In the conference room.
"The resistance in the Kingdom of Demons is stronger than expected. I didn't expect that the Maki Jonin would be restrained there. According to this progress, it will be difficult to realize the idea of ending the battle within a month."
The first person to speak out at the meeting was an older Sunagakure elder.
The difficult situation that Ma Ji encountered in the Kingdom of Ghosts has been truthfully reported to the village. There is no exaggeration or belittling in the letter. The various situation judgments are also very pertinent. They are objectively stating the true situation on the battlefield in the Kingdom of Ghosts.
In this way, the senior officials of Sand Hidden Village present can more intuitively understand the true strength of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
The strength of the regular ninja troops in the Kingdom of Oni can be gleaned from the group of debt collectors. Although they are strong, they are definitely not comparable to Sunagakure in terms of frontal combat capabilities.
Only the air force is the real ace force of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
Fifty ninjas, with the help of special flying ninja tools, can contain a thousand Sunagakure ninjas under certain circumstances. I have to admit that this is a very outstanding achievement.
In the past, when the ninjas of the Kingdom of Kong faced the formal troops of the five major countries, they were far from reaching such an exaggerated level.
Although, there is a reason why Sunagakure Village is not good at dealing with enemies in the air, so the Oni Country air force launched an air strike without any pressure, and contained Maki's troops in one fell swoop.
But strength is strength. There are many weaknesses in the Kingdom of Ghosts, but the advantages of the ninja troops in the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot be ignored.
"Maki Jonin is a ninja who deals with facts, and his statements are basically not exaggerated. So from the current point of view, dispatching additional troops in advance is a very critical step."
Another elder said.
"How many additional ninjas should be sent?"
someone asked.
Everyone in the conference room was lost in thought. To be honest, according to the original plan, two thousand to three thousand ninjas were dispatched to end the battle with the Kingdom of Ghosts within a month.
Now, according to the intelligence sent back by Markey, there are serious errors in the original plan and reality.
"One thousand... no, send another two thousand ninjas, and I will lead them myself."
A voice suddenly sounded, and everyone couldn't help but grow old, with surprise on their faces.
"Kazekage-sama?"
The person who just spoke was none other than the Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
He glanced at all the senior executives present with a serious expression and breathed out softly.
"This war should not last long. It needs to be resolved as quickly as possible to avoid greater losses. Besides, my abilities will be greatly limited in the water environment, and the sky is also one of my home fields. Let's decide like this."
The reasons given by Rasa were difficult for Sunagakure's senior executives to refute.
Rasa, who can become the Fourth Kazekage, is also the most powerful ninja in the ninja world.
As he said, in addition to the water environment, land and sky are his home ground, and he can grasp the rhythm of the battle very well.
"Since Lord Kazekage has made this decision, then the security work must be foolproof."
Regarding the issue of Kazekage's participation in the battle, in the eyes of Sunagakure's senior management, it was not something worth making a fuss about.
Among the ninja villages of the five major countries, except for Konoha and Kirigakure, which has not been involved in the battlefield since the first ninja war, the shadows of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure are often active on the battlefield. Personally lead the village's ninjas in a bloody battle with the enemy.
Although there will be dangers and other situations, it will also greatly boost one's own morale.
Moreover, as long as you do a good job of defense in advance and don't act recklessly like the Third Raikage, the safety of the Five Shadows on the battlefield can still be largely guaranteed.
"Yes, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Although Lord Kazekage is strong, it is impossible to take care of everything. The number of guard jounin has been increased to more than six. If the number of guards is insufficient, then the remaining personnel will be recruited from ANBU masters Middle School."
There were three guard jounin who were originally responsible for Kazekage's safety.
Everyone is the leading jounin in Sunagakure Village, no weaker than Maki who is fighting on the front line.
Taking into account the danger of the battlefield and the fact that the depth of the Demon Kingdom's air force could not be determined accurately, the number of escort members was increased to more than six, also for Luo Sha's safety.
Luo Sha had no reason to refuse these arrangements.
