Major news!
Two of the Konoha Sannin, Orochimaru and Tsunade, had joined the battlefield against Iwagakure!
And the news had not spread at first. Instead, one day!
Orochimaru and Tsunade joined forces with Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and the others to launch a surprise frontal assault on Iwagakure's encampment!
Orochimaru killed Hōki on the spot, and Konoha destroyed practically the entire Iwagakure field headquarters!
At that point, Iwagakure's forces could only pull back, hunkering down farther away and waiting for word from Iwagakure.
"Orochimaru and the others attacked our field headquarters!" Ōnoki's right arm was wrapped in bandages. This was the best treatment Iwagakure could provide.
"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage. And... Lord Hōki was killed by Orochimaru." Below him, Kitsuchi trembled as he looked at his father.
"Outrageous! Hmph!" Ōnoki swung his left hand sharply. This had taken him by surprise.
He had known that Konoha had not stood up for Sōkyū Hatake at all, so he had felt no need to hold back.
But he had never expected Orochimaru and Tsunade to rush over.
Just how well-liked was this Sōkyū Hatake?
"Lord Tsuchikage, after all... Sōkyū Hatake is Orochimaru's student..." Kitsuchi said haltingly.
"So what? No, I'm going to the battlefield!" Ōnoki declared furiously.
"You mustn't! Lord Tsuchikage, your arm hasn't recovered yet. Going out there now would cause irreversible damage to your right arm!" a doctor tending to Ōnoki said from beside him.
"So what!" Ōnoki said bluntly. For someone as consistently overbearing as he was, this matter had already gone beyond his expectations.
"Report! Kumogakure has suddenly stepped up its commitment. There may be... some other risk factors." Just then, an Iwa Shinobi suddenly walked in.
"What is their objective?" Ōnoki forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
"We don't know yet," the Iwa Shinobi said,