Whether the Toad Sage could fulfill his wish and end this battle was another matter.
Meanwhile, Bluefish Island had already become a river of blood.
Without Jiraiya's oil to fuel the flames, the Sarutobi Clan's Fire Style: Great Flame Technique was like duckweed without roots. Though it rode the gale with considerable force, it could only sustain a single burst.
It could not compare to the sea tides, one wave following another without end.
In the end, although the towering waves failed to smash Bluefish Island to pieces, the surging waters turned more than half the island into a flooded marshland.
The little geographical advantage Konoha's ninja had left was weakened once again.
Fortunately, they had all gathered on the upper half of Bluefish Island beforehand, so their casualties had not been too severe.
But...
Watching the water surface so close at hand and sensing the growing unease in the ninja below, Yamanaka Inoichi looked at Nara Shikaku again. "Still no news?"
Nara Shikaku merely shook his head.
Although he had helped devise the plan, its key point had never rested with him.
Their original plan had been to show weakness at first and lure all the Mist Village ninja onto the island.
Then, at the critical moment, Tsunade would use [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence] to trap the Mist ninja who had landed on the island, after which Jiraiya would follow up with [Sage Mode: Goemon] and turn them all into grilled fish.
If this plan succeeded, it would cripple Kirigakure so badly that it would take ten years to recover.
But plans could not keep up with changes. Both sides had already begun fighting at close quarters, and half of Kirigakure's forces had landed on the island. By all rights, the time had come.
But where were Tsunade