Chapter 78: Raid on Iwagakure Camp
Two days later, inside the Hokage office in Konoha Village
The first thing Jiraiya and others who rushed back from Sound Village to Konoha was to come to the Hokage office to report on their trip to Sound Village to negotiate.
"How is the situation? Will Sound Village send troops?" Tsunade asked first.
Jiraiya said proudly, "They have agreed. The leader of Sound Village, Chiba Kushi personally led the team and set off shortly after we left Konoha. This is all my credit. In order to persuade him to send troops, I spent a lot of effort."
"Okay, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will rush into the Country of Grass and confront Iwagakure." Tsunade ignored his boast and slammed the table.
And Shikaku asked, "Why did Iwagakure suddenly launch a war against us? Isn't Iwagakure recuperating?"
Asked here, Tsunade gritted her teeth, "They said that we killed their Jinchuriki Roshi who defected himself. Do they really think I am easy to bully? They launched a war against Konoha as soon as I came to power."
Hearing this reason, Shikaku couldn't help but fall into deep thought, 'This shouldn't be the case... Onoki is a cunning master who doesn't underestimate anyone. How could he launch such a useless war.'
But now he can't think of anything wrong.
Tsunade continued to ask, "How is Sound Village? Is it necessary to maintain an alliance?"
Shikaku told what he saw and heard in Sound Village, and what he saw was that Sound Village was prosperous.
And Jiraiya also found a topic that he could talk about, and kept talking about how developed it was.
Jiraiya thought about it and said, "It's a pity that everything there is good, but it lacks some interesting industries, and Anbu from Sound Village always monitored me and didn't let me go..."
"You guy... hurry up and go to the front line to take over the battlefield." Tsunade's anger level is almost overflowing. She handles government affairs every day, while this guy enjoys delicious food in Soumnd Village.
She didn't hit him with a punch because she was just afraid of destroying the Hokage building again.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiraiya quickly nodded and ran out of Hokage's office, "I'll go right away."
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Three more days later
Kai brought a thousand Sound-nin to the border of Konoha and Grass Village to join forces with the Konoha ninjas led by Jiraiya.
Kai was in a good mood during the five-day journey, because Konoha had to give a large amount of money as employment fees every day.
Jiraiya's expression darkened as he looked at Kabuto's list of expenses for the five-day march, such as food and grass.
At the same time, he secretly vowed to end the war here as soon as possible. These mercenaries are really expensive.
Kabuto finally said something that Jiraiya liked to hear. Since he came here, Jiraiya almost couldn't help but kick him out, "Jiraiya-dono, don't worry, Lord Kushi said that for your sake, he will give Konoha a 95% discount."
Jiraiya's face looked a little better, "Then let's settle the settlement together after the employment is over."
"Of course, I can still trust Jiraiya-dono's credit." Kabuto said with a slight smile.
Jiraiya said, "We will launch a raid on Iwagakure tomorrow. Please lead the Sound ninja leader Kushi to proceed according to the plan."
"Certainly."
On the other side, Kai handed over all matters to Kabuto, and he became the hands-off shopkeeper.
Kai circled the camps of the two armies and learned about the configuration of Konoha's army, five thousand ninjas and forty-two Jōnin.
Naruto and other new generation ninjas in Konoha did not go to the battlefield.
You must know that those people are children of the Konoha ninja clan, so it won't be poasible to drag them into the battlefield.
And Naruto is a Jinchūriki, so it's not yet time for him to take action.
"It's boring. I thought I could see Naruto killing people." Kai yawned and returned to his military tent.
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The next night, a large number of Sound Village elites led by Kai lurked in the night.
They were an ambush force, responsible for conducting surprise attacks on the flanks of the Iwagakure formation after the two sides fought.
No one could have imagined that just a month ago, Konoha and Sound Village were still fighting for life and death, but now they would join forces to kill the enemy.
In the darkness, Konoha's ninjas were seen rushing towards the Iwagakure camp, but Iwagakure's ninjas seemed to have been prepared and launched a counterattack towards Konoha.
"Fire Style· Great Fireball Technique!"
A fireball rose into the sky and continued to burn, instantly lighting up the originally dark sky.
"Kill!"
"Hahaha, you don't know, we have already prepared, brothers, kill these Konoha dogs!" The Iwagakure ninjas laughed wildly and rushed out of the camp to launch a counterattack against the Konoha ninjas.
The Konoha ninjas only resisted for a moment, leaving a few corpses behind and retreated backwards.
Kai saw a figure standing in the center of the Iwagakure ninjas. He was tall and mighty, giving people a strong sense of security. According to the intelligence, he was Kitsuchi, the son of Onoki, the commander of Iwagakure.
"I really don't know how that guy Onoki gave birth to such a tall son. Did he just take after his mother?" Kai secretly complained in his heart.
The Konoha army ran directly in front of the Sound Village troops led by Kai, but the Iwagakure troops did not discover the hidden Sound Village troops, and they chased the Konoha army.
Now, it was time for Sound Village to take action. Kai patted Motegi Shinobu on the shoulder next to him, signaling him to take action.
Motegi Shinobi stood up suddenly and turned on the flare, "Go ahead, kill all these bastards!"
A red flare rose again in the dark sky.
"It's Sound Village's flare! Follow me and fight back!" Konoha's ninja shouted, turning around and fighting.
The thousands of lurking Sound Village elites also stood up and headed down the mountain to kill.
Only then did the Iwagakure ninja realize that they had been trapped. It turned out that the intelligence sent back by the spy was wrong, and he was actually caught in a counter-siege.
In the crowd, Iwa Ninja Commander Kitsuchi shouted loudly, "Break through to the west, there are no enemy troops there!"
The momentum of the charge of the Iwa ninjas instantly turned to the west, and they fled like a tide.
Kai suddenly stood up and entered Sage Mode instantly. He pulled out two bone knives from his palms, jumped with all his strength, and smashed into the Iwa Ninja formation like meteorites, blocking their way to break out.
With a loud noise, Kai stood up, and there were two corpses of Iwa ninja at his feet. He pulled out the bone knife, and blood spurted out and splashed on him, making him look like a bloody demon.
"Kill him!" Upon seeing this, the surrounding Iwa ninjas rushed towards Kai. Kai's eyes were cold and he ducked to avoid the attack. The bone knife in his hand danced, causing a bunch of blood splashes every time he swung it.
Although Kai was surrounded by heavy siege, he showed no fear.
On the battlefield, the sounds of killing and shouts intertwined. Kai shuttled among the rock ninjas like a ghost, and his bone knife became the enemy's nightmare. The blood dyed his body red, but it made him braver as he fought.
"Get out of the way!" An angry shout rang out, a tall figure appeared in front of Kai, and the rock-wrapped fist suddenly hit Kai's face.
"Earth Style·Fist Rock!"
Kai didn't panic at all. Kitsuchi's movements were like a turtle in his eyes. Kai lowered his body and avoided the attack. He shot bone bullets from his hands and once again harvested the lives of several Iwa ninjas.
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