By the time the Third Kazekage stepped out of his tent, chaos had already engulfed the area.
"What's the panic about! It's just a night raid by the Rain Ninja. There aren't many of them!"
He barked at those around him, then looked up into the distance.
Dense ranks of figures had appeared all around them. The familiar forehead protectors and robes made his expression freeze, and he narrowed his eyes to study them closely.
These... didn't look like Rain Ninja, did they?
These were fucking Iwa Shinobi!
In an instant, Iwagakure's forces closed in from three directions at once, like a tightening net.
Sunagakure's forces were trapped in a low-lying stretch of their outer camp, surrounded by Iwa Shinobi, with their escape routes cut off.
The Third Kazekage stood in the middle of the camp, his face flushed as towering rage surged within him!
He roared at the sky:
"Ōnoki! You fucking animal!"
Unfortunately, the Third Tsuchikage clearly hadn't come to the battlefield. He intended to overwhelm this contingent of Sunagakure forces through sheer numbers, then swallow up Amegakure.
Realizing this, the Third Kazekage quickly calmed down and ordered a retreat:
"All forces, break out to the south! I'll cover the rear."
The Sunagakure jonin, covered in blood, cried out with pale faces, "You can't, Lord Kazekage! You should lead them out!"
"Go! Ōnoki's target is me. They'll only tighten their encirclement around me. Get the hell out of here! And pass on my order: Pakura will be the Fourth Kazekage!"
The Third Kazekage sounded impatient. He waved them away as though shooing flies, urging them to leave.
With tears streaming down their faces, the Sunagakure ninja could only launch a frantic, reckless assault southward, trying to break through!
The Iwa Shinobi's encirclement tightened, and the Sand ninja who