The Panicked Hidden Sand Village
Qingcheng activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, his body moving like a phantom, rapidly traversing the Land of Land of Fire. His direction was towards the border of the Land of Wind, preparing to rendezvous with Kakashi's forces.
The border between the Land of Fire Land of Wind is a striking contrast of colors. The border of the Land of Wind is a vast, yellow desert stretching for thousands of miles, with numerous tornadoes swirling across the yellow sand.
The border of the Land of Fire is bordered by lush green forests and dense grasslands, and in the heart of the forest lies a pale blue lake that sustains a large number of wild animals.
Along the borders of the Land of Wind, massive, billowing sandstorms would occasionally sweep across the sky.
The border of the Land of Fire is lined with vast, continuous forests. These forests act as a natural barrier, keeping the endless yellow sands of the Land of Wind bay and preventing them from entering the Land of Fire.
In the forests of the Land of Fire lies the Konoha border ninja camp, garrisoned by several hundred border ninja, led by Inuzuka Jin, Elite Jonin of the Inuzuka Clan, who serves as the border captain.
The Konoha border ninjas here are usually tasked with patrolling the forest to guard against sudden incursions by Sand Ninjas. The Konoha of today is no longer the Konoha of the Second Shinobi World, nor the Konoha of the Third Shinobi World; it's now a 2.0 version of a bandit-riding Konoha.
The Hidden Sand Village ninjas dared not cross the border and provoke the Konoha Ninjas, fearing it would ignite a major war between the ninja villages, because every Hidden Sand Village ninja knew this.
"The Fifth Hokage Uchiha Qingcheng, was an out-and-out warmonger, and also an Evil Uchiha. He secretly enjoyed bullying other ninja villages, and had previously defeated and subjugated them all. He even stole female ninjas with Kekkei Genkai from other villages, so the people of Hidden Sand Village were quite afraid of the Fifth Hokage."
The Hidden Sand Village often uses a phrase to describe the Fifth Hokage: "He's the Great Demon King of the Shinobi World. He even killed the Third Hokage and charged him with thirty crimes. He's not Hokage, he's Demon Shadow!"
The border ninjas of Konoha looked down on Hidden Sand Village, calling them "Sanjaku ninjas" and "guys who will eat sand their whole lives."
The Konoha Ninjas wouldn't tolerate the Sand ninjas at all. Those three demoted Police Force personnel from last time went straight to the capital of the Land of Wind, where they're making a fortune, eating without paying and extorting money from the Land of Wind's merchants.
The three of them even planned a major heist, intending to go directly to the daimyo's Daimyo's Estate in the Land of Wind and empty the daimyo's warehouses. While committing the Daimyo's Estate, they even went to the Daimyo's Estate's backyard and had a good time there.
The Daimyo's Estate's backyard was where his concubines lived. The daimyo of the Land of Wind was rather stingy with the sand ninja, but very generous with himself. He would select consorts from the Land of Wind every year, so his harem had at least eighty, if not a hundred."
These three Police Force had been seduced by beautiful women, even forgetting who they were for a time. They stayed there for several days, during which time they harmed many people, before being killed by the arriving Sand Ninja.
The Fourth Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village was furious when he learned that the thugs his subordinates had killed in the Land of Wind were ninjas from Konoha, and even members of the Police Forces. His face turned green with rage.
The Third Kazekage Rasa, slammed his fist on the table and cursed fiercely, "These damned Konoha Ninjas actually dared to commit Daimyo's Estate in the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Wind! I'm absolutely furious!"
Because three members of the Police Force were engaging in illicit activities in the capital of the Land of Wind, causing considerable harm to Land of Wind and even cuckolding the daimyo, which resulted in the daimyo losing face, he wrote a letter severely reprimanding the Fourth Kazekage.
The daimyo directly berated Rasa in the letter, calling him a born waste, completely unworthy of being the Kazekage, unable to even protect the Land of Wind, and responsible for causing such a disgraceful incident for him. "It's all because of you, you useless bastard!"
This infuriated Rasa, who harbored deep hatred for the Fifth Hokage. However, the thought of Qingcheng's terrifying strength and the current power of Konoha filled Rasa with a sense of powerlessness and a chill run down his spine.
So the Fourth Kazekage convened a general meeting of all ninjas from the Hidden Sand Village, even summoning the Hidden Sand Village's high-ranking officials, advisors Chiyo and Kaizo.
Chiyo and Kaizo both looked furious upon learning of the Konoha Ninjas ' crimes in the Land of Wind.
The advisor, Kaizo, could no longer contain himself and blurted out, "These damned bastards, how dare they do such a thing! It's all because of that Evil Uchiha's instigation. Hiruzen Sarutobi is much better! At least he genuinely doesn't want to fight, and he'll even pay us compensation!"
Upon hearing her brother's words, Advisor Chiyo said angrily, "I'm absolutely furious! They have no tact whatsoever! I suspect that Konoha is planning to attack our Hidden Sand Village, which is why they sent these three ninjas to the Land of Wind to commit evil."
Upon hearing this, Kaizo was visibly surprised and panicked, saying, "If Konoha attacks now, our Hidden Sand Village simply can't withstand it. That Evil Uchiha is comparable to the First Hokage; his Wood Release Ninjutsu could easily wipe out an entire ninja village!"
Advisor Chiyo sighed again, her face full of anger, and said, "The Third Hokage was so much better! He would never start a war, and even if they were stronger than our Hidden Sand Village, they wouldn't bully us. I miss Hiruzen Sarutobi's first day."
The Fourth Kazekage, heeding Chiyo's advice, preemptively launched a campaign, Shinobi World condemning the Konoha Ninja for their despicable behavior, including openly robbing merchants from the Land of Wind, calling them nothing more than bandits who committed countless atrocities, and demanding an explanation from Konoha.
Then Rasa issued a statement, saying that the Konoha Ninjas were disrespectful and went to the Land of Wind to cause destruction. The Hidden Sand Village acted in self-defense and killed the Konoha Ninjas. These Konoha Ninjas had harmed many civilians in the Land of Wind and even attempted to rob a daimyo's concubine. They demanded compensation from the Konoha for their losses.
However, Rasa feared that Konoha might launch a direct attack on Hidden Sand Village, so he also dispatched a large number of Sunagakure ninja to the border of the Land of Wind to prevent a surprise attack from Konoha.
Meanwhile, the Sand Ninja stationed on the border also endured a miserable existence. Living in the Wind Canyon, they patrolled the border during the Tenten, enduring the desert sandstorms, and suffered through the frigid desert temperatures at night, all while constantly on patrol, fearing an attack from the Konoha Ninja.
The border ninjas of Konoha, on the other hand, lived a very comfortable life, as they resided in the forest, ate Konoha military rations, and had access to lakes in the forest, so they never lacked water.