The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

Soon, a week passed.

During this week, all parties have been stepping up preparations for war. The Sand Village is preparing for a possible counterattack by Konoha. In the war with Amegakure that ended not long ago, Sand Village not only failed to gain enough benefits, but it almost lost everything. If they didn't have a gold miner like Rasa, the war compensation demanded by Amegakure alone would be enough to make the Sand Village suffer, so they tried their best to defeat Konoha.

After hearing the news that the Hidden Cloud Village attacked the Whirlpool Country and the Hidden Sand Village attacked Konoha, the shrewd Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki finally took the Hidden Rock Village. The Hidden Rock Village troops were divided into two groups. One group went straight to the Rain Country and fought with the Hidden Cloud Army stationed in the north of the Rain Country. The other group went directly to the "fence-sitter" Grass Country and headed straight for the Fire Country.

On the Rain Village side, since the Iwagakure that was about to take action was blocked by the Kumogakure that Hanzo had the foresight to invite, the Rain Village was preparing for battle with all its strength, seeking an opportunity for a decisive battle with Konoha Village. Konoha is now fighting against the Rain Village, the Sand Village, and the Iwagakure at the same time. Hanzo is confident that they, the Rain Village, have a great chance of winning against one-third of Konoha.

Konoha was in a worse situation. While it was constantly sending reinforcements to the Rain Village front, teams of ninjas kept setting off for the Fire Rain border. At the same time, Konoha was also mobilizing for a war to launch a counterattack against the Sand Village and to block the invasion of the Iwa Village from the Fire Country. Konoha's huge war machine was finally fully operational at this time, and its war potential was fully stimulated.

As for the Hidden Cloud Village, their ninja troops were also divided into two groups. One group was led by the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Buruhi in the Rain Country, confronting the troops from the Hidden Cloud Village who entered the Rain Country. The ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Village were also continuously reinforcing the battlefield in the Rain Country. The Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Cloud Village were already angry at this time. The other group was led by the Third Raikage Ai, who was attacking the barrier of the Uzushio Village in the Whirlpool Country, trying to quickly destroy the Uzumaki clan, obtain the sealing technique, and then reinforce another battlefield as soon as possible or directly send a surprise force to attack the Land of Earth.

The Uzumaki clan is worthy of being the strongest family in the ninja world in terms of sealing techniques. Relying on the various sealing techniques inherited, they have been able to withstand the fierce attacks of the Hidden Cloud Village for a week. No matter whether it was the Hell Stab, One-Handed Hand, known as the "Strongest Spear" by the Third Raikage Ai, or the various combination of lightning-style ninjutsu of the Hidden Cloud Ninja Forces, they were all blocked one by one by the barrier of the Uzushio Village.

However, the Uzumaki clan inside the barrier was not feeling well either. Many ninjas who took turns guarding the barrier were injured by the recoil force transmitted by the barrier, and many ninjas fell into a coma because a large amount of chakra was extracted in an instant to maintain the barrier. Uzumaki Ashina estimated that under the current situation, the Uzumaki clan could only hold out for about 10 days at most. This was because the Uzumaki clan was born with extremely large chakra and vitality. If they did not receive reinforcements from Konoha within these 10 days, the barrier would not be able to hold out.

Secretly, Uchiha Madara has also quietly arrived in the Land of Whirlpools, and is lurking, observing the situation in the Land of Whirlpools. At the same time, he is also preparing to find an opportunity to attack the Third Mizukage and complete his plan to control the Third Mizukage and even the Hidden Mist Village.

The entire ninja world and the mainland area are now in chaos. Only the Water Country and the Hidden Mist Village far overseas are the only forces that have not yet participated in the war. They have merely established forward camps in the Whirlpool Country.

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"Damn Konoha! Damn the Third Hokage!!!" In Uzushio Village, the Uzumaki clan's patriarch and elders were having a meeting together, "How dare they betray the covenant!!!"

There was a lot of noise in the meeting room, with angry voices constantly coming out, accompanied by the sound of tables being smashed into pieces.

"In the last Ninja World War, we supported Konoha to win the war at all costs and paid everything we could, but what was the result?" An elder of the Uzumaki clan asked angrily.

"Did they eat up all the promises that the Senju clan made to us???" This was another elder who was already angry. "Oh, how ironic! The symbol of our Uzumaki clan is still on the ninja vests of Konoha!"

"Ally? Only naive people would believe in an alliance. There are only interests between ninja villages!" An elder said self-deprecatingly at this time, "It is obvious that Konoha needs our Uzumaki clan to disappear!"

“Where is Lord Mito? Why doesn’t even Lord Mito help us???” another elder’s tone was full of resentment.

"We shouldn't have believed Konoha's lies and sent Kushina, the most talented member of the clan, to Konoha!" said an elder with a tone full of regret.

At this time, a rather calm elder stood up and asked Uzumaki Ashina, "How did the Third Hokage respond to us?"

Uzumaki Ashina smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't expect that the ominous premonition he had after listening to Qingsi's analysis would actually become a reality, and everything that happened was unbelievable for him.

"Huo, you go and tell the elders!" Uzumaki Ashina called the tribesmen who went to Konoha for help. He really didn't have the face to tell the truth himself.

"We didn't even see the Third Hokage!!!" Uzumaki Fire's tone was filled with sorrow, and what he said shocked all the Uzumaki elders, "When we arrived near Konoha Village, we 'happened' to meet the Hokage's assistant, Shimura Danzo. He said he was Tobirama's disciple, so we easily believed him."

"But! I didn't expect that he was so full of malice towards our Uzumaki clan. He promised to take us to see the Third Hokage immediately, but ended up trying to kill us halfway!" Uzumaki Fire continued.

"What! How dare he!!!" The elders could no longer suppress their emotions and burst out.

In fact, Kiyoshi did not expect Danzo to be so ruthless. His original intention was just to let Danzo delay the Uzumaki ninjas who went to ask for help or simply detain them, but he did not expect Danzo to kill them directly, and this was when Uzumaki Mito was still alive. Danzo was simply committing a crime against the wind.