Mutual Defeat

The chubby figure was none other than Matsutani Shinya's ninja cat Little Flower.

Matsutani Shinya's strength has improved rapidly, especially in battles after he enters Sage Mode. The level of his battles is too high for Little Flower to participate in.

So when Matsutani Shinya was fighting Might Guy, it stayed on the periphery until Matsutani Shinya was in danger, at which point it rushed over quickly.

Fortunately, Little Flower was fast enough; if it had been any later, Matsutani Shinya have been killed.

After Little Flower collided with Might Guy, she was sent flying. Matsutani Shin was grazed by Might Guy's attack, which was slightly off-target, and was seriously injured on the spot.

After that attack, Might Guy collapsed and couldn't get up.

Of the two people and the cat, Little Flower was the least injured because Little Flower was too fat; her fat protected her from much of the damage.

Little Flower quickly arrived at Matsutani Shinya's side, not even bothering to finish off Might Guy, she hoisted Matsutani Shinya onto her back and ran away.

It sensed that ninjas were coming.

The arrival was from Konoha ninja. Kakashi sensed that Might Guy had opened the Seventh Gate and immediately summoned several Konoha ninja to provide protection.

The three Konoha ninja were shocked to see Might Guy lying on the ground and rushed over to check on him. One of them, a Medical Ninja, examined him and said, "Lord Guy has suffered a backlash from Forbidden Technique and needs treatment."

The leader of the three said, "Let's take Lord Guy with us and head straight back to the village."

"Yes." The remaining person carried Might Guy on their back, while the Medical Ninja looked after them from the side, and the four of them quickly disappeared from the spot.

On Little Flower's soft back, Matsutani Shin finally caught his breath and said, "Little Flower, leave a signal. We're not going back to Kirigakure. We're going home immediately."

"Meow." Little Flower responded, leaving a mark on a tree, and then quickly carried Matsutani Shinya away in a direction far from Kirigakure.

When the two sides still engaged in battle sent reinforcements again, the battlefield was nothing but a scene of devastation.

The battle between Matsutani Shinya and Might Guy has ended, and the battle between Kakashi and Hozuki Mangetsu is also coming to a close.

In the end, Kakashi prevailed. Hozuki Mangetsu, while Kakashi only suffered an arm injury from the Nuibari.

If it were a one-on-one fight, Hozuki Mangetsu would naturally be dead. But this is a battlefield, and after the battle between the two commanders ended, they all tacitly converged on the two of them from the direction of the melee.

Looking at his subordinates facing off on both sides, Hozuki Mangetsu grinned.

He lost the one-on-one fight, but in the team battle, the Mist ninja gained the upper hand.

Two thousand Mist ninja are fighting against one thousand five hundred Konoha ninja. There are only seven hundred Konoha ninja present, but there are still one thousand two hundred Mist ninja.

Both sides lost 800 men, but many of the Mist ninja soldiers were wounded and sent to villages in the rear.

This casualty ratio is advantageous for Kirigakure. Therefore, overall, Mist ninja won.

Kakashi sensed the movement nearby, sighed, and said, "Send the signal to prepare for a retreat!"

The fact that the other two routes haven't sent reinforcements at this point can only mean that all three sides' contingency plans have been countered.

Was it all because of the Iwa ninja? Kakashi felt a bitter pang in his heart. He thought of the man who had guided his thoughts back in Iwagakure.

That man's deep cunning would wake him from his dreams every time he thought about it.

Kakashi was about to withdraw his troops. Seeing this, Ryosuke, who was not far away, sighed, freed himself from Mei Terumi's entanglement, and expressed his intention to cease hostilities.

Mei Terumi hesitated for a moment, looked around, and then agreed.

The two sides were locked in a life-or-death struggle just moments before, but after their commanders announced a ceasefire, they immediately stopped fighting and cautiously returned to their respective camps.

Ryosuke walked up to Ebizo and asked, "Ebizo- senpai, how are you?"

