Escape From Konoha

After a torrent of kunai shootings, many Sand Ninjas were physically injured. In addition, Liuli almost disrupted their formation with one person, making it impossible for them to shift their attention elsewhere with peace of mind.

In this way, Liuli created an extremely relaxed fighting environment for the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts who would join the battlefield next.

From the beginning, Liuli took the initiative to act as a bait for the troops because of the element of training, so that the Suna Ninja could not take care of anything else.

After all, without her as the general, even if Sunagakure is ambushed in advance, Liuli believes that it will end with Sunagakure's victory.

Half of the ninjas from the Kingdom of Oni who followed this time were recruits who had not experienced much actual combat. Even with the use of favorable intelligence and weapons, it was completely unrealistic to defeat such a powerful enemy as the Suna Ninja.

The two sides had completely exchanged fire. Although some Suna ninjas were surprised by the sneak attack by the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts, the situation on the battlefield would change in an instant, and they had no time to think carefully about the reasons.

Why are the ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons involved in the rebellion of Konoha?

They don't need to think, they just need to understand that whether it is the ninja troops of the Demon Country or the rebellious ninjas of Konoha, they are all enemies of their Sunagakure.

The same is true for Luo Sha. Although he has some guesses about the truth, they are still guesses after all, and with the current situation on the battlefield, he doesn't have much time to think about the specific reasons.

Whether he is accusing the Demon Country of colluding with the traitorous ninja, or complaining about Konoha's overindulgence of the traitorous ninja, he needs to deal with the enemy in front of him first.

Luo Sha took a deep breath, formed seals with his hands, and golden sand surged out of the desert like sea water. It was placer gold that was more powerful than ordinary sand.

This is the unique magnetic release ninjutsu of Sand Hidden Village. It is different from the magnetic release of the third Kazekage, which is to control sand iron. As the fourth Kazekage, Rasa's magnetic release is to control sand gold, which is not weaker than sand iron. .

The power of both is far greater than that of ordinary sand.

A large amount of placer gold began to gather into the sky. A huge cube made of placer gold violently crashed into the Demon Country ninja troops rushing towards the battlefield from the air.

Seeing Feng Ying taking action in person, and using the super-wide sand gold secret technique at the beginning, the morale of the sand ninjas was boosted, and the sound of charging resounded throughout the world, and they rushed towards Liuli.

Ruri looked coldly at the rushing sand ninja, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the huge cube that was swiftly flying towards the army of the Demon Kingdom.

It was a super-large heavy object made purely of placer gold. If it was allowed to fall down, it would definitely cause huge damage to the troops of the ghost kingdom.

Sure enough, as long as it is Five Kages, there is no such thing as a weak person.

But Liuli is not worried at all, following her is the Uchiha Jonin of the same clan.

They are the absolute main force in the ninja army of the ghost country.

Even in the face of the Four Generations of Kazekage, if they unite, they may not be unable to contend against one or two.

After opening the Sangouyu Sharingan, which is the same as Liuli, the three Uchiha ninjas rushed out first, completely liberating the pupil power in the eyes.

Skeleton-like chakra armor covered the bodies of the three Uchiha ninjas. The color of the skeleton armor was only the most basic chakra color. They had no fear of colliding head-on with the huge cube made of sand gold in the air.

boom!

Obvious cracks appeared on the gold placer cube, and the finely divided gold placer fell like golden rain.

The three Uchiha ninjas also stepped back, the skeleton armor on their bodies just shook a little, and their faces turned pale.

The weight of placer gold was far greater than they imagined.

Especially in a desert environment, Luo Sha can condense extremely powerful placer gold objects with the smallest amount of chakra.

Despite this, they did not despise Luo Sha.

Although the geographical location has improved Luo Sha's strength, it is not to the extent of a qualitative change.

It's just because Luo Sha is very powerful in itself and the unique desert environment makes it even more powerful.

"Did you block it? Moreover, they are ninjas from the Uchiha clan... They can materialize chakra, which is very similar to 'Absolute Defense'."

When Luo Sha saw that his sand gold ninjutsu was blocked, he became even more confused, but he didn't think too much and immediately took the next step.

