Liya and Zhi accepted a mission from the Third Kazekage to attack the Leaf Village's supply lines.
The two led their puppet squad around the front lines and infiltrated the Leaf Village's rear, planning to raid its supply depots and cut off the food and explosive tags supplied to its frontline troops.
The Leaf Ninja seemed to have known all along that the Sand Village's puppet squad would attack their supply lines. They had prepared in advance, setting traps and waiting for the Sand Village squad to walk into them.
Had it been anyone else, Liya and Zhi could have fought their way out.
But the man facing them was-White Fang.
Liya and Zhi had never expected White Fang to be hiding among the ninja squad ambushing them.
The Leaf Ninja had killed everyone in the Sand Village's puppet squad. Only Liya and Zhi remained.
The puppets they wielded had all been destroyed by White Fang's short blade.
White Fang's blade was incredibly sharp. It could destroy chakra threads, severing the wielder's control over their puppets.
White Fang was a blade made to counter puppet masters.
That left Liya and Zhi with no choice but to fight White Fang at close range.
Liya shouted angrily, "White Fang, how did you know we were coming to attack this supply line?"
The puppet squad Liya led had been on the back foot throughout, falling into the Leaf Ninja's trap from the very beginning.
This made Liya and Zhi suspect that their intelligence had been leaked-and that the culprit was someone from the Sand Village.
Liya thought of the Third Kazekage.
The Sand Village was not a united whole. There were various factions within the village.
There was the Kazekage Line, the Elder Faction, and the Puppet Faction...
At present, the Sand Village