Ebizo, panting heavily, said, "What a pity. If I had just a little more time, these old bones of mine could have taken those two Iwa ninja away."

"What a pity, what a pity."

Ryosuke understood what Ebizo meant. Ebizo was in very poor condition, and it was likely that he wouldn't live much longer after returning to Sunagakure.

It's a bit of a regret that I couldn't take two Iwa ninja geniuses down with me before I died.

"Send the signal to prepare for retreat," Ryosuke said to one of the people beside him.

Soon, the Fourth Raikage and the others, at the last battlefield, also saw the signal.

The enraged Fourth Raikage roared and sent Kisame flying with a single punch.

However, Kisame quickly stood up again. The punch hadn't hit him directly, but rather Samehada. His injury wasn't serious, but the battle had taken a toll.

However, the Mist ninja still suffered significant losses along the way.

Although the panda summoned by Suda Himezuki blocked the Giant Turtle, the panda and the Mist ninja were unfamiliar with each other and could not cooperate. However, the Giant Turtle and the Cloud ninja cooperated perfectly.

Actually, the panda wasn't unfamiliar with the Mist ninja, nor was it familiar with the shaman, Suda Himezuki. Suda Himezuki didn't even know what abilities the panda possessed.

Therefore, in the ensuing battle, the Cloud Ninja Army maintained the upper hand, and the difference in casualties between the two sides widened.

Originally, the Mist ninja had 500 more ninjas than the Cloud ninja. Now, the Mist ninja have fewer ninjas than the Cloud ninja.

With victory seemingly within reach, the Fourth Raikage roared once more, then reluctantly chose to retreat.

If Konoha and Sunagakure are willing to persevere, then even at the cost of losing some ninjas Fourth Raikage, they should continue fighting.

If Kirigakure is destroyed, then even if the other two main battlefields (the Land of Wind and the sea) are lost, this great war can be considered a draw.

However, with Konoha and Sunagakure retreating, it's impossible for Cloud ninja to win alone.

Once the Cloud ninja's signal was also sent into the air, troops withdrew from all three battlefields simultaneously, marking the end of the battle in the Land of Water.

Watching the Sand Ninja Army slowly retreat, Uchiyama Takuhiro, panting heavily, collapsed to the ground.

His companion Wada Akio, fared slightly better. He used his long sword to prop himself up on the ground and slowly sat down, his chest heaving violently.

He looked in the direction of the Mist ninja Third Squad, which had fired the Signal Flare first, and said haltingly, "Takuhiro, do you think... Shinya- senpai... finished the battle first?"

After a long while, Wada Akio heard Uchiyama Takuhiro's response. "That should be it. Before the Signal Flare was launched, there was a very violent Chakra fluctuation over there."

"I remember Teacher Yichen saying that this violent and chaotic Chakra fluctuation is the hallmark of Konoha's Forbidden Technique, the Eight Inner Gates."

"Eight Gates?" Wada Akio thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "I remember you said it was the special technique of that Konoha genin who single-handedly made the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist a laughing stock?"

"Yes," Uchiyama Takuhiro replied, "I reckon this is Konoha's Trump Card. The one fighting this ninja who has mastered the Eight Inner Gates should be Senior Brother Shinya."

"I wonder if Senior Brother Shinya could withstand that attack."

Wada Akio said, "Shinya- senpai used Senjutsu, didn't he? Senjutsu is indeed powerful; it's actually able to fight against a powerhouse of this level."

He then summoned an Iwa Ninja Anbu and said, "Go check on the Mist ninja Third Squad and see how many casualties we have."

"Yes," the Anbu replied and left.

Wada Akio then summoned another Anbu Squad Leader and said, "Take some men and go to the First Mist ninja Squad to bring Himezuki back."

"Yes." Upon hearing this, the Anbu Squad Leader took a few subordinates and went to find Suda Himezuki.

After a while, all the Iwa ninja gathered together. When Uchiyama Takuhiro saw that Matsutani Shinya was not among the people who came from the Mist ninja Third Division, he was startled.