The endless sea of ​​sand gold surged into the sky from behind him, and then formed a scene like a tsunami, charging more fiercely at the ninja troops of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

In an environment like the desert where his strength can be fully utilized, Luo Sha is least afraid of group battles.

In such a terrain, he alone can exert the power of a strong army.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

Dozens of ninjas stepped forward and used fire escape techniques to directly block Luo Sha's sea of ​​sand gold.

Continuous bombings blocked the advance of the sea of ​​sand and gold.

However, before they could be happy for too long, the sea of ​​placer gold surged again, charging forward with undiminished power.

Unlike Fire Release, a one-time attack ninjutsu, Luo Sha can replenish sand gold from the desert anytime and anywhere. It is really unwise to compete with him in the desert for ninjutsu consumption.

Looking at the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts scattered in all directions to avoid attacks, Luo Sha's goal of cutting the local formation has been achieved.

Then he turned to look at the battlefield where Liuli was, and saw a swarm of sand ninjas being chopped down like grass, with a gloomy look in his eyes.

Ruri didn't use any large-scale destructive ninjutsu, but kept using high-speed taijutsu, and used the flame fan in his hand to engage in close combat with hundreds of sand ninjas.

It can be found that on average every second that passes, a Sand Ninja will fall to the ground.

This speed of annihilation is already extremely exaggerated on the battlefield.

Moreover, Liuli's attack direction was very clear, and she kept charging towards him without changing the target in the middle.

The Suna Ninja's restraint effect on Ruri was almost zero. Under such circumstances, Rasa turned to the Suna Ninja troops to contain Ruri, and took the lead in his plan to rush the Demon Country Ninja Force, with a very low success rate.

After a brief hesitation, Luo Sha had to give up the idea of ​​using gold placer ninjutsu to defeat the morale of the Demon Country troops, and instead shifted his focus to Liuli.

He did whatever he wanted, Luo Sha retreated backwards, keeping a safe distance from Liuli, and then held his palms in the direction of Liuli.

The sound of the flame fan piercing the air, and just as the sand ninja in front of him was about to be knocked away, a sand gold wall suddenly appeared, blocking the impact of the flame fan.

Although he successfully shattered the sand gold wall, the sand ninja who came back to his senses also jumped back, panicked and distanced himself from Liuli, and took out a shuriken from his ninja tool bag and shot at Liuli.

Liuli moved her body slightly to the side, dodged the shuriken, and then ran away. Before the Sand Ninja along the way could see anything clearly, her body flew directly into the air, blood spurting from her mouth.

"Um?"

The sand layer under her feet suddenly moved, and golden ropes emerged from her feet. They were ropes made of placer and gold, and they were wrapped around her body.

The wrist was bound by the gold dust rope, and Liu Li shook it hard, easily shattering the gold dust wrapped around the wrist.

"The escape technique is really flexible and versatile."

Not only the sea of ​​sand that can cause a large-scale attack, but even such a light and delicate object as a rope can be simulated with the image of placer gold.

This also shows how amazing the Chakra control of the fourth Kazekage is.

Since it took a little time to break away from Rasa's sand gold, the surrounding sand ninjas had already gathered their strength. Kunai, shurikens, and wind blades that blocked all directions were all released towards her in one breath.

Luo Sha's containment of her undoubtedly created an excellent opportunity for these sand ninjas to attack.

"The warm-up battle is almost over here..."

The writing sharingan in Liuli's eyes became more and more bright red.

The majestic dark red light and shadow descended directly on the earth.

A bloody sword light that was close to darkness swept out.

A storm that was even more powerful than the Sand Ninja and the Wind Release was raging.

Everything within a radius of ten meters was blown away in an instant, turning into a vacuum that no one stepped on.

The half-length giant covered with hard dark red chakra armor shrouded Liuli's body, and the surrounding figures were reflected in its blood-red eyes, like a living creature, letting out its cold and heavy murderous aura wantonly.

He holds a dark red long sword in his right hand. Around the blade, there is a red ominous substance that looks like mist or water flow, making those who see this huge sword naturally feel a sense of fear in their hearts. .

"Is this..."

The booming sound made the sand shake, and countless dust flew.

Luo Sha also stabilized his lower body a little bit, seeing the huge and ominous thing covering Liuli's body, his eyes were shocked.

"The legendary Susanoo?"

Shayin Village has also collected many legends about Sharingan in the past.

