Naruto: Konoha Uzumaki Shirataki

The sky was gloomy, billowing clouds covered the earth, and a heavy rain seemed about to pour. Although it is already the season of late summer and early autumn, there is still a touch of humidity and sultry heat in the air in Kawakuni.

Among the mountains and ravines, a group of about thirty Konoha ninjas trampled on the rugged and difficult road, chasing the Sand ninjas who were running away a few hundred meters away.

These Konoha ninjas all wore green vests on their upper bodies, and their hair was black. What emerged in their eyes were blood-red pupils. And, the black magatama that keeps rotating.

One after another, shurikens and kunai flew forward like raindrops, wishing to tear all the running sand ninjas into pieces.

But the distance between the two sides is too far. With a distance of several hundred meters, hidden weapon attacks obviously cannot successfully deal with the enemy. After flying halfway, they all fell to the ground.

The pursuit lasted for more than ten minutes until they came to a wide river. The Uchiha troops stopped. No unlucky person among the Suna ninja troops was shot to death by a hidden weapon.

Watching the Suna ninja step on the water and gradually move away, the leading Uchiha ninja spat on the ground and cursed unluckily, "These guys run so fast."

This Uchiha ninja is about thirty years old, his name is Uchiha Cang, his identity is a Jonin, and he is a captain of the third detachment of the first and third divisions of Uchiha Xuanmen.

There were more than thirty Uchiha ninjas beside him, all of whom were his subordinates, and even the weakest ones had chuunin strength.

"Captain Ao, why don't we continue chasing?" To the left of Uchiha Ao, a young Uchiha ninja asked his captain with a puzzled face, obviously confused about the current situation.

"Did you see the river in front of you?" Pointing to the river at his feet, Uchiha Cang replied irritably, "We are not allowed to cross this limit according to the orders from above."

"Why?"

"How did I know?" After waving his hand, Uchiha Cang turned around and motioned for everyone to follow him to retreat. Finally, maybe he suddenly thought of something, and added, "However, Sunagakure's recent actions are a bit strange, so be careful." ”

Sunagakure's movements are indeed a bit strange, which is the consensus of all Uchiha ninjas present. After all, as far as they knew, except for the first brigade to which they and others belonged, the strength of the Suna ninjas faced by the other second and third brigade had been reduced.

If you look at the map, the northwest is where the Sunagakure camp is, and the southeast is where the Konoha camp is. The first brigade is located in the middle of the two camps, in the eastern region of Kawa no Kuni, close to the center. It is not an exaggeration to say that the First Battalion defends the main camp of Konoha and is the direct barrier between Konoha and Sunagakure.

From half a month ago until now, the pressure faced by other front armies has been significantly reduced, but the pressure on the First Brigade to which I and others belong has suddenly increased greatly. Most of the Uchiha ninjas present had a vague idea of ​​what this meant.

Sunagakure was afraid that he was deploying other military forces and did not intend to continue entangled with Konoha in Kawa no Kuni. Instead, he concentrated his main attack direction in the east, aiming at Konoha's base camp.

So, could it be said that this is a decisive battle? Everyone's minds were racing with thoughts, but when they saw Uchiha Ao gradually walking away, they suppressed their thoughts and followed him one after another. Looking at their expressions, they didn't show much strangeness. At most, they were a little excited before the war.

After all, no matter how the war situation develops or changes, with the existence of Sharingan, an extremely powerful blood successor, the average combat power of the Uchiha clan cannot be weakened, and all of them will definitely survive to the end.

The encounter between the Uchiha detachment and the Suna Ninja troops ended with the Suna Ninja leaving a dozen corpses and the remaining people fleeing in panic. Not a single Uchiha ninja was killed. But this scene is just a small microcosm in the vast battle situation of hundreds of square kilometers in the eastern part of the Kawa Country, and it is not very common.

More situations. More than ten kilometers away from the battlefield between Uchiha ninja and Suna ninja, another encounter also started at the same time, still Suna ninja versus Konoha ninja.

"There are few of them, come on!" Looking at the five or six Konoha ninjas dozens of meters away, a Suna ninja jounin with a white turban on his head and an earthy yellow vest roared, without looking at the people behind him. Teammates, they immediately started forming seals.

Suddenly, several meters long light cyan sharp blades emerged, drawing arcs in the air and cutting towards the enemies not far away.

The sharp and harsh wind roared across, catching the Konoha ninjas off guard. The two leading chuunin didn't even make a sound, their bodies were cut into several pieces, and bright red blood spilled into the air.

Upon seeing this, the three Konoha ninjas quickly glanced at the location where the attack came from. When they saw that there were more than ten enemies, they turned around and ran away without thinking, leaving no chance for their companions to collect their bodies. intention.

Then, another pursuit battle started. Let alone the life and death of the remaining three Konoha ninjas, in the eastern part of Kawa no Kuni, battles are happening almost every moment, and the intensity is several orders of magnitude higher than before.

Encounters, pursuits, ambushes, and small battles were all intertwined with various tactics. The number of casualties in Sunagakure and Konoha soared rapidly, and no one paid attention to the reason for the battle.

