Deterring the Cloud Ninja, the Hesitant Raikage

"Damn it, that woman!"

The Fourth Raikage's face was filled with fury. Among the five great ninja villages, every jonin was an extremely important fighting force, let alone elite jonin who were even stronger.

Even in Kumogakure, the number of jonin was not particularly large.

Yet now, the war had only just begun, and his side had already lost dozens of powerful jonin. Even he himself had been defeated.

Although the Raikage felt incomparably furious, what he felt even more was a sense of helplessness.

Even a ninja as strong as him had been defeated. So what did it matter if Kumogakure's military strength was even greater?

They could rely on their advantage in numbers, but against certain top-tier fighters, that was simply useless. Not to mention Kakashi, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique—even Mei Terumi, with her strength, could retreat unharmed when facing an army of ten thousand ninja, even if she could not win.

For a moment, the Raikage could not think of any hope of victory for his side.

Although he had not yet received any news from Iwagakure, the Raikage guessed that things over there could not have gone too smoothly either.

Kakashi also noticed the change in the Raikage's emotions. A faint smile appeared beneath his mask.

This was precisely the result he wanted. He wanted the Raikage and every Kumogakure ninja to recognize the gap in strength. Just like Sunagakure before them, once all hope was gone, they would naturally choose to submit.

And what Kakashi needed to do now was completely shatter Kumogakure's hopes.

However, he knew that compared to the weaker Sunagakure, the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure, whose military strength was the greatest, would not have their hopes broken so easily.

He had only completed the first step so