The western part of the Fire Country.

Camp of the 5th Wing of the Union Army.

Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but after nightfall, Mifune suddenly sensed a chilling breath in the air, and his palms began to subconsciously clench the katana attached to his waist.

Even so, this cold aura still lingered, and Mifune didn't feel the slightest sense of security with his weapon in hand.

The samurai's instincts told him that it was because of the fierce battles on the battlefield of the Land of Rain, which made the skies of neighboring countries also paint this layer of ominous colors.

The moon was bright and clean, and the wind was light and cloudy, but the sky that Mifune saw was always tinged with a layer of haze and a faint scarlet, as if the moon was dyed with blood, and began to turn red.

Mifune stood outside the tent in the conference room, raised his head, his eyes met the moonlight, narrowed slightly, and held the handle of the katana a little harder, trying to dispel the anxiety and anxiety in his heart in this way.

There was a loud noise near the camp, the sound of troops being assembled. Ten minutes ago, the head of the intelligence unit at the headquarters of the Allied Army, Nakakai Ichishinobu Konohayama, conveyed the operational instructions of the General Staff to the various wings of the Allied Army.

The alliance with the country of ghosts has been torn up, and the alliance forces and the country of ghosts are no longer allies, and they can attack at will.

As one of the main forces of the alliance army, the Fifth Wing, from the beginning of the war, has been guarding the western part of the Fire Country, occasionally participating in battles, so the losses are very small, and until now it still retains most of its troops, which is a sharp blade that can go straight to the Land of Rain. There are more than 20,000 men in total, a total of 150 squadrons, most of which are combat squadrons, a small number of medical squadrons and reconnaissance squadrons, and air squadrons that focus on air combat.

In addition to this, among them, there were thousands of samurai in the Iron Country, accounting for about one-sixth of the number of the Fifth Wing.

If you put aside these thousands of samurai, the number of the Fifth Wing will not exceed twenty thousand. And that's where Mifune hesitated.

The reason why he participated in this battle on behalf of the Iron Country was not because he wanted to be an enemy of the Oni Country, but because of the existence of Akatsuki and the Ten Tails, he had to unite with the Alliance Army. The main purpose is also to exterminate Xiao, as well as to assist the Alliance Army in recovering the Tailed Beast, so as to prevent the world from being manipulated by a technique like Infinite Moon Reading.

Now that the Alliance Army has broken with the Oni Country, it means that the battle against Xiao has come to an end and is no longer a threat. Iron Country, as the helper, should retreat bravely at this time, evacuate the ninja's battlefield, and return to the Iron Country Daimyo to restore his life. However, is this really the case?

Will the Coalition let him go?

Thousands of samurai, plus him, a samurai general, is already a force that is not weak.

Even those small country ninja villages have been coerced, and there are many ninja villages from neutral countries, and as a samurai group in the country of neutral railways, where should they go.

Unlike those ninjas in small countries who are weak, the country of iron has a stronger military force, and there is plenty of room to operate in terms of choice.

Therefore, how to choose now has become a difficult problem in Mifune's heart.

As the time of departure approached, he was still thinking about it.

Do you want to leave, or do you want to go to war?

Just as Mifune was deep in thought, the sound of footsteps behind him came.

"The inner corner?"

"It's me, Mifune-sama."

The tall samurai Rikaku approached and bowed slightly to Mifune.

He served as a squadron leader in the Fifth Wing, replacing Mifune in charge of mediating disputes between the ninjas in the villages of the Fifth Wing of the Alliance Army, including the bounty hunters who had many grievances.

"Are all the troops assembled?"

"Yes, due to the battle order issued by the headquarters, the ninjas in the villages have finally put aside their prejudices for the time being. At present, most of the squadrons have been assembled, and a small number of them are still adjusting, but if you want to come in a while, you can set off and enter the country of rain." Li Jiao replied in a flat tone.

This is the strategy that the Alliance Army has formulated from the beginning, the first to fourth wings to balance the main force of the Oni Country, and as the fifth wing, it is to go to the rain country at the moment of declaring war to help the five shadows.

