The Land of Demons, a fortress on the eastern border.

The artillery fire swept the entire battlefield, and the fortress fortress that was invaded by Iwakuin is now reduced to ruins under the shelling of the mechanized troops of the Oni no Kuni.

Countless corpses, indiscriminately poured on the ground where the snow was gradually melting.

The hard armored vehicles, also under the attack of ninja ninjutsu, were ravaged, turned into shards of steel, and flew to all corners of the battlefield.

At this moment, there was still a screeching sound in the sky caused by a missile piercing the atmosphere, and then it bombarded the ground with a deafening boom.

Flying ninjas swept through the air like angels of death descending from the sky, and then swirled at an astonishing high speed, ravaging the land all the time.

The wind whipped up flames, and the dark clouds in the sky took on a bottomless vortex, as if they were about to swallow the whole earth.

Risking their lives, the ninjas charged at their enemies in a roar, then were beaten into a sieve in a hail of bullets, and their lives suddenly stopped beating.

The road gene near the fortress is a ninja battle, and the unrecognizable section by piece collapses one by one.

Under the ninjutsu control of the Iwakushi ninjas, the craters quickly generated, cutting the battlefield into hundreds of areas, almost sinking the entire plain.

Ayane rushed to the forefront of the battlefield alone, and around her, except for the Iwakushi ninja, she was the only one who belonged to her, and the shadow dancers who lived in the shadows. Other than that, there is no so-called assistance by her side.

That said, she didn't think it was reckless.

After all, in the entire country of ghosts, there are too few ninjas who can follow her actions and cooperate with her.

And her way of playing interspersed with the battlefield is completely messy and freewheeling.

She was sure that if she had rushed into the deepest part of the enemy line with an elite force at the beginning, the rest of the squad would definitely be surrounded by countless enemies, resulting in the death of all of them.

Rather than this, it would be better to be sure from the very beginning that she would charge alone, so that she could fight without fear and completely disrupt the enemy's formation.

Thinking about it like this, Ayane couldn't help but think of the Uchiha woman with the teapot lid, if it was her, it would be much more convenient and faster to harvest cannon fodder on the battlefield than herself.

An association unfolded in his heart, but in reality, Ayane's skills did not hesitate because of this, and she was as light as ever.

Her mission is to disrupt the formation of the Iwakushi ninja and completely crush their morale on the battlefield.

The task of killing enemies along the way is mainly entrusted to the Shadow Dancer.

The Shadow Dancer's Shadow Blade, which cannot be defended by ordinary ninjutsu, coupled with her speed, is simply like a fish in water on the battlefield, leaving behind a body every time she passes by.

As a result, the Iwakuin team, which was targeted by Ayane, was like a blood lotus, blooming tirelessly on the battlefield, beautiful and enchanting.

"Dusty Realm—"

The third generation of Tsuchikage Onoki located in the sky is about to perform his special skills, aiming at Ayane's back and sneaking attack.

A sharp blade of wind blew.

Ohnoki flew away without thinking about it, dodging the attack of the Wind Blade.

A girl dressed in a red and white witch costume appeared opposite Onoki, stuck, in the same levitating posture, her hands spread, and wisps of breeze converged in her palms, forming a small tornado with dexterity, staring at Onoki with an expressionless face.

"Damn!"

Onoki felt an incomparably headache for this flying shrine maiden wearing a shrine maiden costume.

Because this flying witch who belongs to the enemy camp doesn't do anything on the battlefield, just stares at him alone.

Especially when he casts Dust Escape, he will always release the wind blade just right, interrupting his spell casting.

If you are twenty years younger...... Onoki felt the sorrow of being an old man.

He was older than the three generations of Hokage who had died in Konoha, and he was seventy-six years old, which was an age when he should have retired a long time ago.

If you were yourself twenty years ago, you wouldn't be so slow.

As he grew older, his physical strength and reflexes began to decline, and even the unfolding of the dusty realm became cracked.

Although Onoki was confident that he would defeat the flying witch, the opponent did not fight him head-on at all, using his own advantages to distance himself from him, and in the way of Muji, he instantly released the wind blade to interrupt his attack from a distance.

This made Onoki feel helpless.

This also led to the fact that his idea of sneaking up on the rear of the Oni Country could not be effectively implemented.

In addition to destroying armored vehicles that look extremely bulky, things can get extremely cumbersome when it comes to specific ninjas.

"Tsuchikage-sama, there's news from Konoha!"

The radio hanging in my ear came with a hurried sound.

"Say!"

For some reason, Onoki had a bad premonition in his heart.

"The two thousand reinforcements sent by Konoha to the country of bears were suddenly blocked by Ruri Uchiha, and forty percent of the ninjas died on the spot, and the rest were also wounded and fled! According to the instructions of the Konoha Shinobi squad leader, this is a trap against our alliance army, please stop the attack immediately, evacuate the territory of the Oni Country as soon as possible, and reduce the losses! ”

“！？”

Ruri Uchiha!?

