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"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
Late at night, countless Kirigakure ninja crept under cover of darkness toward the outskirts of Konoha's encampment.
Their purpose went without saying: to take advantage of Uchiha Yue's absence from the Land of Water's border and launch a surprise attack on the camp where the Konoha ninja were stationed!
Ever since news of Uchiha Yue's presence in Sunagakure of the Land of Wind had reached the Land of Water, Kirigakure's higher-ups had planned to exploit his absence and dispatch a force of Kirigakure ninja to attack Konoha's encampment. Naturally, they had hoped their ninja force would wipe out this Konoha camp directly, then give Uchiha Yue a surprise upon his return by telling him that Kirigakure had reclaimed the Land of Water's territory.
Unfortunately, the wishes of those Kirigakure higher-ups were doomed to fail.
For the day the Kirigakure ninja force used the cover of night to prepare its assault on Konoha's encampment happened to be two days after Uchiha Yue and Shikaku Nara had finished discussing their plans. At that moment, all of Uchiha Yue's attention was focused on the Kirigakure ninja, and he had been waiting for them to attack Konoha's camp. Thus, having adjusted himself to peak condition, Uchiha Yue continuously used Purple Eye to observe the surrounding area.
Then, after Purple Eye detected the traces of those Kirigakure ninja, Uchiha Yue began issuing orders, commanding every Konoha ninja under him to hide. Clearly, he intended to reduce Konoha's casualties by facing those Kirigakure ninja alone. Moreover, Uchiha Yue believed that with his strength, he would surely give those Kirigakure ninja—and all of Kirigakure—a pleasant surprise.
Then, as he quietly waited for the Kirigakure ninja force to invade...
Uchiha Yue had already begun gathering the chakra within him, making