Inside Iwagakure!
Thud! Thud!
An Iwagakure ninja kicked off the ground with both feet, rapidly darting forward. In his line of sight, a white-haired old man lay collapsed on the ground—it was the First Elder.
As a fairly capable jonin, this Iwagakure ninja was not slow. He quickly reached the house, but just as he raised his foot to enter—
Whoosh!
A figure suddenly flashed out and appeared behind him.
Slash!
A spray of crimson blood burst forth.
"Urgh!"
The next moment, the Iwagakure ninja clutched his throat and fell to the ground.
The one who had struck was Shisui. His eyes were crimson, and a sharp glint flashed through them.
As his gaze fell upon the figures in red vests ahead, killing intent radiated from Shisui.
Before the First Elder had fainted, Shisui had already obtained the information he wanted from his mind—the measures Iwagakure had taken in response to the arrival of Konoha's ninja forces.
From the First Elder's memories, he learned that the two thousand Iwagakure ninja outside the village were a grand gift the council of elders had prepared for Konoha.
According to their plan, once Konoha's ninja forces dealt with those two thousand-odd Iwagakure ninja, the remaining thousand would surrender to Konoha.
That way, the confidants of those elders would all but be guaranteed to survive this war.
Clearly, everything these elders had done proved just how selfish and narrow-minded they were.
To preserve their own confidants, they were even willing to sacrifice the lives of other Iwagakure ninja.
Objectively speaking, all Iwagakure ninja were Konoha's enemies. Even if they truly wiped out the two thousand Iwagakure ninja outside the village, there would be nothing wrong with it. After all, Konoha and Iwagakure were still hostile toward one another.
Yet neither Shisui nor Fugaku and