Chapter 070: Detonating Tags

Haku did not try to defend himself; instead, he swiftly retreated, attempting to escape.

Although he was powerful, no less than any Kage-level strongman, there were now too many experts. Uchiha Shisui was also a Kage-level expert, roughly equal to him in strength.

There was also Might Guy, the user of the Eight Gates. Once he opened the seventh gate, he could suppress Haku.

Adding in Hatake Kakashi, Sarutobi Asuma, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio of Konoha, honestly, if they hadn't intended to kill him, he would have been in danger just now.

So after breaking free, Haku did not think about revenge but instead tried to escape as quickly as possible and return to the army.

Then, with the help of over a thousand ninjas, they could unite and crush this group.

But Haku was fast, and Uchiha Shisui's group was not slow either. Seeing Haku retreat, they knew he wanted to flee and chased after him at super speed.

Since they couldn't bind Haku, they had to kill him.

Without their commander, the ninja army would surely fall into chaos.

Then they could attack together and, at some cost, annihilate this group entirely.

Unfortunately, they were fast, but Haku was faster and had more tricks.

Void Step!

With a few steps, Haku reached the high sky, escaping the encirclement of everyone present and fleeing gracefully.

Leaving Uchiha Shisui and the others staring helplessly. They were indeed powerful, but unfortunately, none of them could use flying ninjutsu, so they could only watch Haku leave gracefully.

Hatake Kakashi's eyes flickered a few times, and finally he sighed, "This is going to be troublesome."

Nara Shikaku nodded, "Let's go back and tell the Hokage that this war must be handled with caution."

When Haku broke free from the Konoha ninjas' encirclement and returned to the army, he unexpectedly found an extra person there—his direct superior.

So Haku quickly ran over, "Sir, you're here."

Wang Bo said, "You've worked hard, Haku."

His subordinates were about to overthrow Konoha, so Wang Bo naturally couldn't sit back in the rear; he had to be on the scene. After all, a broken ship still has three nails, and Konoha was not a broken ship yet.

Although Konoha was declining under Sarutobi Hiruzen's leadership, it still had its foundations.

Not to mention others, just Might Guy alone was enough to give Haku and his group a hard time.

If Might Guy disregarded his own death and opened the Eighth Gate of the Eight Gates at a critical moment, he could annihilate the entire army of over a thousand ninjas, including Haku.

And Wang Bo certainly wouldn't allow that to happen. So before the war began, he arrived at the front lines, but unexpectedly witnessed a good show.

Konoha had sent a group of ninjas to capture Haku, aiming for maximum victory at minimal cost.

How greedy.

But Wang Bo thought it wasn't wrong. If it were him, he would probably do the same. If Nara Shikaku couldn't even think of that, he wouldn't be a qualified strategist.

Unfortunately, they still underestimated Haku, causing the plan to fail.

So next, it would be a hard battle.

Bai briefly recounted what had just happened to him, then asked, "My lord, Konoha has set up an inescapable net ahead. What should we do now?"

Wang Bo said calmly, "I know, but it doesn't matter. Tonight, we'll give Konoha a surprise."

Bai was taken aback and said, "My lord intends to launch a night raid on Konoha?"

"That's right." Wang Bo nodded and said to Bai, "Gather some ninjas who are skilled in Earth Release."

Over the years, aside from teaching the kids no-handseal ninjutsu, Wang Bo had also purchased other techniques for them to learn. These techniques were very practical in certain aspects, and even Wang Bo himself had learned some.

Following Wang Bo's orders, Bai soon gathered over a hundred Earth Release ninjas.

Wang Bo assembled these ninjas and held a brief meeting in a room.

During the meeting, Wang Bo displayed one by one the traps set by Konoha, all of which he had observed earlier.

Konoha's traps could fool others, but not Wang Bo.

"From now on, your only task is to dig tunnels—dig tunnels from here to the traps, then fill the tunnels with explosive tags, blow them up, and destroy the traps. Can you do it?"

The ninjas nodded one after another, indicating no problem.

Perhaps digging tunnels would be very hard for ordinary people, but they were ninjas, proficient in Earth Release; digging tunnels was too easy.

One Earth Release technique could form a tunnel.

Thus, urged by Wang Bo, over a hundred ninjas got busy. After a day of digging, they quickly carved out an underground network of passages beneath the ground.

Above these passages were the traps laid by Konoha ninjas.

Many ninjas were also guarding these traps.

Following Wang Bo's instructions, the ninjas left explosive tags in the underground spaces. Once detonated, the ground would collapse and sink, and all the traps would be destroyed.

Even the guards would be done for.

If Wang Bo weren't wealthy, he wouldn't have been able to execute such a tactic, after all, explosive tags cost money.

One explosive tag had power comparable to a high-level Fire Release technique from a jonin, but its price was relatively high—a few thousand ryo for ordinary quality, and over ten thousand for better quality.

This was entirely the way the rich fought.

For this battle, Wang Bo purchased several hundred thousand explosive tags, costing tens of billions of ryo. Even Wang Bo, who didn't care about money, found it shocking.

This was already a year's profit for Wang Bo.

In the original story, Konan used six hundred billion explosive tags against Obito Uchiha. She was truly the richest woman in the ninja world.

Wang Bo felt inferior.

Even with Wang Bo's current wealth, if he spent all his money, he still couldn't afford those six hundred billion explosive tags.

But thinking carefully, Konan's bloodline limit was Paper Release, and Wang Bo felt relieved.

With Paper Release, Konan could produce explosive tags as easily as eating and drinking. The six hundred billion explosive tags were probably mostly made by Konan alone.

Otherwise, the Akatsuki organization simply couldn't come up with that much money to buy six hundred billion explosive tags.

After all, the Akatsuki had nearly driven Kakuzu crazy over money, killing people everywhere to raise funds. It was clear that the Akatsuki wasn't so wealthy that they could casually spend a fortune on six hundred billion explosive tags.

Moreover, during the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Allied Shinobi Forces totaled only one hundred thousand ninjas.