Chapter 36 Reinforcements and the End

“They’re going to run.”

“Stop them.”

"Don't let them get away"

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One after another, the sounds rang out on the battlefield.

Obviously, Qingming was not the only one who discovered the Rock Ninjas' intentions.

Some people tried to stop him, but Qingming remained unmoved.

He has already contributed enough in this battle, and now that things are almost stable, he really doesn't want to create any more trouble.

However, since the Iwagakure Village chose to retreat, it means that Konoha's reinforcements have arrived, or are not far away.

As I was thinking this, a huge monster suddenly appeared from the cliff in the distance.

It was a giant poisonous snake with horns on its head and purple stripes all over its body. Its ferocious eyes were filled with the pressure of a top predator.

"Ten thousand snakes!"

Qingming murmured.

That’s right, this giant snake is none other than the spiritual beast from Longdi Cave - Wanshe.

As for how Qingming recognized him?

It was very simple. Right above its head, between the two horns, stood a sinister man with golden vertical pupils, purple eyeshadow, and pale skin.

If it’s not Orochimaru, who else could it be?

In this way, combined with the image of a giant snake, its identity can be easily guessed.

If nothing goes wrong, this will be the first batch of reinforcements.

What Qingming didn't expect was that Orochimaru would come in person.

You know, the other party is the commander-in-chief of Konoha in the Rain Country battlefield. It is really inappropriate for him to leave the base camp so rashly.

However, when Qingming thought of the other party's strength, he felt relieved.

As one of the three ninjas, Orochimaru's strength is definitely not weaker than any Kage-level strongman.

With such strength, who can do anything to the other party in such a hurry?

What's more, this place is not far from Konoha's base in the Land of Rain. If they really encounter an ambush, Orochimaru only needs to delay a little time and support will arrive soon.

In this way, a short absence from the base camp is nothing.

Moreover, with the presence of Ten Thousand Snakes, the opponent can reach the battlefield in the shortest time possible and control the situation with absolute strength.

In this way, we can not only buy time for subsequent reinforcements, but also reduce our own casualties.

Killing two birds with one stone, why not do it?

Afterwards, things developed pretty much as Qingming had expected. Orochimaru calmed the situation as soon as he appeared, and with just a few simple ninjutsu he stopped more than a dozen Iwagakure jonin.

In this way, if we count the people who were stopped by other Konoha jonin, just in terms of jonin, almost half of the jonin who attacked from Iwagakure were left behind.

In addition, dozens of Iwagakure Chunins were stopped.

Obviously, Orochimaru's personal arrival was beyond the expectations of the Iwagakure Village and disrupted their plans.

Otherwise, the Iwagakure Village was well prepared and should not have retreated so hastily.

That's right, it was hasty.

Otherwise, how could so many people be left behind?

The whistle just now should be an order for an emergency retreat.

That is why, after hearing the whistle, the Iwagakure Chunin who was fighting with him changed his face drastically and ran away in a hurry.

This is the role of a top-level strongman; just one person can change the situation of a battle.

The Iwa Ninja, who was so majestic just now, turned into a stray dog ​​in the blink of an eye and was chased away.

However, Qing Ming had no intention of kicking the man when he was down. After making sure the surroundings were safe, he took out the ointment and bandages for treating external injuries from his ninja tool bag and began to treat his injuries on his own.

Although he did not suffer any serious injuries in the previous battle, he had a lot of superficial injuries. If he was not treated quickly, there might be some trouble.

Tap tap tap~
There was a sound of footsteps.

Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko walked over from not far away.

Qing Ming looked up and saw that the two men also had many wounds on their bodies and their faces were pale. However, this was not caused by excessive blood loss, but was caused by being frightened by the scene in front of them.

At this time, the battlefield was littered with broken limbs, blood and flesh, and with painful groans coming from time to time, it was considered good enough to be able to stand.

Qingming took a rough look and found that there were about two hundred surviving middle and lower ninjas on the Konoha side, which was about two-thirds of the previous number.

It may seem like a lot, but don't forget that this battle only lasted a dozen minutes.

Moreover, those Rock Ninjas specifically target and kill Genin.

Therefore, among the more than 200 survivors, most of them were Chunins, and the death rate of Genin was definitely more than 50%.

Among these 50%, more than half are novice Genin.

Just think about it, there are corpses all over the ground, most of them are classmates you know, how would that feel?
Qingming was better off. He was not familiar with these people, so he didn't feel deeply about them.

But Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko are different.

The former is good at socializing and has good relationships with many classmates, while the latter is more meticulous and remembers everyone.

In this case, one can imagine how great the psychological pressure is.

"Qingming, do you think we will die on the battlefield one day?"

In the silence, Ryosuke suddenly asked.

"No"

Qing Ming was about to say "No", but he opened his mouth but no words came out.

As for the Third Ninja World War, its brutality was no less than any other Ninja World War.

It is still in the early to middle stages of the war and the casualty rate is not too high, but when Konoha is pushed to the village gate, it will be tragic!

Not to mention the middle and lower ninjas, even the upper ninjas died in large numbers.

Qingming couldn't even be sure that he could survive to the end, so how could he tell Liangjie that the other party would not die?

After a long silence, Qing Ming said: "Don't think too much, just try your best to live"

“Try to Live”

Ryosuke murmured and said no more.

Time passes minute by minute.

About five minutes later.

The second batch of reinforcements arrived.

This time, there were not only combatants but also quite a few medical ninjas.

As the first village to establish a relatively complete medical ninja training system, Konoha has more medical ninjas than any other major ninja village.

Therefore, the survival rate of the injured is much higher than that of several other ninja villages.

Just like now, those medical ninjas, under the protection of some combat ninjas, quickly roamed around the battlefield, using medical ninjutsu to treat those injured ninjas.

Those with minor injuries can recover on the spot, and those with serious injuries can temporarily save their lives.

Seeing the skin injuries on his body recovering quickly, Qingming decided that he must learn some medical ninjutsu in the future no matter what.

There's no way, medical ninjutsu is just too convenient.

As long as there is enough chakra, some minor injuries and illnesses can be easily cured.

Qingming doesn't think that he won't get hurt later, so it's better to be prepared.

Of course, if one could raise the physical attributes to a high enough level so that the body had a certain degree of self-healing ability, then medical ninjutsu would not be necessary.

But that was all a long time in the future. The battlefield was so dangerous that I had to learn one or two medical ninjutsu to save my life.

"All right!"

The medical ninja in front of him removed his hand from Qingming's shoulder and instructed: "Don't touch water or do strenuous exercise in the next few days. You will be fully recovered in about three days."

"Thank you!"

Qing Ming thanked him sincerely.

"You're welcome."

The medical ninja replied, then quickly walked towards the other injured person.

(End of this chapter)