They crossed the border together.
Everyone let out a deep breath.
They were safe!
Clouds of dust billowed on the Land of Fire's side.
Konoha's ninja forces had pursued them all the way here.
When they saw that the kidnappers had entered the Land of Lightning, the Konoha ninja slowed down.
In peacetime, no force larger than a three-man squad was permitted to cross another country's border.
Otherwise, it would be considered a declaration of war.
Clearly, the ninja leading Konoha's forces had failed to come up with a countermeasure in time!
Just then, Kumogakure's ninja forces also arrived at the Land of Lightning's border.
They paid no attention to the five people.
Instead, they faced off against Konoha's forces!
Both sides stood poised to fight, waiting to see who would lose their nerve first.
Relief appeared on the five people's faces when they saw Kumogakure's forces.
They turned and headed toward Kumogakure.
The Konoha ninja could only watch helplessly as the people who had abducted their fellow ninja walked away.
Just then, a figure wreathed in green appeared in front of Konoha's forces.
He merely glanced at the ninja in command, then took a step and vanished.
When he reappeared, he had already crossed the border into the Land of Lightning.
A voice thundered across the area.
"Stop!"
Then he streaked toward the five like a beam of light.
At that moment, a blue figure charged toward the green figure.
Both moved at incredible speed.
They collided in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
A small explosion erupted.
The two figures separated and stood some distance apart.
Zhou Cheng's gaze sharpened. The Fourth Raikage, A!
He had actually come!
"Zhou Cheng, you shouldn't have crossed that line!"
"That was the line marking your death!"
"Today, I'll avenge all the