The sudden cessation of battle sounds not far away caused the two Sunagakure Jonin fighting Nawaki and Maruboshi Kosuke to instinctively turn their heads.

When they saw the corpses of the two puppet masters, their hearts sank, followed by disbelief.

How long had it been? Less than a minute, and two Jonin were dead?

At the same time, a more severe problem presented itself.

Natsuki would soon join the battle, and the situation would definitely reverse.

Barring any accidents, they would share the same fate as the two puppet masters and die on the spot.

Now they had two choices.

One was to flee.

The other... The two Sunagakure Jonin exchanged a glance and formed hand seals simultaneously.

Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!

A wall rose up, blocking their front and temporarily separating them from Maruboshi Kosuke and Nawaki.

Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique!

A massive amount of wind emerged, transforming into high-speed wind blades in an instant.

But these dense wind blades weren’t aimed at Maruboshi Kosuke, Nawaki, or Natsuki. They were aimed at the medicine in the distance.

The two Sunagakure Jonin had made their choice: abandon escaping and focus on destruction.

"Oh no!"

Seeing this, Nawaki couldn’t help but show an anxious expression.

If such a large-scale wind blade attack landed on the medicine, it would inevitably slice all the medicine to pieces.

Soru!

At the critical moment, Natsuki blocked in front of the wind blades.

Armament Haki!

An invisible barrier appeared.

The wind blades crashed into it, immediately producing explosive sounds.

The barrier began to shake violently.

Broken Phantasm!

Natsuki took a step back and threw two Swords of the Thunder God.

The moment the barrier shattered, the Swords of the Thunder God exploded, shattering the wind blades one by one.

"Damn it!"

Failing to destroy the medicine, the two Sunagakure Jonin became angry out of humiliation.

They formed hand seals again, but this time they attacked Natsuki.

"Hey!"

Nawaki snorted coldly. "Don’t forget about us!"

Water Release: Water Formation Wall!

Maruboshi Kosuke acted first, causing a water wall to appear in front of Natsuki.

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!

Nawaki’s attack followed closely.

Violent Water Release chakra transformed into a water dragon, roaring as it flew out.

The Sunagakure Earth Release Jonin changed his ninjutsu in time.

Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!

An earth wall rose up and blocked the water dragon.

But what he didn’t notice was that when Maruboshi Kosuke’s water wall rose, Natsuki had already disappeared.

His shadow rapidly approached the Earth Release Jonin.

White Vine!

Natsuki leaped up, his entire body turning into smoke, entangling the Earth Release Jonin.

Nawaki’s eyes lit up.

He gripped the Greatsword Samehada and swung it fiercely.

Samehada: Flying Chain Slash!

The hilt of the Greatsword Samehada turned into a chain and instantly extended.

The Earth Release Jonin only felt his vision blur before the Greatsword Samehada was in front of him.

He struggled desperately but couldn’t break free from the smoke Natsuki had transformed into.

With a miserable scream, his head was smashed by the Greatsword Samehada, blood flowing profusely.

The other Sunagakure Wind Release Jonin wanted to rescue him, but Maruboshi Kosuke attacked him like a fierce wind.

Blade light, like moonlight, lit up in his vision.

Wind Release: Shuriken!

His reaction was also very fast. He raised his right hand, and a shuriken flew toward Maruboshi Kosuke’s face.

If Maruboshi Kosuke didn’t retreat, it would result in mutual destruction.

Violet Umbrella!

Seeing this, Natsuki, having released White Vine, immediately seized the opportunity.

A liquid barrier blocked the shuriken.

Maruboshi Kosuke, who was about to retreat, immediately twisted his wrist.

Konoha-Style: Willow!

His self-created Konoha-Style Kenjutsu, simply put, was a combination of genjutsu and kenjutsu.

The Wind Release Jonin instantly froze in place, feeling unable to move.

He instinctively wanted to dispel the genjutsu, but Maruboshi Kosuke had already delivered the fatal thrust.

The Wind Release Jonin looked down and saw the ninja sword piercing his heart.

He then fell into eternal slumber.

"Go outside!"

Natsuki reminded them and walked out of the tent.

The opposing sides fighting outside the tent were stunned upon seeing him.

Hyuga Hizashi and the others felt pleasant surprise.

But for the Sunagakure group, it was a disaster.

It meant the four Sunagakure Jonin sent to poison and destroy had already failed.

"Retreat!"

With an order, the Sunagakure group turned and ran.

The reason they were so decisive, besides the mission failure, was another factor: Tsunade and her reinforcements would arrive soon.

"Don’t chase!"

Natsuki shouted loudly.

First, because the Sunagakure group was running very fast.

Second, he was worried there might be reinforcements waiting for them.

Third, Hyuga Hizashi and the others were injured.

Fourth, their objective had already been achieved.

"Nonou, help treat them."

Natsuki immediately ordered.

Nonou nodded and walked toward the most heavily injured ninja.

"Natsuki."

Hyuga Hizashi hurriedly asked. "How are you guys?"

"The supplies are safe and sound, and the four Sunagakure Jonin have been killed by us."

Natsuki replied.

Hyuga Hizashi’s expression instantly turned serious.

Natsuki and the other three actually killed four Sunagakure Jonin?

He remembered Nonou and Nawaki were both Chunin.

