Naruto: I have an attribute panel

Chapter 46 Jonin Attack

Somewhere in the dense forest.

"Captain, we've investigated everything. Just like the intelligence said, there's only one genin squad in the group," a ninja with scratches on his headband reported. He looked like a rogue ninja from Sunagakure.

"Yes, a genin squad in Konoha consists of one chunin leading three genin, so taking them down shouldn't be a problem for us at all," the leading ninja nodded in affirmation.

Clearly, he either doesn't remember or is completely unaware that Konoha also has a squad composed of graduates, which could potentially be a genin squad led by a jonin.

"Shall we get started now, or wait a bit longer?" The leading ninja turned to ask the black-robed man who had remained silent. The black-robed man wore a hood, completely covering himself, looking like someone who couldn't be seen in public.

"We can't wait any longer, or we'll be too close to the city," the man in black said firmly. "Let's make our move immediately."

"Alright!" The leading ninja didn't waste any words and gave a signal. Five more ninjas emerged from the surrounding area one after another. They tidied up their equipment and headed straight to the front of the caravan to set up an ambush. Clearly, they were well-prepared and knew the surrounding environment like the back of their hand.

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The caravan had been traveling for another half a day, and this half day had been peaceful, unlike before when there were frequent attacks.

Time flew by, and evening arrived. The setting sun still stood stubbornly on the distant horizon, reluctant to completely disappear. The remaining half emitted a pale red afterglow, illuminating the earth.

Masao Ishihara was directing everyone to choose a location to set up camp, and everyone's tense spirits gradually relaxed.

The journey was already quite tiring, and today we were attacked one after another for most of the day. Everyone was exhausted and wanted to rest as soon as possible.

At this moment, Taiyi, who was standing on the top of the carriage and looking around, became nervous. It was evening, the time when birds would return to their nests, but the surroundings were too quiet.

Just as Taichi was about to remind Ishihara Masao to be on guard.

"Boom~ Boom~ Boom~ Boom~ Boom"

Five consecutive explosions rang out from various parts of the caravan. These were detonated explosive tags.

"Damn it, a ninja attack!" Taiichi thought to himself.

By this time, the caravan was in complete chaos, with the pack animals pulling the carriages in all directions. Although the drivers tried their best to control the situation, they had little success.

The guards' formation was also scattered by the scattered carriages. They were still trying to organize their men, but the enemy was not giving them a chance.

A large group of bandits rushed out of the surrounding woods, outnumbering the guards by no less.

But bandits are bandits. They could hold their own against the guards with their numbers, but against Taiyi, they were basically wiped out like vegetables.

Having just dealt with a few bandits around him, Taiichi, carrying his dripping dagger, surveyed his surroundings. Although the bandits outnumbered him, they had only managed a draw against the guards, but the ninjas who were supposed to appear were nowhere to be seen.

"Oh no, Saori is in danger." Realizing a possibility, Taiichi quickly created a shadow clone to stay behind and help the guards on this side, while his main body rushed to the center of the convoy.

The journey of just over a hundred meters took Taiyi more than a minute to complete due to the chaotic scene, during which he also killed many of the red-eyed bandits, Luo Luo.

Sure enough, from afar Taiichi saw Captain Yamaguchi being entangled by three ninjas, who appeared to be a Jonin and two Chunin. They looked extremely ferocious with their teeth clenched, as if they had been ambushed.

Saori, on the other hand, was in a much worse situation. She was being attacked by four genin, and although she often forced them to defend themselves by trading her life for theirs, the enemy outnumbered her. In just a short time, she had already been slashed several times by kunai.

Just then, two of the genin suddenly retreated and formed hand seals, while the remaining two tacitly engaged in close combat. The two who retreated simultaneously completed their hand seals and then spat out a series of wind blades.

Taiichi, who was not far away, had red eyes. Seeing that Saori was entangled and unable to escape, the two of them seized the opportunity to strike the flying wind blades.

