Chapter 67: Prelude
A convoy headed in the direction of Shayin Village.
The sand ninja who was carrying out the protection work around the convoy scanned the surroundings vigilantly, and each sand ninja became sensitive and began to check the surrounding environment to avoid accidents on the way back to the sand hidden village.
At this moment, a sharp-eyed sand ninja suddenly looked at the sky, and found a black dot gradually enlarged in his field of vision, and immediately his face changed drastically, and he shouted loudly:
"Enemy attack, prepare for battle!"
After he shouted these words, the rest of the sand shinobi also noticed this and took action one after another.
The two sand ninjas closest to the convoy directly took out the scroll and summoned a beetle puppet with a feather blade and a huge Sansho fish puppet from the scroll.
As the black dot swept over the convoy, a violent wind suddenly rolled up on the sand, and the sand particles hit the windows of the car, making a sound incessantly.
The sand ninja who controlled the giant Pepperfish puppet immediately unfurled the shield on the back of the Pepperfish to block the raging sand grains and protect the carriage behind him.
The beetle puppet with a feather blade was also under the control of the puppeteer, clucking and clattering, rushing into the sky to engage the enemies who raided the convoy.
It was a slightly petite girl in a shrine maiden costume.
In the inorganic pupils, it gives the feeling of a dead thing.
And for this girl who appeared in the air, it is impossible for many sand shinobi to forget this hateful face.
Although he doesn't know his name, he is undoubtedly one of the minions of the military who belongs to the country of ghosts.
It is a dangerous criminal who is the focus of prevention in Shayin.
The beetle's arthropod blade revealed a sharp blade with blue toxin, and aimed at the body of the Heavenly Feather Girl and slashed it with force, mercilessly, in an attempt to kill with one blow.
The storm barrier formed by the Heavenly Feather Girl around her body directly blocked the blade, and you could hear the blade being attacked by the storm, and there was a slight sound of breaking in the middle.
Bang!
The feathered beetle puppet flew back upside down, but under the skillful control of the puppeteer, in the process of flying upside down, it readjusted its posture and quickly flapped the feather blade wings behind it.
A toxin-coated blade shot at the Sky Feather Maiden, slamming into the storm barrier, which was also crumbling on the verge of cracking under the combined blows of the blades.
Seeing this scene, Tianyu Nu floated backwards, easily getting herself out of danger.
Her focus has always been on the carriage surrounded by the sand ninjas, and the contents must be very important to the sand ninjas.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so desperate to protect the carriage.
As a result, a scroll immediately fell from the white sleeve of the Tianyu Girl and landed in her hand.
When the sand ninjas saw this scene, their faces changed drastically.
"Be careful! It's a fusion attack of Wind Escape and Fire Escape! ”
Even if they knew what the Heavenly Feather Girl was going to release next, they didn't have the ability to stop each other at all.
Even a beetle puppet that can fly freely in the air is inferior to the Sky Feather Girl in terms of mobility.
After all, puppets are dead things after all, unless they are top-level puppeteers who can change such disadvantages from basic techniques.
And as far as Tianyu Nu knows, at present, among the sand hidden, only Chiyo, the former high-level advisor of the sand hide, who has retired, has such a method of operation.
As expected, the Sky Feather Girl opened the scroll that fell out of her sleeve, and immediately summoned a steady stream of fire from the scroll, and with the Sky Feather Girl's own Wind Escape Ninjutsu, she directly formed a sea of fire in the air and spread towards the sand.
The fire was raging, shining on each sand ninja's face, making them feel the blazing power of the flames, and their skin became hot and their mouths were dry.
"Don't underestimate Sand Shinobi!"
Under the control of another puppeteer, the huge Sanjiao fish stood in front of the carriage, erecting a huge shield that split the sea of fire and flowed through the sides of the carriage without causing the carriage to suffer a single damage.
"This puppet is a large shield puppet that has been transformed from the artwork created by the genius stylists of our Sand Ninja Puppet Army. It can be invulnerable, even the artillery of your ghost country can be easily resisted, I advise you not to waste your strength. ”
When he said this, the puppeteer had an extremely confident smile on his face, and he had very high confidence in the Sanjiao Fish puppet he controlled.
