Naruto: I Survived Two Wars Without You, System!

The smile on Kei Yamanaka's face brightened even further.

In the original canon, merely having various types of Sage Chakra was already a major threat to both Six Paths Mode and the Otsutsuki Clan.

So what if it were upgraded to pure Sage Energy condensed from Natural Energy?

Hehehe~!

Isn't Momo Otsutsuki all about absorbing ninjutsu?

Go ahead—try absorbing Big Bro's Sage Art and see how that tastes!

"Man, my luck lately has been on fire!"

Kei glanced at the increasingly deep blue aura of fortune surrounding him. While he was riding high on luck, he immediately used the two Keyword Draw chances he had just obtained.

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Gray-Rank Skill Listing: 'Hard Landing', and Gray-Rank Skill Listing: 'Auntie's Overtime'.]

Hard Landing (Gray): The earth's love comes at a heavy cost. When jumping from any height, the risk of failed slow-fall techniques, slipping, misstepping, muscle strains, or cramps skyrockets; the chance of fractures slightly increases.

Auntie's Overtime (Gray): The Earth won't blow up, so Auntie won't take a break. Influenced by mysterious forces, aside from seven days in the middle of each month, daily blood loss will not drop below 20 milliliters for the rest of the month, along with various negative effects like abdominal pain, lower back pain, cold body sensations, overall weakness, and emotional instability.

"...Who the hell has this kind of luck?"

Kei's expression turned incredibly complicated.

He really hadn't expected karma to hit him this fast.

He had barely said his luck had been good recently, and then boom—two Gray-Rank Skills handed straight to him?

Still, compared to White-Rank Skills, these Gray-Rank ones might actually be more useful to him.

At least they'd be easier to give away—more people qualify compared to White-Rank Skills.

[Hard Landing] is perfect for those ninja-world folks who love hopping onto high places all the time.

Only someone with strong life force survives the landing!

If your life force isn't strong enough, a few bone fractures could finish you off for good!

[Auntie's Overtime] isn't bad either. He could give that to Chiyo next time he saw her.

Come to think of it, Chiyo should already be in her fifties. Wonder if she's gone through menopause yet?

If she had already stopped menstruating, and suddenly started bleeding nonstop again, wouldn't she think she caught some terminal illness?

Wait a second...

This skill just says the bleeding is caused by mysterious forces... doesn't say *where* the blood comes from?

"Oh my God~!"

Kei cast a glance down at his lower half, visibly shuddering, a chill crawling down his spine.

If a guy got hit with this, wouldn't he immediately question his entire life?

After drawing the skills,

Kei glanced at the System Interface and formed one-handed seals. He expanded his sensor range to its maximum capacity.

Thanks to the continuous boost from Yin-Yang Sage Ascendant's Sage Mode and his sharpened, immense mental strength,

Chakra signatures within a 20-kilometer radius flooded his mind in an instant.

The flood of countless chakra readings made Kei furrow his brows slightly.

These chakra readings weren't limited to ninja alone—they also included summoned beasts, chakra-based tools, explosive tags, puppets, and the ninjutsu they emitted.

This was only possible thanks to the [Source Seer] enhancing his comprehension, understanding, and perception.

If it were an ordinary sensor ninja,

In such a short time, he probably wouldn't be able to process and distinguish so much chaotic information.

Within Kei Yamanaka's sensory range,

At the outer perimeter of Konoha's camp nearly five kilometers away,

Jiraiya was fully engaged in battle against a towering and muscular Iwa ninja suspected to be Kitsuchi, Onoki's son.

Though stronger than his opponent, Iwagakure specializes in group combat.

With several Jonin from Iwa assisting him, it would be difficult for Jiraiya to gain the upper hand quickly.

Before entering the battlefield, Namikaze Minato had specially prepared fifty custom Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Now, these kunai were scattered all across the battlefield.

