Chapter 071: The Uzumaki Clan

Six hundred billion explosive tags, if evenly distributed among an army of one hundred thousand, how many explosive tags would each person get?

The answer is six million.

One person could have six million explosive tags, and one explosive tag costs several thousand ryō, so six million explosive tags would be worth several hundred billion ryō. This is an astronomical figure.

Even Wang Bo might not be able to come up with several hundred billion ryō in silver, let alone a single person.

From this, it can be seen that Konan's six hundred billion explosive tags were definitely not purchased.

Because such a quantity of explosive tags could not exist in the ninja world.

If so many explosive tags appeared, they would inevitably cause market turmoil, driving the price of explosive tags down drastically, since when there is an abundance, things lose value.

But from the storyline, the price of explosive tags has never fluctuated much.

This is enough to prove that the vast majority of the six hundred billion explosive tags were made by Konan herself.

The Paper Release is convenient in this regard.

After Wang Bo had his ninjas bury the explosive tags, they activated them and quickly withdrew from the underground passage.

After a while, the explosive tags finally detonated.

In an instant, a rumbling sound echoed through the night sky, and clusters of flames shot up, illuminating the pitch-black night.

The traps that Konoha had painstakingly set were reduced to ashes in an instant.

The earth shook, the sky split, the entire ground continuously collapsed and caved in, huge dust clouds shot up, spreading out overwhelmingly.

Terrible waves carrying flames rushed mercilessly in all directions, leaving devastation in their wake.

Many ninjas guarding the traps were engulfed by the flames, screaming and wailing.

The cruelty of war was vividly displayed in an instant.

Konoha was thoroughly alarmed. Many ninjas rushed over, spewing out water dragons to extinguish the fire and save their comrades.

Nara Shikaku, drenched in cold sweat, watched as trap after trap was uncovered, gritting his teeth and saying, "Damn it, we've been outmaneuvered."

No one had expected the enemy to launch a large-scale attack from underground using explosive tags at night.

This tactic was too despicable. And judging by the scale, the enemy had used far too many explosive tags—so many that Konoha dared not even imagine it.

After all, from the power of the explosion, the number of explosive tags used in this blast alone could consume half of Konoha's finances.

As expected of the richest merchant in the world, truly a grand gesture.

After his initial anger, Nara Shikaku quickly calmed down and directed his ninjas to begin rescuing people, determined to save those caught in the explosion.

On the other hand, after the explosion, Wang Bo decisively gave the order to attack.

Hitting a dog when it's down is a classic tradition.

Under Wang Bo's orders, his men infiltrated the battlefield, assassinating Konoha ninjas who were preparing to rescue others. However, these assassinations were soon detected, as everyone was a ninja and assassination was all too familiar.

Moreover, Konoha had the Hyūga clan.

Their eyes could detect enemies from a 360-degree angle without blind spots, so it was impossible for Wang Bo's ninjas to evade them.

"Watch out, enemies!"

A Hyūga ninja spotted Wang Bo's men and shouted to alert nearby comrades.

But they soon realized that even with the warning, it was of little use, because Wang Bo's ninjas were simply too fast.

Shunpo, a movement technique that required no hand seals, was a huge advantage on the battlefield.

While Konoha ninjas were still forming hand seals to perform jutsu, Wang Bo's men had already teleported beside them, kunai in hand, easily slitting their throats.

Genin against genin, chūnin against chūnin, jōnin against jōnin.

Wang Bo's men held an overwhelming advantage.

This was mainly because the seal-less jutsu Wang Bo had invented were perfectly suited for this kind of combat: Shunpo for movement, Tekkai for defense, and Chōonken for killing.

Combining these three seal-less jutsu, ordinary Konoha ninjas were like leeks, easily mowed down by Wang Bo's men.

Just imagine.

Two ninjas meet on a narrow path, clashing with kunai.

Wang Bo's man appears out of nowhere, uses Shunpo to appear before a Konoha ninja, and stabs a kunai at his throat. The Konoha ninja retaliates by stabbing his kunai at Wang Bo's man's arm, intending to disable it.

But the Konoha ninja's kunai strikes Wang Bo's man's arm.

With a clang, sparks fly.

His kunai fails to harm Wang Bo's man, while Wang Bo's man easily slices his throat with his kunai.

This scenario occurred all too frequently on the ever-changing battlefield.

Before long, Konoha's casualties had grown to an alarming level. Their screams rose one after another, throwing Konoha into chaos.

Nara Shikaku immediately realized this could not continue and quickly dispatched high-level combatants to eliminate the enemy.

As soon as Uchiha Shisui moved, Bai appeared, blocking his path.

"The lord does not permit you to pass."

Uchiha Shisui's face darkened, knowing he had been stalled by Bai.

Meanwhile, Sarutobi Asuma and Hatake Kakashi had already joined the rescue effort. With their strength, killing a group of genin and chūnin was no problem.

But before they could kill many, a red-haired woman suddenly appeared before them and kicked them.

Bang! Bang!

Hatake Kakashi and Sarutobi Asuma were both sent flying.

The red-haired woman landed, and in the glow of the flames, her red hair was as bright as blood, causing Kakashi to pause, for he had seen such red hair on his master's wife.

"You are from the Uzumaki clan," Hatake Kakashi said gravely.

"Nice to meet you. I am Uzumaki Karin. I have been ordered by the lord to stop you," the red-haired woman said.

That's right, this woman was originally in the storyline the Uzumaki clan member who admired Uchiha Sasuke and formed a team with him—Uzumaki Karin.

When Wang Bo gathered the children, he also brought in Uzumaki Karin, and even her mother fell into Wang Bo's hands, becoming his subordinate.

With Wang Bo's help, the family lived a good life, so Uzumaki Karin was very grateful to Wang Bo.

Sarutobi Asuma shook his slightly numb arm and asked in confusion, "Konoha and the Uzumaki clan have always been distant relatives. Why are you helping the enemy fight against Konoha?"