The Sky Feather Girl didn't blink her eyes, and she seemed to be surprised by the golem's defense.
However, soon the Heavenly Feather Nu swooped down and rushed towards the Sanjiao Fish Golem.
"Stupid! They all say your attacks don't work against my puppets! ”
The puppeteer saw the Heavenly Feather Girl swooping down, and thought that the other party had made such an irrational move because the attack was blocked, and the brain was stimulated.
But soon, he couldn't laugh out loud.
The Heavenly Feather Maiden's body flew quickly along the horizon, and a storm around her body was even more ferocious than before, sweeping up the sand and soil of the entire area.
"Oops!"
It seems that she also knows what the Heavenly Feather Girl is planning, and it is too late for the puppeteer to stop it.
The huge pepperfish and the sand under the chassis all flew into the sky, like a kite with a broken string, falling into the distance.
The puppeteer wanted to jump back to dodge, but the Sky Feather Girl quickly grabbed his shoulder and flew into the air with him.
The puppeteer let out a frightened cry from his mouth, and the convoy on the ground, in his eyes, had become the size of a sesame seed.
Without hesitation, the Sky Feather Girl let go of her palm, allowing the puppeteer to freefall in the air against the sand below.
The puppeteer's face was pale, completely incapable of thinking, and he had already anticipated the horrific scene of himself falling to pieces and dying in the sand.
At this time, the beetle puppet, under the control of another puppeteer, flew through the air from a distance, so that the puppeteer who fell to the sand sat on the back of the beetle puppet, gasping for breath there, and having the happiness of the rest of his life.
The Heavenly Feather Girl didn't care about any of this, or rather, she had expected such an outcome.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to descend from the sky, she folded her hands and swept indifferently towards the sand ninja on the sand, as well as the carriage under the protection of the sand ninjas, a large amount of chakra and natural energy began to converge.
A large white glow directly enveloped the sky.
The sound, the picture, dissolves and disappears in the white light.
At the same time, the sand on the sand is undulating like a wave under the action of some powerful force.
Rumble!
Two powerful energies collided with a violent popping sound.
The air vibrate, and the invisible shock wave repelled out in all directions, although many sand ninjas rolled out on the sand, but they also luckily picked up a life.
Grains of sand rained down from the sky.
The gentle wind blows across the sand, giving it a pleasant feel.
No matter how terrible the wind may be, after it has raged, it will eventually return to silence.
"Ahem!"
A cough was heard, the carriage was torn apart, and the man inside rolled out, a pale, weak-breathed man, barely standing, panting.
He had a bandage wrapped around his chest, and the wound that was still healing had recurred after the strong ninja he had just performed, staining the bandage red.
He twisted his face in pain, as if he was trying his best to endure the injuries in his body, and while glaring at the Sky Feather Girl in the sky with resentful eyes, as if he was annoyed that the other party had discovered his decay.
This man is none other than the fourth generation of Wind Shadow Luosha.
Suddenly, Luo Sha coughed up blood in his mouth and knelt on one knee on the sand, but his chin was still stubbornly raised, and he looked at the Tianyu girl in the sky, as if he didn't want to expose his weakness as one of the five shadows in front of the enemy.
After confirming that the other party was Luo Sha himself, Tian Yu Nu saw the Sand Shinobi who had protected Luo Sha again, and the two puppet masters also launched a formation and waited for it.
After a moment's hesitation, the Heavenly Feather Maiden's body flew into the air, flying into the distance, disappearing from the sand ninja's field of vision.
The sand ninjas breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they still have the strength to fight, they don't want to entangle with the enemy more in this situation.
"Kazekage-sama, are you alright?"
A sand shinobi came up and asked worriedly.
"It's okay...... Return to the village as soon as possible. In order to prevent them from raiding us again, the next step is to change the route back to the village. ”
Luo Sha gritted his teeth and said with all his might.
But in his heart, he was secretly happy, so that the Oni Country side should also believe that he was seriously injured at the moment.
If you want to deceive your enemies, you must first deceive your own people. The sand shinobi here doesn't know his arrangement.
Only in this way can he play the trick realistically and let the enemy fall headlong into the trap he has carefully arranged.
No matter how cautious the enemy is, it is impossible to expect that his serious injuries are part of the surprise attack plan.
