The torrential downpour, falling from the sky, was intercepted by the high opy of the forest, produg a tinuous pattering sound. Above the forest was a natural curtain of rain, while within the forest, tless streams of water, rge and small, trickled down.

  In this enviro, where humans might not have been seen for years, the Konoha reaissance squad entered the pursuit and interception of Amegakure ninjas.

  Fortunately, none of the pursuing enemies had "Rinnegan eyes." Unfortunately, the enemy's numbers were quite rge... The Konoha team was surrounded by enemies several times their number.

  This was, after all, the Land of Rain; the enemy's mobility was far superior to Konoha's.

  "We're surrounded, Captain Izayo, which way should we retreat?"

  Although Habara usually didn't himself with the team's decisions, now he had to.

  "Towards the Land of Rivers. Although the Land of Fire is closer, Konoha's forces are weaker in that dire. Correspondingly, Konoha's forward camp against Sunagakure is located in the Land of Rivers... Only by breaking through in that dire we possibly receive reinforts."

  "Reinforts, huh..."

  Iy, everyone khat their ces of receiving reinforts or a rendezvous were extremely slim.

  Izayo looked at Daigo, then stared at Habara and said, "Habara, I'm leaving it to you."

  Although Izayo didn't truly uand Habara's strength, she had seen all of his previous training.

  "Uood."

  Habara nodded, but at this moment, he didn't fully uand Izayo's entrustment.

  His gaze locked onto the enemy charging at the front, his mind rapidly calg. "If it's a prolonged battle, serving chakra is the most crucial thing. If my chakra runs out, it's all over. Taijutsu has the highest cost-effectiveness, but I don't know any fighting teiques, so... I guess I have to do it this way."

  A ninja with Habara's ordinary chakra amount had very few options to begin with. All his teiques were designed with low chakra ption in mind, and in this situation, he had to choose the lowest.

  So he once again drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

  For ninjas, the trajectory of something like a bow and arrow was easy to observe. Therefore, to ensure accuracy, even though Habara's arrow speed was very fast, he decided to let the enemy get within thirty meters before ung his attack.

  sidering that over y pert of ninja battles took pce within five meters, thirty meters was actually a very exaggerated attack range in parison.

  Habara's fingers suddenly released, and the iron arrow instantly pierced the curtain of rain. The enemy charging at the front was suddenly hit by this heavy arrow, and the barbs on the arrowhead deployed. The heavy blow, enough to pierce the enemy's body, was thus firmly locked onto him.

  The charging enemy was knocked back as if he had been hit by a flying kick, crashing into a tree behind him.

  Blood flowed from his plex wound, staining the surrounding area into a shallow pool of blood. The Wood Style: Cutting Teique was an exceptionally brutal ninjutsu, and Habara's "Binding Mistletoe God" was an imitation and optimization of it... Even if a wooden spear couldn't pierething, an iron arrow could.

  The enemy's first four-man squad was instantly reduced by ohe remaining three stopped iracks and looked at Habara.

  The three exged ghen uheir attack again.

  This time, they didn't charge in a loose formation, but instead formed a single file, simultaneously utilizing the plex obstacles in the forest to close the distah Habara and the others.

  And when the lead figure emerged from one side of a tree trunk, a sharp whistling sound instantly reached his ears.

  Habara's iron arrow was less than a meter from his torso.

  But at that moment, ah wall suddenly rose up in front of this enemy... It was Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall.

  The enemy had clearly anticipated Habara's attack.

  The deployed iron arrow caused the Earth-Style Wall to crach by inch, but it was ultimately blocked. The three enemies instantly burst out from behind it, charging directly at Habara.

  At such a close distance, Habara didn't have time to fire another arrow, so he had to use a more direct method to stop the enemy's attack.

  A mercury ball appeared in front of the lead enemy.

  The enemy absolutely couldn't know the power of Habara's jutsu, but he could at least sehe strong chakra within it. Yet, at this moment, his a almost made Habara freeze in pce.

  He directly spread his arms wide and embraced the silver ball, then kicked off the tree in front of him, forcefully ging his dire of movement.

  During this process, Habara's attack had already taken effect. By the time the enemy had just moved behind that tree, he had turned into a pile of minced meat.

  However, he had ultimately taken Habara's jutsu with him. Habara's "Mercury Lamp" had attached to the wrong pce.

  The remaining two enemies didn't directly ehe Mercury Lamp's attack range. On the trary, this thing's teer attack diameter even caused Habara himself a bit of interference... In such close quarters, it really wasn't suitable to release this kind of ninjutsu.

  The attack path of the remaining two enemies was finally unobstructed.

  Metal began to flow on Habara's body. He reparing for a CQC (Close Quarters bat) with the enemy.

  But the enemies, who had finally rushed over, once again made a move that was beyond Habara's expectations. They didn't assume any kind of proper attag sta all, but instead recklessly charged forward, as if they inteo directly embrace Habara.

  "No, could it be..."

  A suicide attack! Unfortunately, Habara uood a little too te. At this point, he could only mao turn his body sideways.

  Boom!

  A violent burst of fire rapidly spread through the dense curtain of rain. Caught off guard, Habara was directly blown away by the explosion.

  At this moment, the torrential rain was actually a favorable dition. The soft mud cushiohe impa Habara's body, and the rain and mud extinguished the fmes on him... Although he looked somewhat disheveled, he rolled irregurly across the muddy ground for a long distance, eventually crashing into a tree.

  Fortunately, he had defended his chest and abdomen. In this explosion, his fragile internal ans weren't injured. Instead, his entire right arm was blown to bloody shreds.

  Habara was just a rookie. Fag a succession of enemies stantly rushing towards him, he was somewhat flustered... Iy, he could have pletely avoided injury.

  He had uimated the enemy's determination.

  The Land of Rain was a small try that could exist, and Amegakure was a small ninja vilge that could stand to this day, naturally had its reasons. And this reason was very simple and direct, that was... that was, Amegakure ninjas were more willing to die without hesitation.

  Whether it was "the barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes" or "the reckless are afraid of the desperate", they were not afraid of death and did not begrudge it, exceptionally quiet and incredibly crazy.

  They had nothing to lose but their lives, so they put their lives oable every time...

  Take it if you will.

  Just...

  Be careful not to get pricked.