Naruto: All My Targets Are Ninjutsu

Chapter 188 Obito's Dissatisfaction, Orochimaru's Scheme

Orochimaru clearly realized that Mikami Yu was covering for Obito, while Obito had reservations about his plan.

But Orochimaru didn't care.

after all----

A ninja who barely managed to become a Chunin after graduating from the Ninja Academy more than a year ago, a loser even within the Uchiha clan, how dare he criticize the battle plans he devised?

If it were Mikami Yu or Nara Shikaku raising the questions, Orochimaru could patiently explain or consider whether he needed to modify his strategy based on their opinions. But Obito—

Hmph, the wisdom of mortals.

It's a loss for him to even say a single word to someone with such low intelligence.

present.

Orochimaru turned his gaze to Nara Shikaku: "Shikaku, I've also carefully considered the uncertainty you mentioned. To ensure the plan's success, Konoha must first engage in a direct confrontation with Sunagakure, and then withdraw at the opportune moment—"

"I plan to go see Jiraiya later to discuss this in detail. If you don't have anything else to do, you can come with me. We should be able to come up with a solution that is suitable in all aspects."

Well—strictly speaking, Jiraiya is also a dim-witted idiot. The same question Obito just raised could also come up with in Jiraiya, and Orochimaru would have to explain it to him.

Therefore, Orochimaru planned to ask a smart person to help him persuade Jiraiya.

Nara Shikaku was fully aware of this, and after a brief silence, he nodded in agreement: "I understand."

"it is good."

Orochimaru nodded slightly, then looked at Mikami Yu and the others: "As for the rest of you—your mission is to set up traps on the high ground, passes, and possible retreat routes of Sunagakure on both sides of Kikyo Mountain, in preparation for the subsequent ambush."

"Before your arrival, I had already conducted a simple survey of the terrain in this area and drawn a map. I will give this map to you later so that you can conduct a more in-depth survey and choose suitable locations for deployment."

"In this regard, you can consult Maruhoshi Kosuke; he has a lot of experience."

When his name was called, Kosuke Maruboshi nodded with a smile.

As a veteran genin of Konoha, Kosuke Maruboshi personally participated in both the First and Second Shinobi World Wars and survived both wars, theoretically enough to live until Naruto's adulthood. Such extensive frontline combat experience is rare even in the entire village of Konoha.

Orochimaru knew this, which is why he specifically included him in the team. Otherwise, with the latter's strength, he could have easily taken on more frontline missions.

After a series of tasks have been assigned.

Orochimaru waved his hand, signaling Nara Shikaku to stay and discuss the matter, while the others, including Mikami Yu, went out with maps to survey and plan the layout.

Until we left those stone chambers.

Obito finally couldn't hold back any longer and called out to Mikami Yu, annoyed, "Hey, Yu, why did you stop me just now! That guy's plan was completely unreasonable!"

"—First of all, you have to call him Lord Orochimaru."

Mikami Yu corrected Obito's form of address, then let out a sigh and said, "Secondly, since you think that tactic is unreasonable, do you have a better plan?"

"----No."

Obito shook his head decisively: "I just think there's something wrong with this plan. Why should we be able to decide the life and death of our comrades stationed at the border with just a few words and some seemingly legitimate reasons?"

"If we switched places with them, wouldn't we also become 'necessary sacrifices' without even knowing it? That's so unfair!"

Upon hearing this, Asuma and Kurenai turned their heads one after the other, seemingly having the same thoughts, but hadn't dared to say them aloud.

Especially Asma.

As a rebellious youth of the Sarutobi clan, a subtle thought arose in his mind: if he weren't the son of the Third Hokage—where would he be assigned now? Would he be like those ordinary ninjas, filling in the gaps on the front lines, waiting to be "sacrificed"?

If so, wouldn't that be considered an abuse of power?

I feel a little uneasy.

Don't overthink it.

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Mikami glanced at the group, his expression calm: "War is inherently accompanied by death. Since you don't have a better plan, you can only proceed with this second-best option for now, and try to consider each step carefully and do your best to minimize potential casualties."

"If you're strong enough to single-handedly defeat the entire Sunagakure force, then you can say whatever you want, and we'll all listen to you."

In theory, no one in Konoha should be able to do this yet.

Even Minato Namikaze is the same.

Although the "Spiral Flash Super Wheel Dance Roar Three Styles" is very powerful and can kill dozens of enemies at once, Minato Namikaze's chakra is finite and he cannot use this technique indefinitely. If thousands of Sand Ninja swarm him, he may not be able to kill them all before his chakra runs out.

Besides, Minato Namikaze is currently engaged in a confrontation with Kumogakure on the northeastern border, so he won't be able to get over there anytime soon.

Obito was clearly still not convinced.

However, given Kenji's intelligence, he couldn't think of anything to refute Mikami Yu's words, so he could only quickly shut his mouth, his face turning red, and follow him and Nohara Rin to survey the terrain.

Next.

They spent a whole day walking around the main part of Kikyo Mountain, along with the surrounding area, comparing the actual terrain with the map Orochimaru had given them, and roughly figuring out the situation.

"It seems that the overall terrain of Mount Kikyo is an irregular U-shape. What Orochimaru wants to do is to lure the Sand Village into the interior of this U-shape, cut off the entrance, and use the terrain advantage to block the Sand Village behind with a small force, and then devour the Sand Village that has fallen in."

Yu Mikami looked at the map spread out on the stone, now with added annotations, and pondered.

It's clear that Orochimaru's plan wasn't something he came up with on a whim, but rather the result of careful consideration. Overall, it has no major problems and a high probability of success.

only----

"Yu, those places we just passed seemed to have villages, and a little further away there's a Kikyo Castle—"

Nohara Rin crouched down, her fingertips brushing over a few inconspicuous ink dots on the edge of the map, and sighed softly: "These places are too close to the U-shaped battlefield. If we fight the Sand Village forces, the people living in these villages and towns will probably—"

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