Whilst setting up his tent, Kazuo’s mind was like a typhoon of thoughts as he replayed the battle over in his head again and again, finding anything he could have done better and trying to find a solution.
Kazuo had first set up a complete array of papers around the surroundings in a fifty-meter radius.
Then he had created a paper clone and masked his own presence at the same time, making the enemy as well as his own subordinates think that the clone was him.
The paper array had then been used to create the darkness illusion that the enemy root ninja had been trapped in.
However, that wouldn’t have been enough to fool or keep the root ninja inside, so he had targeted the strongest enemy right from the beginning.
The paper clone that had been attacked had been laced with his own yin release chakra, which he had used to slightly influence Torune’s brain and cause it to become exhausted at a much quicker rate than usual.
Of course, his yin manipulation was great, but his illusions based on yin chakra were still lacking. The only reason the entire thing worked was because of the physical illusion of the papers he had arranged in the surroundings ahead of time.
A few turns later, after the enemy broke free of the darkness illusion, Kazuo had repeated the process and added another layer.
The desolate battlefield illusion had been another paper layer arranged around the darkness illusion layer, essentially making an illusion on top of another illusion, on top of the slight illusion from the yin release chakra in Torune’s chakra system.
All of these preparations had led to Torune not even managing to move a single step before he had already been killed.
‘The biggest possible downfall of this arrangement of techniques is the Yin illusion. I need to master more illusion jutsu so that I can research deeper into the mechanics of how they work,’ Kazuo thought to himself as he finished setting up the green tent.
“You three will take turns watching, each turn consisting of two hours,” Kazuo said to the three Chunin before walking inside his tent and lying down.
An added bonus to the yin-release chakra mastery was the fact that he could use it to forcefully put himself to sleep instantly.
Exactly six hours later, Kazuo woke up instantly and got up from his makeshift bed on the ground.
Using three hand signs, he quickly sealed the bed as well as the tent.
“Wake them up,” Kazuo announced as he pointed to the sleeping teammates.
It didn’t take more than three minutes for the entire team to be ready to start their run toward the Fire Capital again.
Kazuo didn’t even need to clean up the two charred bodies, as the Chunin had already done that while he was asleep.
‘Having subordinates is nice, if only they were more capable,’ Kazuo thought to himself, feeling the need to release a sigh.
Hours passed once more, just like yesterday, but their speed had increased slightly from the day before.
It seemed the ambush had put the three Chunin on edge.
‘I guess I should ask them,’ Kazuo thought as he turned his head slightly.
“What are your names?”
Immediately after his question, the three replied.
“Chunin Yajiro Kasuma.”
“Chunin Kisuke Korra.”
“All right, we’re close to the Fire Capital and should arrive there in a few minutes. Don’t stress yourselves out. You just need to cause a distraction after I send you the signal,” Kazuo said.
“How will you send the signal, Captain?” Yajiro questioned.
A moment later, Kazuo threw three paper balls their way.
“These will change color when I send the signal.”
“I see,” Azuma replied with a nod before returning to silence once more.
The four of them continued on for around half an hour until they arrived at a location where the gates of the Fire Capital were visible.
“We will not be entering normally but sneaking in. This would usually not be possible; however, someone from the inside will help us by masking our chakra on the chakra sensors. That still means that we shouldn’t be seen physically, however,” Kazuo said before taking a harsh breath and turning to face the three Chunin.
“You three will be heading to the right corner of the capital. That area is a tourist attraction and thus an important part of the city. Your job is to simply cause as much distraction as possible while keeping the casualties as low as possible. Preferably, there should be no casualties at all,” Kazuo said as he pressed two fingers on his wrist, summoning forth around thirty smoke bombs and handing ten to each of the Chunin.
“Now get going and keep an eye on the paper ball. When I send the signal, start immediately,” Kazuo ordered, causing the trio to quickly nod their heads in understanding.
With a nod of his own, Kazuo used the Body Flicker Jutsu immediately to head to the completely opposite corner where the trio would be causing the disturbance.
The three were left standing as they saw Kazuo disappear in an instant.
“Is he really just a Jonin?” Kisuke questioned as his gaze lingered on Kazuo’s previous location for a moment.
“It doesn’t matter what he is. Let’s get going,” Yajiro responded, causing both Kisuke and Azuma to give a quick nod.
A moment later, the three had already disappeared from their position.
Meanwhile, Kazuo was already inside the Fire Capital and perched on top of a small building, his figure completely obscured by the use of paper illusions.
‘This place really is much more advanced than the Leaf,’ Kazuo thought as he looked at the bustling city around him.
The buildings appeared to be made of much higher-quality materials and seemed to have been designed by a far greater architect than those in the Hidden Leaf.
The people below were much better dressed than the usual Leaf villagers as well.
Turning his gaze away from the street below him, Kazuo looked at the building across the street: a large Japanese-style mansion.
Two guards who looked like samurai were stationed at the gates, while more than a dozen could be seen in the courtyard of the building.
‘I guess the time has come. The time for my beautiful art to be shown to these mongrels,’ Kazuo thought as a devilish smile rose on his face.
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From Chapter 1, getting killed as a nobody Genin to becoming a fearsome Jonin in Chapter 99.
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