Onoki's face was numb with shock and was overwhelmed.

Wasn't she stationed in the western waters of the Oni Country, pinned down by the main force of the Fog Hide?

How could it be possible to be on the battlefield of the Land of Bears and block Konoha's support forces?

Just as he was stunned, black dots appeared at the end of the distant wilderness.

The roar of rolling steel, hundreds of brand-new armored vehicles crushed the ground in front of them, and drove forward.

Accompanying this torrent of black steel are heavily armed ninja troops.

Led by a dozen shinobi wearing chakra armor, galloping forward at a faster speed, opening the way for the steel troops behind.

Seeing this sudden torrent of steel, Onoki directly widened his pupils, instantly realized something, and his body trembled violently.

"Foggy ——!?"

At this time, it is too late to retreat, the Iwakuin ninjas here have completely fought with the ninjas of the Oni Country, and at this time, the thousands of Iwain ninjas gathered here will definitely be caught up, resulting in most of the dead and injured.

But stay and continue to fight...... Onoki's hands and feet began to chill.

Yakura, you bastard!!

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In Konoha's conference room, there was a lot of silence.

Whether it was Tsunade, the advisors, or the new Higaku who had joined the inner circle of power, they were all shocked by the battle reports coming back from the front.

The 2,000 ninja troops used to support Jiraiya encountered Ruri Uchiha in the territory of Bird Country, and most of them were killed and wounded.

Iwakure invested 5,000 ninjas in the frontal battlefield in the eastern part of the country of ghosts, led by the three generations of Tsuchikage Onoki himself, which was originally a confident siege battle, but in the end, due to the sudden support of the country of ghosts, Iwakure was also quickly defeated in the frontal battlefield and fled back to the country of earth.

Of the 5,000 ninjas who threw themselves in, more than 3,000 died, and finally withdrew to the land country with less than 2,000 remnants under the protection of Onoki.

However, the matter was not over there, Hinata, who defeated the main force of Iwakure, left behind the large army of the Oni Country, and advanced towards the Land Country alone, and in less than an hour, he defeated the Iwa Shinobi border troops of the Earth Country, and the western border of the Earth Country fell into chaos.

In addition, Hinata Ayane continued to go deep into the hinterland of the land by herself, and Iwakure's reconnaissance team could not track her whereabouts, and when she found out, Hinata Ayane had already appeared in the northern region of the earth country and raided the border ninja troops stationed in the northern part of the earth country.

The other party seems to regard the land of the earth as the back garden of his home, and he is haunted in the territory of the land of the earth, which makes the people of Iwakuin and the Daimyo of the land of the earth panic.

Is it a risk or a luxury to throw a five-shadow-level ninja directly into the enemy's base camp alone? But no matter which one it is, it means that the enemy of the Oni Country is beyond imagination.

The good news is that everyone's understanding of the country of ghosts is no longer limited to the tip of the iceberg. As a result, the Oni Country, an iceberg that has mostly sunk under the surface of the sea, has finally surfaced.

The bad news is that the sacrifices made by the villages are too great.

Especially Konoha and Iwakushi.

From the beginning of the war, the cumulative losses of the two villages alone have exceeded seven thousand ninjas.

Although the country of ghosts has also paid the price for this, the number of casualties on the other side will definitely not be as tragic as Konoha and Iwakure, and it is within the acceptable range.

"I didn't expect that for the sake of the so-called face, Wuyin would falsely spread information to his comrades-in-arms, which led to heavy losses for our Konoha and Iwakure. In this matter, we must unite and let Wuyin give an explanation! ”

Mito Menyan tried his best to contain the anger in his heart, but from his categorical tone, he could still hear that his anger was burning.

Originally, they were very excited and encouraged to learn about the heroic achievements of the fog hidden in the sea west of the Oni Country, such as the defeat of the vanguard of the Oni Country, the great power of the four generations of Mizukage, and the successful containment of the Uchiha Ruri, and so on, and even the enthusiasm for battle became extremely high.

But the result was that the Fog Hidden Reconnaissance Force and the Third Vanguard Force were all wiped out without the slightest bit of news.

Even Kigakure didn't know if it was Uchiha Ruri himself who was stationed in the western waters of the Oni Country, so he directly fabricated the battle report of the four generations of Mizukage and his battle, and reported it to his comrades in the alliance army, and told him that everything was going well on the western battlefield, and the large forces of the allied forces only needed to attack with peace of mind. However, their own side made a posture of feigning an attack, standing still, and watching from the wall.

This made the high-ranking Allied forces who asked and learned the truth afterwards so angry that they almost vomited blood.

