Meanwhile, the battle in the canyon raged on, and reinforcements from the Land of Iron finally arrived. Leading them was Chūsuke, a subordinate of General Mifune and a high-level samurai who had made his name long ago.
[Chūsuke]
"Lord Chūsuke is here! We're saved!" The samurai from the Land of Iron and the other vassal nobles, still holding out in the canyon, finally saw hope of survival.
There was little they could do. Ever since encountering the enemy, they had been forced onto the defensive, and their own comrades had stabbed them in the back. The mercenary samurai brainwashed by the Jashin Cult had stayed hidden until now before striking, catching them completely off guard.
Fortunately, reinforcements had arrived. They were no longer fighting alone. Hayama Shirakumo and Shukuno also breathed sighs of relief. Both the Rock Ninja and the Cloud Ninja had singled out these two Konoha jonin for special attention. Had the Land of Iron's reinforcements failed to arrive, they would have found a way to retreat. They could no longer spare a thought for the others; everyone would have had to fend for themselves.
"The Land of Iron is not your battlefield." Chūsuke swept his hand forward, and the hundreds of samurai behind him charged the enemy ninja above the canyon.
As hundreds of samurai surged toward them, the ambushing Rock Ninja and Cloud Ninja began thinking of retreat. Neither side knew whether their mission objective had been achieved, and both suspected the Konoha ninja might have fooled them.
Shukuno was not Tokuma Hyuga at all. The disappearance of the Hyuga Clan member might mean their mission had failed, which was why they had singled out the two Konoha ninja.
Now that enemy reinforcements had arrived, the Rock Ninja and Cloud Ninja fell back, and the samurai