After all, the tragic example of the previous Kazekage is still vivid in our minds. He mysteriously disappeared from the village and the real culprit has not been found so far.
If there were a few more Jonin guarding the Third Kazekage at that time, the pattern of the Third Ninja World War would have been rewritten.
Sunagakure Village will not remain in a stalemate with Konoha for a long time in the Rain Country. Instead, under the leadership of the Third Kazekage, they will invade the Fire Country in one go.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you to dispatch manpower from the Anbu. I'll assemble the troops and try to make all the preparations before five o'clock tomorrow morning."
Time waits for no one, it is already three o'clock in the afternoon, and there is not much time left before five o'clock tomorrow morning.
It is uncertain how long Ma Ji can sustain it. Just in case, he must lead his troops to rush over for reinforcements as soon as possible.
No matter what kind of trump cards are hidden in the Kingdom of Ghosts, as long as he, as the Kazekage, takes action, any conspiracy and conspiracy will be nothing to worry about in the face of absolute strength.
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Star Ninja Village.
On the surface, it is just the original Star Ninja Village, which has been simply repaired. From the outside, it looks like a small village with a relatively neat and orderly architectural structure.
Villages of this level can be found everywhere in the five major countries.
However, what is not known is that the underground of the Star Ninja Village has long been hollowed out by the ninja engineering team of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
It is an underground town that is even larger than the Star Ninja Village on the surface.
Military bases, schools, hospitals, shops, power supply facilities, including concrete residential houses, are all available.
The entrances and exits have been interfered with by ninjas from the Uzumaki clan using magic techniques, making it almost impossible for outsiders to find their way in.
In the military control area, Liuli did not sit in the office and deal with complicated business matters. Instead, he continued to hone his ninjutsu in the training room.
The dark red chakra blade held in his hand is a partial entity split from Susanoo.
It can be used at will without opening the Mangekyo Sharingan. The hardness of the blade is much higher than that of ordinary blades, and the hardness of the blade will increase or decrease with the amount of chakra input.
Then intense electric light covered the sword body, and the power of the blade in the state of lightning escape was further enhanced.
Since awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, she has focused her energy on studying Fire Style and Thunder Style.
Granting thunder attribute chakra is not difficult for Liuli who has thoroughly practiced Thunder Escape.
Liuli didn't hesitate at all and swung the sword hard.
A white light streaked through the middle of a stone pillar in front of him. There were sword marks on the stone pillar that could only be seen clearly with the naked eye.
The upper part of the stone pillar began to tilt with the slope, and finally fell to the ground.
The stone pillar, which was as hard as steel, was cut open by the sword like tofu.
Liuli is not satisfied with this. He still has huge room for improvement. There is still a long way to go before his current extreme position.
If you are in the state of the Three Magatama Sharingan, no matter how you improve yourself, you can easily touch your own bottleneck, and every improvement in strength will be very difficult.
After possessing the Mangekyou Sharingan, as its capacity increases, bottlenecks will naturally no longer need to be taken care of for the time being.
At this time, a black four-legged cub with a single horn on its forehead ran over from a distance.
There was a document in his mouth.
It's Shiraishi's Thunder Clone, Thunder Pill.
It is a defensive personnel specially sent by Shiraishi to the Star Ninja Village and stationed here. It is also the supervisor of the Star Ninja Village. It is not responsible for managing affairs at ordinary times, but will report the situation here to Shiraishi.
Therefore, if there is any problem here, Shiraishi will know the situation as soon as possible and solve the problem.
Star Ninja Village is an extremely important branch base, and it is also a very important logistics supply base during the next battle with the Kingdom of Wind. It is personally monitored by his own clone, which is in line with Shiraishi's cautious approach.
Sometimes, Liuli also wonders if Shiraishi is used to being greedy for life and afraid of death. No matter what he does, he will subconsciously adopt a very conservative and safe approach.
Safety first is a motto just for him.
"Mother, my father's order has come, and we can take formal action against the Kingdom of Wind."
Liuli took the document from Lei Mingmaru and looked at the contents. Just like what Lei Mingmaru said, it was a formal document for Shiraishi to ask her to attack the Kingdom of Wind.
