Great Sage Fireball Technique

An entire battalion of Stone Ninja was hiding behind the waterfall!

The sixty-odd ninja had likely followed the river downstream, using the waterfall as cover. Not a trace of their scent had escaped.

For a sensory ninja, nothing was more terrifying.

My sensory technique hasn't detected the enemy, but I can already see them with my own eyes!

Inuzuka Hara shouted, "Run!"

The Black Dog grew until he stood three meters high at the shoulder, then carried Inuzuka Hara away.

His three subordinates were not so lucky.

A hail of kunai turned two Hidden Leaf Genin into pincushions.

The remaining subordinate was a Chunin. He stayed close to the Ninja Dog, hesitating over whether to jump onto his back.

A Ninja Dog was an Inuzuka Clan member's lifeline. Inuzuka Hara never let anyone else ride his.

Inuzuka Hara looked back. A Stone Ninja Squadron was chasing the two of them, while three other squadrons stood behind the Stone Ninja Battalion Commander, watching him coldly!

The Stone Ninja Battalion Commander said, "An Inuzuka Clan ninja. He's no threat, though his Ninja Dog has decent speed."

After a moment's thought, the Stone Ninja Battalion Commander said, "Now that we've been exposed, we'll move early. Attack. Kill every member of the Defense Squad across the border!"

The three Squadron Commanders shouted in unison, "Yes, sir!"

In the Land of Fire, roughly a hundred kilometers from Defense Zone 20, Shimura Ganfū, commander of the Second Assault Unit, raised a hand to halt his force.

According to intelligence a spy had risked his life to send back, a Stone Ninja Assault Battalion opposite Defense Zone 20 was plotting to destroy several Hidden Leaf Village defense zones.

Shimura Du glanced back at the other ninja, who were finding places to rest, then asked quietly,

"Third