Climbing to the top of Hillside, in the ice and snow in the distance, three ninjas, two men and one woman, were fighting fiercely with several enemies. Next to them, two cold corpses were lying on the snow.
"It's the ninja from Land of Frost who is fighting against the people from Kumogakure." Uchiha Hikaru turned on Sharingan, and his vision was farther and clearer than ordinary people. "That female ninja can't hold on any longer. Sen, please help, the opponent is Kumogakure anyway."
Seeing Sen nodding in acquiescence, Yan, Might Duy and Minato instantly turned into three afterimages and rushed straight to the battlefield.
With their strength at least Jonin level, they can easily deal with these Kumogakure soldiers.
Especially Minato. The Kunai he threw casually drew a sharp black line in the air, right in front of a Cloud ninja.
The moment the opponent subconsciously raised his sword to block, a golden light suddenly flashed through.
The figure of Minato appeared behind the enemy like a ghost. As Kunai scratched his throat, the warm blood splashed on the cold snow and instantly condensed into dark red ice beads.
Yan did not hesitate to give in, Sharingan faced an enemy, and a simple Illusion Technique caused the opponent's feet to slip, and he fell onto the icy road, falling unconscious.
Yan directly Kunai sealed his throat, which saved the other party a bit of pain.
In the blink of an eye, the battle was over.
The rescued Land of Frost female ninja was brought to Sen.
This fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was wrapped in heavy clothes, with two white braids exposed under a red hat.
She looked at the five people Sen in shock, and kept bowing and thanking them. Finally, her eyes fell on Orochimaru, with a hint of reverence in her eyes.
"You, you are one of the legendary Sannin, senior Orochimaru, right? Thank you so much for saving me! My name is Han Mei. If I hadn't met you today----I might have died here----"
Orochimaru looked at the other person for a moment and said, "It seems that he is just a recent graduate Genin, and his strength is too weak. If we hadn't happened to pass by today, you would have died long ago."
He changed the subject and his tone became cold, "Since there are cloud ninjas in this country, it means that our whereabouts may be exposed at any time."
"In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is better to kill him and silence him. This is a war period, and the risk of any leakage of information is too high."
Before he finished speaking, Orochimaru had already pulled out Kunai, and the smooth blade surface reflected Han Mei's face that turned from grateful to frightened and dull.
"Don't----Senior Orochimaru!" Han Mei's legs weakened and she fell on the snow. She couldn't understand why the benefactor who had just rescued her from the tiger's mouth wanted to take her life in the blink of an eye.
Her feet wearing snow boots kept kicking back on the ice, and she backed away in horror.
"I promise! I won't say anything! Lord Orochimaru, please let me go!"
She had only heard of Sannin's reputation in rumors, but never thought that one of them, Orochimaru, was such a cruel person who regarded human life as nothing.
Just because you might know their whereabouts, do you want to kill yourself?
Just when Orochimaru's Kunai was about to swing down, a hand clasped his wrist like an iron pincer, preventing him from making any further progress.
Sen's eyes were as cold as frost, and the power coming from his hands was so great that even Orochimaru turned his attention to it.
"Orochimaru," Sen's voice was not loud, but it contained unquestionable majesty, "My team will not kill innocent people who ask for help from us."
Seeing Sen reaching out to lift the trembling Han Mei up, Orochimaru clicked his tongue dissatisfied. "Sen, your unnecessary kindness will harm yourself sooner or later. In war, only your own life is the most important. There are so many people on the battlefield, how many can you save?"
Sen had not yet replied. When Han Mei heard the word "Sen" from Orochimaru's mouth, the body that had just been lifted up suddenly trembled, and he retracted the arm supported by Sen like an electric shock.
As if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight, she pointed at Sen and said in a trembling voice, "You - you are the one promoted by Kumogakure - the devil who kills without blinking an eye" Uchiha Sen! Afterwards, she looked back at the cold corpses of her companions, tears welling up in her eyes, "If I had known it was you who saved me, I might as well have died with them!"
"----" Sen looked helplessly at the Minato people who were holding back their laughter, and sighed, "Who did you listen to? I have never killed innocent people indiscriminately."
Hearing this, Han Mei's sobs subsided a little. She stopped trembling, and secretly looked at Sen with a bit of curiosity and suspicion.