And this plan is arranged together with Konoha.
The country of ghosts would never have thought of this, and they didn't know that Sand Shinobu had figured out the reality behind the country of ghosts, and Hinata Ayane, who was one of the five shadows, was not on the front line, and for Sand Hide, this was a godsend.
Being able to die in the same trap as the three generations of Thunder Shadow back then, for these traitors, Luo Sha thinks that this luxurious funeral can already highlight the bearing of a great country.
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The retreat of the sand has brought great panic to the local residents in the northwest region of the Land of Winds.
Before the outbreak of the war with the Oni Country, the people of the Land of Wind did not have a pessimistic attitude towards this war.
Even if it is unfavorable at the beginning, after being serious, the ninjas of Sand Hidden Village should quickly defeat the ninja army of the Oni Country with a devastating attitude.
It's a pity that such a thing only exists in the fantasies of the inhabitants of the northwest region of the Land of Wind.
With the further conflict of the war, the Sand Hidden Village was defeated and retreated, and the Wind Shadow Luo Sha was seriously injured and dying in the battle with the rebel ninja, and was sent back to the Sand Hidden Village to recuperate.
Such rumors are not groundless, under the deliberate propaganda of the Ghost Country, the residents of the northwest region of the Wind Country spend their days in fear.
Although he thinks that such news is false, how could he be a big man in the Five Shadows and lose to the ninja of a small country?
However, as time passed, Kazekage Raksha disappeared from the frontline battlefield, and Sand Yin continued to retreat, and under the fierce pursuit of the Oni Country, he had retreated to the edge of the northwest region. Such news must not be faked.
If the retreat continues, the entire northwest region will be lost and invaded by the country of ghosts.
As a result, the defeat of the sand herin naturally caused panic among the residents of the northwest region of the Land of Wind.
The Land of the Wind is a vast and sparsely populated country, and the economic development of most places is not very good, especially the northwest region, which is one of the most impoverished areas in the Land of the Wind.
There are hardly any decent large towns to be seen, just scattered villages, where the locals live on a small amount of food and water.
Since there is no money to invite ninjas to come and clean up the bandits, the problem of banditry in the northwest region of the Land of Wind has not been effectively improved.
And now they have to face not only the growing problem of banditry, but also the ninjas of the Oni Country who are more terrible than bandits.
They had all heard the cruelty of war.
The ninjas of Sand Hidden Village have been defeated and completely abandoned them, losing their land to the ninjas of the Oni Country who invaded the Land of Wind. It is conceivable that it will not be long before the butcher's knives of the ninjas of the Oni Country will swing from their heads, robbing them of their lives, robbing them of their belongings and women, and finally burning their villages to the ground.
Therefore, when the Sand Hidden Army began to withdraw from the northwest region continuously, many residents had begun to plan to move towards the hinterland towns of the Land of the Wind to avoid being poisoned by the ninjas of the Land of Demons.
However, when the ninjas of the Oni Country passed by, it was a different situation.
Because the Oni Country troops advancing towards the southern region of the Wind Country completely ignored these helpless people at the bottom of the Wind Country, and just built a military base on their own and quickly built a defense project.
A number of majestic and eye-catching base buildings rise up in the desert, and these later bases belong to the branches of the main base, which play a warning and protection role for the main base.
However, as the war gradually transitioned to a white-hot stage, under the command of Shiraishi, the Ninja Force of the Oni Country was also split into several squadrons and settled in the branch base.
Ensure that each branch base, in the early investment, can have a sufficient force of 200 ninjas.
With so many base buildings built in the desert, even the local residents can't hide it, let alone the Sand Ninja reconnaissance team that often roams the edge of the cordon.
Although their Wind Shadow has been seriously injured and needs to return to Sand Hide to heal and recuperate, it does not mean that the Sand Hidden Ninja will give up and directly hand over the land of the Land of Wind to others.
"This is the last area in the northwest of the Wind Country, and it is an important resource area, so it must be taken down."
In a branch base on the front lines, Shiraishi points to the Northwest Boundary on the map of the Land of Wind, an oasis rarely seen in the desert environment of the Land of Wind.
In the land of the wind, where the desert has become severe, the water, vegetation and crops in the oases are all precious treasures.