What's more, there are still many ninjas of the older generation in the hidden sand, such as the two elders, Chiyo and Ebino.

In the past, Luo Sha had listened to the teachings of these two people and knew many secrets in the ninja world.

Uchiha's Sharingan is one of them.

It is said that in the long history of the Uchiha clan, there will always be some geniuses with rare talents who allow the Sharingan to evolve and gain power beyond the ordinary Sharingan.

That power is called the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Mastering Susanoo's pupil technique, which symbolizes the 'God of Destruction', he wreaked havoc on the battlefield. During the initial establishment of the Ninja Village, Uchiha's ancestor Madara Uchiha used this pupil technique, leaving an incomparable legacy to all countries. deep impression.

The move Ruri used at this moment was very similar to the 'Susanohu' eye technique mentioned by the two elders Chiyo and Ebizo - a huge monster condensed with chakra.

But... isn't that the pupil technique that can only be awakened by the kaleidoscope Sharingan?

Looking at Liuli's Sharingan, which was still in the state of Sangouyu, Luo Sha couldn't help but feel puzzled.

If the three Magatama Sharingan can also use Susanoo, wouldn't it mean that the three Uchiha ninjas who blocked his sand gold ninjutsu before were covered in chakra armor...

No, how is this possible!

It was too exaggerated, and it was very different from the information he knew.

After calling out Susanoo, Ruri immediately took action and rushed towards Rasa.

After suppressing the fear in his heart, Sand Shinobi came to stop Liuli immediately.

An aura as fierce as the wind emerged from the Susanoo. Looking at the sand ninja intercepting in front of him, Liuli didn't even raise his eyelids and controlled the Susanoo giant to sweep forward with a sword.

The sound stopped suddenly.

Flesh and blood were flying, and under the hazy moonlight, a bright and beautiful rain of blood fell.

Someone rushed from the sky, and the kunai and ninja sword collided with Susanoo, seeming to want to open a gap in it and attack Ruri's body.

The Wind Blade also flew from afar, and encountered such a powerful attack that not even a single white mark was left on Susanoo.

Many sand ninjas looked frightened when they saw this scene.

Liuli has no bad habit of observing other people's fear and having a psychological collapse. As long as they are enemies, she will give them the greatest respect and grant them equal destruction and death.

Luo Sha looked at Liuli, who was pointing straight at this direction, and her eyes fluctuated slightly.

Liuli noticed something while she was running. The rope made of placer gold appeared again and wrapped around her body.

Liuli was already alert and jumped upwards, reaching the top of Susanoo's head, avoiding Rasa's gold dust attack.

"Did you discover it so quickly? Susanoo under the fourth stage does have this weakness."

Susanoos below the fourth stage can only be said to be semi-finished products, because the chassis is at risk of being attacked by the enemy, so the true 'absolute defense' starts from the fourth stage Susanoo.

Seeing that his sneak attack failed, Luo Sha was not angry. He began to form seals on his hands, and powerful chakra burst out from his body.

The sea of ​​sand gold squeezed away the surrounding sand ninjas and rushed towards Liuli in the center from all directions in an encircling manner.

Ruri felt interesting, and the Susanoo giant waved the dark red giant sword in his hand.

The red sword light swept out and flew into the distance, cutting the sea of ​​placer gold in front of him in half.

However, the placer gold comes one after another, continuously, and in ever-changing forms, without fear of the sword light inspired by Susanoo.

However, Susanoo kept using his chakra giant sword to emit sword light and open up a path from the endless sea of ​​sand gold. Although he could contain it, he could not stop Ruri from moving forward at all.

Cold sweat ran down Luo Sha's forehead. As more and more chakra was consumed, he gradually felt strong pressure.

Liuli, who was standing above her head, was a little tired of Luo Sha's actions to stop her, so she formed seals with her hands, began to condense chakra in her mouth, and performed ninjutsu.

"Fire Escape: Fire is extinguished!"

It was a super-large fireball that exceeded the scale of a fireball. It was like a meteorite, crushing it from the front.

Luo Sha's face changed slightly, feeling a huge threat from the fireball. Without hesitation, the surrounding sand gold surged forward, building a thick wall several meters high.

boom!

