Night began to shroud the camp in the desert.
After the exhilarating victory came several hours of rest.
Everything seemed so peaceful.
Yet accidents always arrived quietly when people were at their most relaxed.
A sudden change erupted!
"Alarm!!"
"Everyone, attention!!"
The cry of a sensory ninja instantly shattered the camp's tranquility!
Shikaku Nara and Tsunade, who were in charge of the camp's command, rushed out of the command post at once.
"What happened?!" Tsunade demanded sharply.
A pale-faced sensory ninja pointed tremblingly toward the west, his voice filled with uncontrollable terror.
"The wind... it's a storm!"
"Thirty kilometers from the camp, a... an unimaginably massive sandstorm has appeared!"
"It's moving toward us at high speed!"
Almost the instant his words fell.
The once-clear sky rapidly darkened at a visible rate.
At the edge of the horizon, a terrifying blackness surged and churned wildly, swallowing its way toward the oasis camp!
Rumble—!
A horrifying roar drew closer from afar, and the ground began to shake violently.
Inside the camp, every startled Konoha ninja rushed from the buildings and stared in horror at the apocalyptic sight.
"My god... what is that?"
"A Black Sandstorm! The most terrifying Natural Disaster in the desert!"
An experienced jonin who had previously carried out missions in the Land of Wind went deathly pale.
"Once you're caught in it, even a Kage-level expert has only one fate: death!"
They were ninja, the strong among humanity.
But before such pure, unreasonable natural might, they felt the insignificance and helplessness of mortals.
"We can't just sit here and wait to die!"
Tsunade gritted her teeth fiercely, her golden hair whipping in the gale.
"All jonin! Come with me!"
"Earth Release squads! Build defensive positions in front of the camp immediately!"
"We must weaken its momentum before it reaches