In addition, those invited bounty hunters are also a reason, and the next place to go is the Land of Rain, enter the core battlefield there, and accept the command of the Five Shadows.

The White Absolute and the Dragon Beast Legion in front of him disappeared for some reason, so the road in front of him was a smooth road.

Before entering the core battlefield, I don't think there will be any more twists and turns.

But......

Thinking of something, the inside corner looked at Mifune's back, the straight and upright posture, like a sharp blade about to be unsheathed, although it was as restrained as possible, but there was also a sharp aura emanating from the torso, making people's skin tingle slightly.

"In that case, let's gather all the squadron leaders who can take charge of the work. I have something to announce."

Mifune's face was calm, and after saying this, he stared at the clouds in the western sky, and remained silent without saying a word.

"Yes."

Li Jiao did not hesitate, went down quickly, and summoned the squadron leaders who were in charge as soon as possible.

Less than two minutes passed, and more than a dozen elite shinobi from Konoha, Shayin, Yunyin and other villages came to this place to meet according to Mifune's summoning order.

Compared with the rest of the squadron leaders, they themselves are stronger, and they also have enough experience in commanding how to effectively command the troops to fight.

In the Fifth Wing, their right to speak is probably the same as that of the Inside Corner, second only to Mifune, the captain of the Fifth Wing.

"Captain, we're about to leave, is there something about summoning us here at this time?"

A squadron leader from Yunyin, Shangnin, couldn't help but take the lead and looked at Mifune, taking the initiative to ask Mifune about the intention of issuing the summoning order.

After bringing them to the inner corner, he took the initiative to stand on Mifune's side and protect him closely.

Later, there was also a group of samurai wearing armor, about dozens of people, all of whom were the elite of the Iron Country samurai group, and their superb sword skills alone were enough to suppress the middle ninja, and a small number of them could even fight with the upper ninja, which was the elite of the entire Iron Country and the foundation of the country. "yes, if it's to settle the dispute, I personally don't think it's necessary, and we don't have time to waste on it."

Konoha's squadron leader, Shinobu Kami, was the first to answer.

The order from the headquarters of the Allied Forces has been clearly handed down to each of their squadron leaders.

The next battle plan is very important, although the ninjas between the villages do not like each other, but that is only after they are free, and at this time, it is impossible to abandon the battle plan of the headquarters for this friction.

The priorities of the matter, they, the squadron leaders, still understand.

Moreover, it is not the upper ninja at the level of the squadron leader who has a contradiction, most of them are the middle ninja and the lower ninja of each village, and there is friction and conflict, and these squadron leaders, in order to take care of the overall situation, will never participate in it, and will even take the initiative to cooperate with the samurai of the Iron Country to stop the internal strife. And this is also the order that the Five Shadows secretly gave them at the beginning of the war, at least they can't drop the chain at a critical moment.

"Don't worry, the old man didn't specially gather you here for these things, but ......."

Mifune's words paused, and he glanced at the men.

"And what, Your Excellency, Captain?"

Everyone was puzzled by Mifune's attitude and couldn't wait to ask.

Mifune was silent for a moment, closed his eyes, as if he was brewing something, and after a while, he opened his eyes, and the color in his eyes was very transparent and bright, without the slightest cloudiness. "Next, the old man and the samurai of the Iron Country will break away from the Alliance Army, abandon the future battle in the Land of Rain, and return to the Land of Iron to defend it. The command of the Fifth Wing of the Allied Forces is entrusted to you."

"W-"

"Your Excellency, what do you mean by that?"

"Captain, are you trying to betray our Alliance?"

Hearing Mifune's resignation, the more than a dozen squadron leaders in front of him were shocked.

Of course, after the shock, there was more anger and questioning, and he was very repulsed by Mifune's idea of retreating without a fight, and began to rebuke and accuse

Language.

