Sha Yin, Hospital.

After the last procedure of the operation, Chiyo Akira's face still looked casual and easy, and he walked out of the operating room.

"It's still as powerful as ever, Chiyo-sama, it's just a treasure sword."

In the waiting room outside, the medical ninja who witnessed Chiyo's surgery all the way showed admiration.

Chiyo glanced lightly at the medical ninja who admired him, and said in a slightly unhappy tone: "If your skills can be improved a little more, you won't ask me, an old woman who has long since retired." ”

The medical ninja choked and smiled wryly.

"In addition, if you have this time to admire, it is better to study your medical skills. Although advanced medical equipment has been introduced, there are some things that have not been replaced by machines, and because of this, each medical ninja is a unique treasure. You are too dependent on machines imported from abroad. ”

"Yes."

The medical ninja lowered his head in shame.

As Chiyo says, they rely too much on so-called advanced equipment.

Because medical ninjas are different from ordinary doctors, they can use the miraculous medical ninjutsu, and in many fields, as long as the medical ninjutsu reaches a certain level, it is much more convenient and effective than machines.

However, humans have inertia, and ninjas are no exception, and when there are convenient things that can be replaced to a certain extent, they will naturally want to be lazy.

Therefore, even though the number of medical ninjas in the sand has begun to increase, there has been no breakthrough in medical technology compared to forces such as Oni no Kuni and Konoha .

"Listen or not, do or not is your business anyway, I am already an old woman who has half a foot in the coffin board, even if she asks me in the future, I'm afraid that this old woman can't do anything."

In Chiyo's tone, he made no secret of his concern for the future of the sand hide.

As he spoke, he glanced at Luo Sha, who was staring at the scene in the operating room through the glass wall.

"I've already surgically extracted the poison from my Airo's body, and he'll be fine if he rests for a day or two. The scorpion's poison is getting more and more tricky, it seems that even if he is alone all these years, he has been striving for perfection, being strict with himself, and has not wasted time. ”

Chiyo didn't know if it was luck or misfortune.

Fortunately, I learned the news of my grandson.,Unfortunately,The other party is the murderer of the three generations of Kazekage that he has been thinking about.。

Judging from Luo Sha's description, the murderer who assassinated the three generations of Kazekage more than ten years ago was the scorpion. And the scorpion not only killed the three generations of Kazekage, but also made it a forbidden human puppet, capable of performing various ninjutsu of the three generations of Kazekage.

"I'm sorry for you this time, Elder Chiyo."

Rosa sighed.

"No, I'm already a handful of years, and I don't know how long I can last in the future."

Chiyo shook her head.

As a seventy-year-old man, she has witnessed the rise and fall of Shayin for decades.

The only thing alive now is the village and the grandson who became a traitor.

The former is his life's goal, and the latter is because of personal relationships.

"Elder, you will definitely be able to live a long life."

Luo Sha said.

"Take your word for it."

For Chiyo, it is not a good thing to live a long time, although her current body is stronger than many young people.

But the passage of vitality still made her clearly feel the cruelty of time.

Although you can regulate your body as a medical ninja, there are limits to what you can do.

"How are you going to go about the next war?"

Chiyo asked this question.

She had also heard a little about the fighting on the front line, and judging from the written report alone, the situation was not optimistic.

Although the loss of the sand has not yet occurred on a large scale, it cannot be further developed.

"This matter still needs to be discussed before it can be determined, just now the Hokage of Konoha sent me a message, hoping that we will not withdraw our troops and maintain the status quo of containing the country of demons."

Rosha replied.

Although he has been chasing down Airo these days, he is also keeping a close eye on the situation on the front line.

The ninjas of the land of Sand and Oni are conducting a tentative attack with a small combat force, and the stalemate is tepid.

Although there are losses on both sides, the losses of Shayin are greater, but fortunately, these losses, within the tolerance range of Luo Sha, will not hurt the muscles and bones.

But the situation on Konoha and Iwakuin's side is completely different, from the slight advantage in the early stage, it is completely in chaos at the moment.

Konoha's Jiraiya belongs to the army, and he is imprisoned in the eastern part of the Bear Country, unable to advance or retreat. It was also because there were too many wounded that they could not be safely transferred from their positions.

After Iwakure's defeat on the front line, before he could regroup, Hinata Ayane rushed to the territory of the land country alone and carried out a single guerrilla battle, although the losses were not large, but the earth country began to burn everywhere, making the nobles of the earth country panic.