The sand gold wall cracked open and turned into golden flying powder scattered. Then the fireball swept around in an extremely terrifying manner, turning the unignitable desert directly into a sea of ​​​​fire, burning crazily.

The sand ninjas used various moves to resist the flames spreading towards them.

Luo Sha could not stay where he was, as the place was already occupied by a sea of ​​fire.

Luo Sha looked at Liuli in the distance with lingering fear, took a deep breath, looked slightly depressed, and said to a guard Jonin beside him: "Pass my order, retreat!"

"yes."

The guarding Jonin did not hesitate. He also knew that if this stalemate continued, they would definitely lose. It was better to withdraw from the battlefield in advance and reduce sacrifices.

Since Ruri alone restrained most of Sunagakure's main jounin, including the Fourth Kazekage and his escorts, the Sunagakure's offensive capabilities were obviously insufficient to deal with the ninja troops of the Demon Country, and they were also at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. , facing the ninjas of the Ghost Country is basically a one-sided situation.

The three Uchiha jounin who followed Liuli were chosen as the main candidates to attack the Sunagakure troops. After fighting, their bodies were already covered in blood.

The retreat order was given, and the Sand Ninjas finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to retreat.

But the ninjas of the Ghost Country obviously didn't want the Sand Ninja to leave the battlefield easily. They kept pursuing the victory and annihilating as many enemies as possible.

Taking advantage of the kunai gun's long-range shooting advantage, they constantly harassed the retreating Sand Ninja troops from behind, making them exhausted and delaying their retreat.

Many sand ninjas who were unaware were directly shot to the ground by kunai, writhing in pain on the sand.

Then more kunai flew over and fell into silence.

Rasa was at the back of the team. When he saw that most of the Sand Ninja had gathered, he immediately stretched his hands into the sand and injected a large amount of chakra.

"Magnetic Escape·Golden Sand Waves!"

The sea of ​​placer gold is generated, but instead of rushing directly towards the enemy, it flies towards the sky.

The placer gold in the sky is gathering more and more, covering the sky and the earth, covering up the moonlight on the clouds. Dark shadows cast a dark shadow on the faces of the ninjas of the Ghost Country. Many people have panic looks on their faces, and they are caught in front of them. This exaggerated scene shocked me.

One of the Five Kages, the power of the Kazekage is fully revealed, making it intimidating.

"Drink!"

Rasha ended the supply of chakra, and the technique was completed at this moment.

The next moment, the sea of ​​placer gold that covered the sky fell from the sky, irrigating downwards like the water of the Milky Way.

Seeing that hundreds of ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghost were about to be covered by the Sea of ​​Gold Placer, at this moment, a dark red sword light suddenly struck without warning between the Sea of ​​Gold Placer and the pursuing troops from the Country of Ghost Country.

The sea of ​​placer gold hit the edge swept by the sword light, and was bounced back by the invisible barrier, rolling up golden flying waves, which was spectacular.

On the invisible barrier drawn by the sword light, the distortion of the air or space is visible to the naked eye.

In the gap between the space that began to twist, there was also a dazzling lightning, which was dazzling.

Rasa's pupils narrowed slightly, her body trembled, her gaze shifted, and she saw Ruri standing above Susanoo. She had released the sword style that created the space barrier just now.

I saw that the basic magatama in the opponent's Sharingan eye disappeared without knowing when, and turned into a kaleidoscope pattern with complex graphics, mysterious and abnormal.

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Countless bodies of Sunagakure ninjas were left on the sand sea, and they died in a pool of blood.

However, there were some who could not die and still had their breath left. Liuli did not kill them all. Instead, he asked the accompanying medical ninja to temporarily save the lives of these injured Sand ninjas, and then took them into custody as prisoners.

According to statistics, the number of Sunagakure ninjas who died in the attack was 567, and 113 were captured. This attack caused a direct loss of three points to the elite Sunagakure unit led by the Fourth Kazekage. one of the human hands.

Moreover, among the Sunagakure troops who evacuated with the Fourth Kazekage, there were countless minor and serious injuries.

The Kingdom of Oni naturally paid a price, but compared with the losses suffered by Sunagakure, it was not worth mentioning at all.

At the same time, due to the hasty evacuation of the Suna Ninja, the various military supplies left in the camp had not had time to be taken away, and they became the trophies of Liuli's troops.

