Whale Child stared blankly at the place where everyone had vanished. White Wolf, beside her, asked, "Lord Whale Child, what do we do now? The Fourth Mizukage is still waiting for our report."
Hearing this, Whale Child finally came back to her senses and muttered, "Konoha's strength is too terrifying. If an army of ten thousand suddenly entered the Land of Water, we'd be finished. Financial losses would be the least of it—our village could even be destroyed! Once our army arrives, we'll explain what happened here, then withdraw to the village and report to the Mizukage! I'm a little tired. I'll rest first." Looking despondent, Whale Child sat directly on the ground, hugged her head with both hands, and fell into deep thought.
In the distance, clouds of dust billowed as the Land of Water's troops arrived at great speed. Seeing the ten thousand corpses along the way left everyone in the unit deeply shaken. Some low-ranking ninja who had only recently joined the army vomited until their stomachs were empty.
The two armies met, their expressions equally sorrowful. Whale Child stood up as well. After meeting them, she fell silent for a while before recounting everything she had seen.
In the forest dozens of meters away, a young woman wearing a Red Rose mask stared at the people from the Land of Water with blood-red eyes, then quickly opened a ninjutsu scroll. A massive surge of energy immediately poured out of it.
"Who's there? Who is that?" Whale Child shouted first.
White Wolf immediately activated his Byakugan and looked into the forest. What he saw nearly scared the soul out of him: Red Rose was holding a ninjutsu scroll bearing the words, 'SSS-Rank Ninjutsu—Intense Earth Pulse!' He had long heard Kumogakure ninja speak of this technique. Its terrifying