For this resurrection, Brown Bear Squad Leader still sent Night Light to capture a Cloud Ninja Squad Leader alive.
In the previous life, Night Light had ambushed the Kumogakure with Exploding Tags and remembered the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader's landing spot after jumping, so he buried a second Exploding Tag trap there.
Having the plot advantage made things convenient.
This time, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader fell into the second Exploding Tag trap, spitting blood and struggling to stand with his Ninja blade.
Night Light and the Kumogakure fought one-on-one.
He drew a short blade instead of a Kunai.
He hadn't used a blade much before, but now, holding it, he felt as if the blade was an extension of his arm, moving as he willed.
Clang!
Ninja blade and Ninja blade clashed, producing a crisp metallic sound.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader was startled, not by how strong this Anbu was, but because the Anbu Ninja's movements were identical to his own, even their speed was the same.
After three continuous clashes, each was evenly matched.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader felt as if his every move was being seen through by the opponent.
Night Light was secretly pleased; with the gap in blade techniques eliminated, both sides were back on the same starting line.
Ninja blades were more powerful than Kunai, suitable for facing Ninja like the Kumogakure who possessed both speed and strength.
As time passed and they continuously exchanged moves, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader grew weaker and weaker, and the injuries caused by the Exploding Tags became more severe.
He felt as if he had encountered an Uchiha Ninja.
Every swing of his blade was seen through by the opponent.
Night Light's blade technique could be said to have perfectly replicated the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader's; the system's reward was related to his previous death.
Two minutes later, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader could no longer hold on and was struck on the wrist by Night Light's blade.
The Kumogakure's Ninja blade dropped.
After continuously severing the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader's hand and foot tendons and breaking both his arms, Night Light hoisted him onto his shoulder and went to the beach to find the Squad Leader.
Many troublesome things happened along the way.
Initially, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader was not cooperative, bouncing on Night Light's shoulder like a shrimp, forcing Night Light to stab him in the lower back with a Kunai.
Later, he started bleeding from his mouth and tried to commit suicide, so Night Light had to stuff something into his mouth.
While traveling, Night Light looked up at the moon.
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The full moon was like a silver disk, and the Gekko was like white frost.
He had another chance to resurrect.
Night Light spent considerable effort to deliver the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader to the beach.
Brown Bear Squad Leader saw the fox carrying a person back and once again affirmed his judgment.
An Anbu who continuously completed missions was the best Anbu.
The fox's performance far exceeded expectations, completing a capture mission, and he was already his capable subordinate.
"Yuhi, you and the fox interrogate this Cloud Ninja Squad Leader together. Find out why they came to the Wave Country."
"Understood, Squad Leader."
Yuhi was the Squad Leader of another squad.
Night Light followed, wanting to see how Captain Yuhi conducted interrogations.
After a few minutes, Night Light half-turned his body.
Compared to his method of severing tendons, Captain Yuhi was much more professional.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader continuously twitched and groaned, but unfortunately, his mouth was gagged, so he couldn't make much noise.
Under the torment, the Kumogakure's eyes were bloodshot, as if he had pinkeye.
Night Light chatted about other topics: "Captain Yuhi, you have three squad members, can you spare one for me?"
"Captain Fox, I value my comrades, second only to valuing missions."
"Who isn't valued? Give me one, and I'll help you value him."
The two haggled for a while, but Yuhi wouldn't budge and was unwilling to give Night Light a squad member.
Night Light was a lone Captain, with no one to help him gather intelligence or draw fire.
The interrogation lasted from noon until night, and then from night until midnight.
In the latter half of the night, Yuhi, panting heavily, came to Brown Bear Squad Leader and reported the interrogation results.
"What?" Brown Bear Squad Leader's voice was filled with shock. After thinking, he said, "Go find the Captain immediately and report our intelligence."
The nearby Cloud Ninja Squads were all a smokescreen.
The Kumogakure's true purpose was to hold a high-level meeting between Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village on the other side of the Wave Country.
Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village had formed an alliance!
In the Ninja World War, an alliance between any two parties would make Konoha extremely uncomfortable.
Brown Bear Squad Leader didn't wait for the other squad and immediately went to find the Captain that night.
The Captain, wearing a Yellow Dog mask, heard Brown Bear's report and signaled the communication Ninja to immediately contact Anbu Headquarters.
Night Light was far from Captain Huang Quan and didn't know what method the Captain used to contact Headquarters.
Red signal flares soared into the sky one after another; this was the Anbu's highest assembly order.
All Anbu who saw the signal flares had to gather quickly.
Two ANBU Squads, understaffed due to casualties, quickly headed towards the northeast of the Wave Country.
The atmosphere was extremely tense; the Anbu abandoning their original mission meant the new situation was more troublesome and had higher priority.
"Quick! We must catch up!"
Brown Bear Squad Leader said to his three Squad Leaders:
"Uzushiogakure failed to seal the Three-Tails, and the sealing operation was disrupted by Hidden Mist Village.
Hidden Mist Village used this as an excuse to declare war on Uzushiogakure.
Combining the intelligence we've obtained, Hidden Cloud Village might declare war as well.
Princess Vortex Kushina of the Uzumaki Clan is currently being pursued by Kirigakure.
We must protect Princess Kushina; she must not fall into the hands of Hidden Mist Village."
The Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki was about to be replaced, and Konoha Village needed a new Jinchuriki.
For the new Jinchuriki, Danzo Shimura personally came to Uzushiogakure but was met with a rebuff.
For sealing techniques, the Anbu were secretly snatching the Uzumaki Clan's sealing scroll in the Wave Country.
The Anbu had received a death order: they must fully protect the Whirlpool Princess.
That Princess possessed the strongest sealing talent, was a born Jinchuriki, and was Konoha's chosen second Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.
On the beach in eastern Wave Country, the Konoha ANBU finally saw the Vortex Ninja.
More than thirty Vortex Ninja were protecting a little girl in the center.
The Whirlpool Princess had red hair, the color of a tomato, and was about seven or eight years old.
At this moment, she was looking in horror as one of her cousins died in front of her.
Opposite the Vortex Ninja were two groups of people.
One group consisted of over a hundred Kirigakure who had just landed, and the other group was Kumogakure who were circling to the side, preparing to outflank the Vortex Ninja.
Captain Huang Quan ordered: "At all costs! Protect the Whirlpool Princess!"
The Yellow Dog Squad went to block the Kirigakure, while the other squad went to block the Kumogakure.
Anbu members charged forward one by one.
Night Light found that only his Squad Leader's back was empty.
Since he was both a Captain and a squad member, and thus outnumbered, it should be reasonable for him to be slowed down by the reefs, right?
The two Captains at the very front were at least Jonin level in strength.
Their Fire Release instantly covered half the beach.
"Fire Release! It's the Konoha ANBU!"
The shouts of the Vortex Ninja were filled with surprise.
It was Uzushiogakure's allies!
The Kirigakure stood by the sea, surrounded by water, making it easy for them to use Water Release.
Water dragons and flame bullets collided, raising countless white mists.
Captain Huang Quan shouted: "Vortex Ninja! Take Princess Kushina and go quickly!"