair of puppet masters even appeared on the enemy side, and the two of them were not weaker than his own ninja when they joined forces.
The situation has become more serious.
“Including me, there are 45 ninjas coming this time.”
“Is that all?” Hearing this number, Orochimaru felt a little annoyed. He put his thumb to his mouth and bit his nail with his teeth.
He knew that Konoha was fighting on three fronts and the ninjas were under pressure, but the number was too small.
“They are all jonin of the Uchiha clan.”
!!!!
“That’s great.” Orochimaru immediately changed his attitude and revealed an evil smile.
Although I don’t know why the Uchiha clan leader made such a decision, this is great news for him.
Ordinary jonin may not be able to participate in the battles among ninjas like them, but Uchiha is different.
The existence of the Sharingan gives them the capital to participate.
“They are now resting 10 miles behind the camp. I’m afraid there are spies from the other side here, so it’s better not to make it public.”
Orochimaru nodded, Haruki was right.
In a large-scale war like this, it is very easy to temporarily bribe some mediocre Genin and Chunin, or plant spies.
“By the way, Tsunade is right back here now, do you want to go meet her?”
Although Orochimaru didn’t know what happened to Tsunade in the past six months, he could clearly feel that there was something hidden in her heart, and it was related to Haruki.
In the past, Tsunade’s face was full of joy when mentioning Harukitsu, but since the death of Uzumaki Mito, she came to the front line.
Tsunade would always quickly end the topic and leave, either to treat the wounded or to develop medicine.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see what happened between the two.
“The big sister…” Qingguang also fell silent.
At this moment, Tsunade should be feeling guilty about herself and want to escape.
Tsunade has always been like this. Although she is strong, she does not have the courage to make up her mind. She has placed her dreams on Nawase and Kato Dan.
After the death of the two, she became confused and spent her days drinking and gambling, and even left Konoha, until Naruto appeared and gave her hope again. She was moved and returned to the village to face the difficulties that she had never dared to face before.
Tsunade is now avoiding herself and feels ashamed to face herself…