Taiyi disregarded the depletion of his chakra and quickly formed hand seals, unleashing Water Release: Great Water Prison Technique.

A wall of water quickly formed around Saori, protecting her firmly in the center. The rapidly spinning water also blocked the incoming wind blades.

Only then did Saori recover from the despair of being on the verge of death, and her eyes were filled with gratitude as she looked at Taiichi.

The four genin who had already retreated were also startled by this ninjutsu. They had never seen this kind of ninjutsu before and thought a master had arrived. But when they realized that the person was just a kid, they relaxed.

One of the four separated to block Taiichi, while the other three continued to prepare to besiege Saori, striving to kill this enemy as soon as possible.

Taiichi didn't care who they were. Facing the approaching genin, he flashed to his side in a flash, his short sword slicing across the genin's neck. Without wasting a second, he continued charging towards Saori.

Even as he lay dying, the genin's face was filled with disbelief. How could there be such a huge difference between two genin?

"Damn it." The rogue ninja leader had already cursed the intelligence agent's ancestors for eighteen generations in his mind.

They were supposed to be a genin squad, but the captain was a jonin, and an elite one at that. They were supposed to be genin members, but putting aside the little girl's strength, even the new kid was no less powerful than a chunin.

"Sakata, Okamoto, you two go and deal with that new kid. I'll hold off this Jonin for now," the rogue ninja leader ordered the two Chunin responsible for interfering.

Captain Yamaguchi watched as the two Chunin tried to break away from the battle to attack Taiichi. He was about to stop them when the rogue ninja leader launched a desperate attack that interrupted him.

At this moment, Taiichi showed no fear as he watched the two Chunin charging towards him. As he charged forward, he began to form hand seals, unleashing Fire Release: Phoenix Flower. A barrage of fireballs, regardless of any technique, rained down on the two Chunin.

Taking advantage of the fireball obscuring his vision, Taiyi created two more shadow clones.

After the two Chunin had just dealt with the fireball, they saw that it wasn't just Taiichi anymore.

Taiichi created a shadow clone to entangle one Chunin, while another shadow clone joined him in dealing with another Chunin.

In the blink of an eye, the two groups collided.

Taiichi's shadow clone, taking advantage of its unique ability, suddenly stepped forward to block the kunai that the Chunin was swinging, while the real Taiichi slid to the side of the Chunin and, using the clone as cover, quietly stabbed his sword into the Chunin's chest.

"Bang!" That was the sound of the shadow clone dissipating.

"Thump!" That was the sound of a Chunin falling to the ground.

Taiichi swiftly killed a Chunin, which greatly frightened the other Chunin, who quickly retreated to create distance between himself and his shadow clone.

For Taiichi now, his taijutsu, which is a level above that of a Chunin, allows his shadow clones to fight even against Chunin.

Taiichi, having just finished off one Chunin, was about to charge at another when he heard the opposing Jonin shout, "Retreat!"

Without hesitation, the Chunin and three Genin threw down a few smoke bombs and retreated under the cover of the crowd. After seeing that his subordinates had all retreated safely, the rogue ninja leader also retreated without saying a word.

"Captain, I'm here, Saori, hang in there!" Yangping's shouts came from afar.

It turns out that not only Taiichi's group had dealt with the Chunin, but Yanghei had also rushed over from the back of the group.

The rest of the battle was as expected. With the addition of Taiyi and Yangping, the guards quickly stabilized the situation and wiped out most of the bandits in one fell swoop.

This time, the guards showed no mercy, chasing even the fleeing bandits until they were out of sight.

After repelling the bandits, Taiyi and Yangping stopped worrying about the fleeing bandits and headed towards the center of the camp. During this time, Yangping, pale but excited, kept talking about the battle at the rear of the group.

In his two scarlet eyes, a tomoe (magatama) was slowly rotating. It turned out that Yang Ping had actually opened his eyes during the battle just now, and in his excitement, he hadn't even realized the change in himself yet.