It can meet the self-sufficiency of local residents and effectively alleviate the pressure of water and food shortage in the Land of Winds.
But for the country of ghosts, it is also a rare and rich resource area, which has great development and utilization value.
"When will you attack?"
Ruri is not very interested in the use of resources in the region, she is only responsible for fighting.
"The day after the air force units on the headquarters arrive here, we can launch an attack, and I will set the specific time at ten o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow."
"What about the way of attacking? Is it still the same as before? ”
Ruri asked.
"No, there is no need for a feint this time, this is the last attack, and after such a stalemate, it is time to draw a perfect end to this war. On the Sha Yin side, I believe that reasonable arrangements have also been made. There is no need to drag it out any longer. ”
Ruri nodded, understanding Shiraishi's underlying meaning.
Shiraishi continued, "So, this time it will be up to you and me to take on the bait, and it doesn't matter if you use all your strength when the time comes. ”
Ruri was a little surprised.
"I thought you would let me continue to hide my strength and leave some means, after all, the guys inside may monitor the battlefield here and collect our intelligence."
Although an armistice agreement was reached with Xiao, it does not mean that the two sides will not collect each other's intelligence.
To the extent possible, collecting information about the other side as much as possible is also an unspoken rule that has not been disclosed in the agreement.
The battle between the Land of the Wind and the Land of Oni is so loud and has a strong international repercussion that it is impossible for anyone who knows not to come and gather information.
"It's a problem, but if you still retain your strength in the next battle, it will inevitably lead to other changes. Even you can't deal with such a huge force at once. ”
"Well, I'll be careful."
Ruri didn't refute.
She wouldn't say something as unrealistic as one person could solve Shinobu and Konoha alone.
Although Susanenghu is strong, it is also extremely consuming of chakra, and opening Susanoh for a long time is a huge test for chakra.
In particular, Susanoh in the fourth stage will also have an extremely heavy load on her body.
Even if the kaleidoscope writing wheel eye is turned on, it is impossible to avoid this problem fundamentally.
In actual combat, theoretical calculations are likely to mislead one's own judgment and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it.
The techniques mastered by ninjas are strange, and the strength is also strong and weak, and the data calculated theoretically can only be used as a reference, and cannot be directly applied to actual combat.
Shiraishi acts as a 'bait' with her, and the pressure on her body will also be reduced.
"Please, then, I'll leave it to you to command. I'll go to the basement to check how the technique works, so that I don't have any accidents in the battle the day after tomorrow. ”
Ruri nodded and watched Shiraishi leave the conference room.
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Two days later, at nine o'clock in the morning.
The three of them, who were sent to the country of ghosts, enjoyed breakfast in the morning tea house near the inn.
Since coming to the Land of Demons, they have maintained a state of communication with Konoha in the Land of Fire once every two days.
At any time, report the situation in the rear of the Oni Country to the top management of Konoha.
And for these, the garrison of the country of ghosts did not stop it, as long as the three of Lu Jiu did not show obvious intent to attack, the order given above was that they only needed to monitor, which gave Lu Jiu and the others a lot of room to operate.
While eating breakfast, Lu Jiu estimated how far the situation on the front line battlefield had progressed.
Judging from the news transmitted from the front line back to the territory of the Oni Country, the ninja troops of the Oni Country were all the way to the Oni Country at this time, occupying the northwest region of the Wind Country at a very fast speed, defeating the Sand Hidden Army and greatly stabilizing the turmoil within the Oni Country.
But unlike the jubilant people of the Oni Country, Lujiu saw the potential hidden dangers behind the victory of the Oni Country.
The country of ghosts is like a bamboo, which means that the arrangement on the side of the sand has been launched, and the implementation effect is very good, and the country of ghosts is in a hurry to advance under the desire for victory, although it has successfully played morale, but it has also successfully lengthened the battle line.
Once the battle line is lengthened, it means that the defensive strength of the Oni Country will become weak, and eventually the entire battle situation will collapse to the end, and it will be easy to be cut off by Sand Yin to retreat.
The Konoha team hidden in the territory of the Land of Wind will also become a sharp blade that pierces the heart of the country of ghosts.
The time when Konoha's sharp blade came out of the sheath, in Lujiu's opinion, should be within two or three days.
