The western border of the Land of Fire.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, whom some Konoha ninja regarded as their last hope, were not in much better shape than Orochimaru and the others who were facing the Mist Village head-on.
Back then, because they had felt there were far too many burdens on the Land of Rain side and far too few experts, the two of them had not brought many ninja with them to begin with.
Because they were certain Amegakure would not dare start a fight with them while dragging along so many civilians.
But reality was somewhat different from what they had imagined.
Although the people of the Land of Rain had finished gathering, they did not seem to have any intention of immediately crossing the border and beginning their migration. Instead, they seemed to be waiting for something.
"What are they waiting for?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the other side's seemingly hesitant manner and felt somewhat puzzled.
"Maybe we scared them. After all, they're just people from a small nation. It's only natural they haven't seen much..."
Before Danzō could finish speaking, he was stunned by the scene before him.
In order to exert enough deterrence on the Land of Rain, this time the two of them and the subordinates they had brought basically had not hidden themselves much. Instead, they had stood openly near the border between the two countries.
But at that moment, the earth in front of them suddenly rose, and in the blink of an eye, a towering wall had been erected along the national border, completely separating Konoha's ninja from the people of the Land of Rain.
"Is this... Earth Release: Ten Thousand Mile Earth Flow Wall? Since when did the Land of Rain have this many Earth Release ninja?"
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