Just as Aoba cast his suspicious gaze on the name Danzo, Kumogakure's command center, who had been fighting at Land of Fire's border, also received a piece of information that was transmitted back with his life.
There were only three terms recorded in a hurry —attack, Blood Moon Sect, Akatsuki.
Although Konan and the others had already done very well, under the premise that they could not eliminate the possibility that this trip would be Konoha's trap, these Kumogakure Ninjas had already prepared for the worst.
Therefore, this information was sent back through a special method prepared in advance.
However, the situation was too critical at that time and the time was limited, so he only had time to write a few words on his blood before sending the psychic beast back.
However, through analysis, Kumogakure's command headquarters had roughly determined the situation.
The hurriedly sent back information should be saying that they had encountered a surprise attack from Blood Moon Sect and Akatsuki on their way.
Apart from this bloody piece of information, there was no other news. Basically, it meant that the elite troop sent to the Grass Country was already in danger.
The unknown force that could destroy this troop naturally aroused the vigilance and worry of Kumogakure's side.
After all, under the premise that they could not confirm that the other party had nothing to do with Konoha, the person who dared to kill them, Kumogakure, was naturally an enemy!
If it really had something to do with Konoha, then their situation would only become worse!
What made them frown even more was that this Blood Moon Sect and this Akatsuki were powers that they had never heard of before. Even if they wanted to investigate, there was no way to do so.
"What should we do? Should we continue sending people over?"
One of them shook his head and said, "There's no point. We have already lost too many people in this matter. In addition, there has been no news of the group of people that went deep into the Land of Fire's territory."
After the old matter was brought up again, many people fell silent because the current situation of the battle had already become more and more disadvantageous to them, Kumogakure.
If they could not make any substantial progress, just the logistics pressure was enough to crush them completely!
Now, let alone obtaining any results of the war, after losing a large number of people in succession, they could not even hold much advantage in front of the battlefield. On the contrary, because Konoha's people wanted to protect their homes, they released a shocking amount of energy, beating them to the point that they did not dare to take a step forward.
Speaking of it, it was very embarrassing, alas!
"Indeed. If we continue to focus on this matter that we can't be sure of, it will inevitably involve a lot of our energy."
"Especially after this painful lesson, we have no way of determining the true strength of the enemy! Unless we send out the main force to ensure success in one fell swoop, it will become an additional tactic, and it will only be a waste."
"And with our current personnel arrangements, we can't take out too many troops to care about this."
"Don't forget, the battlefield before us is the real meat grinder!"
"Right now, we are competing with Konoha to see who can persevere and who can obtain the final victory."
"Therefore, I suggest we pay close attention to this matter but don't be too persistent. Because I feel more and more that this is completely a plot by Konoha to shake our determination!"
"Once we catch the wrong key point, this war will not be far from the end!"
Many people nodded after hearing this. They felt that what they said was not normal. They really should not throw watermelons and pick sesame seeds because of extremely 'coincidence' information.
Then, at this moment, a Kumogakure Ninja suddenly rushed in and shouted, "Konoha Ninja has launched an attack on us again, and almost the entire army has been mobilized!"
The hearts of all the big shots in the command center sank. What they feared came. Konoha wanted to chase them out of the Land of Fire completely!
And at this critical juncture, they had lost a group of Jonin. Under such circumstances, the situation didn't look good!
However, no one would say such words out loud.
"What are you panicking for? Since the other side wants to fight, let's fight to our heart's content! When have we, Kumogakure, ever been afraid of such a thing! Pass down my order, all troops, attack!"
"Yes, Sir Chief Advisor!"
The frontline was in a tight situation, and there was no extra manpower to move out.
Therefore, the chief staff officer's next order was to have the people who stayed in the Land of Iron pay close attention to all the suspicious people and not act rashly.
Everyone else, move your hands back!
No matter what happened, they had to wait until they had finished this hard battle with Konoha!
However, a haze still emerged in many people's hearts, especially since the two incidents were too coincidental.
As soon as they received the heavy news, Konoha began to counterattack!
It was difficult for them not to fantasize.
If they had known that such a situation would occur, they would rather not see that information!
Damn it, Konoha had actually been scheming against them all this time!
Now that things had developed to this point, it was no longer in the script that Danzo had written in advance.
In particular, Kumogakure, who acted as the 'knife', was fooled by Danzo to go and kill people. In the end, before the target could be seen, the target had outsmarted them.
Then, with great difficulty, Kumogakure ran out and met the enemy who came to seek revenge.
As the saying goes, when enemies meet, their eyes are red. Since they have met, what can we do? Fight!
If they knew that all of this was because of Danzo's plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife*, they would probably want to eat this guy alive!
*TL/N: use Kumogakure as a tool
They just didn't know if there was still a chance.
.........
Three days later, Mikawa's class, disguised as mercenaries, once again escorted the disguised caravan on their way.
This time, it was very smooth and did not encounter any attacks. Mikawa also did not feel the previous palpitations!
This made him feel somewhat relieved!
Aoba, who knew that Kumogakure had his eyes on them, agreed to continue taking risks because he took the time to run out and meet Pain with the Illusion Light Body Technique.
Pain took that opportunity to ask 'Aoba; to return Kubikiribōchō to Biwa Juzou.
But Aoba definitely could not return it!
Not only did Aoba not return it, but he also pretended to ask about the follow-up of the last mission and Kumogakure's movements.
Nagato did not suspect anything and directly controlled Pain to give him the information he wanted to know.
It was a coincidence. Nagato originally thought that it was impossible for Kumogakure not to send people to check the situation and would definitely come back to find trouble.
However, he did not expect that at this time, Konoha would launch a full-scale counterattack, beating Kumogakure to the point of being defeated. Kumogakure's people could no longer be distracted and could no longer care about other things. Even the people outside gathered back.