
After Sanada explained his plan to the members of team six, he proceeded to leave their neighborhood.
But of course, even if Sanada wanted to come back, no member of team six could detect it.
Sanada did not go to Konoha.
He went to the bandit hideout first, killed about 50% of the people there, and left a note saying.
"You have been found!"
It's a bit cliche, but Sanada doesn't have any other good ideas for now. He only hoped that the bandits and Kumogakure would be lured by those words and conduct a search around them.
If things get worse, Sanada will also consider leaving some traces of his students to the Kumogakure ninja.
. . . . . . .
the next day -
" Jase!! They shouldn't have gone that far!!"
Just like Sanada's prediction, the traces of the six team members were quickly discovered by the enemy, and now they were being chased by the bandits.
However, after a few months with Sanada, the six team members were now quite calm.
Even under the pursuit of hundreds of bandits, they could still remain calm and try to devise a suitable strategy.
Hibachi and Sakura lured a group of thirty bandits to a certain area where Ami had been waiting for them.
As the bandits set foot in the area, numerous chain explosions could be heard throughout the forest.
BOOM!!! BOOM!!! EXPLOSION!!!!!
In one full move, many bandits had lost their lives.
Sakura and Hibachi reappeared several meters away, and although their strategy worked, there was not the slightest bit of excitement on their faces.
"Sakura, from your calculations, how much longer do we have to stay here until Sanada-Sensei arrives?" ask Hibachi.
They had been chased for over three hours now, and even if they were able to eliminate their hunters at any moment, the number of bandits did not seem to decrease at all.
"I don't know... If it is just reporting, then it should be no more than a day. However, in Konoha's current situation, I think two or three days would be a good estimate."
Hearing this, the three knew that they had no other choice but to continue moving forward while hoping that they would not be found.
The group had just walked for five minutes when Hibachi suddenly stopped.
"Sakura, my blue ring octopus said that he found a group of ninja running towards us. From what he saw, there should be no less than ten people!"
"This fast..." Sakura bit her finger. He didn't know why, but from this morning, he found something strange about this pursuit.
The enemy was too fast, and it seemed like their every move was being carefully monitored by the enemy.
"If we try to run, I think we'll be exhausted by the end of the day. For now, our only option is to set up some traps and try to ambush him.."
Sakura knows the strengths and weaknesses of her teammates. And rather than trying to escape, their chances of winning would be much higher if they had a frontal confrontation.
Realizing that, Sakura could only shake her head helplessly. This mission was supposed to be a C-Rank, and they just had to wait for Sanada-Sensei. Who knew that a C-Rank mission like this would be so troublesome.
The three nodded at each other, and they began to set traps around them.
Soon Hibachi and Ami returned after they finished setting the trap. "Sakura, do you think this will work?"
"It should work, and if it doesn't, our situation will be much worse than I thought..."
Five minutes later, using the blue-ringed octopus as intel, the group was able to see that the Ninja group was approaching.
Sakura is not a sensor, but based on the way they move, Sakura can roughly estimate that her enemy is 1 Jonin, 2 Chunin, and 7 Genin.
Compared to their side that only had the Three Genins, they were completely outnumbered, both in quality and quantity.
Soon after, the Kumogakure ninja appeared. They obviously also knew that the other party was also a Ninja, but perhaps because they were overconfident, one of the Genin on the other side made a childish mistake.
He stepped on a landmine that had been placed by Ami before, and....
BOOM!!!!
A huge explosion occurred that harmed the enemy side of the four Genins and one Chunin. The other Chunin was also injured, but from his view, it seemed like it was just a small wound.
This will be the first time a six-member team faces a real Ninja in a life-and-death situation on its own without the presence of Sanada, and they cannot help but tremble a little.
While the opponent was still panicking, Sakura and the others did not waste this opportunity.
The three of them used Total concentration breathing which increased their speed, and by applying chakra to their legs, they flashed.
*Swoosh**Swoosh***Swoosh*
Three slashes and two Genins and one Chunin fell.
In an ambush, a trio of six teams were able to handle 90% of the enemy forces, leaving only Jonin left to deal with.
"Konoha is cowardly, shameless behavior!" The enemy leader felt so humiliated that he cursed out loud.
Perhaps because he was too angry, he forgot that everything was fine in love and war, and all that Sakura and the other two displayed was just a clever tactic.
Sakura and the other two wanted to settle this at once. Still making use of Total's concentration breathing, they rushed towards Jonin.
In the total concentration breathing mode, their speed gained a huge increase, but it was still not enough to deal with Jonin.
Jonin is able to repel the tree, and even Sakura and Ami receive a few blows to their stomachs.
#to be continue