Konoha's Land of Rivers front.
Tsunade stood atop the massive Katsuyu, hands on her hips, radiating an imposing presence.
As a fellow Konoha Elite Jonin, how could Tsunade possibly be weaker than Orochimaru?
She was not merely a Medical Ninja; her strength was no less than Orochimaru's or Jiraiya's.
Ahead, Konoha Ninja were fighting the Sunagakure ninja, and the entire forest had become a battlefield.
Flames, torrents, gales, lightning, and earth created by ninjutsu constantly erupted across the mountain.
The rocky slopes visibly began to collapse and shrink. Before the ninjas' powerful ninjutsu,
even the mountain range could not remain whole.
Thunderous booms rang out endlessly in the distance.
Tsunade stared intently at the still-charming woman standing atop a distant rock.
Chiyo of Sunagakure.
She was a ninja from the same era as that old man, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
She was also one of Sunagakure's pillars. Tsunade did not dare underestimate the old woman.
According to intelligence, the old woman possessed puppets capable of destroying an entire country.
The two stood in confrontation.
And the current course of the war favored her side.
Under Konoha's offensive, the Sunagakure ninja were retreating step by step.
After all, as the village with the greatest number of ninjutsu, competing with Konoha in ninjutsu was simply courting death. Not to mention Katsuyu was healing Konoha's ninja.
Wait.
"Ninjutsu?"
Tsunade's expression changed as she began scanning the entire battlefield.
Most of the battlefield was filled with clashes of ninjutsu, with only a small portion occupied by Sunagakure Puppet Masters.
But since when had Sunagakure's Puppet Masters become so scarce? They were supposed to have an entire puppet unit!
Even if she had never seen it herself, Tsunade had heard of their puppet corps.
Her gaze locked onto Chiyo before her once more.
With a movement of