Although the young man in front of him is taller than himself, he should be about the same age as himself, and he has a handsome face and does not look like a legendary devil.
At least, his eyes didn't have the chilling gloominess of Orochimaru.
She asked tentatively, "I--I heard from the people at Kumogakure. They said that in this battle with Konoha, they killed nearly a hundred people at one time--all of them were secretly poisoned to death by you, a devil, using despicable means!"
Sen shook his head. As expected, this girl is still a newly graduated ninja. Her words and deeds are still a bit childish, and her fighting skills and character need to be tempered.
"This is strange. You and Kumogakure should be enemies, right? Why should you believe what your enemies say?"
"?" Han Mei just woke up from a dream, "Yes! They are my enemies, and they have killed so many of my friends in the same village——Kumogakure's words are simply unbelievable!"
Sen forced a smile, "It's good that you know. Now that you've survived, go back to your village."
"Are you coming here to attack Kumogakure?" Han Mei chased after him, his voice was much faster than before, and his hands unconsciously clenched the corners of his clothes, "If so, please take me with you!"
"I don't understand why Land of Lightning is doing this to us!"
She took a step forward excitedly, the ice beneath her feet creaked, and the tears in her eyes were no longer out of fear, but red with anger.
"Last winter, in order to exchange food for the village, my father went out to fish in a snowstorm, but the boat coming back was intercepted by the patrol team of Kumogakure! They said that Land of Frost's untouchables did not deserve to be exchanged for sufficient food," so they unreasonably broke my father's hand!"
"This spring, my best friend Xiao Shuang, because he complained at the market that the price of fish given by Kumogakure was too low, was treated as a rebel by a passing Kumo ninja and beaten to death in front of the whole village!"
Her voice began to tremble, and she raised her hand to wipe her face, but she could not wipe away the hatred on her face, "Now, I am the only one left in my family! There are more than a dozen orphans like me in the village!"
"They set the purchase price so low that we can't even afford sweet potatoes! We just want to survive!" She punched the icicle next to her, and ice shards fell down.
"They insist on lowering the price to the point where we can't even afford sweet potatoes. We just want to survive!" She slammed the icicle beside her, and the ice shards fell down. "So I have to go! I want to see with my own eyes those Kumogakure bastards who stole our food and killed our relatives, and pay the price they deserve!"
Finally, she looked at Sen, her eyes no longer had the cowardice before, only a desperate determination remained. "I will never hold you back! Even if you ask me to explore the road or serve as bait to lure away the enemy! As long as I can kill Yun Nin, I will do anything!"
Orochimaru had seen so many tragedies like this in Second Shinobi World War that he was already numb and just said casually, "I don't care, Sen just agrees."
Only then did Han Mei realize that the leader of this team was not the legendary Sannin, but the young man in front of him who was similar to his own age.
It's really amazing. He's about the same age as me, and he can actually make someone like Orochimaru obey his orders!
Han Mei walked quickly to Sen, bit his lip, and begged, "Sen, please! I really want to avenge my dead companions, even if I can only kill one Cloud ninja with my own hands, I will be satisfied!"
"I know a lot of Land of Lightning's paths, which will definitely help you sneak in! As long as I can kill them, I'm willing to do whatever I need to do——"
Sen pursed his lips, but judging from the other party's expression, he was really willing to do anything----
"That's good, it gives us a legitimate reason to declare war on Land of Lightning. From now on, you will represent Land of Frost and declare war on Land of Lightning."
He changed the topic and added, "But one thing may be different from what you think. We don't do the trick of sneaking in secretly. What we want to do is to go in directly."
Hearing Sen's words, Might Duy also instantly ignited his fighting spirit, waving his fists while walking. "Damn it! What Kumogakure did is simply the greatest insult to youth!"
Looking at the backs of several people walking forward, Han Mei was completely stunned on the spot.
What does it mean to destroy Land of Lightning? Land of Lightning is one of the Five Great Nationss that has been passed down for hundreds of years. How can it be destroyed just by saying it is destroyed?
According to rumors, isn't this Uchiha Sen only good at sneak attacks and poisoning, and is he a somewhat despicable kid?
How dare he say such arrogant words as "fight directly"----
It seems that if you want to take revenge, you have to rely on a powerful and reliable ninja like Orochimaru senior! Han Mei thought to himself and followed quickly.