Not only that, with the advance of Hinata Ayane, the western border of the land country has also been hit by the reinforcements of the country of ghosts, and has lost two cities and more than ten villages and towns in a row, occupied by the ninjas of the country of ghosts, and the country of ghosts seems to have put on a tough posture of wanting to encroach on the country of earth.

Presumably, the Tsuchikage is worried about this situation.

"The actions of the Oni Country are a little strange, you should pay more attention. Moreover, don't trust the so-called alliance army too much, otherwise the fog is the best example. It doesn't matter if there is a little loss in the war, but don't lose your old capital like Konoha and Iwakure. ”

Chiyo has a word of advice.

From the very beginning, she was scornful of the so-called Union Army.

The first factor in the formation of the alliance army is the unity of purpose, the unity of will, and the ability to abandon the previous suspicions and face the enemy in front of them together.

However, this time, Shikoku's ninja village alliance army not only could not unify its purpose and will, but also the past grievances had not been eliminated, so it could not be merged and completely concentrated its forces.

And because of the past grievances, some internal personnel are not active in the battle, and they have a serious rejection of the ninjas of other villages in the alliance army.

These things don't show up in literal data, but they are incredibly real problems.

A plate of loose sand.

Fog is just a sign, at this time, what to ensure is not to win this war, but how to preserve your strength as much as possible, so that after the war is over, the country of ghosts will come to find a place and you will not have the strength to resist.

"I see. I'll think about it seriously. ”

Before the war, he may not have followed Chiyo's advice, but at this time, because of some problems in the fog, there have been a lot of trust problems within the alliance army. He had to consider a more realistic problem - that is, in this war, the country of ghosts may not be lost, and the chances of victory are getting bigger and bigger.

If this joint operation fails, then the Oni Country will definitely liquidate the countries afterwards, so it is especially important to ensure that its own forces are not lost to deal with the subsequent crisis.

Not discouraged, but it is true.

The military strength of the Oni Country, as well as the ninja's ability to act, caused every battle report to come, which made Raksha's heart tremble.

This reminded him of Konoha who once had a superior performance in the Third Ninja World War, no, the current Oni Country is even more terrifying than Konoha during the Third World War.

With one enemy and four enemies, the country of ghosts may not be able to do it, but it is not difficult for the country of ghosts to deal with two large ninja villages at once.

As far as Luo Sha knows, there are still a considerable number of ninja troops in the Oni Country that have not been dispatched.

It's like the four of them, which also stationed quite a lot of ninja troops in the country, and didn't all put them into the battlefield, in order to leave a way back for themselves and some confidence.

"Since I'm okay here, I'll leave it to Elder Chiyo to take care of me, I need to rush to the front line as soon as possible."

Raksha glanced at Airo in the operating room, nodded at Chiyo, and left the waiting room.

Without the important help of my Airo, Luo Sha is even more pessimistic about the next action against the country of ghosts.

He didn't expect that by uniting the forces of the four ninja villages, none of them could make the country of ghosts fall into a desperate situation, and now it was they who were in a difficult situation.

To fight or not to fight has become a primary question.

If you continue to fight, how many troops will you need to invest to break through the defense line of the Oni Country?

How much domestic power is left in the country of ghosts?

Are allies still trustworthy?

Not only that, Konoha and Iwakure keep accusing Fog of giving false information, and they need Fog to give a reasonable explanation and ask for compensation.

However, Mizukage Yakura, on the other hand, kept shirking his responsibilities and gave a satisfactory answer to the two villages with 'abdication Mizukage', and sincerely apologized to Hokage and Tsuchikage.

This made Luo Sha feel very speechless, abdicating the water shadow and making up for the loss of Konoha and Iwain, is there any inevitable connection between this?

Allies who are suspicious of each other and attack each other have begun to gradually tear the alliance apart.

Seeing Raksha leave, Chiyo retracted his gaze and gave an order here, leaving enough dark shinobi to leave.

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The Land of Bears, East.

As a fortress for the Konoha camp, most of the area was reduced to rubble.

The Konoha ninjas who camped here seem to have become refugees, and most of them are disgraced.

Not only that, before dawn in the early morning, the air combat troops of the country of ghosts came over on time to harass, although they were intercepted by Konoha's air forces and did not cause actual losses, but the noise made by the flying ninja in the sky made every Konoha ninja feel nervous and unable to rest at ease.