Overall, the attack was a success.

The more than a hundred captured Sand Ninja looked gloomy, with a look of misery in their eyes.

They had their hands behind their backs and were tied up with ropes. This was a chakra rope developed by the Demon Country's military. The material was so tough that it was difficult to cut through this chakra rope even with a special blade attached to attribute chakra.

After defeating the Fourth Kazekage's troops, Liuli began to plan his next move.

Liuli summoned the Jonin in the team, took out the map, pointed to a mark on the map and said:

"Next, we need to capture this area as quickly as possible before Sunagakure can react, and at the same time establish a branch military region here to facilitate future management. If there is no problem, let's act as soon as possible."

This area is the northwest of the Kingdom of Wind, very close to the territories of the Kingdom of Netherworld and the Kingdom of Bears. By capturing this area, relying on the supply bases of the Kingdom of Bears and Kingdom of Netherworld, there is no need to worry about being attacked from the front or rear.

At the same time, this is also a resource procurement area that the Kingdom of Ghosts urgently needs. There are a large amount of important resources such as oil and natural gas hidden underground.

After all, the main purpose of invading the territory of the Kingdom of Wind is to obtain sufficient industrial resources and at the same time prove the national strength of the Kingdom of Ghosts to other countries.

As long as they continue to maintain their dominant position in suppressing Sunagakure in the next battle, the other major powers will not be able to say anything by then.

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When the Kingdom of Wind encountered drastic changes, Konoha was also questioned because of the sudden annihilation of the Uchiha clan.

The source of doubt does not come from outside Konoha, but from within Konoha.

In any case, Uchiha, who founded one of the two major ninja clans in Konoha, was exterminated. The murderer of the genocide was Uchiha Itachi, a former ANBU member. This undoubtedly proves that the Hokage's supervision of ANBU personnel is obviously insufficient, and it is the Hokage's dereliction of duty. .

Although some people still have doubts from other angles, such as the so-called genocide murderer Uchiha Itachi, there is a certain degree of skepticism, but according to the personal testimony of Uchiha Sasuke, the only survivor of the Uchiha clan, and the investigation results of ANBU, Uchiha genocide The murderers all pointed at Uchiha Itachi. This made the skeptical Konoha ninja have no choice but to admit this point of view.

After all, it is an established fact that Uchiha Itachi's crime of genocide has been established, and the wanted order has passed the meeting of the four-member high-level group and been issued to all countries as soon as possible.

During this period, the Hyuga clan received the most attention.

It is said that after the Uchiha suffered genocide, the Hyuga clan, whether they were clan or branch ninjas, basically stayed at home except for necessary missions.

In a certain conference room in the Hokage building, Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, the advisory duo, and root leader Danzo gathered here.

During the period since the Uchiha clan was exterminated, they had secretly discussed the follow-up issues more than once.

No matter how I deal with it, I feel dissatisfied.

Although many ninjas in the village believed their words on the surface and put all the blame on Itachi Uchiha, hiding the part about Uchiha's attempted coup, secretly what speculations were these ninjas making? What they don't know.

The most important thing is that Itachi did not complete the task perfectly.

Leaving Uchiha Sasuke behind was the biggest failure in his mission to exterminate the clan.

"Uchiha Sasuke will deal with the problem according to the agreement with Itachi. The Uchiha clan's land deeds and money will all be transferred to Uchiha Sasuke's account... As for the Uchiha clan's ninjutsu information and various documents, Let the ANBU keep it for the time being, and then hand it over to Uchiha Sasuke when he reaches adulthood."

Looking at Danzo and the other three, Hiruzen spoke slowly and gave a more pertinent suggestion.

The three Danzos had no objections to this. Uchiha's legacy should have been inherited by Uchiha Sasuke after the genocide.

As for the ninjutsu materials and literature, since Uchiha Sasuke is still young at the moment, he is not old enough to read those secrets. If he wants to learn, they can also arrange for someone to teach him the basic fire escape and illusion techniques.

"Let it be based on your opinion, Hiruzen. But you can't be careless about this boy. After all, he has the blood of the Uchiha clan flowing through him. Can he, like Itachi, break out of the clan's limitations and strengthen the will of fire that dominates the village?" It’s unknown... Even after you become an adult, you should continue to wait and see for a while.”

