Deterrence
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Lin Ke felt his heart and lungs working vigorously, his well-fed body rapidly converting energy into physical strength, and the Soldier Pills in his stomach dissolving at high speed...
In the time it took to take a breath, he stood up again. Although his face still showed fatigue, he wasn't as unbearable as he had imagined.
Just now, it was like lifting a heavy object in one breath, the feeling of exhaustion after using up all his strength. There was still plenty left that could be converted into physical strength. He had eaten breakfast in the morning and hadn't done any strenuous exercise since then, so he could definitely support another battle.
More importantly—
His Shadow Clones benefited from his own low Chakra levels when facing enemies, and from the start of the battle until now, he still had trump cards he hadn't revealed.
"..." Nara Yan Shui also swallowed a Soldier Pill, watching the Sand Ninja Village ninjas gradually approaching, but didn't take the initiative to speak. Standing in front of his employer was enough to prove his attitude.
The Sand Ninja Village Jonin, wearing earth-yellow Jonin armor and a black tight-fitting combat suit, with a cloth strip wrapped around his head and red paint on his right face, arrived on the scene with a hint of murderous intent.
"Our country's merchants have been killed." He looked at Nara Yan Shui's face and took the initiative to speak.
"The Land of Rivers officials in charge of bidding and other merchants participating in the bidding were all killed."
He glanced sideways at the Land of Fire merchant hiding behind the carriage, his buttocks exposed, his expression seeming to say: Why didn't the people from your Land of Fire die?
[Forty seconds left...]
Lin Ke calculated in his head how long the Stand metallic objects could exist. He had almost instantly killed his opponents in the previous battle, so there was still plenty of time. Even a Jonin-level person couldn't resist him extracting iron from their blood.
If it weren't for the Jonin's physical fitness, which allowed them to run swiftly even when oxygen-deprived with the help of Chakra, forcing him to manipulate the iron to form substantial blades to hinder their steps, and wasting a lot of physical strength in the struggle with their tough bodies and Chakra...
In short, if he acted immediately, separated the Jonin's shadow, and revealed his trump cards, taking care of the nearby Sand Ninja Village ninjas wouldn't be too difficult.
As for whether to kill Temari, Shikamaru's future wife... that's a joke, enemies deserve to die.
However, he didn't act rashly, turning his head to look at his superior—
It wasn't up to him to decide now.
Nara Yan Shui returned a reassuring look, his expression serious, and said, "Maki, are you trying to accuse us of being involved in this attack?"
So it really is Maki...
I didn't expect Yan Shui Teacher to be so unexpectedly tough.
Lin Ke tensed his muscles, carefully sensing the amount of Chakra, ready to form hand seals immediately. The Shadow Clone's seal was very simple and could be activated instantly.
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense.
Just as a fight was about to break out, Maki gestured to stop his subordinates from taking out their weapons, glanced at Lin Ke with a strange look, said nothing, and then disappeared in a flash.
The Sand Ninja Village ninjas followed and retreated. The female ninja holding the iron fan was the last to leave, her eyes sweeping over the three Konoha Village kids, as if trying to imprint them deeply in her mind.
"Yan Shui Teacher?" Lin Ke walked over with his two companions and asked in a questioning tone.
They had clearly reached the point of questioning, so why did they retreat in the end?
Before Nara Yan Shui could speak, the Land of Fire merchant, who was lying next to the carriage, saw that everyone had left and that there were a large number of horribly dead bodies nearby, and began to howl, "Ninjas over there! Come and protect me!"
He gave his three subordinates a helpless look and said, "That guy came a long time ago."
"Did you hear that? I'm injured, I'm injured!" The Land of Fire merchant raised his right hand, which was probably scraped on the ground, completely ignoring the two heavily injured samurai leaning against the carriage, unable to fall down.
"Thanks to you this time." Nara Yan Shui looked at Lin Ke and said, "You guys will be responsible for protecting him temporarily. I'll apply for support."
'He' naturally referred to the Land of Fire merchant who was still venting his fear with anger.
Lin Ke nodded, accepting this temporary responsibility.
Nara Yan Shui dragged his tired body over to comfort the merchant with a few words. The servants who hadn't died in the previous attack came out of the nearby shelters and, under his command, temporarily moved the surviving samurai to the first floor of the hotel across the street. The outside was too open, and if there were another attack, the opponent could use large-scale ninjutsu without any cover.
The people in the hotel across the street had been slaughtered yesterday, and since they weren't going to stay there, it wasn't a big problem to temporarily use the lobby on the first floor as a shelter and resting place.
He was clearly a ninja who made a living by assassination, but at the Jonin level, he could command a group of people in an orderly manner.
After arranging everything in a hurry, he jumped onto the roof and ran away.
[Not Instant Transmission, it seems Yan Shui Teacher's Chakra is indeed running low...]
Lin Ke was thinking.
"Boss?" Yuan Wei asked with some concern. He was really frightened when he saw his boss kneeling down just now.
"I'm fine." Lin Ke's breathing gradually evened out, his stamina already recovered to a certain level. Looking at his two companions, both sporting some injuries and looking exhausted, his tone softened slightly, "You two go upstairs and check if there are any lurking enemies."
The Jonin is temporarily detached from the group, the strongest combat power cannot leave the mission target.
He didn't just let his two companions enter the narrow environment upstairs to clear mines and die. He also sent out his Shadow Clone to follow them.
After his two companions began to act, Lin Ke imitated Nara Yan Shui's actions from a few days ago, staying within five meters of the Land of Fire merchant, silently refining a certain amount of Chakra, ready to form seals at any moment.
The Stand Jutsu metal products had long expired and dissipated, and there was no need to maintain the Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu for a long time. With the speed of forming seals that he had trained for a long time, a simple ninjutsu like the Clone Jutsu could be completed and released in an instant.
About five minutes later, after consuming a little more stamina, he knew that there were still lurking enemies upstairs—
At least to the point of taking action, so naturally they wouldn't be friendly forces or civilians.
Before long, the two who went upstairs to explore with the Shadow Clone returned.
"Hah...heh!" A heavily injured samurai lying on the floor of the hall suddenly gasped, then lost his breath.
The injuries were too severe, and he couldn't hold on.
Lin Ke couldn't waste his Chakra to heal him, so death came so quickly.
Xia hesitated and came over, saying, "Boss, I want to..." She glanced at the samurai lying on the ground waiting to die, wanting to go over and help treat their wounds and heal them.
As a Genin who wants to become a medical ninja, she usually studies medical knowledge, and the Chakra control ability required to use Chakra to heal others is not particularly high.
It's just whether to waste Chakra and energy to save other people's lives in this kind of situation
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