Iwagakure's Response

Iwagakure soon learned of Kumogakure's movements as well.

"Those barbarians from Kumogakure are planning to attack a small village? They're really becoming more and more disgraceful."

Onoki, the Two-Faced, said.

Then he began considering whether Iwagakure could gain anything from this.

After all, in the Shinobi World, there were no eternal enemies and no eternal friends—only eternal interests.

Naturally, Iwagakure had also gathered intelligence on Reincarnation Village.

Although this village had only been established recently, it was said to be extremely powerful. Its lower ranks consisted of large numbers of rogue ninja and defectors from various villages.

Though these defectors varied greatly in strength, they were at least genin-level. For Reincarnation Village, they were undoubtedly a considerable force.

Even more eye-catching was the fact that Reincarnation Village actually had defectors from the Five Great Hidden Villages. Kirigakure, in particular, had the most defectors, and many Kirigakure ninja had joined Reincarnation Village.

Since these defectors had managed to evade Kirigakure's Chasing Ninja Unit, their strength was naturally quite impressive. Their addition undoubtedly raised Reincarnation Village's strength to another level.

Beyond these lower-ranking forces, Reincarnation Village's middle ranks consisted of their own "Reincarnation Ninja."

It was a very strange title, but their strength could not be underestimated. They possessed many secret techniques and bloodline limits, allowing them to often achieve unexpected results in battle.

Iwagakure ninja had once encountered Reincarnation Village's Reincarnation Ninja, and none had survived. These Reincarnation Ninja had endless secret techniques and quite a few bloodline limits. In addition, Iwagakure's ninja ranks were heavily inflated, so when intelligence was lacking, they could easily be wiped out.

Reincarnation Village's upper ranks consisted of the God Shadow and several Elite Jonin—in other words, S-Rank Ninja. For a small village to have even one S-Rank Ninja was already quite impressive, just like