In the area under his charge, a group of ninjas worked themselves ragged, covered in dust and grime. Three tasks had landed on their shoulders: chopping down trees, digging earth, and building houses!
That combination of blows left the genin who had just arrived at the battlefield deeply puzzled. Why was their ninja career not about fighting enemies, but building houses in the rear?!
Unfortunately, when they saw the chunin in the back using Earth Release ninjutsu, they could only swallow their dissatisfaction.
Uchiha Yū had no intention of caring about their complaints. Before the war arrived, he needed to complete every last preparation in the rear!
"Don't dig too deep. It could easily collapse, and you might hit groundwater!"
They only needed to stay within three meters of the surface layer. Based on Uchiha Yū's measurements of the terrain, that depth would not cause any problems.
Just as he was digging and building houses, Hatake Sakumo led a group of ninjas to the front. This was an area near the border between the two sides, with a small portion of the Land of Rivers mixed in. Two major villages were going to war, backed by their respective nations.
The Land of Rivers was merely a small country, utterly incapable of resisting the will of two nations!
The arrival of Konoha's ninjas threw the situation out of control.
Inside Sunagakure's office in the Land of Wind, the Third Kazekage sat in the central seat, staring at the latest intelligence report with a worried frown as he voiced his concerns.
"There was a major accident during the last mission. Our people clashed with Konoha's ninjas, but the people from the Land of Wind Weapons Shop directly killed them. This made Hiruzen Sarutobi think we were responsible."
He was furious at their