Land of Grass.
Kusagakure.
In the middle of the night.
The awakened Kusagakure's leader, Nishida Hisao greeted the Konoha's Anbu codenamed Dove in the conference room with an expressionless face!
For Dove's arrival, Hisao was actually somewhat resistant.
As early as when the thousands of Iwagakure's Shinobi entered the Land of Grass, Kusagakure has received the information, and then under Hisao's instruction, the information was quickly handed over to the Konoha's Shinobi lurking in Kusagakure.
Unfortunately, the Konoha's Shinobi, who got the information, was killed by the Iwagakure's Shinobi, who was waiting in ambush, as soon as he left the Kusagakure!
For the sake of the alliance, Hisao sent a few more Kusagakure's Shinobi to the border to inform the Konoha's Shinobi, and symbolically sent a three-person team to represent the Kusagakure to ask Iwagakure's Shinobi to leave the Land of Grass, it's a pity that these Kusagakure's Shinobi were all killed by Iwagakure's Shinobi.
Then Iwagakure solemnly warned Hisao that if he dares to intervene in the war between the two countries again, they will be the first to be destroyed!
Hisao took the threat seriously at the time.
Although Kusagakure and Konoha are in alliance, the current situation of Konoha is still not optimistic. At this time, it is too risky to stand with Konoha!
If Konoha is defeated tomorrow, then Kusagakure, who stood with Konoha, will also have to pay a large sum of compensation to Iwagakure as the defeated country!
In order to avoid such a bad situation from happening, Hisao could only turn a blind eye, leeching in the gap between the two great countries.
But now, Dove has come in person and does not understand Hisao's difficulties at all. According to the alliance treaty, Dove asked Hisao to send an army of Shinobi to support the border between two countries and fight against Iwagakure's Shinobi!
Hisuo considered it for a while, and remained silent.
Dove's face turned and he immediately threatened Hisao: If Kusagakure refused to send troops to support, then the alliance between Konoha and Kusagakure would no longer be necessary!
Hisao's expression changed when he heard this.
It must be known that the Land of Grass is politically corrupt, and the funding for Kusagakure is almost zero. If it weren't for Konoha sending some commissions to Kusagakure from time to time, their Kusagakure would… Although they will not go bankrupt, but their life will never be better!
Therefore, the breakdown of the alliance with Konoha has a great impact on Kusagakure!
As the leader of the Kusagakure, he was actually threatened by a mere Anbu's Shinobi, so Hisao was ashamed, angry, frightened and furious. His first thought was to kill Dove, and then he took the initiative to dissolve the alliance with Konoha, and then formed an alliance with Iwagakure, invade the Land of Fire, and let Konoha know that thirty years east, thirty years west, don't you dare bully me… our village because it's poor now! (T/N: This is a quote from Xiao Yan in Battle Through the Heaven.)
But after calming down and think about it, he couldn't do that.
Among the Great Countries in the Shinobi World, Land of Fire has the best economy and the most commissioned missions. Therefore, it is possible for them to give some of them to Kusagakure from time to time, but if it was replaced with Iwagakure… Even if Konoha is defeated in the end, the fruit of victory will only be divided among Iwagakure, Kirigakure and Kumogakure, and their Kusagakure shouldn't even think of getting any benefits! And with Ōnoki's character, how could Iwagakure's commissioned mission be assigned to Kusagakure? And in a few years, when Konoha recovers, how will Kusagakure handle itself?
In other words, if they are abandoned by Konoha, forming an alliance with Iwagakure is like seeking tiger's skin, and it will cause no end of trouble, so there is only one choice left in front of Hisao.
Hisao's stiff and angry face instantly warmed like the snow melted by the spring warmth.
"Dove-dono, I know what to do!"
Hisao immediately ordered his subordinates to mobilize the army overnight, and gathered about three hundred Shinobi (some Chunin and mostly Genin) to help border!
Dove breathed a sigh of relief when he succeeds his task. He wanted to take a break, but he was worried about what Kusagakure would try to get rid of him, so he had no choice but to eat military ration pills and forcefully set off with Kusagakure's Shinobi.
...
The sun and the moon changed shift, and the night passed by in a blink of an eye.
Early the next morning.
Kanpū and his group got up early, and after a night of recuperation, their stamina and energy have been restored.
Seeing that the sun was gradually rising, Crow finally ordered: "It's almost time, let's go!"
Except for the six Shinobi including Peppa, who were seriously injured and unable to participate in the battle, the remaining more than 40 people, including Anbu, immediately rushed to the border.
When they arrived at the border where Dove had left before, it was already noon.
It is now Spring, the scent of hormones permeates the wilderness, and the birds and wild beasts would usually appear in the forest, but at this time, the dense forests on both sides of the border are very quiet, as if the birds and wild beasts are extinct, and only the rustling sound from breeze gently blows the leaves was heard.
Kanpū noticed the abnormality and immediately used Sensor Ninjutsu and extended his sensing tentacles to the opposite forest. Soon, dense human-shaped lines of Chakra appeared in his mind!
Kanpū was shocked in his heart, and immediately realized with a bitter expression on his face, 'The Shinobi on the opposite side must be the Kusagakure's Shinobi brought by Dove, because… their Chakra lines are so blurry, and at a glance, almost all of them are Genin!
"Vice-leader Crow, the support from Kusagakure should be on the opposite side." Kanpū took a deep breath and said the information softly.
"Really?"
Crow's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "That's great, Dove really brought support!"
"How many people from Kusagakure come here?"
"Let's join them quickly!"
"With Kusagakure's Shinobi joining, we should be able to confront Iwagakure's Shinobi head-on!"
When the crowd here is excited, the Kusagakure's Shinobi on the other side of the border also have Sensor Shinobi who discovered Kanpū and the others.
Dove immediately sent out a signal unique to Konoha's Anbu, and after a while, the same signal was also sent out from the opposite forest.
"Let's go!"
Dove breathed a sigh of relief, and then took the three hundred Kusagakure's Shinobi across the border to join Kanpū and the others.
It's just that they don't have time to reminisce, as Iwagakure's Shinobi army is here.
In fact, the Iwagakure's Shinobi army had already arrived near this border as early as last night. After joining the dozen or so Iwagakure's Shinobi, who were forced to retreat by Kanpū's group, they immediately casted a large net and searched for the whereabouts of Kanpū and the others.
As a result, no one found them, but they accidentally discovered that a large number of Kusagakure's Shinobi suddenly poured out of the Land of Grass, so the Iwagakure's Shinobi army chase after them.
There were more than 700 people in Iwagakure's Shinobi army, and as they ran, they directly use Rock Section Cane. Suddenly, the rock staffs fell like arrows on the heads of the more than 300 allied forces that just merged.
"It's bad, it's the Iwagakure's Shinobi army!"
"Be careful!"
"Fūton: Daitoppa!" (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)
"Fūton: Toppa!" (Wind Release: Breakthrough)
"Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu!" (Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique)
Konoha and Kusagakure's allied forces hurriedly used Wind Release to blow away the 'arrow rain' that is filling the sky.
Crow's face was ugly, and he turned his head to look towards Dove: "What should we do, team leader?"
Dove's face was a little pale at this moment. He was originally an injured person, and he also went back and forth to the border and Kusagakure all day and night, without any rest. He is very tired at this moment, so how can he still have the energy to command the team?
So he decisively handed over the command to Crow.
Crow looked at the menacing Iwagakure's Shinobi army. Knowing that retreating blindly would only cause their formation to collapse, he ordered!
"Retreat while fighting!"