Chapter 51 - 51 (1/2)
Medical Ninjas need to carry around a large number of medical devices, so they move around slower than combat Ninjas. Although Ryo and Jiraya left Konoha together, Ryo ended up falling behind a few days later.”Captain, we have just left the safe zone. We are no longer that far from the battlefield.” Said a ninja of the medical squad.
”Ming, use your Byakugan to investigate what's in front of us. If there is no enemy in range, we'll advance. Be careful.”Said Ryo to Ming Hyuga.
He nodded and opened his Byukugan and observed their surroundings, Ryo was also cautious about the surroundings and examining them himself.
”Captain, No enemies found within 1 Km ahead.”
”Ming, we'll do this every Km. We don't want to accidentally fall in an ambush!” Ryo knew that the Medical Unit was particularly important to the Ninjas on the battlefield of the Wind country, so he was really careful.
The unit continued to move forwards. Every Km, Ming would explore the surroundings to confirm safety. After going 5 kilometers in, he found Sand Ninjas waiting for them in an ambush.
”Captain, I found Sand Ninjas in front of us, 27 of them!”
”Stop! Maan, go ahead, and try to find out their team composition.” Ryo made everybody stop and sent Maan Uchiha ahead.
Ryo knew well that Maan was a strong Ninja. After all, they've fought each other before. Over the course of the few past days, they both have been chatting and Ryo learned that he opened the 3 dotted Sharingan.
Realizing this, Ryo felt both envious and helpless. After all, his Sharingan didn't make any progress over the past two years.
Soon Maan was back. ”Captain, in the front, there is a sensor ninja, there are 5 Jonins on that team, and the leader is an elite Jonin for sure. The rest should be Chunin level.”
Ryo made an assessment of power gap between the two teams. Five of the enemies are Jonins, the leader is an elite one. Counting the Medical Ninjas who can use Ninja Scalpels, the teams are close to equal in combat level.
”One Ino-Shika-Cho team stays behind with 7 fighting ninjas to protect the medical team. The medical team members who can use Ninja Scalpels will come with me to ambush Sand Ninja.” Ryo assigned everyone with the tasks fitting their skills.
In fact, Ryo could have chosen to try to avoid this ambush and continue to advance. However, he knew that if they were caught by that team, they would suffer great losses due to the presence of weaker members on his team. As a captain, he had the responsibility to protect his men.
And his decision was relying on the presence of the Byakugan on his team that can grasp the enemies' movements and allow him to attack when appropriate.
Seven members of the medical team knew how to use the Chakra Scalpel. Along with 23 fighting Ninjas who came with Ryo, they took hidden spots to ambush the enemy with the help of Ming. Ryo alone was in front of everyone.
Soon after Ryo and the others made their ambush, the Sand Ninjas appeared. They obviously also knew that there were Ninjas that were coming their way. Ryo hid his presence using the technique he obtained from the Sand Spy at the Women's Hot Spring Hotel.
This was the 1st time that Ryo used this secret ability of his family, which allows him to learn Ninjutsu just by reading minds.
Because of this, the Sand's Sensor Ninja didn't find him. After the Sand Ninja went beyond him, he condensed a Ninja Scalpel, and entered the Ice elementization mode, then activated his Lightning Chakra mode.
With the Ice-Lighting Chakra mode, he blinked and appeared behind the Sand's Sensor Ninja, slitting his throat.
The Sand Ninja who were protecting their Sensor companion were fast to attack Ryo; Shurikens were thrown at him from every direction.