Inside the Iwagakure stronghold.
Qian was treating the injuries of the ninja under him when he suddenly heard an explosion, followed by a second, then a third.
Qian was very familiar with that sound. It was exactly the sound an Exploding Tag made after being detonated.
"Again?"
Muttering to himself, Qian unhurriedly finished the treatment at hand, then walked out of the ward.
Looking down from the window, he saw dozens of Leaf shinobi emerge from various buildings and rush together toward the direction of the explosions.
There was no need to think about it. They were definitely going to provide support.
As for the enemy...
They were naturally Iwagakure's ninja.
Today was the seventh day since they had moved into this stronghold, and over the past seven days, the Rock Ninja had never stopped harassing them.
Setting aside those scattered skirmishes, the two sides had broken out into full-scale melees involving over a hundred people a full four times.
Although this had brought Qian enough material to practice Medical Ninjutsu, it had also overwhelmed their unit. Now they could only barely hold on.
However, the Rock Ninja opposite them were not having an easy time either. After several major battles, their losses were no less than Konoha's.
In fact, because their average combat strength was inferior to the Leaf shinobi's, when it came purely to the number of ninja lost, they had suffered even more.
Because of this, the Rock Ninja now found it difficult to organize large-scale battles like the ones from a few days ago. They were mainly carrying out harassment attacks with small squads.
Overall, both sides were stuck here in a stalemate.
You asked why Iwagakure did not send more ninja over?
Simple. They did not have that many people.
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