How to kill the enemy is the only thing that all ninjas focus on. More than half a month has passed since the incident where half of Konoha's transport troops were stolen by Sunagakure.

Shirataki realized Sunagakure's intention for a decisive battle and the direction of the main attack, so he mobilized the second battalion to withdraw from the southern front and rush to the western front to prepare for Sunagakure's intensifying offensive.

The combined strength of the two brigades is about a thousand people, and these one thousand people are the backbone of the Konoha ninja army. There is no big problem in resisting the Suna ninja army, which is now much worse than before.

After all, in the past two years, the Konoha ninjas on all fronts have suppressed the Suna ninjas very well. Whether it is the gap in high-end combat power or the gap in morale, Sunagakure has long been no match for Konoha.

Including the countless battles that are constantly being fought in the eastern part of Kawa no Kuni at this moment, although Konoha's side is slightly inferior in numbers to Sunagakure, it can still occupy a certain advantage.

Not only can the First Battalion and the Second Battalion firmly hold on to their original positions, elite units like the Uchiha Squadron and ANBU Commandos can sometimes be like a sharp knife, stabbing into the hinterland of Sunagakure.

However, because he couldn't figure out what trump card Sunagakure had prepared in the past two years, and because Konoha's reconnaissance did not yield much, Shirataki issued a death order and did not allow his troops to go too deep into Sunagakure to occupy it. district.

And this was also the reason why Uchiha Cang stopped at the river bank and did not choose to continue the pursuit. The battle situation is becoming more and more intense. If you look down from a high altitude, you can find that most of the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure are wandering in the eastern part of Kawa no Kuni, pulling back and forth in a criss-crossing manner, and the fighting almost never stops for a moment.

The sense of depression before the war enveloped everyone on the battlefield. Whether it was Suna Ninja or Konoha Ninja, everyone knew that the decisive battle was not far away. What is going on now may be the final test.

"Bang!" A stack of paper files was violently thrown to the ground. The scattered papers were like snowflakes. Most of them were floating in the air, and some scattered ones were hung on several cloaked ninjas.

The ink on these papers is very new, and the fragrance it emits is also very good. It must have been written not long ago. However, due to the unfavorable news written on the paper, neither the person who threw them out nor the person who watched them fall to the ground had the intention to appreciate the fragrance of ink.

Shirataki walked forward expressionlessly and slowly walked into the staff tent. He first glanced left and right at the several combat staff present.

Then, seeing them all lowering their heads and assuming a posture that they didn't dare to breathe, Shirataki had a faint sneer on his lips, "This is already the second time, and this time, we can't even throw a shuriken." , I didn’t get a grain of food or a detonating talisman. The supply lines were stolen continuously, what do you do for food?”

The news he just received this morning made Shirataki feel very bad, just because the transportation unit that came and went once every half month was missing again. And this time was different from the last time, the combat supplies lost were no longer half, but all.

All gone, no trace left. Since the accident half a month ago, Shirataki has been aware of Sunagakure's strategic intentions. For this reason, in addition to re-mobilizing the military deployment of all parties, he has also considered logistics.

In order to prevent the transportation troops from being attacked again, Shirataki personally gave orders to the staff to strengthen their vigilance on the supply lines, but unexpectedly this situation occurred again.

His cold eyes swept over the lowered heads, and finally focused on Nara Shikaji. Shirataki took a deep breath, calmed down his restless mind a little, and tried his best to ask in a calm tone, "Shikaji , what is going on?”

"I hope you can give me an accurate answer." Although Shirataki did not say any threatening words and his tone was relatively calm, Nara Shikaji felt that his forehead was covered with cold sweat for a moment.

Nara Shikaji quietly stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and immediately decided to tell the truth, "Sir Shirataki, there are ninjas from the Hyuga clan stationed near each of our fronts, and the Byakugan is close to being activated around the clock. If... the one that can fly is called Wind Eclipse. If the sand ninja really leaped over our defense line from the air and attacked our supply line, there is no way we wouldn't know about it."

Nara Shikaji's intention is very clear. The staff department has already made a response, but this response depends on the implementation after the discussion at the last high-level meeting. In other words, Nara Shikaji does not want to bear the blame for the supply line being robbed again. At least, he shouldn't be the one to carry it.

After looking at Nara Shikaji for a few seconds, Shirataki noticed the helplessness in the other person's eyes, as well as the vague emotion that seemed to be sincere anger, so Shirataki stopped trying to embarrass the other person, and instead paced back and forth for two steps with his hands behind his back. Then he frowned and said to himself, "Is it really a big circle from the Land of Rain?"

Perhaps realizing that Shirataki's anger had calmed down, a combat advisor next to Nara Shikaji boldly took a step forward and cautiously said to Shirataki, "Sir Shirataki, in the northern part of the Kawa Country, the border with the Rain Country is also The two detachments of Hyuga ninjas are stationed. Currently, there is no trace of wind erosion, and there is no sign of the large force of Suna ninja being dispatched. "

The speech of the combat staff officer instantly dispelled the last bit of luck in Shirataki's heart. He once again shifted his gaze and looked at Nara Shikaji. "It seems that your guess last time was reasonable. The one who attacked our transport troops should be The rain has disappeared."