"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Far away in a desert filled with yellow sandstorms, a place that should be a no-man's land, a place of silence, is now filled with chaotic noise.
These sounds were interspersed with the roar of explosions and screams of humans.
Countless drops of bright red blood stained the sandy desert, creating a horrific scene.
" Lady Yugito, our people can't hold on any longer. Shall we retreat?" At this moment, a Cloud Village Kumogakure in blood—whether enemy's or her own—approached the blonde female ninja with a ponytail and spoke with slightly rapid breathing. This person addressed as "Lady" was none other than the Yugito Nii whom A and Dodai were concerned about, and she was currently carrying out the mission A had given her.
"Hateful"
Upon hearing his subordinate's words, Yugito's face immediately turned ugly, and he glanced around.
What came into view was the scene of his own ninjas being killed one after another, while the Sunagakure Sunagakure wearing Forehead Protector were still arriving in droves to provide support.
Of course, if that were all, she wouldn't have lost her fighting spirit. But the person leading Sunagakure to resist their attack is none other than Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure at the time. It is he who is controlling the Gold Dust to continuously reap the lives of Kumogakure.
The battlefield filled with yellow sand was a huge boost to Rasa, allowing her to withstand the attacks of the Tailed Beast Transformation and still have the strength to deal with the remaining Kumogakure. This made the Yugito Nii secretly regret that they had underestimated Rasa's strength.
I should have listened to Dodai's advice and brought more people.
Now, the plan to raid Sunagakure has failed and is irreversible. Moreover, there may never be another opportunity to directly invade the Land of Wind.
Finally, after surveying the surrounding battle situation, Yugito reluctantly announced the order to retreat. "Fellow Kumogakure, we retreat."
At Yugito Nii's command, the Cloud Kumogakure who were still entangled with the Sunagakure immediately abandoned their opponents and followed Yugito out of the Land of Wind.
After the Kumogakure retreated, Rasa, who should have pressed his advantage, did not give the order to pursue them.
Because Sunagakure is currently powerless to pursue them. They had already fought with Konoha and lost their Tailed Beast, which was already a serious blow. Unexpectedly, the Kumogakure Village took advantage of their misfortune and suddenly invaded the Land of Wind, forcing Sunagakure to fight the Kumogakure Village again.
These two battles have truly weakened Sunagakure, which is why they had no choice but to let Kumogakure leave.
The following day, information about Kumogakure Sunagakure their subsequent thwarting by the then- Land of Wind Rasa Kazekage, appeared on the desks of all the major ninja villages.
With a loud "bang," the sound of a tabletop shattering echoed in the conference room of the Kumogakure Battlefield.
Ai, sitting in the conference room, was furious, his right fist clenched, beneath which lay the desk shattered into splinters.
Clearly, the desk had fallen victim to Ai's wickedness.
Seeing A's anger, Tsuchitai advised, "Don't let anger cloud your judgment. The information from Yugito Dodai made it very clear: we underestimated the strength of Sunagakure and also underestimated the current Kazekage Rasa. We originally thought that after the battle with Konoha, Sunagakure had suffered heavy losses and would be unable to defend against our sudden attack."
As we initially predicted, Yugito led our troops to rampage through the Land of Wind, nearly reaching Sunagakure.
But unexpectedly, Rasa, whom we considered the Kazekage in Sunagakure, stepped forward and bravely blocked Yugito's Complete Tailed Beast Transformation form, actually boosting the morale of the Sunagakure. This was the main reason for our defeat."
Ai understood what Dodai was saying, but he just couldn't stand it.
It's important to know that they had been making arrangements for this surprise attack on Sunagakure since the start of their attack on Konoha.
Because they all knew that it was impossible to completely defeat Konoha, in order to avoid their own village suffering losses on the battlefield, they planned from the beginning to cause trouble for the heavily damaged Sunagakure.
Therefore, in order to prevent Konoha from causing them trouble, they did their best to drive Konoha back to the border of the Land of Fire.
As a result, everything else went very smoothly. Konoha was even forced to retreat to the border of the Land of Fire, unable to provide any support to Sunagakure.
This is the perfect opportunity to attack Sunagakure.
But this perfect opportunity, with all the right timing, location, and people, actually went wrong in the final battle.
This is like washing an apple, peeling it, and just when you're about to eat it, you find that the apple is rotten and infested with worms.
Anyone would be furious if they encountered such a losing proposition—putting in so much effort but reaping no benefit whatsoever—let alone someone with his aversion to taking losses. He even considered going to extremes and intensifying his attack on Sunagakure.
However, no matter how unwilling A was, Dodai didn't let him act recklessly. "There's no point in thinking about this now. Let's think about what to do next. Yugito has already retreated from Sunagakure! Konoha already knows what we're waiting for, and they'll probably take action soon. So we must be on guard against Konoha's attack."
Faced with Dodai's stern advice, Ai could only nod helplessly.
After listening to Dodai's advice, the anger on his face gradually subsided, and he began to prepare for the upcoming attack from Konoha.
Seeing that Ai had regained his composure and was no longer blinded by resentment, Dodai nodded in satisfaction. He thought to himself: This is the successor chosen by the Third Raikage.
Meanwhile, Konoha also received news of Kumogakure's attack on Sunagakure. Now they understood why Kumogakure had remained inactive.
" Lord Orochimaru, it seems we've all been misled by the situation in Kumogakure. They've been holding back all this time, creating an opportunity to attack Sunagakure. So what should we do next?" asked Shikaku Nara, a young man with a pineapple-shaped hairstyle.
Upon hearing Shikaku Nara's question, Orochimaru lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Then he spoke, "Since the Kumogakure's attack on the Sunagakure failed, it means that the Kumogakure Village's forces have suffered losses. This means that the Kumogakure Village's fighting strength is not as formidable as it was at the beginning, and this is our opportunity. Tomorrow we will immediately attack the Kumogakure Village. Kōki and I will work together to try to push the battle line back to the Land of the Moon."
Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, all the high-ranking officials present, along with Kōki, responded in unison, "Yes, Lord Orochimaru."