The Fourth Raikage, A, did not want others to see him in such a disheveled state. After giving his orders, he dismissed them first.
Even if Kirigakure ninja forces lay in ambush along the shore, the Fourth Raikage was confident that those troops would never be able to stop his side from landing. After all, Kumogakure had deployed more than half of its fighting strength this time. In the Raikage's eyes, that was more than enough to deal with Kirigakure.
Unlike the Land of Water and Kirigakure, the Land of Lightning was founded amid towering mountains that pierced the clouds, shrouded in mist and echoing with deafening thunder. It possessed Kumogakure, a village of martial hardliners founded by the First Raikage. It had the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails. Its people were dark-skinned, skilled in swordsmanship and Lightning Release, and Nintaijutsu was popular there. Kumogakure was one of the five strongest hidden villages. It belonged to the Land of Lightning, was a militant village, and had been founded by the First Raikage.
Such a dangerous and harsh environment had also shaped the Kumogakure ninja into aggressive fighters. Faced with Kirigakure, which was weaker than themselves, they did not take it seriously at all.
Little did they know that this very carelessness would inflict massive casualties upon this Kumogakure force.
Inside a concealed cave near the stretch of coastline where the Kumogakure fleet was preparing to land.
"Reporting to Lord Fugaku, we have spotted a fleet flying the cloud banner. There are likely close to a hundred ships. They are about an hour away from our coastline and will be landing soon."
A young man wearing a sleeveless purple vest and sporting short light-blue hair was kneeling on one knee as he delivered his report to Fugaku Uchiha.
"Is that