Konoha's Destiny Twins

The ability of Kumogakure's thunder band leader to deceive Kushina's trust was only the most basic step, and to unscrupulously take away the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, who was under heavy surveillance in Konoha, he had to go through multiple warning methods.

The most efficient among them are the ANBU ninjas on Konoha's side.

However……

This biggest layer of support has not played its due role.

I'm afraid... Konoha's vigilance force had been quietly removed before Lei Le came into contact with Kushina.

Kushina would leave with Leile because the ANBU did not stop or warn her, making her think it was safe here.

In addition, this is Kumogakure's outpost base camp, so you never would have thought that enemies could sneak into it!

If you want to say that Kumogakure has nothing to do with it, Minato categorically doesn't believe it...

If you want to break through these layers of guards and reach Kushina, this is obviously the work of an insider!

"Captain Minato, the bodies of all eight people have been found." A Konoha squad leader reported.

"Let's go and have a look."

When Minato saw the corpses of the eight ANBU companions, his expression became even more solemn.

The eight people were in different locations, but the other party found out the exact coordinates one by one, and then removed them all.

They were all killed in one blow, without even having time to raise any alarm.

How well does the enemy know about Kumogakure's defense layout and Konoha's ANBU configuration? What is happening here is as if there is an organization hidden deep in the shadows, with hidden lines ambushed in both Konoha and Kumogakure, just waiting for this. Showing his fangs for a moment.

"The enemy's plan is very careful and cunning." Another squad leader said seriously.

"But we don't even know who the enemy is... We can't even determine the number of enemies now."

A little cold sweat broke out on Minato's forehead. Judging from the information available so far, they didn't know the number, organization, and current location of the enemy. They didn't even know how they sneaked in here and how they escaped with Kushina.

These too many unknowns have caused them to hit the wall like a blind bird now, because they have no clue at this time!

If you want more information, you have to wait!

But now, time is of the essence!

It had only been about 20 minutes since he discovered Kushina was missing. As long as he was fast enough, he still had a high chance of recovering her!

However, the premise is to know where the enemy is going.

Suddenly Kakashi squatted down. He carefully inspected the corpses of his companions, and then asked in a deep voice: "Teacher, maybe I can find traces of the enemy."

After saying that, he immediately used his psychic technique - and saw a small ninja dog with brown hair appearing in everyone's field of vision.

"Hey, isn't this Kakashi?" the ninja dog said.

"Parker, I need you to help me find the whereabouts of the enemy." Kakashi pointed at the row of corpses of Konoha ANBU ninjas.

"It's a trivial matter. But so many ANBU died... It seems that the enemy is very difficult." Parker immediately sniffed the corpses of these ANBU ninjas, and at the same time kept smelling the ground. He hesitated and said, "This smell is a bit strange..."

"Is this murderer...human?"

"What do you mean?" Minato asked confused.

"It has the smell of plants...it also has the smell of earth...there is even a strange smell mixed in, but there is no smell of living people."

"Then where did it go?"

Parker helplessly spread his furry fleshy palms and said: "Underground..."

"The smell stops when it reaches the ground. And its smell is similar to many smells in the forest. It's difficult for me to distinguish its specific direction."

"Parker...you said it's the only one?" Kakashi suddenly noticed Parker's words.

Only one enemy? !

"Maybe two..." Parker said slightly uncertainly, "But at most two!"

Two enemies were able to sneak into Kumogakure's camp and wipe out all Konoha's ANBU and capture Kushina? !

"What about her location?" Minato immediately took out a small lake-blue fish hairpin.

Approaching Parker's eyes, "This companion was kidnapped by the enemy. Please help us find her!"

"She... the smell is very clear." Parker's dog paw pointed eastward, "In that direction."

"Okay, we can set off immediately!" Minato led the remaining six teams of ninjas, and after hurriedly bidding farewell to Shimizu and Toshiro, they set out on the road to pursue Kushina.

Although Qingshui wanted to help, he knew that Minato's intention of leaving him behind was not only to help Kumogakure continue to complete his mission, but also to investigate whether Kumogakure had really deliberately set up such a trap.

The things he needs to confirm are: 1. Whether the Sandaime Raikage really led the team as bait to attract Iwagakure's army here, as Kumogakure said.

2. Was Kumogakure involved in colluding with Kushina’s disappearance and the death of Konoha Anbu?

If everything is the worst plan, then anyone who stays in Kumogakure's camp will be in trouble. If you want to find out the truth of the matter, only Qingshui has the strength.

And if it is true as Toshiro said, and Kumogakure's senior officials have no knowledge of this, then it is probably a plan to drive a wedge between Konoha and Kumogakure.

If he rashly withdraws all his strength and gives up the rescue mission here of the Sandaime Raikage, then maybe the truth of the matter will be buried under the mist forever...

