While Tsunade was still thinking about how to make money, in the forest of Land of Fire, Uchiha Clan's ninjas had already escorted Sunagakure's messenger for a day.
Escorting is a nicer word, but in essence it is surveillance, in order to prevent Suna Ninja from sabotaging Land of Fire.
Until now, Third Kazekage and Chiyo are still being carried by two ninjas from the Uchiha Clan. On this point alone, they have indeed followed the orders of Third Hokage.
——Kazekage and Chiyo cannot be delivered to them before leaving the Land of Fire border.
Since we are all ninjas and they are always on the road, we will reach the Land of Fire border in almost two hours.
The one who is most protected at this time is Uchiha Fugaku. With him as the center, all Uchiha Ninja are traveling at his speed, which is also the reason for the slow speed.
Looking at the protected Fugaku, Masha showed disdain. If it weren't for Third Kazekage and Chiyo, he would have ordered the other party to be left far behind.
It seems that Uchiha Clan not only produces geniuses, but also occasionally produces waste.
However, Masha didn't do anything extraordinary on the surface. Since he had paid a lot of benefits, there was no need to ask for trouble at this time.
Of course, the most important thing is that in his heart he regards himself and Third Hokage as ninjas of the same level. So wouldn't being angry with these escorting ninjas lower his level?
He wouldn't do such a price drop.
Just like this, there are two teams, one with evil intentions and the other with pretentiousness, but they get along peacefully along the way.
Soon, two hours passed like this, and the next step was Land of Rivers.
"Can you return our Third Kazekage and Elder Chiyo to us now?"
Masha's cold tone sounded like the ninja in front of him was nothing more than an insignificant weed.
But Uchiha Clan is famous for his arrogance. They all look down on the ninjas in the village, let alone the ninjas from the defeated country.
So immediately Uchiha Ninja jumped out to express his dissatisfaction and was about to make a taunt, but the next moment, he was stopped by Uchiha Fugaku.
"Give them the hostages."
After stopping the rash Uchiha Ninja, Uchiha Fugaku chuckled and said to the ninja beside him.
"Yes!" Since it was his own Young Clan Head's order, Uchiha Clan's ninja did not disobey the truth.
Masha let out a light sigh, but he had a better impression of Young Clan Head, whom he rated as "trash". At the same time, he waved his hand and let his subordinates pass by Chiyo and Third Kazekage, who were still unconscious.
"Then Konoha ninjas, we will say goodbye here." After confirming the safety of Kazekage and Chiyo, Masha said hello and began to prepare to evacuate in the direction of Land of Wind.
He needs to bring Kazekage back to the village as soon as possible. Now Hidden Sand Village is leaderless and in chaos. Not only does he need someone to take charge of the overall situation, but he also needs someone to take the blame from Daimyo.
It just so happens that Kazekage and Chiyo each have their uses.
But after only walking a few hundred meters, he keenly sensed something unusual about the surrounding environment, and there seemed to be chakra fluctuations on the ground.
Konoha's grandsons, are they planning to do something evil?
Needless to say, Kage Level Ninja's reaction ability, in the next second, his Hand Seals was completed.
Swish, brush, brush!
Three earth walls in a row completely surrounded the Sand Ninja, and at the same time, the ground rose upward, completely isolating several people.
Sure enough, the originally flat ground turned like mud, and then countless Explosive Tag made tearing sounds and enveloped the land.
Konoha is really going to do something dirty!
Uchiha Fugaku, who was standing in the crowd, looked at the explosion in front of him, and the pleasure of revenge ignited in his heart. Then he waved his hand and said, "Do it!"
As his words fell, Great Dragon Fire Technique condensed from Six Paths, with the blessing of Wind Release, hit the Sand Ninja in the smoke.
Facing this Fire Release, which is a mixture of many ninjas, Earth Wall is naturally unstoppable, but those who can be brought by Masha are naturally elites.
I saw one of the sand ninjas Puppet throw out several special steel wires from his mouth in an instant. These special steel wires flashed a cold light and quickly passed through the incorporeal Fire Release.
Specially refined steel wires cannot be burned by simple flames, but they can't do anything else.
Next, it's up to you.
