The Battle on the East Coast, Part One
Land of Fire
Along the long coastline of the Eastern Stronghold, and deep within the forests, explosions and the sound of strong winds toppling trees occur intermittently.
From time to time, boulders fall from the sky, or mudslides occur, altering the terrain, or countless streams of water appear out of nowhere, turning forests into marshes.
The Konoha Ninja withdrew from their coastal stronghold, adhering to Naraku's strategy, luring Hidden Mist deeper into the area and awaiting a signal to launch a counterattack. At this moment, the Konoha Ninja fought and retreated.
On the East Coast, countless Kirigakure Ninja rushed ashore from the water, some riding the waves, some controlling Water Dragon and bubbles, all sorts of different types.
The Kirigakure Ninja divided into squads of four, companies of seventeen, and battalions of seventy. The leaders of each battalion are Jonin and are under the command of the vanguard commanders assigned by the Mizukage.
Fifty such large units were under the command of the Hidden Mist Vanguard Command. As the vanguard, they were tasked with breaking through traps, eliminating strongholds, and clearing the way for the main army behind them.
This time, the Hidden Mist Village is united and determined to avenge their two previous defeats.
The Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, stood at the bow of the ship, watching the Kirigakure Ninja charging forward with fierce courage.
Although Yagura had many ulterior motives, he couldn't explain Hidden Mist 'Hidden Mist two or three defeats to his superiors. He needed a respectable victory to salvage his reputation.
If Karatachi Yagura fails to Mizukage this effort successfully, while his tenure as Mizukage may not be over, his future orders will certainly be less effective.
This time, the Hidden Mist forces were divided into two parts: the vanguard and the rearguard. There was no central army. Yagura led the rearguard, ready to attack whenever the vanguard broke through or was blocked.
Yagura then led 10,000 of Hidden Mist's main forces, pressing forward across the entire front.
Watching the vanguard force of thousands of ninjas land and engage in battle with the Konoha Ninja, and observing the commotion in the forest, Yagura remained silent.
"These Konoha Ninja are truly flowers in a greenhouse."
"These are the upper-level ninjas of Konoha; they're not even as good as our Genin Hidden Mist."
"Quickly, keep the chase! My greatsword is itching for a fight!"
Countless Hidden Mist Villagers pursued the Konoha Ninja, while the Konoha Ninja set up traps to resist, or occasionally turned back to unleash Ninjutsu, with fireballs, gales, and wind blades raging.
Orochimaru was in the command post on the left. The original left-side commander, Hizashi Hyuga, immediately stepped down and gave way to Orochimaru after Orochimaru arrived.
Orochimaru licked his lips and said softly in a husky, magnetic voice:
"That's about enough. The Hidden Mist has penetrated deep enough; we can begin our counterattack."
"Hi!"
The adjutants at headquarters readily agreed.
On the left side of the command post, several large fireworks soared into the sky, bursting with loud sounds and dazzling patterns—a signal for the counterattack.
The Hidden Mist had not yet detected the danger and continued its relentless pursuit of the fleeing Konoha Ninja.
However, many Hidden Mist Jonin on high alert. Some had fought against Konoha and knew that Konoha was not easy to deal with, unlike these Kirigakure Ninja were new to the battlefield.
In the forest, at each of the eight outposts, six Konoha Ninja wearing vests sat cross-legged on the ground, each with a scroll between their teeth and their hands Hand Seals.
There is a six-pointed star on the ground, and each Konoha Ninja sits on one of its points. One of the points of the six-pointed star emits light, which moves towards the next point of the six-pointed star.
Soon, the light emanating from the edges of the first six-pointed star gradually connected all the points of the six-pointed star, forming a circle around the outer six points.
At that moment, the Hidden Mist launched a surprise attack on this area and saw the Konoha Ninja working together to unleash Ninjutsu — Ninjutsu performed by so many people in concert.
The Kirigakure Ninja immediately realized that they absolutely could not allow them to release their power successfully.
