A watched his subordinates fall in swathes as if they were grass being mown, and his heart bled!
These people were the future of Kumogakure!
They were elites Kumogakure had spent countless resources to cultivate!
He could fight Fugaku to the death here for his own honor!
But he could not gamble Kumogakure's entire future!
"Stop!!!"
Veins bulging in his eyes, A let out a hysterical roar!
A flash of extreme unwillingness and struggle crossed A's eyes, but in the end, he made his decision.
If this continued, all five hundred of his elite troops would be wiped out here today!
A's body turned into lightning as he instantly retreated a hundred meters.
Fugaku did not pursue him, merely watching A coldly.
Susanoo's pierced arm rapidly repaired itself.
"Retreat!!"
The Raikage A gave the order with all his strength!
"Everyone, retreat!!"
With that, he no longer had any intention of fighting and turned into a streak of Lightning Light, retreating in the direction he had come from without looking back!
Uchiha Fugaku slowly dismissed Susanoo, and the towering giant dissolved into specks of light.
He quietly watched the direction in which Hidden Cloud Village was fleeing and did not order a pursuit.
Do not pursue a desperate enemy.
Besides, this mission was to intercept them, not wipe them out completely.
To defeat the Raikage's five-hundred-man elite force at such a small cost was already a resounding victory that would shake the entire Shinobi World!
Meanwhile, in Sunagakure of the Land of Wind.
Uchiha Yao's voice rang out through the air.
"Clear the battlefield."
The order was simple.
The two thousand Konoha ninja immediately sprang into action.
The many ninja split into groups of three and began conducting a carpet search of the entire Hidden Sand Village.
One by one,