Maple City.
A key city in the west of Land of Lightning. Although the city is small in size and has a population of only two to three hundred thousand, it has a very important position.
Because there are many resource points scattered around this city, the types and quantities of industrial raw materials are very diverse and abundant.
At the beginning of the plan to counterattack Hidden Cloud Village's invasion, Yayoi had its eyes on this place early on.
That's why when Kōmon led Hidden Cloud Village ninjas to hide here, he didn't hesitate to attack.
This is not only to eliminate the active force of Hidden Cloud Village ninjas as much as possible, but also to disperse most of the population here, turn this place into a temporary territory belonging to Land of Night, and harvest the surrounding resources.
And these are only natural resources, a large amount of food stored in cities, instruments and equipment in hospitals, factories and other places, etc. These things that originally cost a lot of money to buy can now be obtained for free.
Nearly eighty hours have passed since the counterattack at the archipelago base.
At this moment, the Land of Night ninjas and Samurai came to the western mainland of Land of Lightning. In addition to the pursuit force composed of Yayoi, there were also nearly a thousand Land of Night The troops composed of ninjas and Samurai landed in the Land of Lightning territory unimpeded and rushed to join Maple City and Yayoi.
The city that originally had a population of more than 200,000 people was now completely deserted, with only the Land of Night troops remaining active here.
Many places in the city were hit by Tsuchigumo in previous battles and were reduced to ruins, but fortunately most areas were intact.
The Land of Night ninjas and Samurai who arrived later focused on repairing damaged buildings and roads, as well as strengthening the city's defenses, preparing to turn this place into a complete command base.
The last step is to collect all the materials that can be collected in the city, leaving enough to be used, and all the excess to be transported back to Land of Night along the sea route in an orderly manner.
"This is too slow."
In a temporary command post located high in the city, Yayoi looked at the ninjas and Samurai moving around the city and sighed softly. He couldn't help but think of Naraku who could control the puppets.
It is a pity that the maximum range of activities of Naraku's puppet troops is currently limited to the mainland of Land of Night. Otherwise, it only takes one day to wipe out the entire city.
Nowadays, although the efficiency of Ninja and Samurai is faster than that of Ordinary People, it is basically impossible to wipe out a city where hundreds of thousands of people live in one day.
This is where the inconvenience comes from playing away from home.
The many cards he prepared for this war cannot be used now. They can only be used when the enemy hits Land of Night's homeland.
But it is impossible for Yayoi to deliberately bring the war to his own country just to show the power of Naraku's puppet troops. In that case, even if he wins in the end, it will be a failure.
Of course, Naraku is not impossible to transfer, but the reason why Naraku can support the activities of ten thousand puppet troops is because of the complete and huge leyline energy supply system of Nightview City. If it is transferred to Land of Lightning, the space for use will be very limited.
Rather than that, it is better to let Naraku's puppet troops defend Land of Night's homeland, so that he will have no worries in this war.
"Have the Third Brigade and the Fourth Brigade been contacted? When will they arrive?"
Yayoi looked at Irori on the side with a questioning look in his eyes.
According to the counterattack plan, the first brigade is the one stationed at the archipelago base, led by Uchiha Hokuto.
It is an important transit supply point, and it can also set up a line of defense there to block the subsequent small combat troops sent by Hidden Cloud Village ninjas.
Then, the Land of Night ninjas and Samurai who were in Maple City at this time were part of the second brigade, with thousands of people.
After this, there will be the third and fourth brigades to support the Military Bureau team, with a total of 2,000 people.
Including the second group that arrived first, there are a total of three thousand ninjas and Samurai.
"We have been contacted. Due to the huge storm at sea, the arrival time of the third and fourth brigades will be postponed by one day. As expected, it will be the day after tomorrow."
Irori opened his mouth to answer.
Now she is the only one here to accompany Yayoi and direct the work.
Yaya and Kicho, they have begun to rest to recover their strength and Chakra.
After three days and three nights of high-intensity fighting, the four of them and Tsuchigumo were exhausted.
The reason why Yayoi and Irori are still working is not only responsible for command, but also to prevent Hidden Cloud Village ninja from taking the opportunity to counterattack and sneak attack.
Although Hidden Cloud Village ninja may not have this idea, Yayoi has to guard against this.
After all, this is Land of Lightning, fighting on the territory of Hidden Cloud Village ninjas, so you can't be too careful.
The reason why Hidden Cloud Village Ninja was so crazily squeezed before was because he kept biting behind Hidden Cloud Village Ninja. As a result, Hidden Cloud Village Ninja couldn't spare the time and troops to ask for help, so he didn't care about Hidden Cloud Village's counterattack.
That is to say, when they reached the Land of Lightning realm, the hunted Hidden Cloud Village ninja found a gap and returned to Kumogakure for help.
Even so, Yayoi continued to hunt down the Hidden Cloud Village ninjas for a day and night on the land of Land of Lightning, until they almost collapsed mentally and physically.
As long as he doesn't rest, Hidden Cloud Village ninja will have no rest time and will have no choice but to flee.
It can be said that there were only a few Hidden Cloud Village ninjas who were directly killed along the way, and most of them were exhausted to death by him.
"In addition, Komurasaki was summoned just now, and she has already started taking action according to the plan."
Irori spoke again and informed Komurasaki of the situation over there.
"Hmm."
Yayoi nodded and looked towards the night in the distance, wondering what he was thinking about.
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Among the brightly lit Camp.
