naaapseattle #165 - Beheading 1 begins (1)
#165 - Beheading 1 begins (1)
"Is this your plan?"
Land of Wind, on the vast desert.
Rasa, Mikawa, and Pakura, dressed in green ninja attire, rushed across the desert.
After Rasa's explanation, the two of them finally understood.
Exactly what preparations Rasa had made to secure this victory.
Pakura said with some admiration.
"No wonder you even called Karura to participate in the meeting. So you had planned to use that spy named Nonou from the beginning?"
Mikawa also praised.
"I didn't expect that spy named Nonou to be used in this way. No wonder Lord Kazekage wanted to keep her."
"Yes, a spy is a double-edged sword. From the moment her identity was known to us, she has already become a knife for us to use against Konoha."
Mikawa nodded.
"In that case, at least next, we don't have to worry about Konoha taking advantage of our situation."
Pakura thought for a moment and said.
"But what if Konoha doesn't believe it? They also have their own intelligence channels in Kirigakure?"
Rasa's answer was simple.
"That's not important. We don't necessarily need Konoha to believe that Kirigakure will help us. As long as they suspect it, that's enough. Moreover, we didn't lie. That Mizukage did send his confidants to our Sunagakure."
Seeing that Rasa could even use this, Mikawa said with admiration.
"If that Mizukage knew that his little cleverness was actually used by Lord Kazekage, he would probably be overwhelmed with anger!"
"That has nothing to do with us! However, if Konoha can tell this news to Iwagakure and Kumogakure, the situation will be even more favorable to us."
Just then, Rasa, sensing something, stopped.
A small white snake emerged from the rocks of the desert, speaking in human language.
"Lord Rasa, the location of the Iwagakure ninjas has been confirmed..."
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Rasa's guess was correct.
After Jiraiya anxiously told the village about Minato's speculation.
The higher-ups of Konoha also immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and guessed that Sunagakure and Kirigakure had really formed an alliance.
Kirigakure was able to do things like destroying the Uzumaki clan for the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques.
Now, it is very possible to form an alliance with Sunagakure for the sealing techniques.
No wonder Sunagakure appeared so calm in the face of the alliance between Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
If Kirigakure helps and secretly takes action, then Iwagakure and Kumogakure may really suffer a big loss!
This also instantly extinguished the idea of some people in Konoha wanting to fish in troubled waters.
As the leader of the Root, Danzo, as expected by Rasa.
After getting this information, he immediately passed it to Iwagakure and Kumogakure through the Root.
Compared to letting Konoha suffer heavy casualties, Kumogakure and Iwagakure, who had been attacking the Land of Fire for half a year, Danzo obviously hated the Fourth Kazekage even more, who had caused him to lose his Sharingan and arm, and cut off his path to continue researching the Sharingan and the power of the First Hokage.
Iwagakure and Kumogakure also quickly received this 'unexpectedly obtained' information.
The higher-ups of both sides were shocked.
Because in their view, the alliance between Sunagakure and Kirigakure was the only explanation for Sunagakure's calmness.
Then, after analyzing the current battle situation.
Iwagakure and Kumogakure both made changes.
Among them, the most drastic reaction was Kumogakure, because their troops might directly face the threat from Kirigakure ninjas. Therefore, Kumogakure directly ordered its ninjas in the Land of Rivers to choose to retreat, to prevent being encircled by Kirigakure ninjas arriving from the sea and Sunagakure ninjas arriving from the Land of Wind. The ninja troops on the sea slowed down.
Iwagakure was not so drastic. Because the two battle lines of Iwagakure's attack on Sunagakure were both in the small inland countries, Kirigakure, even if it wanted to attack, was beyond its reach.
However, just in case, Onoki still asked the Anbu to pass the information here.
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As time passed, the situation in the entire ninja world became even more strange and unpredictable.
After more than a day of long-distance raids, an Iwagakure ninja force of up to six thousand people, led by two Jinchuriki, finally arrived at the border between the Land of Birds and the Land of Wind.
They did not rush to continue forward, but let the troops choose to rest, and then wait for news from the vanguard.
After a while, three ninjas appeared.
"Reporting to Lord Roshi, Lord Han, we have already investigated, and there are no Sunagakure ninjas ahead."
This made the leader, the Fourth Tails Jinchuriki Roshi, frown.
Although he had received news from the village that Sunagakure had used all its strength, even the old One-Tail Jinchuriki had taken action and went to the Land of Rivers, the problem of no enemies still made their situation somewhat difficult.
In theory, now entering the Land of Wind and directly taking advantage of Sunagakure's internal emptiness to attack Sunagakure is the best choice, but the problems caused by the harsh desert environment, including water shortage, getting lost, sandstorms, etc., and the dangers that may be brought about by extending the battle line too long, can easily make them be attacked from both sides.
This is probably why Sunagakure dares to be undefended here.
At this time, Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki wearing armor and a hat, also asked the question in his heart.
"What do we do now? Senior! Do we camp here, or enter the Land of Wind directly?"
Don't look at the fact that the Five-Tails has one more tail than the Four-Tails, but in terms of age, Roshi is one round older than Han. He has been a Jinchuriki for longer. Roshi is of the same generation as Onoki, so it is not too much for Han to call him senior.
"Don't worry?"
After Roshi finished speaking, he directly asked the vanguard in front of him.
"Are you sure? Not even one?"
"Hey!"
One of the three people is a perceptive ninja, and said very confidently.
"Lord Roshi, there are no traces of chakra within my perception range!"
This is too weird!
Roshi looked at the vast desert in front of him, and always felt that it was like a pocket, as if waiting for the Iwagakure ninjas to drill into it. The unease in his heart made him give the order.
"Go and investigate a few more times!"
"Hey!"
After the three ninjas left, Roshi looked at his junior Han beside him and explained.
"The two of us are now carrying the lives of more than six thousand village ninjas, no matter how careful we are, it is not too much. Let's confirm more before making a decision."
Han nodded seriously when he heard this.
At this moment, an Anbu ninja also appeared beside Roshi and handed him a scroll.
"Lord Roshi, intelligence from the village!"
Roshi took the scroll and looked at it, his eyes slightly surprised.
"So that's it, no wonder Lord Kazekage is so bold, he actually formed an alliance with Kirigakure?"
This can be regarded as resolving the unease in Roshi's heart.
As Roshi spoke, he also handed the scroll to Han beside him. After Han finished reading it, he also understood Sunagakure's plan and asked.
"Senior Roshi, what do we do now?"
Roshi frowned and thought for a while, then made a decision.
"It is obviously foolish to drag the battlefield to a position that is favorable to the opponent without entering the Land of Wind..."
"Then what do we do?"
"Advance along the border of the Land of Wind towards the Land of Rivers, and join forces with the troops entering the Land of Rain. At the same time, encircle the Sunagakure troops from the front and rear..."
But just as he made a decision, there was a rumbling sound from the ground.
"What's going on?!"
The Iwagakure ninjas quickly found the source of the sound.
"That... what is that!!!!"
On the desert in the distance, waves of sand hundreds of meters high, like covering the sky and the sun, attacked towards the Iwagakure ninjas...