But Iwagakure had withdrawn, Konoha was pursuing Sunagakure, and Amegakure was also pursuing Sunagakure. The pressure suddenly mounted, and losses skyrocketed.
Under such circumstances, Sunagakure certainly would not keep wallowing in the muddy quagmire of the Land of Rain.
They decisively withdrew and concentrated their remaining forces in the Land of Rivers.
Retreating from the Land of Rain did not mean the war was over. On the contrary, a full-scale war between Konoha and Sunagakure had erupted.
Of the former chaotic free-for-all war, only Konoha and Amegakure remained.
One piece of bad news after another also arrived.
At the command post, Jingyi sat with Shikaku Nara, drinking hot tea. Shikaku Nara said with a headache:
"Good thing we took your advice earlier and had the village transport more supplies over. Otherwise, it wouldn't be long before the camp faced a shortage of supplies."
In order to win the war, Sunagakure had truly gone all out. They sent quite a few elite squads to infiltrate the Land of Fire, cause trouble, and cut off Konoha's supply routes to the camp.
Although Konoha had made preparations, they had not expected Sunagakure to be this ruthless. Their supply routes were cut off in no time.
As if cutting off the supply routes was not enough, Sunagakure's elite squads that had infiltrated the Land of Fire continued wreaking havoc everywhere. The Third Hokage was so worried he nearly pulled out a fistful of beard, constantly sending people to encircle and eliminate the enemies within the Land of Fire.
In order to clear out the enemy as quickly as possible, quite a few people had even been transferred away from the frontline camp.
Hatake Sakumo was a prime example.
It was just unknown whether he would still kill Sasori's parents like he had in the