This is also the fundamental reason for the defeat of Konoha and Iwakure.

Originally, one of the main forces of the Oni Country was used to defend against the Oni Country, but when it learned that the Misty Hidden did not intend to attack the western waters of the Oni Country, it was successfully transferred from the west, and the main force converged with Hinata's troops, which caught Iwakure by surprise, causing Iwakuin to be killed in the frontal battlefield of more than 3,000 people.

Ruri Uchiha appears in the country of birds and successfully stops Konoha's support forces, making the situation even worse for Jiraiya's forces.

All the war reports are in the direction of the Union Army's disadvantage.

"Hold the fog hidden, although this matter is important, but the top priority is how to rescue the Konoha ninja who is still stationed there from the territory of the bear country."

Tsunade was also angry at the mist for spreading false information, but she knew that blaming the mist would not change the fact that the front line was defeated.

Despite the heavy losses, their main personnel and troops were safely evacuated from the battlefield.

However, Konoha has not only suffered the loss of personnel, but also a force of three or four thousand people is being confined by the Oni Country in the eastern part of the Bear Country, and it is impossible to advance or retreat.

Attack, the country of ghosts has already made a good deployment of troops around, and occupies the advantage of vision and intelligence, and attacking head-on will only make the Konoha troops there lose faster.

And retreat...... The country of ghosts has also made arrangements, and if it wants to break through, the final result will only be the annihilation of the entire army.

This is exactly the terrible thing about the country of ghosts, they plan to trap Jiraiya's troops, use them as bait, and constantly lure Konoha to support, and then intercept Konoha's support troops halfway, consuming Konoha's living force as much as possible.

"In the troops of Jilaiya, there are nearly 1,000 wounded, hundreds of whom are seriously injured, and it is difficult to transfer until they are healed, so they can only be treated on the spot...... It is impossible to evacuate them all. ”

Zhuan Xiaochun told an extremely cruel truth.

That's where the drag comes in.

If more than 3,000 ninjas want to evacuate the land of bears, it will still be difficult, but it is not impossible.

But out of these 3,000 people, more than 1,000 are wounded, and the battle to break through will become extremely difficult.

Unless the more than 1,000 wounded are directly abandoned, it is simply unrealistic to want to evacuate all of them.

"Not only that, but due to the untrustworthiness of the fog, while there is a crisis of confidence within the alliance army, it also leads to an exponential increase in the difficulty of our Konoha support for the front line."

Mito Menyan sighed.

Zhuan Xiaochun also frowned, what he thought was a good situation, after the crisis of trust in the fog, now it seems that it is just self-deception.

For a long time, the two advisors set their sights on Tsunade, hoping that Tsunade, as the Hokage, would be able to come up with an idea.

Tsunade sighed at the two advisors' glances.

“…… From the very beginning, I did not advocate war with the country of ghosts. The goals and demands of each country are completely different, and if there is no unity of purpose, once there is a crisis of confidence, it is not far from collapse. The reason for the real failure is that it is difficult for the alliance forces to truly unite, and that we do not have a correct understanding of the military strength and organizational strength of the Oni Country, and the penetration of the great ninja village. ”

Fighting an enemy without knowing anything is a very risky act in Tsunade's opinion.

The only advantage of the Union is that it is outnumbered.

But being outnumbered can sometimes be a disadvantage, because these forces cannot be unified or united, and each country and village has its own strategic purpose, and despite the banner of the Alliance, the ninjas of each village have never merged to fight.

This is due to the fact that once the ninjas merge and have not yet started a war with the country of demons, their own people may start a civil war first because of past grievances.

Although she expected that sooner or later there would be all kinds of estrangements and disputes within the Alliance Army due to the opacity of information, she did not expect that such a crisis would come so soon.

Thinking of Yakura's words at the earliest meeting that he wanted to make the country of ghosts, who interfered in the internal affairs of Mizuno, look good, and then thought of the current behavior of Kigakure who was trying to spread false information for the sake of face, Tsunade was speechless for a while.

Even the entire fog is hidden, making Tsunade feel that he can't look at it directly.

"At this point, it's too late to find out who is responsible, so let's find a way to solve the current difficulties."

Mito Menyan said.

"Wait and see."

Tsunade pondered for a moment and then said.

"Wait?"

"The actions of the Oni Country are a bit weird, judging from their series of layouts, it seems that they have long known that our four ninja villages will form an alliance, so they set up such a situation in advance. As the fuse of the crisis of trust, I am afraid that it is not accidental. Because of the Uchiha Ruri, and the main force defending the sea area west of the country of Oni, the support speed is incredibly fast, as if it has been rehearsed in advance. ”

"What do you mean......"

Mito Menyan and Koharu were shocked on their faces, and they seemed to realize that something was not right.