Coupled with the constant fighting with the ninjas of the Oni Country these days, encountering attacks, many Konoha ninjas feel emaciated and unable to sleep day and night, even if the food and water are still sufficient, many ninjas are beginning to have a withered face.

It's even more annoying to harass and attack the ninjas of the Oni Country.

However, the patrol force and the air unit, once they leave the camp too far away, always disappear, resulting in them unable to figure out the troop layout and action route of the ninjas of the Oni Country around them, and the situation is in a state of passive counterattack from beginning to end.

Therefore, even those Konoha ninjas who have undergone strict spiritual training can no longer maintain an optimistic attitude towards the current battle situation.

Even the most stupid person understands that there is only one way to die if they continue here.

It is necessary to find the right moment to break through.

As the buzz in the sky faded away, the air forces of the Oni no Kuni withdrew from the vicinity of the fortress, and even though Konoha air forces tried their best to intercept them, many parts of the camp were still blown up and gas bombs were dropped.

This is a poison bomb tactic commonly used in the land of demons.

Due to the well-armed nature of the Oni no Kuni, every ninja wears a special gas mask and fights in the gas-covered field.

Fortunately, this poison has been cracked by Konoha so that it won't make Konoha ninjas scramble.

More important than that, the food, household utensils and medical supplies in the camp are worth paying attention to.

"How's it going, still can't you keep in touch, Haiyi?"

In the communication room, several ninjas of the Yamanaka clan jointly perform secret arts, sit in front of a device, and comb the chakra signals of the surrounding troops to determine the movements of their own people and enemies.

It is Kaichi Yamanaka who is in charge of managing this place.

However, even as a well-known sentient ninja in the ninja world, the corners of Haiyi's mouth couldn't help but become bitter at this moment.

Facing Lu Jiu's inquiry, Hai Yi shook his head helplessly and said:

"No, the network around the chakra is very chaotic, and it is simply a mess. The area where the message can be maintained is only three kilometers in radius. If you exceed this distance, you will be interfered with by the enemy's magic. ”

Three kilometers may seem like a long distance, but for ninjas, it's a matter of moments.

"Can't you crack it with your abilities?"

Shikaku frowned.

Haiichi is one of the best perceptual ninjas in Konoha, and as a perceptual ninja, his abilities are already enough to rank in the forefront.

But it turned out to be an obstacle here, which caught Shikaku a little off guard.

The premise of the implementation of tactics is that the intelligence network can be laid out.

If the information is incomplete, it will rush into the blind spot and be easily annihilated by the enemy.

This is exactly the problem that Lu Jiu encountered, if there is not enough intelligence to support it, then the so-called tactics and strategies cannot be implemented, let alone tear a hole from here, and even breaking through has become a luxury.

"Among the enemies, it seems that there are also quite powerful sentient ninjas, most likely from the Uzumaki clan. The ninjas of this clan, although they are famous for their sealing techniques, are also outstanding in their use of perceptual ninjutsu. ”

Hai Yi sighed.

Ninjutsu that interferes with perception, and this ability often occurs in perception battles.

In the final analysis, the foundation of ninjutsu is chakra, and perceiving ninjutsu is to spread out one's chakra, form a large-scale 'line of sight', and open up the network domain to capture the movement of things around you.

But since it is a chakra, then only the chakra that overflows from the chaotic part can form an effective interference.

This ability, Haiichi also possesses, and in past battles, he has used this means more than once to counter the enemy's perceptual ninjutsu.

This time, however, the opponent was different.

He vaguely learned through the chakra that emanated that there were quite heavyweight perceptual ninjas among the enemies, and there were more than one person, each of whom was an elite in the field of perceptual ninjutsu, and directly limited the perceptual ninja ninjutsu led by him to a small field.

In war, vision is a very important link.

Losing vision, not to mention offense, even how to defend is a problem.

"Really? I didn't expect the situation to evolve like this in just a few days...... The country of ghosts is really a terrible enemy. ”

Shikajiu knew how terrifying the enemy was in front of him, but now that he thought about it, this prediction still seemed a little conservative.

The blade of this country's guns is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

For the Alliance Army, in addition to the strength of troops, the advantage of the Oni Country is almost overwhelming.

However, with the forces of several frontal battles, even in terms of troops, the advantage of the alliance side began to gradually lose.