More than two thousand Hidden Cloud Village ninjas gathered here, including Camp and the surrounding area for several miles, into the defense zone, and the defense was tight, without any gaps.
"Sorry, Master Yugito, we can't do anything about the Sealing Jutsu on your arm, but according to our test just now, this Sealing Jutsu should only have a temporary sealing effect, and it will automatically dissipate around tomorrow afternoon."
In a single tent, Yugito sat on a chair, stretching out his right arm with the sealing spell engraved on it, letting several ninjas who were good at Sealing Jutsu inspect it.
After these Hidden Cloud Village ninjas conducted various tests for two hours, they were unable to successfully solve the sealing spell on Yugito's arm, so they had no choice but to shake their heads and sigh.
"Really?"
Yugito frowned, he didn't expect that just one arm stained by that golden Chakra ball would retain such a domineering sealing power.
Now in his Sensory, the entire right hand is no longer a question of whether Chakra can be used, but there is no general, Sensory arm.
He suspected that even if he cut off his right arm with a knife, he might not even feel the pain.
However, when he heard that the seal on his right arm would be automatically released tomorrow afternoon, his frown slowly relaxed.
Although the recovery is a little slower, as long as the freedom of the right arm can be successfully restored, there won't be much of a problem.
After all, Hidden Cloud Village will not launch a counterattack in a short period of time and requires a lot of preparation work.
It's just that, next time you face that General of the Land of Night, you have to be more cautious.
Although Sealing Jutsu of this level cannot seal the target for a long time due to timeliness issues, in a short period of time, the suppression caused by its sealing power will most likely suppress Tailed Beasts and lose its ability to resist even if it is completely trapped.
On a rapidly changing battlefield, this is undoubtedly very fatal.
As Jinchūriki, the thing Yugito is least afraid of is head-on fighting. What they hate the most is the same as Tailed Beasts, who is not good at dealing with Sealing Jutsu.
"Okay, you guys go down, I want to rest."
Yugito waved his hand and asked these Hidden Cloud Village ninjas to go down.
He was already very tired after supporting himself until now. He just wanted to take a good rest and regain his strength as soon as possible.
"Yes."
Several Hidden Cloud Village ninjas knew that Yugito was in urgent need of adequate rest at this moment, so they turned around and left the tent.
After several Hidden Cloud Village ninjas left, Yugito dragged his tired body to the bed and lay down.
--Hidden Cloud Village In a dense forest outside Camp.
On a strong branch, the air swayed slightly, and a petite figure appeared there quietly.
Her long red maple-colored twin ponytails swayed slightly in the cold air. She was wearing a sleeveless and off-the-shoulder lavender kimono, with a lace skirt and white suspender knee-high socks underneath. This kind of clothing seemed out of place in this season, and it also had a seductive and sensational atmosphere.
It is Komurasaki.
Her feet lightly stepped on the branches without making any sound. She closed her eyes first and sensed something carefully.
Then he opened his eyes again, his amber-gold pupils shining brightly in the cold darkness, staring in the direction of Hidden Cloud Village Camp.
"Found it, the signal left behind by Master Yayoi..."
As he said that, Komurasaki started to Hand Seals his hands, and his body emitted a strong purple light from the inside out. Then there was a purple illusory figure that broke away from Komurasaki's body, causing a strange overlapping phenomenon to appear on Komurasaki's body.
"Then let's get started. Dreamwalker Jutsu!"
The purple illusory figure overlapping with Komurasaki's body gradually condensed into reality, completely separated from Komurasaki's body, and floated upward.
The phantom floats higher and higher.
The purple phantom stopped when it reached a height of about 100 meters in the air. Then it cut through the sky like a purple meteor, accurately flying to the direction of Hidden Cloud Village Camp, leaving a long purple light trail in the endless night sky.
The purple phantom flew faster and faster, and at first it could be seen clearly with the naked eye. Finally, it left a purple afterimage in the night sky that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, and fell towards the end of the forest.
As Setsuna fell, the purple phantom seemed to collide with an existence marked in advance, and finally released a large amount of white light in one breath, making the end of the forest as bright and dazzling as day.
"Tsk, use this move Genjutsu, the scene is still too ostentatious."
Komurasaki muttered unsatisfiedly.
Just as she was murmuring, deafening roars suddenly came from afar.
Boom!
Boom!
Deep vibrations began to shake the earth and the forest.
This unusual and incomparable vibration is definitely not a movement that humans can create, but some kind of powerful and terrifying giant creature.
Looking from Komurasaki, one can only vaguely see the figure of a huge monster, which suddenly rises from the center of the forest in the distance, like an insurmountable mountain, making the hearts of those who see it tremble and their limbs feel cold.
As soon as the monster appeared, it roared crazily, like a cat that had been severely stimulated, and its cry was also similar to that of a cat.
But unlike domestic pet cats, every time this monster roars, it releases extremely heavy Chakra, and the sound is sharper and harsher, causing unbearable pain in the eardrums and numbness of the scalp.
The evil Chakra aura spread wantonly along the storm wind generated by the monster's roar, even Komurasaki was affected, and his clothes and hair were blown loudly.
However, Komurasaki ignored this strong wind and calmly maintained the gesture of Hand Seals, as if he was trying his best to control a troublesome and powerful existence, with a gloating smile on his face as if his plan had succeeded.
"Hehe, let's make a big fuss for Yayoi-sama's victory, Two-Tails's cat monster!"