"That is to say, he has already begun to publicly declare war on various countries, right?"
Although sometimes I feel that the so-called international agreements are just ridiculous rules that the five major countries use to amuse themselves and then restrict the development of small countries.
But when taking formal action, I will somehow feel that this hypocritical international agreement still has a reason to exist, even if it seems very unreasonable and unfair.
At least it should make the Kingdom of Ghosts look like it is still abiding by the agreement between the major powers, instead of going beyond this rule and adopting other rules.
"Yes. It will take about two to three days for all countries to know the situation here."
"It's almost as expected. Then, I'll leave the logistics and supply work here to you, Thunder Maru."
Liuli dispersed the chakra blade and thunder attribute chakra in his hand and said to Thunder Maru.
"Please feel free to leave it to me, Mother. After all, a large amount of supplies have been gathered here in Star Ninja Village for this day, and now they are finally put to use."
Lei Mingwan nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Liuli left the training room, summoned the two thousand ninjas who followed her from the Kingdom of Ghosts, and started heading towards the Kingdom of Wind.
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Medical supplies, food, water, tents and other supplies are all ready.
Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, led two thousand Sunagakure ninjas and set off towards the Bear Country before dawn.
Luo Sha had already rehearsed the possible battle in his mind countless times.
Let's put it this way, the regular ninja troops of the Oni Kingdom can hardly do much under Sunagakure's military front.
The only thing that needs attention is the air force of the Demon Country. It is the trump card of the Demon Country's military and an important force in their defense against Sunagakure.
However, after he, the Kazekage, takes action personally, the air superiority of the Ghost Country will disappear.
The earth and sky are his home fields of sand gold ninjutsu. As long as the air forces of the Kingdom of Demons are defeated, then the resistance of the Kingdom of Demons is not worth mentioning.
Luo Sha, who believed that all aspects of the Kingdom of Ghosts had been taken into account, and there were no obvious errors, then victory was already within reach.
The two thousand Sunagakure ninjas who accompanied Rasa on the expedition also looked confident. For the next battle, they did not need to consider the possibility of failure at all. They only needed to think about how much benefit they would ultimately gain as the victors. This is the most important thing. The main thing.
Starting in the morning, this force has been advancing at a high speed.
The goal is clear, first reach the country of bears, and then turn to the country of ghosts.
This is the most convenient and safest way to go to the Kingdom of Ghosts.
There will be Sunagakure ninjas responsible for intelligence liaison along the way to ensure that the road remains smooth and safe.
Above the boundless desert, the two thousand Sunagakure troops were advancing. In order to ensure that they could get out of the desert area of the Country of Wind as soon as possible, except for staying for more than ten minutes at noon to rest and eat, the rest of the time was spent on the road. above.
For ninjas, this is the most basic basic skill. Ninjas who go out on missions all year round will not waste time and energy on resting and eating.
Especially the harsh environment of the Kingdom of Wind has created their fighting will to fear no hardships.
"Master Kazekage, if we walk another ten kilometers, we will reach the territory of the Bear Country."
At dusk, a jonin came over to report, pointing ahead.
"Let's stop here today and enter the bear country early tomorrow morning. Let us notify you and the whole army will stop and set up camp here."
Luo Sha waved her hand and said.
"yes."
Sunagakure Jonin nodded, turned and left to convey Rasa's order.
After the order was conveyed, the Sunagakure troops stopped moving forward, and the logistics troops began to set up the camp, trying to complete the camp before nightfall.
Although Luo Sha was eager to join Ma Ji's troops as soon as possible, considering the actual situation, it would take at least two to three days to cross the country of bears and reach the border of the country of ghosts.
In order to ensure that the troops can maintain sufficient fighting energy after entering the Kingdom of Ghosts, proper rest is also essential.
Soon, as the sun sets in the west, the desert environment dims.
A Sunagakure reconnaissance team patrolled around the camp that had been set up to investigate the surrounding situation.
The Sunagakure reconnaissance team, who thought nothing special would happen, suddenly discovered an abnormal situation right in front of the camp.
