Neji escorted the Loulan survivors back to the Land of Lightning.
When the group reached the Land of Frost, they ran into Dodai and Samui, who were heading to the Land of Wind to prepare for an alliance with Sunagakure.
From Dodai, Neji learned that the current situation was grim.
Kumogakure was fighting on three fronts.
On the western front, Ōnoki had personally led Iwagakure's army into battle. In three days, they had taken seven cities, and the western defenses were crumbling one after another.
On the Land of Hot Water front, Shisui had led four battalions through Konoha's defenses. Then Jiraiya, who had not returned to Konoha in a long time, had suddenly arrived on the battlefield with reinforcements. The Uchiha were now locked in a fierce battle.
The only bright spot was the eastern front.
The Fourth Raikage had led the Kage Guard to crush Kirigakure's advance force of eight hundred shinobi. Kumogakure had launched several counterattacks, driving the Kirigakure forces back thirty miles.
"Lord Raikage plans to send some troops to support the Land of Hot Water front. He'll secretly head to the western front himself to join up with Killer B and stop Ōnoki."
Dodai's single eye was filled with concern.
Strictly speaking, Kumogakure was slightly weaker than Konoha had been during the Third Shinobi World War.
Fighting three enemies at once was proving difficult.
More importantly, the Land of Lightning's natural resources were nowhere near as plentiful as those of the Land of Fire.
If Kumogakure got bogged down in a war and couldn't keep up with supplies, it would be dragged down and destroyed.
Just then, Dodai glanced at the Loulan survivors' convoy in the distance and muttered, "Neji, who are those people?"
Neji briefly explained what had happened in the Land of Wind.