Chapter 69: Frontline – This is Magnet Release!

Inside the Konoha frontline headquarters.

Minato Namikaze frowned, his eyes fixed on the map spread across the table in deep thought.

The door creaked open, and Minato lifted his head.

Upon seeing the person who had entered, a warm smile crossed his face.

"Mirai, you've finally arrived."

"Minato, it's been a while."

Mirai Uchiha greeted him and glanced at the map filled with markings. With a smile, he said, "Minato, it seems like the battle isn't going too smoothly."

Hearing Mirai's teasing tone, Minato sighed helplessly and nodded. "That's right."

"The Sunagakure ninja are skilled in using puppets and poison, causing us considerable casualties."

"To be honest, this situation has been quite concerning."

On the battlefield, the majority consist of genin and chunin, often determining the outcome of the entire battle.

But their offensive methods are the most basic.

Shuriken, Explosive Tags, close combat…

This fighting style happens to be exactly what Sunagakure puppet masters counter effectively.

Adding to that, the village recently reassigned a group of ninja from his command, worsening an already grim situation.

However, now with Mirai's reinforcements, the tide would surely turn.

Thinking about this, Minato looked at Mirai Uchiha curiously and asked, "Mirai, I heard the Fourth Raikage's arm was sliced off by you?"

"Don't bring that up again, I hear it and my head hurts."

Mirai Uchiha replied with a sigh.

So what if he'd sliced off A's arm?

Was everyone really going to confirm it personally with him?

"Truly impressive, A is a very powerful ninja."

Minato remarked thoughtfully.

He once encountered A's surprise attack squad during a mission, and the man's speed remained unforgettable even now.

A was a ninja whose strength rivaled his own.

Who would have thought someone like him would fall to Mirai?

Just months ago, when he sparred with Mirai, he felt completely in control.

Such terrifying talent almost made him envious.

Minato truly wondered how far Mirai would eventually grow.

"And what about the [Seven Swords of the Bloody Mist]…"

"Stop! Let's skip all these trivial matters. Why don't you tell me about the current situation instead?"

Seeing Minato's enthusiastic expression, Mirai quickly interrupted.

This blunt bragging wasn't his style at all.

"You're still the same as before, Mirai," Minato smiled. "No matter the time, you always carry such passion."

To think that even after such a prolonged war, Mirai could still maintain such determination.

In that case, he couldn't afford to fall behind either!

After a moment's thought, Minato Namikaze quickly filled Mirai Uchiha in on the current situation.

After listening, Mirai Uchiha snorted lightly, "Is that all there is to it?"

"Nothing worth getting worked up about."

Hearing Mirai's words, Minato Namikaze asked hopefully, "Mirai, do you have any good solutions?"

"If genin and chunin are suffering heavy losses against puppet users, then I'll just eliminate all the puppet users."

"Huh?" Minato blinked, surprised. He felt compelled to point out, "Mirai, the poison used by Suna's ninja was created by Chiyo. We still haven't found an antidote."

"If anyone gets poisoned, they're as good as dead."

Mirai waved a hand dismissively and turned toward the exit, "They can't touch me. Just wait for my report."

Watching Mirai Uchiha's departing figure, Minato Namikaze's originally suppressed mood became relaxed.

For some reason, whenever he faced Mirai, she always seemed almost godlike.

Standing there thinking for a while, Minato packed up his ninja tool pouch and walked out of the tent as well.

"I can't leave all the pressure on Mirai. I'll head out and see what I can do too."

———

In the rain.

Mirai Uchiha gripped a long katana and activated the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to its fullest sensor range.

Combining with the intelligence provided by Minato Namikaze, he quickly located several nearby ninja bases belonging to Sunagakure.

Densely packed, there were over thirty bases total, each positioned in a defensive pattern.

Once one base came under attack, ninjas from other bases could quickly rush over for reinforcements.

"Let's start from the center."

To save time, Mirai Uchiha flew directly through high altitudes to hover above the central base.

[Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!]

A massive fire dragon surged down from above, instantly engulfing the enemy base beneath a torrent of flames.

Screams rang out as several Suna ninjas, ablaze, rushed out of the base. Spotting Mirai Uchiha, they fired a signal flare into the sky with their dying breath.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Master for successfully obtaining the reward: Secret Art - Puppet Technique!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the Master for successfully obtaining the reward: Chakra +1!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the Master for successfully obtaining the reward: Physique +1!]

[...]

Bang!

A series of notification chimes rang out just as the signal flare burst across the night sky.

The earth beneath their feet began to tremble slightly.

Within moments, Mirai Uchiha found himself completely surrounded by a swarm of Sunagakure ninjas.

"What's going on? Only one Konoha brat here?"

"What were the scouts doing ahead? How did a Konoha ninja get this far?"

"Finish him off already! My man still wants to go back to sleep!"

Seeing that there was only Mirai Uchiha alone, the Sunagakure ninjas all felt somewhat uninterested.

No matter how he got here, against so many enemies, even with wings he wouldn't be able to escape.

"Is that really all you've got?"

Looking at the nearly two hundred Sunagakure ninjas surrounding him, Mirai frowned in disappointment.

After making such a huge commotion and waiting for so long, barely two hundred showed up?

"Hey kid, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"Just this many people? Arrogant bastard, are you looking down on us?"

"Tch! Crazy bastard, die already!"

The dozen or so Sunagakure ninja nearest to Mirai Uchiha simultaneously controlled their puppets and launched an attack.

In an instant, countless Senbon needles shot toward Mirai Uchiha from all directions, leaving him no room to dodge.

The Senbon glimmered with a dark purple hue—clearly laced with deadly poison.

The Sunagakure ninjas wore cruel grins across their faces.

They wanted to personally witness how this brat would be riddled with Senbon right before their eyes.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A series of metallic sounds rang out as a massive surge of Gold Dust erupted from beneath Mirai Uchiha's feet. It rose up into a golden wall, shielding Mirai Uchiha's body and blocking every single incoming attack.

At the sight of this, all the Sand ninjas present froze in place, disbelief plastered across their faces.

Gold Dust…

[Magnet Release!!!]

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