"It's such a heavy responsibility..." Qing Shui breathed out heavily.

Similarly, Kumogakure's commander Toshiro also felt deeply about the seriousness of this incident: "If this matter is not handled well... the alliance between Kumogakure and Konoha will break up."

"Konoha shouldn't think that we Kumogakure would do such a stupid thing, right?"

Indeed... it was Kumogakure's request to loan out the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, and the corresponding chips were also pledged. If he does something like this that harms others and does not benefit himself, it can be said that this is simply stupid.

However, the temptation of Kyuubi to any shinobi village cannot be considered purely from the perspective of gains and losses.

What if Yunyin is really crazy?

"Hey..." Seeing that Shimizu didn't respond, Toshiro immediately smiled bitterly and said, "I still hope Konoha can believe us... Even if we are really malicious, at least we have to wait until Miss Uzumaki helps Lord Raikage escape from danger, right?"

"What benefit does this situation have to us now?!"

So is the Sandaime Raikage really in danger?

It seemed to make sense, so Qingshui replied bluntly: "The purpose of my stay is naturally to represent Konoha and help Kumogakure through the difficulties."

Toshiro sighed: "But without the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, how can we activate this sealing formation?"

"Then give up." Qingguo said decisively.

"We have no choice but to give up... We just gave up the sealing formation. It is impossible for us people to withstand the Iwagakure army."

Qing Shui suddenly asked: "Why is it that Kumogakure has less than 5,000 ninjas on the front line of the war?"

According to his estimate, Kumogakure probably had 20,000 to 30,000 or more regular ninjas.

Iwagakure's tens of thousands of troops are pressing down on the border. Their numbers alone are an absolute crushing force. How could Kumogakure be able to stop them?

It's so difficult to face the enemy head-on. How frustrating is this battle?

"Kirigakure has repeatedly invaded our border. Raikage-sama believes that Kirigakure will launch a war with Kumogakure sooner or later...so he has been wary of them."

It turns out that Kirigakure went to harass Kumogakure. No wonder there has been no news about Kirigakure in Konoha.

So Qingshui suggested: "We can only try to disperse the opponent's power, and then look for opportunities to rescue the Sandaime Raikage."

"We want to set up detonating talisman traps around the original sealing formation, because Lord Raikage will definitely come here first..."

"But it's too empty here, and it's difficult to escape..." Qingshui pondered for a while, pointed to a valley, "We arrived at this valley in advance, and then used a large number of detonating symbols to cut off Iwagakure's route, so as to delay their attack. Pursuit..."

That valley was the only place on the Sandaime Raikage's retreat route where he could set up an ambush, but it was not a necessary route. Even if Iwagakure's route was cut off, he could continue the pursuit by making a small circle.

It doesn't take much time either.

Moreover, it will also be revealed that Yunyin has follow-up support troops here, so there will be no possibility of setting traps in the future...

At least it would be extremely difficult to lure the enemy into that sealing formation again.

Because you only have one chance...

Kumogakure paid a considerable price, and finally convinced Iwagakure that their defeat was caused by a strategic mistake this time, which put the Third Raikage in danger.

"Or do you want to directly use this valley to fight Iwagakure? It's not impossible. You are the commander of Iwagakure, so I naturally support your decision."

There are only two thousand people in Kumogakure in this camp, and the troops led by the Sandaime Raikage still have about a thousand people, and the rest are scattered on other battlefields.

The total number of people is only more than 3,000, and they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength.

But taking advantage of the opportunity for a sneak attack is not without a chance.

But if the war is lost, then the loss will be more than just the initial 2,000 people as bait...

But a large force of 4,000 people in total!

"Commander Toshiro, time is running out." Seeing that the other party seemed unable to make up his mind, Qingshui reminded him.

Time is really precious.

"Shunshen Qingshui... No, I'll call you Qingshui. If it were you, how would you choose?"

"You only have a few hours of preparation time in total, which is too little..." Qingshui paused and continued, "Furthermore, there are doubts about the remaining combat capabilities of the troops led by the Sandaime Raikage, and here we are rushing to fight and arrange I'm afraid the trap won't have much effect, coupled with the disadvantage in numbers..."

"I'm not optimistic about this kind of hasty battle."

Toshiro nodded and replied: "I am too greedy... I always think that this time may be the only chance, so I want to eat up Iwagakure's army as much as possible."

Qingshui responded calmly: "It's difficult."

"After all, we have been planning this plan for so long...but it finally came to nothing."

"After this matter is over, as long as you people are still alive and the sealing formation is still there, there may not be no opportunities in the future."

"You are right." Toshiro finally made up his mind, "We still focus on rescuing Lord Raikage!"