The wind howled, the Yi River ran cold; once a brave man departed, he would never return.
Well, in Sarutobi Toru's view, the ninjas from the other villages now carried just such a tragic air.
After all, there were more than four hundred Kage-level ninjas. The fact that these ninjas from the other villages could muster the courage to go was already commendable.
In their eyes, they were going there to die, to be buried alongside their own villages.
Sarutobi Toru also set out with Konoha's people. However, everyone taking action this time was one of Konoha's elites. They were not going to wage a frontal war against Uchiha Shisui, but to carry out a Decapitation Strike.
In the eyes of the other ninja villages, this might offer even a one-in-ten-million chance of victory. Perhaps if Uchiha Shisui died, the ninjas he had reincarnated and the Artificial Human Ninjas he controlled would all be finished.
Of course, that was merely their fantasy. The Impure World Reincarnation ninjas would be fine—once they died, they would lose control. But the Artificial Human Ninjas were not bound to Uchiha Shisui. Even if Uchiha Shisui died, they would still carry out their mission.
But aside from this, they truly could not think of any other way to win.
Thus, the elites of the other four ninja villages, together with Konoha Village, formed an operation squad of several dozen people and set out to execute the so-called Decapitation Strike.
Of course, Konoha's main force followed behind them as well. Whether they could win was one thing, but surrendering before the battle even began was not something ninjas could do.
Before long, the Decapitation Strike squad, composed of numerous ninjas, arrived at the former Land of Earth, at Kirigakure's camp.
From far away, they could see