Seeing the angry appearance of these people, the inner corner standing on Mifune's side subconsciously pressed the handle of the knife, for fear that these people would suddenly attack Mifune in a state of anger.

Mifune stretched out his hand and stopped at the side of the inner corner, signaling that there was no need to be so vigilant. Although he is physically old, he has cultivated and recuperated over the years, and his reflexes are still there, even if he is a ninja of the level of the Five Shadows, it is impossible for him to sneak up on him quietly. Otherwise, he would not have been selected by the Union Army as the wing commander of the 5th Wing.

In the face of these people's accusations and dissatisfaction, Mifune did not get angry, but rather, their reactions were expected.

He was the Wing Commander of the Fifth Wing, and at such a time, he retreated without a fight and quit the Alliance Army, and in the eyes of most Alliance ninjas, his behavior was 'betrayal, let's go.' But from the standpoint of the Iron Country, Mifune did not consider himself to have broken the Covenant. "Everyone—"

Mifune's resounding words overwhelmed the arguments of these people:

"—Our samurai were incorporated into the Alliance Army in the name of the assisting party, in order to suppress Akatsuki and stop the occurrence of such a thing as Infinite Tsukiyo, and to fight for the peace of the ninja world. And now that the Alliance Army and the Oni Country have broken up, most of the things that have happened to Xiao have been settled. Then, as the assisting party, our samurai naturally have no reason to fight against the country of ghosts. This is a war for you ninjas, and the samurai will not intervene."

Mifune's voice was firm.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind to step down as the commander of the Fifth Wing of the Union Army.

For him, this position of wing commander was not an honor, but a shackle, a tool that bound him and the samurai to the Union Army.

"If we are fighting for peace, then please continue to assist us in defeating the Oni Country. In that case, the ninja world will naturally have eternal peace. The righteous side will win."

The squadron leader of the sand hide, Shangshinobi, stepped forward and said, his face serious.

Mifune glanced at him, and replied with a calm face, "The Alliance Army and the Oni Country, who is righteous in the end, there is no definite statement and evidence in this matter. Moreover, the stance between countries is itself a matter of relative justice, not absoluteness."

"Don't you have to think about it, Your Excellency? If you quit at this time, you will be very dissatisfied if you want to come to the headquarters, and I ask you to consider it for the sake of the Iron Country."

The words in the mouth of the Yunyin Squadron Leader Shangnin were already considered threatening intentions.

Mifune was silent for a moment, then continued, "Before the war began, the old man signed an agreement with His Excellency the Five Shadows, that when fighting the Oni Country, the warriors of the Iron Country would break away from the Alliance Army and would not continue to fight for the Alliance Army as an assistant. It's something that's been set for a long time."

"If so, why haven't we been given the order? At headquarters, why do you want your Excellency to continue to serve as the Wing Commander? Is the so-called agreement a fabrication made up by His Excellency the Wing Commander himself?"

The faces of the group were clear in their distrust.

But their meaning is also very clear, they want Mifune and the samurai to be completely tied to the alliance army and fight for it.

After all, this is a powerful warrior approaching the level of the Five Shadows, and it is a strong reinforcement for the Alliance Army.

It's not that they don't understand, and the reason why they have been messing around here is also to stop Mifune's behavior of breaking away from the alliance and forcing the other party to give up such unrealistic ideas.

"yes, and at this time, can the Iron Nation remain neutral? In the eyes of the Oni Country, you have long been one with our Alliance Army. Your Excellency, please don't say that again, not everyone will be as considerate of you as we are." The rest of the people chimed in, and although they were unhappy with each other, they all agreed to prevent Mifune and the samurai from leaving the coalition army.

"You guys, you're not allowed to let Mifune-sama go—"

Mifune didn't get angry, but the inner horn couldn't help it.

Looking at the faces of this group of people who are constantly persecuting, I am very angry in my heart.

Before the word could be spoken, a rumbling sound suddenly sounded on the east side of the camp, and pillars of fire formed one after another, and the confusion and shouting of the crowd were heard.

