Naruto: Modern Science in Naruto

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The original configuration of Minato's squad actually created a division due to the imbalance in combat power. This led to them often dividing tasks during squad operations, with Minato himself handling the most important part, while the remaining three disciples handled the other part.

For example, in the Kannabi Bridge Battle, which had just ended not long ago, the mission objective was to destroy the key point, the Kannabi Bridge, and completely cut off Iwagakure's supply lines. After Minato's squad entered the Land of Earth to carry out the mission, Minato continued to go deeper alone, responsible for containing and attracting the attention of the Iwagakure ninjas, while Kakashi and the other two handled the actual destruction.

While Minato seemed to be taking on a supporting role, it was obvious which of the two tasks was more difficult and dangerous.

In this kind of large-scale battle on the front lines, if Minato wanted to truly unleash his full potential, he had to go all out with speed. In reality, with Minato's fighting style, which relied on space-time ninjutsu, plus his extremely fast reaction speed, the existence of a "bodyguard" wasn't very important at this time. If they were to work together comprehensively, the new squad wouldn't be cooperating as four. It would still be the same "1+3" model as before.

These two factors caused a slight disconnect between Minato and the three of them.

This also showed that Minato's consciousness hadn't completely transformed, or that he hadn't fully realized his identity as the Fourth Hokage candidate.

The ultimate mission of the three of them wasn't to kill people, but to ensure that Minato wouldn't be killed. The new Minato squad was still a combat squad… but that's what "bodyguards" are about. Combat wasn't their primary duty.

But in any case, Haori, Chōji Akimichi, and Shizune Yūgao were different from the trio of Kakashi, Obito, and Rin back then. They had stronger comprehensive abilities. Although it was a bit harder, they still faithfully carried out their mission.

Konoha's forces, outnumbered, attacked the Iwagakure forces that had lost their supplies. They didn't stay to fight after gaining the advantage, but quickly withdrew from the battlefield according to their predetermined strategy.

This wasn't the only battle mission. In the following half-month, Konoha would launch similar attacks from time to time. They were sending a message to Iwagakure with their actions: Are you going to leave or not? If you don't, we'll keep harassing you.

As the saying goes, "Constant dripping wears away a stone." Konoha really might be able to silently grind down the Iwagakure forces with this low-casualty approach.

So, Iwagakure, having finally seen the error of their ways, gave up on treatment. After Konoha's continuous attacks, they didn't last long before choosing to leave the Land of Grass and retreat back to the Land of Earth… What else could they do after losing their supplies? Even Ōnoki, the Second Tsuchikage, was helpless.

The Iwagakure ninjas had the strength but couldn't use it. They retreated in disgrace.

This ironclad fact illustrated an unbreakable truth: If you want to be rich, first… wrong. It's about the vital importance of improving a country's infrastructure and public construction during war. Otherwise, you'll be vulnerable to a fatal blow and lose in a humiliating way.

At this stage of the war, Konoha and Iwagakure both knew that it was easy for Iwagakure's main force to leave the Land of Grass. But to come back, that would be much more difficult.

This way, although they didn't sign a peace treaty as decisively as they had with the Hidden Mist before, Konoha and Iwagakure's forces had effectively separated. The Land of Grass became a buffer zone and a vacuum between the two ninja villages. The Land of Fire and the Land of Earth achieved a de facto ceasefire.

Now that it was impossible for Iwagakure to completely defeat Konoha, returning to the Land of Grass had become a meaningless strategy that wouldn't be mentioned or implemented again.

From then on, Konoha's only real enemy was Kumogakure. The end of the Third Shinobi World War was getting closer.

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The continuous victories gave the Konoha ninjas a sense of joy. Even on the front lines, this emotion was difficult to suppress.

If you look at the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars together, the war had really been going on for many years. Ninjas from all the villages had died on the battlefield, generation after generation. Now that the dawn of victory was visible, the emotions that had been suppressed for so long naturally erupted.

After all, ninjas still had personal feelings.

But based on the judgment of Konoha's command, the situation wasn't actually that optimistic. The remaining Kumogakure was still a very difficult enemy to deal with.

If there wasn't any intervention from other villages, and the war was just Konoha against Kumogakure, it was hard to say who would win. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the military power of the Land of Lightning was on par with the Land of Fire. Konoha had the advantage now, but it was difficult to guarantee that they could take down Kumogakure in one fell swoop.

Just like when all the countries were besieging Konoha at the beginning of the war, Kumogakure had also held a huge advantage. But the battlefield had never gone deep into the Land of Fire, even until the end. It was the same now, only the situation was reversed. The two sides had switched positions in terms of offense and defense.

The front line… you could say that now, because Konoha only had one front line left.

There were no more Iwagakure ninjas in the Land of Grass on the other side. So, Konoha's front line against Iwagakure and Kumogakure would "fold." The length of the front line was no longer necessary. They needed to strengthen its thickness. The Konoha ninjas facing the Land of Grass would be repositioned. Except for the necessary reconnaissance and surveillance personnel, the rest would be sent to the Land of Rice Fields to deal with Kumogakure.

Minato's squad would naturally move with them, but it was the same as before. They would basically stay until the very end before taking action.

So, they had a period of relative free time with no missions.

At this time, only Haori and Minato Namikaze were in Minato's squad's tent. The other two weren't there. They might have been hanging out in the Konoha camp, or they might have been on guard around the tent. During this special period of time when ninjas were being transferred, there might be some chaos. You couldn't rule out the possibility of someone sneaking in.

Minato was holding a ball in his hand, lost in thought. The expression on his face showed that he was in a predicament… It was a blue, high-density, super-rotating chakra ball. Its scientific name was Rasengan.

This was probably one of the few things Minato could name correctly in his life.

Minato clearly wanted to add chakra nature transformation to the Rasengan, but he hadn't found a way to do it yet.

For ninjutsu, development difficulty, training difficulty, and power were not the same concept. It took Minato about three years to develop the Rasengan, a ninjutsu without hand seals. Later, the jutsu's training difficulty was classified as A-rank, super-difficult ninjutsu… As for the nature transformation he was currently working on, it was unclear how long it would take to complete.

The difficulty with the Wind Release Rasengan wasn't adding the nature transformation. It was how to eliminate the negative effects that the powerful Wind Release had on the user after adding the nature transformation. A normal Rasengan could easily severely burn the user's skin if they weren't careful. And the Wind Release Rasengan could easily make the user lose the use of their hands.

Haori couldn't really help with this. He vaguely remembered that someone had made the Rasengan together as a trio. As for the principle behind the damage immunity, he didn't know.

As for Haori himself, he wasn't just sitting around idly, staring at Minato, who was staring blankly. He was busy with his own thing.

At this time, he was holding a scalpel in his right hand, constantly carving something on his left arm. Blood droplets were dripping down his skin.

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