"What's wrong?"
Seemingly noticing something strange in his companion's expression, a Chuunin who was traveling with him asked.
The companion was holding a military telescope and could clearly see far away. He immediately spotted a figure approaching the camp quickly.
No, this person had no intention of hiding at all, it was directly exposed to his sight.
"There is a situation."
Dignified words came out of his mouth.
"Is there a situation? How many people are there?"
"one person."
"One person? Is it a traveler passing by by chance?"
The chuunin next to him looked shocked, then calmed down and expressed his guess.
In any case, facing two thousand ninjas, led by the Fourth Kazekage himself, and running over to attack them alone, such a stupid guy must not exist in the ninja world.
On the contrary, if it is a traveler who accidentally gets lost in the desert, it would be quite normal.
"No, the other party is clearly heading towards the camp, and...this appearance..."
Lying down on the sand, carefully hiding his body, the Suna Ninja used the military telescope to see the true face of the incoming person. Cold sweat flowed unnaturally from his forehead, his throat made a gurgling sound, and his heart suddenly became hairy.
"Oops, let's go! She's already found us!"
Suddenly, the Sand Ninja who was lying on the sand immediately jumped up from the sand in fear and ran backwards desperately.
The chuunin companion beside him also reacted immediately. Although he did not see the uninvited guest mentioned by his colleague, the fact that his colleague could make such a panic shout meant that this uninvited guest was very dangerous. Sex is not something they can deal with.
At this time, this important information must be conveyed to the camp.
However, just when the two of them took action, a force that made them feel depressed suddenly came.
Puff.
The dark red sword blade penetrated from the back of the Sunagakure chuunin to the chest. The opponent's body twitched and then fell to the ground stiffly.
The sand ninja holding the military telescope turned around and looked at the woman who was already close at hand. A bitter taste suddenly appeared deep in his tongue, and his heart beat restlessly.
He took out his kunai and wanted to fight.
The figure shook from where it was and disappeared from his eyes.
The sand ninja only saw that the kunai in his hand was broken in the middle, and the upper part of the kunai fell to the sand.
He suddenly felt pain in his neck, and at some point a cold cut appeared there, spurting out a large amount of blood. The Sand Ninja fell to the ground with a look of reluctance on his face.
Without looking at the two corpses lying behind him, Liuli gently raised his hand, and the dark red sword blade in his right hand disappeared like a phantom. The three Magatama Sharingan was open, and the red light in his eyes was aimed at Sunagakure's camp.
"This distance seems to be just right. Let's use this to test it out."
He began to form seals with his hands, accumulated a large amount of chakra in his mouth, and then released it in one breath towards the direction of the Sunagakure camp.
"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"
A roaring sea of fire immediately emerged on the desert, and the red fire swept away the darkness at night.
Facing the sudden and terrifying sea of fire, the Sand Ninja who was sitting on the simple sentry tower in the camp widened his eyes, showing a strong look of despair and fear, and stopped breathing.
This dreamlike ninjutsu, even though I knew it was extremely dangerous, I was still fascinated by it, forgetting to resist, and my mind went blank.
boom!
What is more dazzling than the flames is the color of the sand.
Exuding a color like gold, a thick wall with a height of more than ten meters was built in front of the Sunagakure camp to withstand the erosion of the sea of fire.
The fire wave and the sand sea attacked each other and started a close contest.
Luo Sha inserted his hands into the sand, and the sand continued to rush forward, and finally extinguished the sea of fire with a slightly better attitude.
Although the fire was successfully extinguished, Luo Sha did not show any relief on his face. Instead, he looked at the messy sand ahead with lingering fear.
"Such a powerful fire escape, what exactly is this..."
It is simply unimaginable that anyone in the ninja world can use such a luxurious fire escape ninjutsu.
At least in his impression, no ninja could match the fire escape ninjutsu in front of him.
Who is it?
Why would such a powerful ninja attack Sunagakure?
Was it an enemy he offended unintentionally, or was it something else?
"Kazekage-sama."
