When Two Villages Open Fire at the Drop of a Hat

As a result, both sides' warships headed in the same direction, and the conflict erupted.

The Kumogakure shinobi, long accustomed to acting domineeringly, launched an attack outright. They wanted to sink Kirigakure's warships, delay their journey to the scene, and buy their own side time to investigate.

Turtle Island was one of Kumogakure's core secrets, and not many people knew it existed.

Moreover, Turtle Island's location was unpredictable. Most of the time, even Kumogakure's own people did not know where it had drifted off to.

Thus, no one would connect the incident to Turtle Island.

"Damn it, counterattack! Kill these highland barbarians!!!"

Having come under attack for no apparent reason, the Kirigakure shinobi were furious and immediately organized a counterattack.

And so, battle broke out at once.

Even as the two sides fought, they did not forget to fire signal flares and use every means available to notify their villages and request reinforcements.

As a result, more warships from both villages headed toward the site of the incident.

The outcome was that the scale of the battle expanded, and both sides began fighting in earnest.

While Kumogakure and Kirigakure fought to the death, Kushina had already slipped away with the well-fed Gold Fang.

"Kushina, Kumogakure and Kirigakure have started fighting."

The Nine-Tails' senses were powerful enough that even deep beneath the sea, it could observe what was happening on the surface.

"Huh? Why did they start fighting? Weren't they being restrained?"

Kushina found it difficult to understand.

Earlier, she had wanted the two villages to start fighting immediately, yet both sides had kept exercising restraint. How had they suddenly begun fighting for no apparent reason?

The Nine-Tails pricked up its ears and pondered for a moment. "Could it be that the disturbance from us killing the giant turtle was too