If you procrastinate too long, you will miss the best time.
The wind shadow who can arrange such a perfect strategy is by no means an indecisive person.
If you analyze it this way, the winner is decided.
"Mr. Lujiu, good morning, as do Mr. Ding Za and Mr. Haiyi."
At this time, the sound of laughter in his ears interrupted Lu Jiu's thinking.
Lu Jiu put down the bread in his hand, looked up and saw Ayane walking into the morning tea house alone, looking over with a smile.
At some point, all the guests in the morning tea house left, and even the owner and clerk disappeared from the morning tea house.
In the morning tea house, only the four of them were left.
"Is there something going on, Miss Ayane? These days, we're all honest and don't make any out-of-the-ordinary moves. Even if you are in charge of the Oni Land Garrison, you can't be unreasonable and have no reason to arrest foreign envoys. ”
Lu Jiu said jokingly.
These days, he has figured out the structure of the upper echelons of the Oni Country.
The Uchiha clan holds the economic power of the Oni Country, and the president of the Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce, a large international chamber of commerce, is a member of the Uchiha clan that is not recorded in the Konoha archives, and is inextricably linked to Uchiha Ruri.
And Chiba Shiraishi is the commander-in-chief of the military of the Oni Country, holding the most powerful military power in the Oni Country.
As for the garrisons of each city and town, including the garrison of Shion City, the supreme commander is Ayane.
But among the garrison, there are not necessarily ninjas of the Hyuga clan, but there are not many ninjas of the Hyuga clan in the garrison, which are a mixture of Uchiha and Uzumaki clansmen, as well as civilian ninjas who have no ninja background.
The composition system is very complex.
"Don't worry, I'm not stingy enough yet, I'm just here to inform you two of the news."
"Message? Is it news from the frontline battlefield? ”
Shikaku stared at Ayane's face, trying to read something from her expression.
It's a pity that what I see is always a very professional smirking face.
Ayane smiled and said, "No, I'm here to tell Mr. Shikaku that Tsunade had left Shion City last night. ”
This news came out of Ayane's mouth, which made the three of them stunned.
"You said Tsunade-sama left Shion City?"
"Well, it's true, a lot of people in the garrison saw it."
"Did Tsunade-sama say where she went next?"
Lu Jiu hurriedly asked.
But he was smiling bitterly in his heart, he didn't know why Tsunade made such a move, but there was no doubt that if Tsunade was not in charge here, then, Hinata's dangerous existence, there would be no way to restrain her and contain her in Shion City.
Once she is untied and goes to the frontline battlefield of the Wind Country, it may become a new turning point in the Wind Country battlefield.
Now I can only hope that the sand hidden side will start the operation as soon as possible, and not let new changes occur on the battlefield.
"I didn't ask, after all, Tsunade-sama is a ninja of Konoha, so it would be rude for me to ask, right? And Tsunade-sama's whereabouts, as a Konoha ninja, shouldn't you know best? As an outsider, how could I possibly know such a thing? ”
“……”
I don't know if this counts as rubbing salt on Konoha's wounds.
In short, Shikaku felt the bad of Ayane's character.
It's really a pot that can't be opened.
Seeing Lu Jiu's depressed face, Ayane didn't stop, and continued to smile: "Regarding the second news, I want to congratulate you first. ”
"Congratulations?"
The three of them looked at Ayane suspiciously.
Ayane smiled and nodded.
"Yes, congratulations on the successful completion of your mission in the Ghost Country, and after you have breakfast, you can leave Ziyuan City."
"What task? We just came to visit Her Highness the Shrine Maiden of the Oni Country on the orders of Hokage-sama and Daimyo. Did Miss Ayane misunderstand something? ”
Shikajiu didn't know if this was Ayane deceiving him, and before there was no next instruction from the village, he still felt that it was not appropriate to act rashly, so as not to let Ayane notice something.
"Really? However, I think Mr. Kaku misunderstood what I just said. I mean, if you rush to the Land of the Wind now, you should be able to collect the bodies of the Konoha ninjas on the battlefield of the Land of the Wind faster. If you understand, just leave. ”
After saying this, Ayane left the morning tea house with a smile on her face.
The three of Lu Jiu next to the dining table were like ice caves at the moment, and their faces were colorless.
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