Ambush

The destruction of Kirigakure was Uchiha Yue's ultimate goal.

Yet even with strength approaching the Kage level, Uchiha Yue did not dare claim that he could destroy Kirigakure single-handedly. Thus, when carrying out his plan to wipe out Kirigakure, he joined forces with the current Uchiha Clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, naturally intending to use the Uchiha Clan's power to contend against the entire village.

Unfortunately, because of Uchiha Fugaku's incompetence, even after obtaining the aid of that elite Uchiha Clan unit, Uchiha Yue had failed to break through Kirigakure's second line of defense in the Land of Water. Now, just as he finally saw a glimmer of hope for breaching that second line, another ninja unit had attacked the Konoha camp, placing that elite Uchiha Clan unit in peril. Uchiha Yue was undoubtedly caught in a difficult dilemma.

Either he abandoned that elite Uchiha Clan unit and successfully broke through Kirigakure's second line of defense in the Land of Water.

Or he gave up this hard-won chance to breach Kirigakure's second line of defense and returned to aid that elite Uchiha Clan unit.

It was undoubtedly an extremely difficult choice, because both breaking through Kirigakure's second line of defense in the Land of Water and preserving that elite Uchiha Clan unit were vitally important to Uchiha Yue.

First, if Uchiha Yue could successfully eliminate the Kirigakure ninja forces stationed along the second line of defense in the Land of Water, that line would effectively be breached. Once that happened, Uchiha Yue would naturally be able to advance directly into the heartland of the Land of Water. By then, Kirigakure's gates would be wide open, and Uchiha Yue could formulate the next stage of his plan according to the village's situation.

But if he lost that elite Uchiha Clan unit, how