If you think about it carefully, the series of deployments of the Oni Country have been quick and unreasonable from the beginning, and every time they can anticipate the enemy's aircraft first, they can make the most correct judgment.

"The extent to which the fog has been infiltrated is probably not just as simple as a few Shangnin, and there may be elders at the top among them. Yakura used to rise to power in a coup d'état, and it is said that a considerable number of people in the village of Fog have questioned his legitimacy to this day. ”

"It can't be, right? Because of this kind of thing to collude with foreign enemies? ”

Mito Menyan and Koharu couldn't believe it.

"Nothing impossible, after Orochimaru defected to Konoha, didn't that guy from Tuanzang also work closely with the other party? I think you two must have heard of this. ”

Tsunade sneered.

This kind of information can be known after a little investigation, but it is impossible to determine the content of the transaction between the two parties.

Obviously, the top management of the village will not make this kind of information public, and will only warn Tuan Zang behind his back.

The two advisors looked at each other and remained silent.

"From now on, I will let people pay close attention to the actions of the Oni Country, otherwise I will be reckless in bringing people to support, and I will just be sent to death again. Until you don't know the true purpose of the Oni Country, you can't act rashly. ”

"What about the Confederate Army......"

Mito Menyan and Zhuan Koharu still seem to be unwilling to do this.

Tsunade walked to the window and stopped, not responding to the advisor's question, and her non-response already explained her attitude.

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"Brother Scorpion, do you still have food pills and water?"

Deidara felt her head groggy and her face thinned.

The burns on his hands continued to deteriorate despite being bandaged by the scorpion.

Especially in the case of lack of water and food, the feeling of weakness in the body is getting worse day by day.

Although as a ninja, he can do things that ordinary people can't do, but after all, he is still flesh and blood, and needs water and food as the energy source of life.

In the dimly lit cavern, Deidara leaned her back against the wall and began to moan feebly.

"No, there aren't anymore."

The scorpion shook the kettle, the water in it had been drunk, and replied indifferently.

There were no food pills in the ninja bag, and all of them were eaten.

The time to reach the limit, faster than expected.

Because it's not just Deidara who needs water and food, but also the human pillar that has been placed here, Iro, also needs to consume water and food.

In order to ensure that the human pillar force survives before taking out the tailed beast, it is a matter of course to divide half of the water and food.

The scorpion's energy remains absolutely abundant, and as a half-human, half-puppet, his body is not as inconvenient as a human, and he needs water and food to live.

"Really, I didn't expect that as an artist, I would one day be forced by reality...... Well. ”

Dida kicked off a very cold joke.

But the joke, neither himself, nor the scorpion, laughed.

"After all, the human body is very inconvenient, do you want me to turn you into a puppet too? If you're lucky, you might be able to retain your awareness as a human being, as well as your secret arts. ”

The scorpion walked over and asked, as a red-haired boy.

"Forget it, I'm still very satisfied with my current body. The puppet will neither hurt nor cry, big brother scorpion, don't you feel that such a gesture is boring? Well. ”

Deidara asked curiously.

"Human beings are too fragile physically and psychologically, and are easily entangled by mundane things like love, family, and friendship, and I want to become a transcendent being, giving up all human weaknesses. In this eternal life, I don't have to wait for others, and I don't have to wait for others. ”

"If that's the case, eternal life, it's too lonely."

“……”

The scorpion did not answer this question, but said:

"You've been talking a bit too much nonsense today, Deidara."

"Because I'm almost at the limit, so is this man's pillar strength. Well. ”

Deidara glanced at the unconscious Iro, who had been enchanted by the scorpion with drugs and had not yet woken up.

“……”

The scorpion glanced at Deidara with emotionless pupils, and continued to ask the same question as before:

"So...... What about your answer? Want to be my puppet? ”

"If I don't agree, will Big Scorpion do something to me?"

Deidara asked with a smile.

As the rebels of the village, people like them have already died in the eyes of others.

Moreover, Deidara is also ready to die at any time.

Although it is a pity that he has not yet promoted his art to the world and let more people appreciate his art, the cruel reality of the moment has made him have to wake up - he is at the end of his rope.

With his own cumbersome scorpion, he will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of Sha Yin.

The scorpion did not respond, and there was not the slightest fluctuation in his eyes, as if the person in front of him was just an ordinary passerby in his eternal life.

There is no difference with the flowers and sand on the side of the road.

From the moment he became a puppet, he decided to give up all the weaknesses of human nature.

"Don't you do it? In that case, then hurry up and leave here with the human pillar force, and I'll help you break the queen. It seems that the name of the artist can only be inherited by you, Brother Scorpion. ”

With that, Deidara struggled to get up from the ground, gasping violently, and then barely squeezing a smile out of her dirty face.

"It seems that it is also a good art to have a five shadows accompany me to bury me. Well. ”

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