"Lord Yue, are you really going to answer the challenge?"
A month later, Uchiha Yue's decisive battle against the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, at Falling Water Gorge was no secret throughout the Shinobi World. Or rather, ever since the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, controlled by Uchiha Madara, had arranged to fight Uchiha Yue at Falling Water Gorge, every ninja village and ninja in the Shinobi World had begun following their battle. After all, everyone knew that the outcome of Uchiha Yue's battle against the Fourth Mizukage Yagura would very likely determine the course of the war in the Land of Water.
If Uchiha Yue could successfully defeat the Fourth Mizukage Yagura at Falling Water Gorge, then Konoha's campaign would undoubtedly become much smoother. However, even if Uchiha Yue truly defeated the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, he would merely be removing some obstacles from his path toward conquering Kirigakure. After all, the power hidden within Kirigakure was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface. In the future, the Konoha ninja forces led by Uchiha Yue would still need to expend considerable effort to defeat Kirigakure.
But if Uchiha Yue lost his battle against the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, then there would be no suspense left in Konoha's campaign. Anyone with eyes could see that Uchiha Yue was the backbone of Konoha's war effort in the Land of Water. Without Uchiha Yue, the Konoha ninja forces that had traveled all the way to the Land of Water would have been defeated long ago. They could never have fought Kirigakure for so long, much less occupied half the territory of the Land of Water.
Therefore, the battle between Uchiha Yue and the Fourth Mizukage Yagura would actually determine whether Konoha's ninjas could continue fighting in the Land of Water. At that moment, upon hearing