Chapter 83: Kurenai Yuhi: I Was Here First
After a brief half-hour rest, and after confirming there were no enemies nearby, the team set out once more.
After what happened to Might Duy, everyone moved much more cautiously.
They reached the coast even earlier than expected. A ship sent to meet them had already been waiting there.
Everyone boarded in turn as the sea breeze, carrying its salty tang, swept over them.
The ship slowly left the harbor, cutting through the rolling waves as it headed toward another defensive base where the fighting was relatively calmer.
That was the coastline of the Land of Fire.
Kiyohara stood by the rail, looking back at the steadily receding shoreline.
If he had been even a little weaker, he might have been left there forever.
Next would probably be the incident where Nohara Rin was captured.
Kiyohara thought to himself.
The war between Konoha and Kirigakure would continue for a while yet.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist did not represent all of Kirigakure's strength.
At the very least, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki would likely appear next.
In the original story, Kirigakure Anbu had sealed the Three-Tails inside Nohara Rin.
They clearly had not used a wild Tailed Beast for that.
Those Kirigakure Anbu could not have controlled a wild Three-Tails so easily.
They had obviously transferred the Tailed Beast from Kirigakure's own Jinchuriki into Nohara Rin.
Considering Obito could use the Sharingan to control the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, for years, it would not have been difficult for Uchiha Madara, with his immense ocular power, to control those Kirigakure Anbu or even the Jinchuriki.
Konohagakure, Hokage Office Building.
In battles between ninja, intelligence was especially important.
The same held true during war.
An endless stream of Ninja Hawks and ninja raced through