Even if he continues to invest more troops, whether he will be able to regain the advantage is also unknown to Lu Jiu.

The mist hire's behavior of lying about the war situation made the ninjas of both Konoha and Iwakure angry, and the hostility between the two villages now pointed not only to the country of ghosts, but also to the fog.

And the explanation given by Kigakure is that Yakura intends to take the blame and resign and sincerely apologize, so as to make up for the losses of Konoha and Iwakure, and it makes Shikaku feel the 'wise and powerful' of this Mizukage-sama.

As far as Mingzhe protects himself and preserves the strength of the fog, Lu Jiu can't blame.

But what was sacrificed for this was the lives of thousands of ninjas in Konoha and Iwakure, which also made Shikaku deeply understand that the ally of Misty Hidden was unreliable.

In the next battle, the fog can no longer be counted on.

Then, the attitude of Sand Yin and Iwain towards this war will inevitably change.

"Judging from the battle reports from the Miaomu Mountain side, the overall situation is indeed not optimistic, and the alliance will inevitably fall apart next. Wuyin is no longer reliable, what action will be taken by Iwain and Shayin next, and it is impossible to speculate, but there is any arrangement for Lord Jiraiya? ”

Haiichi maintained the communication technique while asking Shikaku about it.

"Jiraiya-sama is maintaining the safety and order of the camp, and the air force of the Oni no Kuni comes to harass them three times a day, and although the death toll is small, the number of wounded people is gradually accumulating. The pressure on the wounded and medical care is increasing dramatically every day. ”

Lu Jiu's expression was solemn.

The three times a day harassment tactics of the Oni no Kuni are not mainly aimed at annihilating the living forces of Konoha , but expanding the number of Konoha ninja wounded in the camp, causing these wounded to become a drag on the entire army.

Over time, the number of wounded here, sooner or later, will exceed half.

At that point, the situation will undoubtedly become even more dire.

"Is it really a vicious strategy, is it intended to annihilate all the Konoha ninjas here? From the very beginning, this fortress was a trap to bury us. ”

A smile appeared on Haiyi's face, but there was no smile in his smile, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

The country of ghosts is now adopting harassment tactics and does not focus on the annihilation of living forces, which does not mean mercy, but the time for annihilation has not yet arrived.

When the time comes, all the Konoha ninjas here are staying.

"Yes, the field of vision can't be paved, the number of wounded is still increasing, the medical pressure is highly tense, there are fewer and fewer ninjas who can fight, and in terms of chess, we are already a dead end here. If we want to revitalize, we can only rely on external forces, and we can get by by because we can't move ourselves. ”

No matter how smart his brain is, Lu Jiu can only say such almost depressing words.

Intelligence, the important thing is intelligence, how many troops are in the country of ghosts arranged around, where are the specific directions, if you don't figure out these, breaking through will make the Konoha ninjas here die faster.

Hai Yi was about to continue to say something when the door was suddenly pushed open.

A Konoha ninja barged in with a panicked look.

"Mr. Lujiu, something is wrong!"

"What's the matter?"

Lu Jiu frowned.

"There are problems with the newly transported medical supplies, and the wounds of the used wounds have not only deteriorated further, but also many people with minor injuries have directly become seriously injured!"

"What!?"

Whether it was Lu Jiu or Haiyi, when they heard the news, their expressions changed drastically, and they couldn't believe that such a thing could happen in the camp.

Medical items, how can there be a problem?

These things are strictly scrutinized inside Konoha and then diverted from Myoki Mountain and transported here. It stands to reason that such a thing could never happen.

Moreover, with the further expansion of the wounded, Shikaku's face turned pale, thinking of the harassment tactics of the Oni Country in the past few days, and the material warehouse destroyed by the Ninjas of the Oni Country during the attack on the fortress that day, and the bad premonition in his heart became more and more strong.

An absurd guess quickly formed in Luku's mind - there are ghosts in the Konoha Medical Department, and the level is very high, and it can be done to the point of covering the sky with one hand in the medical department!

"I'm going to check this batch of medical supplies, and besides, send the news back to the village and report it to Hokage-sama as soon as possible! Just go! ”

"Yes!"

I had never seen such an urgent Shikaku, and after the Konoha ninja who reported was stunned for a moment, he hurriedly went down and did as instructed.

"Haiyi, you are responsible for monitoring the surroundings, don't give the enemy a chance!"

Leaving these words, Lu Jiu hurriedly left with a pale expression.