"Kill them! Stop them!"
The Kirigakure Ninja charged towards the ninjas waving scrolls.
However, they were ultimately a step too late.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"
Bang!
A massive plume of smoke erupted from the six-pointed star, from which emerged a giant brown serpent over thirty meters tall. Eight serpents then emerged from the eight strongholds.
In particular, the Chakra of one of the three-headed giant serpents was exceptionally vast and terrifying.
"Hiss"
The giant snake hissed. It seemed to be quite intelligent and could distinguish friend from foe. It remained expressionless when it saw the Konoha Ninja, but when it saw the Kirigakure Ninja, it hissed and pounced.
Wow!
"Monster!"
While ninjas also tame Summoning Beast, one this large is relatively rare in the Shinobi World.
Eight giant snakes that appeared from the left flank, along with Konoha ninjas, launched a counterattack.
Seeing the fireworks set off by the troops on the left, Naraku realized that the left flank had begun its counterattack. Naraku had no complaints about Orochimaru releasing the signal before his own counterattack.
Orochimaru probably thought he had seized the opportunity, Naraku gave a soft shout to the ninjas in command:
"Signal: Launch a full-scale counterattack!"
"Hi!"
Whoosh! Bang!
Nine fireworks, each shaped like Konoha, were set off above the Naraku army's central area. The fireworks exploded and burned for only a few seconds.
Upon receiving the counterattack signal from Naraku's side, the right flank forces quickly responded with fireworks and launched a full-scale counterattack.
This time, Naraku didn't overestimate himself; he brought a full seventy ninja soldiers with him—half from the First Squadron and half from the second detachment of the Special Police Division.
The remaining members of the Special Police Division Military Police Force served as the rearguard of the ninja unit, overseeing the ninja operations on the front lines.
Let's go!
"Hi!" X70
The right flank was led by Choza Akimichi, the "Butterfly of Ino-Shika-Cho- Ino-Shika-Cho," whose name was quite famous in his youth.
However, after the Ino-Shika-Cho succeeded each other as clan heads and held important positions in Konoha, they never formed a team again. The Ino-Shika-Cho was always composed of younger members of the clan.
At this moment, Choza Akimichi led a large group of Konoha Ninja out of the stronghold, completely changing their previous disheveled and fleeing appearance. Every Konoha Ninja was bravely advancing.
Choza Akimichi Hand Seals, and after a few seals, he transformed into a nearly fifty-meter-tall fat man, wielding a large stick, and with a single sweep, knocked down a group of trees.
The Konoha Ninja followed behind Choza Akimichi, unleashing Shuriken of fireballs, wind blades, gusts of wind, Kunai, and Explosive Tag.
Hatake Sakumo glanced at the massive Choza Akimichi, then looked away and, leading seventeen members of the Special Police Division Military Police Force, solemnly stated:
"Following me on this assault is extremely dangerous. My goal is to break through the Hidden Mist lines. Do you dare?"
"Kill!"
The Special Police Division officers behind him, mostly elite ninjas from the Uchiha, Uzumaki, Kurama, and Inuzuka clans, didn't hesitate at all upon hearing the shout and yelled "Kill!"
Hatake Sakumo turned around and looked at the members of the Special Police Division, a smile appearing on his lips.
"Then come with me."
Hatake Sakumo sped away, the Hidden Mist had been pursuing the Konoha Ninja for a long time, relentlessly chasing them, but they never expected the Konoha counterattack to be so fierce.
During the chase, they never expected to be counterattacked and forced to flee, so they didn't set any traps along the way.
The Konoha Ninja practically chased after them relentlessly. The Hidden Mist Konoha Ninja barely fought back for a quarter of an hour before they began to flee, pursued and slaughtered relentlessly by the Konoha Ninja.
Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Nara, Orochimaru, like the sharpest blades of three armies, charged ahead, and Hidden Mist was instantly pierced by the three sharp blades.