Chapter 116: Fujiwara Tetsuya is forced to heal his wounds! Uzumaki Ashina's thoughts!
Several tens of minutes later!
The giant whirlpool created by the Water Dragon Bullet Technique finally subsided!
Other than a few shattered wooden planks, there seemed to be nothing left to prove the former existence of those Kumogakure Ninja!
On the ship not far away, Fujiwara Tetsuya stood on the deck, silently observing everything.
A slight smile played on his lips!
Because at this moment, the system notifications in his mind were constantly ringing!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing one Elite Chunin, gaining 93 Slaughter Points!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing one Jonin, gaining 253 Slaughter Points!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing one Jonin, gaining 208 Slaughter Points!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing one Elite Jonin, gaining 432 Slaughter Points!
...The system notifications rang out nine times in total!
Bringing Fujiwara Tetsuya a total of 2032 Slaughter Points!
Adding to his previous accumulation, his current Slaughter Points had successfully surpassed the 30,000 mark!
An Elite Jonin escaped, huh!
However, it doesn't matter!
After all, even he and Uchiha Mikoto managed to survive the deep-sea currents by luck!
For one out of ten Kumogakure Ninja to survive is not something difficult to accept!
"Senior Aoki! Senior Rinko!"
"After all this time, those Kumogakure Ninja haven't appeared!"
"It seems they've been completely buried at the bottom of the sea!"
"It's time for us to head back!"
At Fujiwara Tetsuya's gentle words, Senju Aoki and Suzuki Rinko both nodded.
The heavy ship, in the howling sea breeze, headed towards the Village in the northern part of Land of Whirlpools.
On the day they returned to the Village, Senju Aoki and Fujiwara Tetsuya, through the appropriate channels, sent news of the battle in the Northern Sea Area of Land of Whirlpools back to Konoha.
With so many Elite Ninja dead, even Hidden Cloud Village would feel the pain for a while.
In light of this achievement, the Hokage lineage should at least offer some tangible rewards as their prize.
Of course, the most important thing was that the Senju Clan people didn't need to come!
Otherwise, it would only further provoke Hidden Cloud Village, causing the Third Raikage to dispatch more elite Ninja.
That would not be good news, neither for Fujiwara Tetsuya's safety nor for the situation in Land of Whirlpools.
After all, for someone as uninhibited as the Third Raikage, no one could guarantee whether he would personally lead a team to Land of Whirlpools, and in a fit of rage, overturn the chessboard entirely!
"Uncle Watari! I'll leave the intelligence matters to you!"
The next morning, Fujiwara Tetsuya, Uchiha Mikoto, and the others gathered at the Village entrance, waving their hands as they watched the carriage gradually disappear into the distance.
After clearing out the Kumogakure spies hidden in the Village, they no longer needed to be cautious in everything they did, at least in the short term.
Sending messages to Whirlpool Village naturally no longer required them to go in person.
After much thought, Uzumaki Watari, who had once been a Genin, was the most suitable.
Presumably, after Uzumaki Ashina learned about the events in the Northern Sea Area, he would temporarily breathe a sigh of relief.
"Mikoto! Ryoui! Mokujin!"
"How are your injuries recovering?"
"Hidden Cloud Village suffered such a great loss this time, they won't let it go!"
"Before that, we need to quickly adjust our condition to peak level!"
After a night's rest, everyone's condition had improved considerably.
However, their faces were still pale, and it would indeed take some time to fully recover their combat strength.
"Tetsuya-kun! We'll be careful!"
"It's you though! Your injuries are the most severe among the four of us!"
"I've already recovered a good amount of Chakra, and can use Medical Ninjutsu for extended periods!"
With Torune Ryoui's gentle words, Fujiwara Tetsuya was led away, followed by a displeased Uchiha Mikoto.
As for Aburame Mokujin, he wisely walked away to a distance, playing with his insects alone.
Hmm, the unique loneliness of a single man...
Whirlpool Village!
As the situation in Land of Whirlpools deteriorated, the atmosphere in Whirlpool Village became increasingly heavy.
Even Uzumaki Ashina's personal intervention failed to reverse the situation.
In the Eastern Sea Area, Hidden Mist Village had increased its stakes.
In addition to Kaguya Kami Hachiryu, the Third Mizukage had dispatched another influential figure to Mist Island to take charge.
Accompanying him were a large number of Hidden Mist Elite Ninja.
On Mist Island and at several key strategic points in the Eastern Sea Area, the Whirlpool Ninja led by Uzumaki Shigeharu had clashed with Kaguya Kami Hachiryu more than once.
The two Quasi-Kage-level experts had mixed results, but there were significant casualties among the Genin, Chunin, Elite Chunin, and Jonin below the Quasi-Kage level.
Even seven or eight Elite Jonin-level experts had fallen.
Having suffered such heavy casualties, this high-pressure situation would continue until Hidden Mist gained an overwhelming advantage.
"Is that so! Less than four squads of Konoha Ninja actually managed to achieve this much!"
Inside Uzumaki Ashina's residence, Uzumaki Watari arrived there immediately after returning to Whirlpool Village.
He relayed everything about the Northern Sea Area to his respected Clan Head.
"Fujiwara Tetsuya is indeed an exceptionally outstanding brat!"
After learning everything, Uzumaki Ashina paid even more attention to the Konoha squad in the northern Village, especially Fujiwara Tetsuya.
Compared to the Ninth, Thirteenth... these four squads, the Konoha Ninja squads in the Southern and Eastern Sea Areas of Land of Whirlpools were as fragile as sheep!
"Yes, Clan Head!"
"Captain Tetsuya is indeed an extremely outstanding Ninja!"
"Wise, confident, calm, and exceptionally strong!"
"He will surely become a powerful Ninja in the future!"
Although Uzumaki Watari had never reached the Chunin level in his life, this did not hinder his improved discernment.
In his opinion, from the founding of Land of Whirlpools to the present, among the younger generation of the Uzumaki Clan, no one could compare to Fujiwara Tetsuya in terms of Ninja talent.
Not even Uzumaki Asashin, who was known as the first of the Uzumaki new generation during his youth, even when he was in distress.
"Good! I understand!"
"I will give serious consideration to the matters concerning Senju Aoki, Fujiwara Tetsuya, and these four squads."
"Watari, you've worked hard during this time!"
To cope with the upcoming situation, he had already sent people to the neighboring Land of Fire and Land of Bears to recruit rogue Ninja and bounty hunters.
However, this would take time.
Before that, the Konoha squad would still need to hold their ground in the northern Village.
Appropriate efforts to win them over were essential.
As for Konoha, Uzumaki Ashina had not sent anyone to request aid since Fujiwara Tetsuya's last visit.
The intentions of the Land of Fire's higher-ups were clear; forcing Konoha to take a side might exhaust the last bit of goodwill between Konoha and the Uzumaki Clan.
Mito, you must be in a lot of pain in Konoha right now!