Does that mean Natsuki and Maruboshi Kosuke took down four Sunagakure Jonin by themselves?

Hyuga Hizashi couldn’t help but click his tongue.

This strength was truly astonishing.

Right at that moment, the sound of tearing air rang out.

Tsunade and the others appeared before them.

Natsuki felt an increasing sense of déjà vu.

He didn’t expect Sunagakure to really repeat their tactics from the night before yesterday exactly.

However, the main reason Sunagakure succeeded was because Konoha was playing along.

"Save the wounded!"

Tsunade said, then looked at Natsuki, Nawaki, and the others.

After confirming they were fine, she nodded slightly.

"Sister."

Nawaki asked curiously. "What’s the situation on your end?"

"Rasa led a team to launch a surprise attack on us, but after fighting for a few minutes, they were repelled by us."

Tsunade paused. "Their goal was obvious: to stall us."

"That Sunagakure genius, Rasa? I heard he knows Magnet Release?"

Nawaki glanced at Natsuki. "Who is stronger, him or Natsuki?"

"Hard to say."

Tsunade pondered for a moment, somewhat uncertain.

"We’ll only know after we fight."

Natsuki chuckled.

He was very curious what character template defeating Rasa would trigger.

However, defeating him wouldn’t be easy.

Although Rasa seemed like the weakest among the Five Kage, he was still a Kage-level powerhouse.

The performance of his Magnet Release was also quite astonishing.

Fortunately, he was still young right now, so his strength was most likely not that great yet.

"Go to the main tent for a meeting."

After the injured ninjas were treated, Tsunade spoke up.

Natsuki nodded and followed her to the main tent.

The other Jonin hadn’t arrived yet. Taking advantage of the free time, he took stock of his gains from this battle.

The first gain was unlocking the Bickslow template’s Doll: Baryon Formation.

The second gain was the Nami template’s Art of Weather.

Its unlock condition was defeating one Jonin each of the five elemental natures.

The four Sunagakure ninjas who came today were respectively one Earth Release, two Wind Release, and one Fire Release.

The two puppet masters Natsuki killed were Wind Release and Fire Release.

Although neither of them used Wind Release or Fire Release.

The two Sunagakure Jonin killed by Nawaki and Maruboshi Kosuke were Wind Release and Earth Release.

Among them, Natsuki played a major role in Nawaki killing the Earth Release ninja, so the system counted it for him as well.

Now, the progress for Art of Weather had reached three-fifths. He only needed to defeat a Lightning Release and a Water Release Jonin to unlock it.

"The meeting begins now."

Tsunade’s voice rang out. "Report the situation."

Natsuki snapped back to reality and looked at her.

Standing in front of her was an ANBU ninja.

"Tonight, Sunagakure split into three forces and attacked the main camp, the water source, and the medicine and food rations strongholds."

The ANBU ninja replied. "All three attacks ended in failure."

Then, he reported the casualties of tonight’s battle.

Compared to Sunagakure, Konoha’s casualties were less than half, which could be considered a major victory.

"Continue to strengthen defenses. Meeting adjourned."

Tsunade didn’t say much more. After hearing the report, she ended this Jonin meeting.

The other Jonin left one after another, leaving only Nara Shikatsu and Natsuki.

"Lady Tsunade."

Nara Shikatsu took out a bottle of water. "This is water I collected at the water source."

Tsunade nodded and opened a storage summoning scroll.

She then took the water and tested it on the spot.

"No poison?"

Seeing the water hadn’t changed color, Nara Shikatsu was instantly stunned. "Did Sunagakure fail to poison it?"

Tsunade also frowned deeply, finding it somewhat unexpected.

"If I were Sunagakure, I definitely wouldn’t poison it right away."

Natsuki’s heart stirred. "Because regardless of whether tonight’s operation succeeded or failed, we would check the water source and other supplies."

"You mean Sunagakure has already planted the poison, but the poison hasn’t spread yet?"

Tsunade immediately said. "I’ll go check the situation at the water source."

She turned and left.

Natsuki and Nara Shikatsu stood in place waiting.

Time slowly passed.

Tsunade returned to the main tent.

She looked at Natsuki. "You guessed right. The poison has already been placed at the bottom of the water, but it’s contained in a special material and won’t take effect until tomorrow."

"We underestimated Sunagakure."

Nara Shikatsu sighed emotionally. "To think they were still so cautious even after using three attacks as a smokescreen."

"If we hadn’t deciphered Chiyo’s poison, this might have led to a catastrophe."

Tsunade nodded.

"When will the poison take effect?"

Nara Shikatsu asked again.

"Although Chiyo’s poison is highly toxic, after being diluted by the water source, I estimate it won’t take effect until tomorrow night."

Tsunade paused. "Tomorrow’s three meals will also ensure that the vast majority of Konoha ninjas will be poisoned."

Meanwhile, at Sunagakure’s main camp.

"Rasa, you did very well."

Chiyo praised.

"It was what I should do."

Rasa suppressed his excitement and immediately responded.

"Just in case, tomorrow night, send someone to infiltrate Konoha’s main camp to see if they are truly poisoned."

Chiyo said in a deep voice. "Once the majority of Konoha ninjas are poisoned, we will launch a general offensive!"

"Yes!"

The Sunagakure ninjas answered in unison.

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