The escort team composed of six jounin came to Luo Sha, staring ahead warily.
The surrounding sand ninjas also reacted similarly, put down their affairs, and entered a state of preparation for war.
Luo Sha shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine.
"As expected of you, Lord Kazekage, one of the Five Kage, he can easily block my Fire Release. He seems to be a good opponent."
Sounds of appreciation traveled through the air.
A figure walked on the sand where the fire powder was still flying. Liuli did not hide her figure and looked face to face with Luo Sha.
The red Sharingan made Luosha's body tremble slightly.
There is no doubt that in this short period of time, Luo Sha recognized the identity of the other party.
Uchiha Ruri, an S-class defector ninja who left Konoha more than ten years ago.
The White Fang team she once belonged to had an sworn feud with their elder Sunagakure Chiyo.
"Why do you, a rebel of Konoha, appear here?"
This is something Luo Sha cannot understand.
Judging from Liuli's attitude, he definitely didn't pass by the Kingdom of Wind by chance and accidentally get into a fight with Sunagakure.
The other party's goal is very clear, they are here for Sunagakure.
Liuli didn't speak, but slowly pulled out the flame fan behind him. The red light in Sharingan's eyes became stronger and stronger, giving people a very dangerous sense of oppression.
Oops! Luo Sha screamed secretly.
The sand on the ground immediately gathered in front of him, condensing into a thick sand wall.
boom!
In an instant, the sand wall shattered.
Grains of sand were flying everywhere.
Liuli's dancing figure broke through the obstruction of the sand wall and came straight towards Luo Sha.
As long as the opponent Sunagakure's Kazekage is defeated, this army of two thousand elite Sunagakure will be defeated without any attack.
Seeing Ruri attacking the Kazekage whom they respected without saying a word, this move undoubtedly angered all the Sand Ninjas.
Silent anger enveloped the Sunagakure camp, and the Sunagakure rushed toward Ruri.
Liuli glanced briefly with his Sharingan, then jumped into the air, his mouth slightly bulging.
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"
Huge fireballs with a diameter of more than four meters flew out of Liuli's mouth and attacked the ground.
The fireball that hit the sand was like a cannonball, producing an extremely terrifying explosion.
The flames engulfed the Sunagakure's life, and the shock wave generated by the explosion of dozens of fireballs swept away the Sunagakure around Ruri.
Then he landed on the ground and rushed into the nearest crowd. The fan of flames stirred up a terrifying storm, flying up all the Sunagakure who were close to him, causing them to scream in panic.
Luo Sha's face darkened, and just as he was about to take action, he suddenly noticed something. He glanced at the starry sky in the darkness, and his face changed drastically.
Kunai... Countless kunai flew from a distance like a dark rainstorm.
Faintly, there are countless black spots appearing on the dunes in the distance.
That was a huge crowd.
The black rainstorm hit, and the Sand Ninja who couldn't react quickly fell to the attack of Kunai.
Ruri used the powerful dynamic vision of the Sharingan to avoid the kunai shot from the sky while fighting the Sand Ninja with ease.
Huge waves of shouts of death came from the crowd in the distance and rushed towards the battlefield.
In anger, Luo Sha saw the true face of these people.
These people were uniformed in black ninja uniforms and wore forehead protectors engraved with aster flowers. Many of them were holding kunai guns that Ma Ji once described in their hands, and they came to kill them fiercely.
"They are ninjas from the land of ghosts...how is this possible?"
Luo Sha's pupils widened in shock, showing disbelief.
Why do ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts appear in the Kingdom of Wind?
It was impossible for a ninja of this size to bypass the Bear Country quietly, so there was no news from their side.
Is that guy Marky blind?
Such a large number of ninjas sneaked into the Kingdom of Wind, but there was no response.
Then he turned to look at the invincible Ruri who was killing everyone in the crowd with his Sharingan and Homura Fan, and a thunderbolt hit Rasa's heart.
A very absurd and bizarre guess was born in Luo Sha's mind.
The traitorous ninja of Konoha...are controlling the Kingdom of Demons behind the scenes!
