Takada Daichi withdrew from the battlefield with his precious artillery troops.
Lelouch, however, stayed behind with a group of infantry to make some preparations before leaving.
Meanwhile.
The wandering ninja on the front line swallowed hard as they watched the Kumogakure troops draw closer and closer.
Then they glanced at the Land of Fire troops, who had already fled into the distance. Without another word, they scattered to either side, clearing a path for the Kumogakure forces.
At the sight, the Raikage sneered. "Sending a bunch of wandering ninja to block our way? Those people from the Land of Fire must be dreaming!"
With that cold remark, the Raikage charged toward the Land of Fire army's former camp.
Takada Daichi, who had been watching closely, narrowed his eyes coldly.
"Hmph! The next time we encounter any wandering ninja, kill them all without exception!"
With firearms and artillery at his disposal, Takada Daichi had gradually begun to look down on the fighting power of ninja.
A few hundred or even a thousand wandering ninja were nothing. Killing them was no great loss...
But... with no wandering ninja blocking the way, Takada Daichi began to panic a little. After all, the Kumogakure troops were already getting dangerously close...
Just as Takada Daichi was about to order some infantry to hold off the Kumogakure troops, a series of thunderous explosions suddenly erupted behind him, where their camp had been.
Along with the explosions came the screams of Kumogakure ninja.
As soon as the explosions began, he saw Lelouch shout to the infantry.
"Infantry, about-face! Rear ranks to the front! Prepare to charge!"
At Lelouch's command, the infantry he had trained turned around in perfect unison. They then unslung their rifles and aimed straight ahead.
Takada Daichi swallowed at the sight. "So... Lord