"I'll try my best."

Hai Yi smiled bitterly, I don't know if Lu Jiu heard it, since the country of ghosts has also dispatched a sophisticated sentient ninja force, then, it is basically impossible to monitor the other party's every move by capturing chakra.

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The land of the earth, in the west.

"Block them, don't let them go half a step forward!"

Iwakure, whose face was covered in blood, roared angrily ahead.

Endless firelight erupted from the front, and the earth was rolled over and over again, and the huge earthen walls made by the enemy's armored artillery vehicles were shattered to the ground, and in the dense artillery fire, they were reduced to ruins.

Countless craters from shells appeared on the ground.

Like a steel machine pushed forward by a black torrent, the accompanying Oni no Kuni ninja troops also sprinted together, fighting to the death against the Iwakure ninja.

The firelight burned in the middle of the night before dawn, and in the face of the momentum of almost everything in the country of demons, the Iwakure ninja also showed a fierce will to fight, desperately resisting the advance of the mechanized troops.

However, for the Iwakushi ninjas who stood in their way, armored chariots made of steel sped forward, firing cannonballs and plowing the earthen walls that blocked the way.

Some of the rock shinobi had to build pits to stop the steel from advancing.

However, in this battle, the number of armored combat vehicles invested by the Oni Country is extremely large, and the accompanying ninjas are also escorting, resetting the fallen land to its original position, allowing this group of black steel to maintain a full-speed sprint posture and suppress the terrifying fire of the Iwakuin ninjas in the rear.

The cannon fire that poured into the sky and then fell to the earth was like brilliant meteors, and finally spewed fire and shock waves into the meteorite on the earth.

The blood-red and smoky earth crushed, and the white snowflakes on the road were dyed black and red.

Under this dense firepower, as long as it is within range, there seems to be no difference between the front and the rear.

Along the way, there are large pieces of destroyed armored vehicle parts, and the dead ninjas are not strictly compared to a country.

But the devastation caused by the ninja forces is extremely staggering.

The battlefield of thousands of people, within five kilometers, is visible to the naked eye are traces of battle, and the potholes are one after another, as if they will stretch endlessly.

By the time the first rays of dawn shone on the earth, it was already red and charred, and there was no place to see that it was intact.

As the tracks roll, they make a rumbling sound, spreading through the pits and slowly sweeping the battlefield to see if there is anything missing.

The accompanying oni no kuni ninjas are also collecting the corpses of the enemy soldiers and concentrating on cremation.

Except for the captives, there is no longer a single Iwakuin ninja standing up on this battlefield.

Either they fled, or they stayed here forever.

The captured Iwakuin ninja, his face numb, seemed to be greatly stimulated.

The sight of the potholes on the battlefield and the crippled parts of the corpse made them want to vomit.

Their eyes were full of confusion, as if they had no idea why this war was being fought and what they were fighting for.

Little people like them, no one cares about it.

In this battle, a total of 302 people were killed, 210 were wounded, 1,100 enemies were annihilated, and more than 600 were captured. Report this battle report. ”

The Oni Country Shinobi, who was in charge of commanding this operation, glanced at the statistics of the battle report data, and said to one of the Nakashinobi who accompanied him.

"Yes."

Take this data and report to the headquarters.

After a while, the rest of the squadron gathered together.

The shinobi who commanded them said, "The fourth, fifth, eighth, and ninth squadrons will stay, and the rest of the squadrons will continue to move forward!" Let's go! ”

"Yes!"

The earth rumbled and began to shake.

Armored combat vehicles stained with battle marks crushed one dirt pit after another, rolling tracks and tirelessly advancing forward.

Wearing chakra armor, the upper ninja and the accompanying ninja followed up while running and eating special soldier food pills to restore physical strength and chakra.

The sound of neat running and the sound of mechanical rolling echoed in the boundless land, marching towards the morning light.

……

At the same time, the misty valley is covered.

The trees are verdant, the land is fertile, and the quiet and peaceful atmosphere permeates the forest outside the valley, like a paradise.

Click!

The sound of tree branches breaking sounded one after another in the quiet forest, drowning out the birdsong.

A figure in heavy armor and a gas mask scurried through the forest, speeding across the misty area ahead, his eyes pointing at the valley that seemed to be a paradise on earth.

The frogs on the side of the road widened their eyes and croaked like an alarm, anxious and panicked.