Inside the Hidden Sand Village's camp in the Southwest Battlefield.
"Lord Matsuda, the poison I've developed this time will definitely cause considerable damage to Konoha."
The silver-haired girl said, her eyes dark-rimmed.
Since her poison had been countered twice, she had stayed up all night, solely focused on developing a stronger one.
She had poured all her lifelong knowledge into it.
"Before, I underestimated Konoha's detoxification abilities, but not this time," the girl's eyes gleamed. "Konoha absolutely won't be able to counter it quickly!"
Commander Matsuda did not believe the girl as readily as usual.
Two battles had ended in defeat, fundamentally because of blindly trusting the girl's poison, which led to a crushing defeat.
It wasn't that the poison the girl developed wasn't strong; as Sunagakure's genius poison master, her strength was beyond doubt.
It was just that Konoha's detoxification abilities were too terrifying…
They could develop an antidote in a short time, rendering the Hidden Sand Village Ninja's poisons useless.
They had to find the person in Konoha who developed the antidote and kill him at all costs.
Otherwise, no matter what type of poison they developed, it would quickly be countered…
As the Commander, Matsuda understood this very clearly.
Their village's genius poison master had long been completely suppressed.
This time, sending troops was not about trusting the girl's newly developed poison, but rather to use the opportunity to scout out the person in Konoha who developed the antidote.
As long as that person was killed, everything would be over.
The war would ultimately end with Sunagakure's victory.
The silver-haired girl didn't know the Commander's thoughts, eagerly anticipating her poison making a significant contribution on the battlefield.
She believed that with the poison she had developed, even if Konoha had an expert, they wouldn't be able to counter it in a short time.
As for the previous two times, it was purely because she had underestimated the enemy.
………
On the battlefield.
Renye gripped the Tachi in his hand, its blade glinting with a cold light under the sun.
In the distance, sand swirled, and dozens of Hidden Sand Village Ninja surrounded them in a fan shape; although their eyes under their headbands were fierce, their formation seemed somewhat rushed.
Seeing this, Renye frowned.
Recalling the previous two battles, the Hidden Sand Village Ninja had pressed with hundreds of people at every turn.
Now, this abnormal disparity in military strength looked like an intentional weakness.
He didn't delve deeper; there was no reason to refuse heads delivered right to him.
He just needed to kill all the enemies.
Renye activated his Sharingan, and his body shot out like an arrow released from a bowstring.
The Konoha Ninja behind him simultaneously drew their swords, the sound of metal scraping against metal rising and falling.
Half an hour ago, Nara Honwa had sent someone to deliver Renye's newly developed antidote.
When they learned that this antidote could neutralize most toxins, they instantly erupted in excitement!
The Ninja swallowed the antidote without hesitation.
With this antidote, they truly no longer needed to fear the Hidden Sand Village Ninja.
The poisoned kunai and iron sand powder that had once made them wary were now mere decorations.
"Danzo, you're still injured," Utatane Koharu tried to stop Danzo, who was preparing to attack.
Danzo, however, flung her hand away. "Just take care of yourself; don't worry about me!"
"I won't die from a minor injury like this!"
Saying that, he charged out, holding a kunai.
Seeing this, Utatane Koharu quickly followed behind Danzo to provide support.
In the center of the battlefield, Renye's Tachi cut a crescent arc of light, slicing a Hidden Sand Village Ninja, who had fallen under his Sharingan genjutsu, in half.
"So weak…"
He felt as if this group of Hidden Sand Village Ninja had deliberately come to their deaths…
Among the dozens of Ninja, there wasn't even a single Jonin.
The Hidden Sand Village Ninja's hands, clutching their poisoned kunai, trembled uncontrollably.
They were horrified to discover that these Konoha Ninja showed no fear of their poisoned kunai.
Just a few days ago, these Konoha Ninja were terrified of being poisoned, acting timidly in battle.
But this time was different; the Konoha Ninja seemed fearless of being poisoned.
And that wasn't all; something even more outrageous happened.
When the Hidden Sand Village Ninja finally managed to wound an opponent with their poisoned weapons, thinking the battle would end.
They were horrified to discover that the poisoned Konoha Ninja's attack momentum didn't decrease at all; in fact, it became even more frenzied.
"Are they on drugs?!" A Hidden Sand Village Ninja with a poisoned scythe had barely finished speaking when he was cut down by a "poisoned" Konoha Ninja.
"Hahaha, Renye Jonin truly developed an antidote against the Hidden Sand Village Ninja!"
The Hidden Sand Village Ninja, who had been scared to pee their pants, were stunned when they heard this.
What the hell, they had just received the latest poison.
And Konoha had already developed an antidote?!
What a joke!
"Antidote, they have an antidote!"
Someone screamed in terror, threw away his kunai, and turned to run.
He was clearly terrified.
This group of Hidden Sand Village Ninja was originally a sacrifice used by the Commander to gather intelligence.
Now that they had the intelligence, there was no need to fight.
Thinking this, the Hidden Sand Village Ninja didn't hesitate and immediately chose to retreat.
Dozens of them came, and only a few remained when they left.
How could the Konoha Ninja let them leave? They quickly pursued and killed all of the Hidden Sand Village Ninja.
Renye sheathed his sword, looking at the Hidden Sand Village Ninja corpses on the ground, lost in thought.
"What is the purpose of doing this?"
The Hidden Sand Village Commander couldn't have sent people to their deaths for no reason…
It was a pity he wasn't a mind-reader and didn't know what the other party was thinking.
Renye picked up a poisoned kunai and examined it in his hand.
"The Hidden Sand Village Ninja really did improve their poison."
He could tell that this time's toxin was more than just a little stronger than the previous two.
The Hidden Sand Village's poison master was truly a genius to enhance the poison in such a short time!
Too bad, the other party met him.
There are also differences between geniuses!
Renye's poison-making level was basically the Ninja World's ceiling.
Perhaps for a long time in the future, no one's poison-making level would surpass his.
Renye playfully fiddled with the kunai in his hand, a slight smile on his lips. "It's always been me detoxifying; it's about time you had to detoxify, isn't it?"
The Hidden Sand Village Ninja aren't the only ones good at using poison; there's also him, Renye!
Since the Hidden Sand Village Ninja could poison their weapons, why couldn't Konoha?
Thinking this, he prepared to share the poison he had developed with his comrades.
However, before that, he still needed to get the Commander's approval.
………
"What? You can also develop poison?!"
In the Commander's tent, Nara Honwa's eyes widened in shock, clearly greatly shaken by Renye's words.
"If you can detoxify, you can naturally create poison," Renye explained.
A medical Ninja who can analyze the structure of toxins naturally knows how to reverse-engineer the toxic chain.
These two are complementary.
It's just that the degree of mastery differs.
Some are better at detoxifying than creating poison, and vice versa.
But Renye was different; he was skilled at both.
Hearing Renye's explanation, Nara Honwa slapped his forehead.
He should have thought of this earlier!
Renye could easily develop antidotes, meaning he must understand the principles of toxins, so creating poison would be no problem for him.
"Renye Jonin, I approve your suggestion!" Nara Honwa's expression was solemn. "Then let's do as you say…"
"Use poison against the Hidden Sand Village Ninja!"
PS: I have something today, so I can only update two chapters, sob sob sob…
Thanks to 【What are you doing? Oh.】 for the explosive update and to everyone who sent power and gifts.
Currently, I still owe ten chapters; I'll update at least four chapters tomorrow!