There was no denying it: when it came to battlefield control and tactical coordination, Hidden Mystery Village's researchers were streets ahead of Konoha.
At the Research Institute's entrance, the two sides traded blows in a fierce stalemate. But anyone with eyes could tell that Hidden Mystery Village's ninjutsu had held the edge over Konoha's from start to finish.
The ninjutsu those people from Hidden Mystery Village had modified was a cut above Konoha's. The Research Institute itself was packed with mechanisms, one trap after another. Anyone who stepped inside would pay dearly.
Neither side's Shinobi would let the enemy get anywhere near the laboratory.
Xuan Zhe led Konoha's people straight through the Research Institute's doors.
But the moment they crossed the threshold, an artillery shell slammed into their midst.
Boom-
A ** erupted, and the entire ground shook.
Rumble...
Deafening blasts surged up one after another. Clouds of black smoke rose from the center of the **, blotting out the sky. A huge crater was blasted into the ground, and the shock wave hurled Xuan Zhe through the air, slamming him hard onto the ground.
This time, Konoha's people had truly run into a disaster.
They had charged in too hastily, never noticing that so many Firearms were hidden inside the Research Institute.
The Konoha Ninja went pale. None of them had expected not only an ambush inside, but weapons with such outrageous ** power set up as well.
"This... this can't be real!"
"I don't believe it! Absolutely not!"
"Impossible! How could something like this exist?"
The Shinobi from Hidden Mystery Village also cried out as they watched that shell strike, all stunned by the sight before them.
Konoha's people simply could not understand how so many weapons could be hidden inside the Research Institute. Even more terrifying, that