Late at night, at a Sunagakure ninja outpost, the sentries in the Medical Camp stared nervously into the darkness. The relentless harassment by Konoha ninja had left them on edge, unable even to sleep soundly.
No, in truth, every Sunagakure ninja had struggled to sleep soundly ever since joining the Second Shinobi World War. At first, they had all been determined to fight for their village, but as they encountered setbacks, their thoughts gradually began to change.
Konoha Ninja Village's strength had pinned Sunagakure Ninja Village firmly in place. Whenever danger struck, the Sunagakure ninja could only fight to the death. Surrender was not even an option, all because of that frustrating order from their village.
The Sunagakure Ninja Forces had suffered enormous losses in their first campaign in the Land of Rain. Not only had their frontline forces collapsed, but nearly two hundred people had gone missing. For Sunagakure Ninja Village, which carefully counted every resource, this was a painful loss. Of course, no one knew that those two hundred people had been sent inland into the Land of Fire to perform labor. As far as the Sunagakure ninja knew, they had all been killed fighting Konoha Ninja Village.
The enemy's strength and the orders from their own village had placed the Sunagakure ninja in a dangerous position. Although their allegiance to the village ensured that they would attack Konoha Ninja Village, uncertainty inevitably filled their hearts.
As ninja, they were supposed to treat themselves as nothing more than tools. They needed neither thoughts nor emotions; only the mission mattered. But this was no longer the Warring States Period. However demanding the expectations placed on ninja, unless they lived in complete isolation, the longer they lived in the sunlight, the less likely they were to become such people.
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