Another Battle

Kirigakure, the place known as the Bloody Mist, had now truly become a land drenched in blood. The two sides, belonging to different factions, had already descended into a tangled melee.

"Trash, die!"

With an enraged roar, a Mist Ninja cleaved the enemy before him cleanly into two.

Honestly, cutting someone into two with a single swing was no easy feat. Anyone who doubted it could try chopping through bone with a kitchen knife.

But for the Mist Ninja consumed by rage, there was no way to quell their fury other than slaughter.

One of the Five Great Shinobi Villages had been toyed with by a single man for years, without even knowing that their own Mizukage had long since been murdered. It was the greatest humiliation imaginable!

Not a single Mist Ninja failed to explode in fury after learning the truth. Members of great shinobi villages possessed an extremely strong sense of belonging toward their organizations, and even rogue ninja were no exception. Not just anyone could become a rogue ninja from one of the great villages. The Anbu of the Five Great Shinobi Villages had footprints across the entire shinobi world; anyone capable of playing cat-and-mouse with the Anbu was an elite wherever they went. They might have defected, but they still treated outsiders just as they always had.

Countless Mist Ninja now rushed out from every corner, charging toward Kirigakure's center—the Mizukage Building. Along the way, blood sprayed everywhere and severed limbs littered the ground. The enraged Mist Ninja had revealed the most vicious side buried deep in their bones.

However, masked man Tobi's years of maneuvering had not been for nothing. By mainly absorbing ninja from outside the village, he had created a group within Kirigakure made up primarily of outsiders. They now accounted for roughly