He quickly asked, "Where is Senior Brother Shinya?"

An Anbu replied, "Lord Shinya fought a fierce battle with Might Guy of Konoha. When we arrived after the battle, both of them had vanished."

"Near the battlefield, we saw a signal left by Lord Shinya's Ninja Cat. Lord Shinya should have returned to the village."

Upon hearing this, Uchiyama Takuhiro breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Suda Himezuki and her Ninja Cat, Fenghuo.

"Himezuki, are you alright?" Uchiyama Takuhiro asked with concern.

Suda Himezuki was seriously injured because her Summoning Beast had rendered the Cloud ninja's trump card ineffective, making her a target of the Cloud ninja.

The entire Anbu Squad protecting her had been killed in action. She Kazekaze were both seriously injured.

Suda Himezuki shook her head, saying wearily, "The Medical Ninja have examined us; neither Kazekaze I will die from our injuries."

Uchiyama Takuhiro nodded, then looked at Wada Akio and said, "Akio, Shinya- senpai isn't here, so you should take command. What do we do next?"

Wada Akio nodded and said, "Let's first summarize the casualties from the three battlefields."

He looked around and said, "On our side, Senior Shinya must be injured, otherwise he wouldn't have had Little Flower do something as simple as leaving a signal."

"Himezuki Kazekaze were also injured, and half of the others were killed in battle."

" On the Second Battlefield where we are, the Mist ninja are at a disadvantage. They have lost 700 Mist ninja, while the Sunagakure have only lost 400. However, the Sunagakure Puppet Master have lost quite a few puppets."

"Neither Mei Terumi nor Ryosuke were injured."

On the Mist ninja Third Division's side, an Anbu said, "On our side, both Konoha and Mist ninja have lost eight hundred men, but about a hundred Mist ninja soldiers were sent to Kirigakure for treatment."

"In addition, Hozuki Mangetsu is seriously injured, Kakashi Hatake is slightly injured."

Finally, the Anbu Squad Leader who went to meet Suda Himezuki said, "On the Mizukage and Raikage's side, the Cloud ninja lost about four hundred men, Mist ninja lost over a thousand."

"The Mizukage is also injured. Judging from his condition, the injury isn't serious, but he's exhausted a lot."

Wada Akio nodded, then said to an intelligence ninja, "Yes, inform the village of the situation and request instructions on the next steps."

"Yes." The intelligence ninja replied.

The village's reply came quickly.

After reviewing the situation, Wada Akio said, "The village told us to stabilize the wounded soldiers' conditions and then return immediately."

"Let's rest for half a day first, then go back to the village."

"Yes," everyone responded in unison.

When the battle in the Land of Water ended, an uninvited guest arrived in Kirigakure.

Obito Uchiha was just as familiar with Kirigakure as he was with his own base.

He didn't go to the heavily guarded Mizukage Building, because it didn't contain what he needed, and the Ninjutsu Scroll Mizukage Building didn't have as many Ninjutsu as the one he had.

Obito Uchiha went directly to all the Bloodline Limit families in Kirigakure and took away all the children who were of suitable age.

With the Mist Ninja Army fighting outside and none of the Three Kage-level ninjas in the village, Obito Uchiha the Kirigakure.

He killed almost everyone he went, including adults and children from these Bloodline Limit families.

By the time word got out, Kirigakure had almost wiped out all the Bloodline Limit families Obito.

The elites of these families had already perished in the Fourth Mizukage's self-destruction.

This time, many ninjas were sent to the front lines again, Obito Uchiha.

They took all the children, and killed all the older ones.

Obito Uchiha will show no mercy to the murderer of Rin Nohara.

Obito Uchiha himself didn't know that there might be another reason why he went to such extremes: to vent the frustration he suffered at the Iwagakure.

Kamui was restricted in Iwagakure, but in Kirigakure, no one could locate him or restrain him. This inadvertently amplified Obito Uchiha's twisted mind.

He even felt an abnormal excitement while massacring the Bloodline Limit families Kirigakure.