"That's—"

Mifune and the squadron leaders all looked at the place where the fire had started.

To the east of the camp is the snow storage area for the 5th Wing's supplies, and if the supplies there are burned, the 5th Wing will basically have no ability to attack.

In particular, the medical supplies there are the top priority, and they are the key to survival on the battlefield.

Without hesitation, everyone stopped arguing and prepared to set off for the snow storage area in the eastern part of the camp to see what was going on there.

However, before they could act, the surrounding samurai and ninjas began to move around randomly, and their faces and voices seemed to be in a state of chaos, and the state was very strange.

"What is this?"

"Damn! What's going on with my brain—"

"The body doesn't listen—"

"Oops, we're poisoned!"

In the midst of the chaos, some people realized that their group had been poisoned, and they all showed disbelief.

They are fine here, and there are no enemies to sneak in, how are they poisoned? And it is this colorless and odorless poison that directly affects all of them.

Then they realized something even more critical.

The top brass of the Fifth Wing are all gathered here, they are now collectively poisoned, and without outsiders entering, there is only one conceivable result -

They coincidentally looked at the only squadron leader standing in the field. From the fog.

I heard that he was born in the fog hidden pursuit army.,A member of the direct subordinates of the five generations of water shadows.。 In the 5th Wing, he held the position of Commander of the 31st Squadron.

"You—"

Everyone realized that this mist had betrayed them.

The reason is not clear, but it was too late to react at this time, and they fell to the ground, not only were their limbs weak, but all kinds of wonderful fantasies made the scenery of the surrounding heaven and earth rotate, and all kinds of terrible visions were everywhere.

This poison not only has a paralyzing effect, but also has the ability to hallucinate.

The squadron leader of the fog hidden, Shangnin, calmly took out a signal flare from his pocket, prepared to pull it apart, and launched it.

The cold blade touched the skin of his neck, causing him to stiffen, and he looked at Mifune who had put the blade on his neck at some point.

I believe that as long as he has the slightest abnormal behavior in the future, his head will fall to the ground in an instant. "No way, how can you ......?"

It seemed that Mifune still had this ability to act, and Kirio's Kaminobu couldn't help but panic.

"It's very unfortunate that the old man's body is slightly more resistant to toxicity."

Mifune's face was slightly cold, not only the ninja, but even the samurai under his command were also recruited.

If it weren't for the higher anti-toxicity of his body, it would be difficult to guarantee that there would be no problems.

And even the upper ninjas can't be immune, this poison is very terrifying.

「…」

Wuyin Shangnin didn't resist, honestly let go of his hand, let the signal flare fall to the ground, raised his hand in surrender, and didn't dare to make any rash moves.

After all, his mission had been roughly completed, and he didn't know if Mifune's blade was unfavorable, but cutting off his head was not a problem, and he didn't want to die in such a place. "Are you a spy in the Oni Country? The old man has long heard that the country of ghosts is good at starting from within the opponent and plotting against the hostile...... But I didn't expect that a Mizukage cronie like you would also be rebelled. Recently, in the United Force, you also secretly instructed the ninjas of the fog to clash with the ninjas of the rest of the village."

Mifune's expression became solemn, and his tone revealed jealousy.

Kirikami didn't want to explain, so he just took it as it was and remained silent. Just as Mifune wanted to continue asking, another loud bang occurred. This time it was very close, not far from the camp.

This was the communications area of the Fifth Wing, where it was used to communicate with the headquarters of the Coalition Forces and the rest of the Wing.

Phew-

Phew-

Phew-

Such voices constantly surrounded the camp of the Fifth Wing

rushed into the night sky.

Then the unidentified object exploded in the sky, and fierce flashes of light appeared, banishing the darkness and turning night into day.

Not only that, but it also contains special chakra fluctuations, interfering with the signal receiver of the Fifth Wing, completely blocking the information here.

Mifune realized at this time that the attack of the Oni Country had begun, and it was also more sudden and terrifying than expected.

