At that moment, Mount Myoboku outside the temple had already been plunged into flames of war.
Thousands of Star Ninja in blue-gray uniforms, wearing five-pointed-star forehead protectors and wielding all kinds of weapons, charged out from within the great waterfall.
The toads that originally lived in this area had never seen humans before, and were caught completely off guard.
However, Menma was not someone who would exterminate everything in his path. Against the ordinary toads, he mainly focused on capturing them.
"Shiro, Yukimi, take one thousand ninja and clear the mountain range on the eastern side!" Menma stood atop a toad stone statue and issued combat orders to everyone.
"Yes, my lord!" Shiro and Yukimi immediately led away a thousand-strong ninja force and began a carpet-style sweep and encirclement of the eastern side of Mount Myoboku.
"Chino, Junren, take one thousand ninja troops and begin from the western side. Clear the lowland area," Menma then ordered Chino and Junren.
"As you command, my lord!" The two bowed and accepted the order, selected a thousand troops, and charged toward the lowland basin of Mount Myoboku, where the largest toads dwelled.
Murahashi Hazuki also led the medical ninja in setting up a camp on the spot, preparing to receive the wounded and guard the captured toads.
The remaining thousand ninja troops, as well as the core combat forces—Uchiha Hikari, Uchiha Shisui, Hizashi Hyuga, Kisame Hoshigaki, Kakuzu, and the others—stood behind Menma, each one perched atop a stone statue, quietly awaiting orders.
And each of the Star Ninja who had set out carried a Kunai Gun.
Though it was called a Kunai Gun, after several generations of iteration, it was already no different from an ordinary rifle. It had a long barrel, trigger, rear sight, stock, and magazine, all fully equipped.
It was