Minato Namikaze transformed into a firefighter dashing across the battlefield, continuously using the [Flying Thunder God Technique] to assist the Konoha ninjas in barely managing to hold off the relentless assaults coming from both the eastern and western fronts.

Four heavily wounded, massive toads stood on either side of the camp entrance, seemingly unable to last much longer.

Sunagakure's puppeteer unit had already closed in, reaching within 500 meters of the southern front of Konoha's camp while Kei Yamanaka was battling Rasa.

Because Rasa's earlier wide-range Magnet Release techniques and Pakura's broad-area Scorch Release had revealed their positions clearly,

The Konoha shinobi, having realized early on they were surrounded on three sides, abandoned any hope of retreating further.

Amidst the chaos and shouts of battle, they reorganized their forces and regrouped.

"West Side: over a thousand Sand shinobi. East Side: roughly more than two thousand Rock shinobi. South Side: a mixed force of Suna puppeteers and regular Sand shinobi, approximately five hundred..."

Kei Yamanaka pressed his lips together, giving a rough estimate of the enemy forces present.

Iwagakure and Sunagakure together sent over 3,600 shinobi — not due to lack of manpower,

But simply because Konoha's encampment wasn't any larger!

Two villages that had long regarded each other with distrust and hostility may have temporarily allied for mutual benefit,

But fighting together within such limited space with too many people risked causing command chaos.

Such an alliance might collapse at any moment.

And the reason why the southern front was heavily blocked, enemy forces reduced on the west, and the northwest left completely open, was another cunning maneuver by Onoki.

Facing enemies that vastly outnumber them and without backup, holding their position would mean certain death.

Thus, the Konoha ninja would inevitably try to break through.

Everyone knows the classic strategy of encircling three sides and leaving one escape route.

By leaving the north open, Konoha would see a chance of survival, inadvertently weakening their combat resolve.

Additionally, since the number of Suna forces on the west was about half that of the east's Iwa forces,

Under normal circumstances, the breakout direction of Konoha's ninja would naturally lean slightly toward the northwest.

That direction pointed straight toward the Rain Country!

Even if they managed to escape,

How many Konoha ninja could realistically make it back home after being relentlessly pursued by Iwa and Suna?

Not quite total annihilation, but close enough!

Someone who can see the entire battlefield unfold like Kei Yamanaka would naturally think of this.

Jiraiya, Namikaze Minato, Mimura Maki, and other intelligent individuals likely arrived at the same realization.

But if they forcibly issued orders for the Konoha ninja to retreat southward, it would likely immediately instill fear in many of those whose determination wasn't strong enough, shaking the morale of their forces.

Even if someone like Jiraiya used his prestige to barely organize a group and actually managed to break through, and successfully broke free,

both Sunagakure and Konoha would suffer massive losses.

The Iwagakure forces had defeated Konoha's thousand-strong shinobi force while simultaneously weakening Suna's elite Puppeteer squad.

No matter how you calculated it, Onoki came out ahead!

"Rasa, Rasa! Does your head even contain anything but cabbage?! With that brain of yours, what makes you think you deserve to be Kazekage? Go back to digging already!"

Kei Yamanaka fumed internally.

Whether out of arrogance or some other reason, in the end, Rasa had been completely outmaneuvered by Onoki!

It appeared that Iwagakure had deployed five hundred fewer troops, yet once the battle ended, no matter the outcome, Sunagakure's losses were definitely far greater than Iwagakure's.

Looking toward the northeastern sky seven kilometers away,

the Third, known as one of the "Two Scales," Tsuchikage Onoki, along with two subordinates who appeared to be Sensor-type ninja, stood high in the air, hands folded behind his back, silently watching the battlefield near Konoha's encampment.

Though Kei couldn't tell if the old man's intent was to train Kitsuchi under the guise of protection, or simply to prepare for unforeseen circumstances,

if the enemy soon noticed the three thousand Konoha ninja closing in from behind, Onoki wouldn't just stand by and do nothing!

Should he take care of this old fox?

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