Chapter 88: 88. Strange Uzumaki Girl
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"We're almost there."
In the field, Ishigami Hara paused, checked the direction, and ordered, "Rest here for five minutes."
"Yes!"
There were four ninja teams going to the battlefield this time, and Ishigami Hara and his team had a total of seventeen people.
These seventeen people are all elites, the lowest of which are special Jōnin level, and the captains of the teams are also Jōnin level. With Ishigami Hara, this team alone can carry out some missions that can destroy a country.
This place is close to the Grass Country, and the border of the Grass Country is ahead. The forces of both sides are in the Grass Country, and now the Grass Country has completely become a battlefield.
Unlike the situation in the Rain Country, the Grass Country has pursued a policy of non-resistance throughout the whole process.
Even after the situation turned to Iwagakure shinobi and Kumogakure shinobi, the Grass Village simply cooperated with them directly, and now it has stood on the opposite side of Konoha.
As a result, the already bad situation seems even more precarious. It is precisely because of this that the village leaders are so anxious to choose this time to rearrange Ishigami Hara to enter the battlefield.
Despite knowing that Ishigami Hara will gain significant fame on the battlefield, the village leaders must still proceed with their plans. This decision is likely very painful for those in power.
Silently, five minutes passed quickly, and the long journey was also a burden for everyone. However, the people present were not weak, so each of them had the skills to quickly recover their physical strength. Five minutes was enough for everyone to recover after a long journey.
Ishigami Hara acted quite relaxed. He didn't even sweat much after a long journey, and he still looked calm.
This look fell into the eyes of others, and people couldn't help but look up to him. Naturally, everyone present knew Ishigami Hara. The knowledge here means knowing a lot of Ishigami Hara's situation, including past achievements.
It is hard to imagine that a teenager of twelve or thirteen years old can grow so fast on the battlefield and even influence the direction of a war. This made many people feel depressed when they thought about it, and they felt that they had lived a dog's life at such an old age.
If Ishigami Hara was the focus of everyone's attention in the village because of his outstanding appearance in the past, then now he has become the center of everyone's attention purely because of his talent and talent, and has also gained support.
Everyone felt touched by this point. Ishigami Hara has done a lot of work in the past few days.
Although they did not encounter any danger along the way, the crazy people of Kumogakure have sent many people into the Fire Country to spy on intelligence, and even went deep into the Fire Country.
And along the way, Ishigami Hara has found three similar intelligence teams.
The ability to detect the enemy's chakra fluctuations from several kilometers away is not unique in the ninja world, but it is indeed rare.
In this way, everyone has made contributions before going to the battlefield. For ninjas, there is nothing better than this.
This is just one aspect. During the whole process, everyone basically didn't see Ishigami Hara rest. Even if someone was arranged to keep watch, Ishigami Hara would only sleep for one or two hours and then keep watch together.
Such a leader is naturally reassuring for everyone. In just a few days, everyone's views on Ishigami Hara changed again and again, and it became a matter of course to support him.
Ishigami Hara did this not to win people's hearts. It was because he didn't need to rest for too long. His recovery ability was far beyond that of ordinary people, but others didn't know this.
Another point is that this is also Ishigami Hara fulfilling his own responsibilities. It is within his job, and there is nothing more to say.
Five minutes passed quickly. After everyone recovered some energy, they set off again. It didn't take long for them to enter the border of the Grass Country.
What they saw was a desolate scene. The impact of war on small countries is not insignificant. Abandoned fields could be seen everywhere, and even traces of battles in many places.
Following the designated route, the group arrived at the camp after about half an hour, and Ishigami Hara also met the frontline commander here—Orochimaru!
Yes, he had been transferred from the Rain Country a long time ago, and that place had now been handed over to Jiraiya, because the task here was heavier, and Nawaki had also arrived here, so it was naturally better for the master and apprentice to work together, and it was also convenient for Orochimaru to take care of him.
This series of arrangements must be made before Nawaki can master the Wood Release. It can be seen that Nawaki is highly anticipated by the village leaders.
"Welcome, Hara-kun, you've worked hard all the way," Orochimaru said.
Ishigami Hara nodded. "You're welcome, Lord Orochimaru. Where's Nawaki?"
Orochimaru shook his head. "He was injured in a previous battle and is recuperating now."
"Is it serious?"
"Fortunately, it's not serious. He'll be able to recover after a few days of rest. However, Nawaki has now become the target of Iwagakure shinobi and Kumogakure shinobi, and the camp has been under a lot of pressure recently."
There are more than 600 ninjas in the camp, some of whom were transferred from the Rain Country, and the rest have come from the village recently, but they are still stretched thin in the face of the alliance of Iwagakure shinobi and Kumogakure shinobi.
"Fortunately, Hara-kun arrived at this time; otherwise, I don't know how long we could hold on here."
Orochimaru said this, which showed how great the pressure had been during this period.
"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Orochimaru. I'll trouble you to arrange these people. I'll go see Nawaki first," Ishigami Hara said.
"Well, you should rest first, and we'll talk about the combat mission later."
"Okay."
Ishigami Hara didn't waste any words. After handing over the mission to Orochimaru, he went to the camp medical department. There were many wounded here, and Nawaki was one of them.
When he saw Nawaki again, Ishigami Hara couldn't help but smile, because Nawaki looked quite funny at this moment.
Both hands were wrapped in bandages, hanging in front of his chest, his face was still injured, and one eye was swollen.
This look didn't seem like the result of a battle but more like he'd been beaten.
"Let me tell you first, don't laugh."
Nawaki was very happy to see Ishigami Hara coming, but seeing Ishigami Hara's expression, his smile immediately withdrew.
"Okay."
Ishigami Hara's smile disappeared, his face returning to calm. He looked around at Nawaki and nodded, asking, "What's the matter? Why is your face like this?"
Speaking of this, Nawaki was a little indignant, so he said, "No, not that—"
"You are talking bad about me behind my back again?"
A scolding voice appeared, and a girl walked out of the tent behind Nawaki.
The girl had red hair, which was conspicuous, and wore a pair of glasses. She looked quiet, but she wore a Kusagakure forehead protector.
"Tsk, it was this guy who did it. She is obviously a member of the Uzumaki clan, but she has to work for Kusagakure, hum!"
Ishigami Hara raised his eyebrows.
At this time, the other party also saw Ishigami Hara and was dazzled by his handsome face at first, and then noticed Ishigami Hara's hair color, widening her eyes.
"You, are you also an Uzumaki?"