All in all, neither of them was any good.
Shinji took the opportunity to activate X-Ray Vision and Far-Sight. His field of vision shifted rapidly outward, and he soon pinpointed Iwagakure.
But what was happening in Iwagakure at that moment was startling!
And once he quickly identified the person responsible for it all, he found it even more interesting.
"Everyone, retreat immediately! Go!"
Ōnoki made an immediate decision and covered the others' retreat.
He blasted Dust Release straight into the empty ground between the two sides, not to inflict casualties, but only to stop the enemy from pursuing.
Through the battle just now, Ōnoki had also noticed a pattern: whenever Akagi Shinji clapped his hands, people would swap places.
Then if I attack empty ground where there's no one, surely I won't fall for it again!
The facts proved him right. This time, no one was killed.
Kitsuchi seemed deeply unwilling to accept that he had failed to rescue his daughter.
And what the enemy would do to his daughter after discovering they had been tricked was simply unimaginable.
But he had no choice but to obey the Tsuchikage's decision.
Because the village was under attack, they had to go back!
Whether the Tsuchikage's granddaughter or the village mattered more was not even a question.
So Kitsuchi took one last look back, then gritted his teeth and fled.
Seeing that his people had gotten far away, Ōnoki, who had been covering their retreat with Dust Release, immediately stopped and flew swiftly away.
Kitsuchi was frustrated, but was Ōnoki not furious and upset as well?
But what could he do?
This was clearly all an enemy trap, one layer linked to the next.
So, to stop letting the enemy lead him around by the nose, he could only choose to abandon