Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Dozens of black shadows swept across the night sky at top speed, adding a trace of chill to the dark, frigid night.
A military fortress north of the Sand Village had been built in the desert of the Land of Rivers.
On the surface, it was the Sand Village's northern watchpost, but in truth, it was a granary connected through the sands to the Sand Village in the Land of Rivers and the rainy country.
At present, the Sand ninja's main forces were stationed in the Land of Rivers. Although the Land of Rain had sent ninja, their numbers were not great.
Konoha's target should have been the Sand ninja. That was also a fact.
The army was stationed along the border of the Land of Rivers, where Forest met sand, while only a small number of ninja had been sent to the Land of Rain to keep watch on the Sand ninja.
Mirai was positioned in the middle-rear of the group. His mission was extremely simple; he did not even need to fight the enemy.
He only needed to set fire to the provisions and draw attention with the blaze. The task of dealing with the Sand ninja naturally fell to Tsunade.
The living Venomous Snake summoned beast was less powerful than tens of thousands of snakes and toads, but it possessed the ability to split apart and could be said to be immune to all physical attacks.
The visual spectacle created by Tsunade's monstrous strength was the most suitable way to draw the Sand ninja's attention.
As for Hatake Sakumo, he hid in the darkness, responsible for swiftly eliminating the Sand ninja elites.
Each of them performed their duties, and they soon arrived at the Sand ninja stronghold.
"Stop!" Tsunade raised an arm before them,