"Fire Release·Flame Bullet Technique!"
An equally huge Fire Release was generated by a large amount of chakra, split into six along the steel wire, and was instantly entangled in the dragon fire.
Flame Bullet Technique is definitely not as powerful as the Fire Dragon, but Ninjutsu, which walks along the special steel wire, must have its own uniqueness.
Just like now, although the Fire Dragon cannot be stopped, when the two techniques are mixed with each other, they begin to mix slowly. Uchiha Clan, the amazingly powerful mixture of Ninjutsu, is actually guided by the special steel wire, and flows along the steel wire that has been set in other directions.
"Masha-sama, do you want to launch Signal Flare?"
Four sand ninjas protected Masha, the unconscious Third Kazekage and Chiyo in the center of Earth Style. One of them asked.
"No hurry!" Masha waved his hand.
Naturally, he brought more than four subordinates with him on this mission, but as a defeated country, they rushed to Konoha. To be honest, it was useless to bring many sand ninjas.
In addition, Third Hokage usually has a good reputation, and they are here to send money, so there must be no worries about safety, so when Masha entered Land of Fire, he brought four sand ninjas with him, and the others were stationed in Land of Rivers.
Therefore, he was really not expecting what Konoha Ninja was doing.
But after calming down, Masha discovered that something was a little strange. Is this really an order from Third Hokage?
Or... is it just Uchiha Ninja acting without authorization?
The meanings of these two representatives are naturally completely different.
If it was the former, Masha would leave immediately with the four of them without even thinking about it.
But if it's the latter...
Do you really think that I am a clay figure with no anger at all?
Masha couldn't make a decision for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that with Third Hokage's temperament, he would not do such a sneaky and bottomless thing, let alone send Uchiha Ninja, but directly send several of his apprentices...
It seems that it can only be the unauthorized action of the Uchiha Clan!
Before, he was wondering why the other party brought so many ninjas. He thought it was to protect the safety of Young Clan Head. But now it seemed that it was not a temporary move, but a long-planned plan.
No wonder they have to cross the border before attacking. If something goes wrong, they won't be held responsible.
After thinking about this, Masha decisively ordered, "The four of you now take Chiyo and Lord Kazekage to join the troops. I will stop you here. After joining, let them come to support. I want to eat this group of Konoha Ninja!"
"This... Sir, the agreement you just signed, will anything happen if you do this?"
"No. This is not an order from Third Hokage, and I will lure them to Land of Rivers, as long as they are not within the territory of Land of Fire, it doesn't matter. Go!"
"Yes!"
Since the leader Masha had taken such a stance this time, several of his subordinates had no choice but to obey the order.
"What should I do Young Clan Head?"
Seeing several sand ninjas preparing to run away, a group of the Uchiha Clan ninjas also surrounded Uchiha Fugaku.
Although many powerful ninjas were brought this time, as Young Clan Head, the command naturally rests with him.
"It seems that Masha is preparing to stop us alone to buy time for his subordinates. In this case..." Fugaku hesitated for a moment and continued, "The whole team is pressing forward, kill Masha!"
Previously in Daimyo's Capital, his childhood friend died tragically at the hands of the Sand Ninja, and the two Tomoes were opened at that time.
So Fugaku hated Suna Ninja very much. If he just let the other person leave without killing anyone, he would be unwilling to do so anyway.
What's more, among the ninjas who came this time, in addition to one Quasi-Kage level, there were four Elite Jonin, and the rest were only Jonin and Special Jonin.
If this configuration was better coordinated, it would be easy to kill Masha, who was almost sixty years old.
This can be regarded as a comfort to the dead tribesmen.
"Young Clan Head, the clan leader gave instructions when he came that he could only attack at Land of Fire and was not allowed to cross the border to pursue him." One of them, Elite Jonin, said.
"But my father also said that we should make decisions based on the situation here. Now there is only Masha. There are so many ninjas among us, are you scared?!"
"But..."
"If something goes wrong, I will take responsibility. The best I can do is not pursue it further."
"... Yes!"
"Since no one has any objections..." Fugaku stood up and began to order:
"The whole team is pressing forward. Once this is done, we will return to the village!"