"There!"
"It's that kid..."
Soon, in another battle that broke out with Iwagakure, Yubi and Sasori felt the attention Iwagakure was paying to them.
As soon as the slaughter began, Yubi's rescue work was targeted and obstructed.
An enemy assault squad actually charged at him and Sasori, appearing ready to die just to create an opening for their comrades to kill them.
Once he was locked on, an Iwagakure ninja immediately shouted out.
At this time, Yubi was still supporting an injured Sunagakure ninja while retreating.
"Protect Yubi!"
The Sunagakure side also noticed Iwagakure's movements and reacted immediately.
But... the Iwagakure attack on him seemed to have been planned long ago; it was targeted.
Sunagakure seemed to block part of Iwagakure's offensive, but they didn't expect that the people they stopped were just an Iwagakure diversion.
Two Iwagakure experts using the Hiding with Camouflage Technique suddenly circled to Yubi's left and right, preparing to launch a pincer attack on him.
The battlefield was too chaotic, and since Yubi was not a Sensor Ninja, his reaction was half a beat slow.
The two of them were instantly within close range.
He was still burdened with an injured person on his back.
Faced with the enemy's killing move, it seemed difficult to react.
However... at the critical moment, Yubi waved a single hand, and a large number of blood droplets floating in mid-air suddenly connected into lines. He was surrounded by what looked like a web of red silk threads. The surging blood lines, with terrifying piercing power, instantly shot and killed the two Iwagakure ninja who hadn't sensed the danger.
Looking at the two fallen Iwagakure ninja, Yubi's expression was cold.
With a flicker of his figure, he disappeared from the spot with the injured man.
"My own sensory abilities... also urgently need improvement. Relying solely on the five senses for analysis and judgment... it's hard to be precise at certain times."
Yubi thought to himself.
The Iwagakure raid was so fast that he hadn't even noticed it; he had only realized that the enemy seemed very concerned about him and became alert, using Scarlet Blood Manipulation Technique for passive defense.
Configuring the Cursed Womb effect for Scarlet Blood Manipulation Technique had also led to an improvement in the level of his Bloodline Limit.
If he had been even a little slower, something would have really happened to him.
Fortunately, Shimizu had reminded him and Sasori beforehand to be careful.
While retreating, Yubi looked toward Sasori's position, wondering what kind of enemy schemes he had encountered... Over an hour later, the battle ended.
Looking at the corpses littering the ground... Sunagakure took away the bodies of their fallen comrades one by one and declared victory.
Yubi still looked exhausted, and his ninja uniform had several torn gaps... He could clearly sense the sinister intentions of Iwagakure to kill him. The pressure of this battle was even greater than the first because Iwagakure had clearly made some deployments specifically targeting him and Sasori.
Although Yubi resisted and killed some enemies, he was still hit... and injured.
Fortunately, his vigilance was high... and he was proficient in Medical Ninjutsu. As long as the injuries weren't fatal, they could be recovered with Medical Ninjutsu.
Yubi ran across the field and quickly came to Sasori's side.
He saw that Sasori's body had a small area of burns... the situation wasn't bad and could be healed.
Yubi immediately began treating his injuries.
Watching Yubi treat him, Sasori glanced at his own wound and frowned.
"What's wrong?"
Yubi noticed the change in his expression and asked.
"I can feel it more and more... this body is a burden to me."
Sasori met his gaze.
"No matter what thoughts you have... it's not the time yet."
Yubi understood the hidden meaning in his words and smiled slightly.
Even if he wanted to modify himself... with his current Puppet mastery and technical level, it didn't support him doing so.
It still required a certain amount of time for growth and continuous trial and error.
This included research on the puppet core.
Yubi knew that Sasori had been acting alone in private, using some corpses from the battlefield as research samples, because during this period, Sasori had come to find him several times to ask related questions.
He had also received suggestions and answers from him.
When Sasori could perfectly present all his ideas on a'sample' and ensure that absolutely nothing went wrong... then he could try it.
This was also Sasori's manifestation of the Dao of Puppetry and his pursuit of 'art'. No matter what... as a friend, Yubi could only provide help and respect... Time passed slowly, and in the span of a few months, the Puppeteer Unit that Yubi and Sasori were in showed dazzling brilliance on the front lines. In their battles with Iwagakure, they never suffered a single defeat.
Such a record was a medal of glory that neither Commander-in-Chief Shimizu nor the Village could ignore.
The performance of Yubi and Sasori on the battlefield didn't have the weight to absolutely decide the victory.
They were indeed outstanding enough.
From the beginning, being targeted and raided by Iwagakure in various ways and getting injured... to later, gradually adapting to this intensity of the battlefield and starting to appear at ease, their individual roles on the battlefield became more prominent and efficient, but they weren't yet powerful to that extent.
During this period, Iwagakure even sent assassination squads to infiltrate the Land of Wind, wanting to carry out decapitation operations against the two, but they were unsuccessful.
The reason why their Puppeteer Unit kept winning...
...stemmed from the changes Yubi and Sasori brought to the unit during this time.
Yubi's medical teaching didn't just provide better treatment for his own squad... his arrival allowed the entire Sunagakure force deployed on the front lines to benefit in a short time because the professionalism of all Medical Ninja had significantly improved.
Not only was the treatment capability of his own team excellent, but the number of injured from other squads or battalions who were brought back to the Village and forced to withdraw from the battlefield was also greatly reduced.
To this end, Yubi also specifically suggested that Shimizu contact the Village. Through the logistics unit, a large number of medical tools and equipment he had 'researched' were transferred from the Village hospital and began to be used in the army.
These subtle enhancements and changes were what gave the current Sunagakure force a new look.
As for Sasori... although he wouldn't teach experience to other Puppeteers like Yubi—he didn't have the patience for it—
...as a member of the Puppeteers, some of the mechanisms he designed or his ideas for Puppets, including some Puppet manipulation techniques... whether in daily life or on the battlefield, would be noticed by other Puppeteers, leading them to consciously imitate or learn.
Occasionally, someone would humbly ask Sasori for advice on some problems, and he would answer.
As long as there weren't too many people... as long as it didn't make him feel annoyed.
The changes in the Sunagakure army... as their only opponent, Iwagakure could naturally feel them clearly.
The scene they least wanted to see had appeared... this also showed that their initial judgment of the 'threat' posed by Yubi and Sasori was quite correct.
However, with the growth of these two kids, plus the failure of a series of previous plans, it was now almost impossible to easily eliminate the two.
In half a year, Yubi was promoted to the captain of the medical team, with several Medical Squads under his command.
Sasori also became the Squad Leader of his Puppeteer squad.
Both used their professionalism and strength in their respective fields, including their battlefield performance... to win a convincing status in the army.
It is worth mentioning that although Yubi had exchanged for ninja tools, so far, he had not actively used them.
He was waiting...