Kirigakure Gamer : Rise of the mist-Chapter 40: Operation Hydra (3)

[Island of Steel, North Coast]

After receiving the order, Takeshi's team immediately set off for the North Coast. The plan was rather aggressive, but there was no reason to doubt their capacity. They had been strong enough to deal with a jonin in the past, and they had only gotten stronger since.

However, Yukiko's words sent a chill over her teammates.

"Something's wrong", Yukiko muttered.

"What is it?", Takeshi said as he scanned the area

Although he could not be considered a chakra sensor like Yukiko, who could feel chakra signatures over one hundred meters, he had a perk 'Perceptive'. Though it was only low-rank, it allowed him to pick up human activity faster, notice some leaves that were stomped and tracks on the ground.

He immediately nodded.

They had been had.

Someone leaked the position of the net.

Kumogakure was one step ahead.

'Who was it?', Takeshi thought, his mind flashing over the few people who were aware of the strategy. Besides Otuka, the 6 remaining jonins of kirigakure also participated in each war council, making them suspicious.

His master would not leak his position carelessly, so he was off.

Now, among the jonins, most came from clans. He had not offended anyone...

Oh.

'Arya...Did you really plan to kill me off in this island of steel?'

A girl who refused to bend down to him. One who was dramatically opposed to his acts of bullying in the academy. One of the few people who graduated at the same time he did. Though she had been dispatched on another battlefield, the grasp of the Yuki clan in Kirigakure was much further than Takeshi had anticipated.

He was an anomaly, a second-class citizen who should have never been able to take the first place of the academy, much less become a chunin so fast.

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But...

To think the Yuki Clan jonin dispatched on the island of steel would go so far as to leak the position of allies to sworn enemies...No wonder the fourth mizukage in the series did a 'cleanse' and removed the kekkei gekkai holders from the village altogether.

"How many?", Takeshi asked in sign language.

Yukiko obliged, and revealed a terrifying number: "Twelve genins, four chunins, two jonins"

Now that was 16 enemies who were waiting to engage with them.

There was no mission, nothing. It was as if the system had given up on him. How was he supposed to survive this?

'I need to calm myself', Takeshi thought as the experience of the past few months kicked in.

He had been sacrificed, but eventually, it did not matter. It was an opportunity to reveal how strong he was to the village. He had never planned to hide his strength. The stronger he was, and the more merit he accumulated, the more ressource he would get access to.

At the end of the day, Kirigakure was just a means to him. If he became Mizukage, with his system supporting him, he knew he would be able to reach a level surpassing that of Hiruzen Sarutobi. With his strategic mind, he could avoid the grim future of the Hidden village of the mist, and participate into the creation of a super-level village. Unlike konohagakure, Kirigakure was ideally placed geography-wise.

Which shinobi did not go through a betrayal or dangerous situations?

"This is what it is like to be a shinobi", Takeshi said, "Yukiko, hold nothing back. I know you have been practicing your wind breakthrough jutsu. Naya and I will not be able to protect you this time. Make sure to fight like we did in the training grounds, and you will be fine. Naya, take care of the jonin in the East, and both of you avoid the rain jutsu"

Yukiko and Naya locked in, the intensive training in past missions engraved in their memories: "Hai, Takeshi! Let's show them what we are capable of!"

Retreat was not an option.

Suiton no jutsu - Falling Needle Rain [B]

Committing nearly half of his chakra reserves, Takeshi immediately opened the hostility with his strongest jutsu, turning the clouds into a rain of high-pressure and small droplets of water, more lethal than kunai.

A furry of notification entered his logs, his team being shielded by Yukiko

Futon no jutsu - Wind Barrier [C]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

[You have killed [Level 14 Kumogakure Genin]. You have earned 80 EXP...]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

[You have dealt 112 points of damage]

...

One jutsu.

One jutsu turned the battlefield into a butchery. 8 genins died in a flash, three chunins did not react in time and were injured. Bleeding ailment applied to all enemies, the results were clear. Whether Takeshi's team or the squad of Kumogakure shinobi were the hunted was something unclear.