Chapter 71 - 71 (1/2)
Jiraya didn't expect that Sakumo would agree with such a ”crazy” plan. He and Ryo were willing to sneak into the Sand's camp and assassinate their Sensor Ninjas!
”I don't agree with this plan. You are the Commander in charge of the Wind Country battlefront. Leave this to me.”
”Jiraya, you don't trust my strength? Besides, I'm going in with Ryo. His Ice teleportation is becoming comparable to Minato's Flying Thunder God in many respects, and you've just seen his camouflage technique. If we're careful, we'll be fine even if we fail.”
Sakumo's words were obvious; he was indeed going this time, and Jiraya could only nod.
After the three agreed, Sakumo learned the Chakra Hiding secret technique from Ryo, and spent another day practicing it.
On the third night, Sakumo and Ryo started their operation. They planned to sneak into the Sand camp under the cover of night.
The two were still in Sakumo's tent when they hid their Chakra. Only the three of them should know about this operation, so they had to hide it even from their own Sensor Ninjas.
At night, Konoha's camp is patrolled mainly by the Aburame's insects, and those don't detect the two. If the Hyuga Ninjas doesn't receive a signal from the Aburame clan, they usually rest their Byakugans at night. So the two opened the barrier and left.
The Sand camp wasn't too far off of Konoha's. There was a small piece of desert between the two. It didn't take them long to get near the enemy.
”Sakumo san, hold on.” Ryo stopped the sprinting Sakumo from advancing.
”What's the matter Ryo?” Sakumo looked strangely at Ryo.
”We should wait some more before we take action. Most people sleep the heaviest between 2 and 3 in the morning. Even Ninjas should be relatively less alert at that time.”
Sakumo looked up at the location of the moon in the sky and agreed with Ryo's proposal.
At 1 am, the two began their operation. Sakumo looked for a weak spot in the Sand boundary around the camp, and then easily destroyed it.
Once they were in the Camp, the two used the shadows of tents to hide themselves.
With the infiltration being successful, Ryo started looking for the Ninjas with more spiritual power than that of other people.
Unlike Konoha, the Sand didn't have families that specialize in Sensor Ninjutsu. People with outstanding spiritual power were scattered among clans. Sakumo needed Ryo to identify and locate Sensor Ninja, so the two could only act together.
They infiltrated the camp from its left-most side. Ryo used his Clan's Telepathy to communicate with his leader, and the two started scanning the whole camp from left to right.
A Ninja is already much more vigilant than an average person. In particular, sensor ninjas have much more spiritual power. Therefore, they use that to perceive the world much more clearly.
But Sakumo and Ryo used the Sand Spy's technique to hide their Chakra. The sensor Ninja's throats were being cut one after anotherwith Ryo's Charka Scalpel.
As for Sakumo, he didn't use his usual Chakra infused blade, as that would emit white light. The target was just assassination, and he wasn't in battle.
Sakumo used an ordinary knife and harvested the enemies' lives under Ryo's guidance.