First a group of squadron leaders were poisoned, and then the communication was also cut off, and the 5th Wing became a lone army, or a lone army with huge internal dangers.

"Lord Mifune, Hotaru, Fireflies—"

Mifune's other right-hand samurai, Okisuke, ran anxiously and shouted at Mifune.

"What?"

"The fireflies attacked the warehouse and burned all the supplies there! And with the Thunder Light Regiment—"

Okisuke finished talking about the situation over there in one breath.

「！？」

Fireflies? Weren't they wounded by the Thunder Light Regiment's men? How can you still act? And it was still an operation with the Thunder Light Regiment and burned down the warehouses of the Fifth Wing? Because the situation was so sudden and complicated, Mifune felt that his brain was a little insufficient for a while.

"What else?"

Mifune took a deep breath and felt that the affairs of the Alliance Army could be even worse. "The people of the Shura group are fighting with the people of the Thunder Light Regiment, and when I came, they were almost overwhelmed, and most of them were killed and wounded. Not only that, but multiple teams of bounty hunters also turned back at the same time, cooperating with the Thunder Light Regiment to attack the important facilities of the Fifth Wing!"

Okisuke's face was dusty, and he was completely numb to the current situation of the Fifth Wing.

There are also a little too many sieves inside the Union Army, papier-mâché, right?

A quarter of the bounty hunters who had spent a lot of money were suddenly turning back and catching them off guard.

Later, he saw the samurai around him, the squadron leader Shangnin, and his colleague Lijiao all falling to the ground weakly, and the leader Mifune holding a knife on the neck of a misty shinobi, his face was stunned again.

＂？ ＂

Over here...... What happened again?

How did all these squadron leaders fall?

Why is Mifune-sama attacking the Mist Hidden Ninja?

Thinking of some very terrifying possibility, Okisuke couldn't help but fall silent. Surrender, you can't fight, you can't win.

Only three ships of the top management of the Fifth Wing are still able to act, and the rest are all down, how can more than 20,000 ninjas lead the command? Moreover, the enemy has already begun to raid, the fifth wing is in chaos, the warehouse area and the communication area have been destroyed, and the fifth wing has been completely reduced to a lonely army.

The remaining hope is to break through to the direction of the country of grass and join the main forces of the Alliance forces there, or to call for help in Konoha to the east, and with the help of the communication troops there, to ask for help from the headquarters of the Alliance Army.

In the sky, a familiar buzzing sound sounded, and an air force squadron flew over the sky with flying ninja gear, although it did not drop bombs, but it brought great pressure to everyone present.

More explosions began to sound from the edge of the 5th Wing camp. The sea of blood in the sky looked extremely terrifying, engulfing the alliance ninjas who stood in their way into the sea of blood in one go.

A walking corpse with a numb expression, made up of Alliance ninjas, opened their way in front of them, rushed into the crowd, swelled all over their bodies, tore flesh and blood, and exploded in the crowd, affecting their companions around them.

Several blood-colored dragons more than ten meters long pounced on the alliance ninjas below, and even the three boats on this side could be seen at a glance, the brutality of the blood dragons. "That's the ...... of the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment."

Mifune sighed, recognizing that it was the Blood Dragon Eye ability of Chino, the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment.

The sea of blood, ***, and the blood dragon are all the other party's specialties, and they have made a name for themselves in the underground black market. With that kind of strange ability of the Blood Inheritance Limit, even in the face of the Five Shadows, he has the power to fight.

Seeing this, although there are still some things that he can't figure out, he can guess the general things by himself.

thunder

The light group belongs to the side of the Ghost Country.

The country of waves may have been secretly controlled by the country of ghosts, and the bridge connecting the country of waves and the country of fire was built by the two countries......

Konoha ...... Or the Land of Fire, most of which has now fallen. Thinking of this, Mifune withdrew the katana that was resting on the neck of the Shinobi on the fog. The matter has come to this point, no matter how stubborn the Fifth Wing is, it will be defeated sooner or later, and it will not be able to return to the sky.