"How could this be? Kirigakure..."
"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!"
"Why are they in a place like this?"
Everyone stared in shock, crying out in disbelief.
The Land of Water lay east of the Land of Fire, while the Land of Wind lay to its west. Had all seven ninja swords gone around the western side of the Land of Fire?
Precisely because Japan's investigation had been focused on the west, there were practically no sentries in the east.
That was why the seven of them were only discovered so close to the army.
And they had only been discovered because they had appeared of their own accord!
At the front of the formation, the Lee brothers blocked the path of the seven men.
"Did you invade the Land of Fire to start a war?" Hyuga Hiashi flew into a rage, furiously denouncing the seven.
Suikazan Fuguki stepped forward, his enormous belly jiggling as a strange smile spread across his face.
"War? Hehehe, hasn't the war already begun?"
"Samehada? You're Suikazan Fuguki!" Hyuga Hiashi gritted his teeth in fury, but he had no intention of truly engaging this group.
Each of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist possessed formidable strength and abilities of their own.
Yet once they wielded the seven special ninja swords of Kirigakure, their strength soared tremendously, allowing them to contend with elite jonin.
They might even reach... Kage Level!
However, Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga were both true elite jonin. With their unique Byakugan, they could handle elite jonin.
But the others might not fare well against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Although this was a force of nearly three thousand, over ninety percent of them were chunin and elite chunin.
There were fewer than a hundred jonin in total.
Moreover, many of them