(I thought about it, didn't Shaoyu put Kagami Uchiha's eyes on Fugaku? Then Fugaku can awaken a time-based Mangekyō Sharingan, allowing Shaoyu's Mahoraga to truly realize the rotation of fan history)
On the Land of Wind border, another war is unfolding in a completely different way.
There is no shocking pupil technique of Mangekyō Sharingan here.
There is just endless harassment, exhausted defense, and a little bit of patience and morale that has been worn away.
Ai and Killer B are leading three thousand Kumogakure elites, like a pack of wild wolves, surrounding the Sunagakure bone, gnawing at it, then running away, running away again, over and over again, endlessly.
But here at Sunagakure, there is no leader and people are in panic.
Third Kazekage is missing.
No one knows where he went. Some say he defected, some say he was assassinated.
There are also a few people who vaguely guessed that this matter may be related to Elder Chiyo.
But no one dared to ask.
If Chiyo doesn't say anything, Ebizo doesn't say anything, Sunagakure's senior executives can only pretend to know nothing.
Just pretending not to know doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.
A village without Kazekage is like a ship without a helmsman. A random wave can capsize it.
But now, the ship is facing a real storm.
Among Five Great Shinobi Villages, when it comes to military literacy, Kumogakure is ranked second, and no one dares to be ranked first.
This is not a boast, it is a reputation earned.
Kumogakure is located among the high mountains of Land of Lightning, with harsh natural environment and difficult living conditions.
People who grow up in such a place are naturally more able to endure hardship and endure hardship than ninjas from the plains.
Coupled with the fact that Third Raikage has been in power for decades and has always emphasized military training and discipline, Kumogakure's ninjas have been tempered to look like a group of real soldiers, not just simple ninjas.
Their individual combat capabilities are extremely strong.
It's not just about how high their ninjutsu level is, but their Taijutsu, reactions, and combat awareness are all far above average.
Especially Lightning Release Chakra Mode, which has almost become the signature of Kumogakure, uses lightning to stimulate body cells and obtain speed and strength far beyond ordinary people.
Not everyone can learn this technique, but once you learn it, you can walk sideways on the battlefield.
Their teamwork is even better.
When the team leader gives an order, the entire team must act in synchrony, withdraw when they are told, never linger, rush when they are told, and never be ambiguous. This kind of discipline cannot be learned from other villages.
Even in Book of the Original Author, Konoha's military points are four, and in Five Great Shinobi Villages, only Kumogakure's military points are five.
And now, the three thousand people in Ai's hands are a collection of this kind of ninja.
On the other hand, Sunagakure...
Sunagakure's ninjas are not good at frontal combat.
Their traditional tactics are to use puppets, traps, poisons and the desert environment to lure the enemy into a circle and then slowly wear them out.
This style of play is very effective against the attacker, but the premise is that the enemy is willing to get in.
Ai didn't dig in at all.
He just hangs around the outside, takes one bite and runs away, never going deep.
He didn't touch any of the traps, traps, or ambush points set by Sunagakure.
When Sunagakure ninja chases him out, he will turn around and strike. When Sunagakure ninja retreats, he will catch up and bite him again.
Back and forth, like a cat playing with a mouse.
This is also the method Shaoyu taught him.
After three days, Sunagakure Ninja's condition collapsed visibly.
The first is lack of sleep.
Ai's harassment was day and night. At three o'clock in the morning, when he was sleeping the deepest, Kumogakure's team suddenly rushed in and released a few Lightning Release, killing several sentries, and then walked away.
By the time you gather your team to prepare for a counterattack, they have already disappeared. As soon as you lay down, another team comes again.
So repeated, not to mention ordinary ninjas, even veteran Jianghu like Ebizo, have not had a sound sleep in the past two days.
Then came the low morale.
Although the higher-ups have been suppressing the news of Third Kazekage's disappearance, the grassroots ninjas are not fools. How long has it been since Lord Kazekage showed up?
Why does the elder look so ugly? Why hasn't Elder Chiyo said a word these days? The answer is actually obvious.
An army without a leader has no fighting capacity.
Especially Killer B, that mouth is simply more poisonous than his seven knives. Every time he comes to harass me, he has to improvise a rap, and the words are all made up.
"Brothers of Sunagakure~yo~where is your Kazekage~yeah~is it buried in the sand~do you want us to help dig it~"
The Sunagakure ninja was so angry that he chased him out, but was ambushed by Ai.
After a few times, the ninjas of Sunagakure also learned to be smart - when they heard Killer B singing, they pretended not to have heard it.
But this is even more frustrating.
Fighting and defeating, chasing and catching up, scolding and scolding but not winning, you have to endure it. This feeling is worse than losing a battle directly.
Chiyo and Ebizo also have their own difficulties.
Chiyo's puppet army is Sunagakure's last elite force and should not be used unless absolutely necessary.
But the problem now is that without the use of puppet troops, ordinary ninjas alone cannot stop Ai's harassment.
What makes Chiyo even more upset is that she knows that Third Kazekage's disappearance is closely related to her troubled grandson.
Scorpion, scorpion, what on earth are you doing?
She couldn't tell anyone about these worries, she could only keep them to herself.
Ebizo saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask.
He knew his sister's character, and there was no point in asking her a hundred times about things she didn't want to talk about.
Sunagakure's temporary headquarters is located in a thick rock building, with the windows opened very small to prevent sneak attacks.
Ebizo stood by the wall, staring at the map pinned to the wall.
The location and number of Kumogakure attacks in the past few days are marked with a red pen on the map. They are so densely packed that they almost cover the entire perimeter of Sunagakure.
Three days. Seventeen attacks, large and small.
An average of five to six times a day. Each session lasts an average of fifteen to twenty minutes.
On average, five to ten ninjas were lost each time. In total, nearly a hundred people were lost.
There were more injured, more than two hundred.
This number is nothing to a great ninja village, but the problem is that this kind of loss is endless.
Ten people will die today, ten will die tomorrow, and ten more will die the day after tomorrow... In one month, that will be three hundred.
What about half a year? What about one year?
And the ninja of Sunagakure has begun to show signs of mental breakdown.
"Damn it, how come these Kumogakure ninjas are so energetic?!"
Ebizo is a little helpless. He and Chiyo are both very old, and they really can't keep up with Kumogakure's group of ninjas in terms of energy.
He looked away from the map and looked at Chiyo sitting aside.
Chiyo is sitting on a simple wooden chair, holding the puppet string in his hand and wiping it step by step.
That was her old companion of thirty years, one of Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
The wooden surface of the puppet has been polished smooth and shiny, and the owner's care can be seen.
But Ebizo noticed that my sister's hands were shaking slightly.
It's not that I'm afraid. It's that I'm tired.
She also hadn't slept well in three days.