Let the leaders go first

After reaching a decision, the three hurried out of the command tent and organized their troops, intending to deal the Konoha forces a crushing blow head-on.

Three hundred against two hundred. If they could gain an advantage with combination ninjutsu at the outset, the battle would still be winnable, even with an expert like Uchiha Mai on the other side.

Moments later, the Konoha army came charging in.

Uchiha Mai led the charge, and the sight of the Rock Shinobi's three Jonin pleased him immensely. Good. They hadn't run. That saved me the trouble of chasing them down.

"Hello there, Peter."

Uchiha Mai smiled and tossed out a greeting in imitation of the comedian Yu Qian, then promptly raised a hand, signaling the ninja behind him to greet the enemy with ninjutsu.

Sato, Ueno, and Ito gritted their teeth. Ueno even muttered to himself, "How could anything be good with you here?"

Uchiha Mai might have been personally leading this two-hundred-strong force. Otherwise, it was hard to explain why they would attack a stronger force with a weaker one.

What had originally been mere speculation on the three men's part was now confirmed beyond doubt.

Ueno likewise raised a hand and loudly ordered the Rock Shinobi, "Attack with ninjutsu! Hold nothing back!"

The cruelty of war revealed itself in that instant. Both forces prepared ninjutsu attacks against the other. The earth trembled, the air shrieked, and techniques of every color lit up the night sky.

Individual strength seemed utterly insignificant at that moment. Once someone was swept into this battlefield meat grinder, life and death were no longer theirs to decide.

However... there were exceptions.

This was, after all, a world of supernatural powers. There were always people who could take on a thousand or even ten thousand enemies alone,