The Land of Whirlpools Will Surely Win

Takeo Horiguchi's shuriken collided with Uzumaki Kai's, throwing off sparks. Horiguchi frowned. "And you?"

The Uzumaki ninja before him was definitely no ordinary opponent. He had never expected that, even after the Uzumaki Clan had been so thoroughly screwed over by Konoha, they would still have such a powerful warrior. They truly were a clan with a thousand-year legacy.

"Guardian Ninja of the Daimyo—Uzumaki Kai." Kai leaped backward, withdrawing from the battlefield. He then threw the shuriken in his hand and casually unleashed a Wind Release. "Wind Release: Wind Blade."

However, Horiguchi dodged it. He worriedly glanced at his teammates in the distance, then released a Water Style technique from his hand as well. "Water Style - Water Dragon Bullet Technique."

This couldn't go on! Their entire squad would really be wiped out.

He continuously pulled out shuriken and threw them, clashing with Kai again and again.

Suddenly, he sensed a burst of Chakra behind him.

"Wind Release: Wind Blade." Another Jonin leaped out.

Horiguchi's left arm was slashed. He glared furiously at Kai. "Despicable." In a fair duel, they actually had someone launch a sneak attack? Where was the Uzumaki Clan's honor?

"The despicable ones are you Mist Ninja." Kai ignored him, throwing another shuriken at him. "Invaders."

Seeing that the Uzumaki clansmen were neither enraged nor charging forward while shouting about honor and demanding one-on-one duels, it seemed someone had given them psychological guidance.

So they would no longer mindlessly charge headfirst into battle. But who was it?

Just who was the person behind the Uzumaki Clan...

"Ebisu!" But when he suddenly saw Ebisu, Horiguchi shouted anxiously and tried to go help. However, it was already too late. Ebisu was directly stabbed in the back by an Uzumaki ninja's shuriken.

Ebisu froze. Blood sprayed from his mouth, and he collapsed onto the ground.

"Ebisu!!!" Seeing his teammate die, Dayou cried out in grief. How many was this? How many had died already? So...

"Pfft—"

Dayou lowered his head and saw a shuriken lodged in his chest.

"That's why I hate..." He raised his head to look at the young Uzumaki ninja before him, but before he could finish, he collapsed.

"Dayou!!" Horiguchi saw another teammate fall, and he nearly broke down completely. He constantly unleashed ninjutsu and threw shuriken. He knew he was doomed. Even if he did not die this time, once he returned to the village, he would be made the scapegoat.

But Dayou and the others were still young! Their lives should not have ended like this. They had yet to shine with their own light in the Shinobi World, yet they...

Had their lives cut short so early.

As more and more Uzumaki ninja closed in around him, Horiguchi seemed to calm down instead.

He only hoped...

That the village would spare his wife and child!!

"It seems the Mizukage and the others have realized something is wrong. They've already sent ninja reinforcements." Xun Uzumaki held a telescope as he spoke. "Send the signal and have them withdraw."

The Clan Head nodded upon hearing this. He raised a hand toward the sky. "Wind Release: Retreat Signal Technique."

After seeing the Clan Head send the signal, Xun said, "We should leave too. They've probably already discovered this location."

With such a huge Wind Release signal, the Mist Ninja were not idiots. They would definitely notice it. It looked like he would have to find another place to hide.

"Damn it, damn it." Hozuki Gengetsu saw that only half of the Mist Ninja he had sent out to scout had returned. If the Mist Ninja had not noticed that something was wrong early on and hurriedly sent reinforcements, even this half would likely have been left behind. "Where's Takeo Horiguchi?"

"He was killed in action," one of the Mist Ninja said with his head lowered.

"..." Hearing that Horiguchi had died, Gengetsu froze for a moment. Then he sighed and said, "Compile a list of the fallen. The village will not mistreat them."

Although he had intended to make Horiguchi take the blame, Gengetsu still felt some regret over his death. After all, Horiguchi had been his trusted subordinate and possessed the strength of an elite Jonin. Training a Jonin was already troublesome enough, let alone an elite Jonin.

It cost far too much money.

But now he had died.

Horiguchi could no longer bear the blame. Gengetsu could not bring himself to force it onto a hero of Kirigakure. If he did, Horiguchi's child and family would surely suffer. No matter what, Horiguchi had been a trusted subordinate Gengetsu had personally promoted.

Since he had died in battle and given his life for the village, the village could not treat them that way. Otherwise, it would be difficult to lead the troops.

"Just who is advising the Uzumaki Clan?" Gengetsu clenched his right fist and muttered, "They'd better not let me find out who it is, or else..."

"All troops, rest. We fight again tomorrow."

Everything had gone wrong today! They could only discuss new tactics first. Otherwise, without reinforcements or supplies, all of these Mist Ninja would sooner or later be left here.

"Ahchoo, ahchoo." Xun rubbed his nose. Who was thinking about him?

"Haha, the Mizukage must be miserable now." The Great Elder laughed. "Who would have thought war could be fought like this?"

There was no command center, no large army, no need to defend the rear, and no need to throw themselves into an all-out battle. Though the damage they inflicted was not great, it felt pretty good to keep harassing the enemy.

"Remember not to let Kirigakure rest from now on." Xun thought for a moment before saying, "Continue mainly using Explosive Tags. Don't use the Molotov Cocktails yet."

The current situation was quite good. Gengetsu had not sent too many people, which suited the Land of Whirlpools' strategy perfectly. After all, they had too few people!

If they pushed Kirigakure too hard and the enemy abandoned their camp too, with everyone running around screaming, what then? The Land of Whirlpools did not have enough ninja to stop them. If they discovered the tunnels and the command center, it would be over.

"The main thing is not to let them rest. Once they send people after us, wipe them out if there are few of them. If there are too many..." Xun swept his gaze over those around him. "Run. As long as we're alive, there's hope."

"Yes!!" No one dared doubt Prince Xun anymore. All of them believed that the Land of Whirlpools...

Would surely win.

"How many people did the Uzumaki Clan lose in the interception battle just now?" Xun asked. People would die in war. He did not believe his transmigrator's golden finger would protect the Uzumaki Clan and allow them to win without losing a single person.

"Two Jonin, five Chunin, and one Genin. Compared to Kirigakure, our losses were not severe," the Clan Head said.

How was that not severe? It was practically a miracle! As expected of the Uzumaki Clan's genius—calm, intelligent, and resourceful. Perhaps the Uzumaki Clan's future rested on Xun Uzumaki.

After hearing that, Xun fell silent for a moment before saying, "Record their names. After the war ends, erect a monument for them so that the people of the Land of Whirlpools will remember them for generations. If they have families, the nation will support them."

They could not let the soldiers bleed and shed tears too!

"Yes!" the Clan Head replied.

The Great Elder saw that Xun was in low spirits and patted him on the shoulder. "This is good enough. Don't be sad. No war is without deaths, and ninja do not fear death."

Besides, the current situation was already very good.

Indeed, nothing could be more perfect than this. Until not long ago, they had never even considered the possibility that the Land of Whirlpools might win. But now, they believed it. Under the leadership of the Uzumaki Clan's genius, they would surely achieve victory.

"Lord Shuzen..."

That's it, nothing more. Yesterday's content has been made up too!! Haha!!!