Mito Menyan said.

"Protecting Sasuke's safety is an agreement between us and Itachi. Itachi has sacrificed enough, so you should be a little more lenient to Sasuke, the child."

Hiruzen frowned and took over Mito Kaden's words.

"What Hiruzen said makes sense. After all, Sasuke is the only one who can still bear the title of 'Uchiha'. We don't need to be too demanding on a child, as long as he can stay on his own and be a Konoha ninja." Will suffice."

Xiaochun also expressed his opinion when he went to bed.

Unexpectedly, Danzo said in an indifferent tone as if he wanted to brush away Koharu's idea of ​​sleeping in bed at this time:

"Is there really only one ninja left who bears the name of 'Uchiha'? Don't forget that more than ten years ago, some Uchiha clan members left Konoha."

"You are worrying too much, Danzo. Those people are defected ninjas and have long lost their orthodox status as Uchiha. Moreover, they only dare to do some shameful little tricks in secret and live like bereaved dogs. As long as we treat them Stay vigilant and don't give them any opportunities to take advantage of them. They don't dare to come and provoke Konoha. We will not give them a second chance to cause the Nine-Tails Rebellion."

Xiaochun went to bed and argued hard.

In her opinion, Uchiha's orthodoxy has always been in Konoha. Uchiha who has defected from Konoha is no longer considered an orthodox ninja of Uchiha.

Even Itachi couldn't be called an orthodox Uchiha at the moment.

Therefore, from now on, the only ninja who will fight in the name of 'Uchiha' is Uchiha Sasuke.

Uchiha Ruri and others who defected are nothing more than lost dogs abandoned by the village, and they have long been unable to represent Uchiha's orthodoxy.

Losing Konoha's protection, I don't know where I am now wandering.

"Do whatever you want, I just want to explain that Konoha still has a hidden crisis, don't take it lightly at this time."

Danzo stood up from his seat.

"Are you leaving now, Danzo?"

Hiruzen asked aloud as he watched Danzo stand up.

Danzo nodded and said to Hiruzen:

"There are still a lot of things to deal with at the root, Uchiha Sasuke, and the aftermath of the Uchiha clan, I will leave it to you to decide."

Uchiha Sasuke is different from Itachi, he doesn't deserve the root's troublesome attention.

For Danzo, Uchiha Sasuke is just a pawn connecting Konoha and Itachi.

Other than that, there was nothing worthy of his attention on the other party.

Just when Danzo was about to open the door, suddenly the door of the conference room was pushed open roughly.

"Something is going wrong, Hokage-sama!"

Hiruzen recognized this Konoha ninja with an anxious look on his face.

The other party is a ninja from the Communications Department of Konoha Intelligence Division, responsible for communications between Konoha and the outside world.

He ran over to report in a panic. Did something big happen outside?

Before Hiruzen could ask, the other party came to Hiruzen with a letter and reported:

"This is an open declaration of war drawn up by the Kingdom of Ghosts against the Kingdom of Wind. It has just been delivered to the village. Now, war has completely broken out between the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Wind."

"What did you say?"

Hiruzen and the others stared, and even Danzo, who was about to leave the conference room, couldn't help but stop leaving when he heard the news.

The Kingdom of Ghosts declares war on the Kingdom of Wind?

Is war coming again?

And it was a neutral country declaring war on the five major powers... This was incredible no matter how you looked at it.

Although they knew that the relationship between the Kingdom of Oni and the Kingdom of Wind had become very tense recently due to the loan issue during the Third Ninja War, they never imagined that the two countries would become so hostile in such a short period of time.

Hiruzen picked up the declaration of war handed over by the ninja and quickly glanced at it.

Indeed, as this ninja said, this is a public statement from the Kingdom of Ghosts to the international community, a formal declaration of war against the Kingdom of Wind.

Once the declaration of war is issued, it means that the two countries are likely to trigger a full-scale war, not just a local conflict.

Hiruzen quickly saw the bottom of the declaration of war, where there was a signature.

Seeing this signature, Hiruzen seemed to have been struck by lightning, sitting blankly on his chair with a very shocked expression.

"The Minister of Military Affairs of the Demon Country, the Commander-in-Chief of the Military... Chiba... Shiraishi!?"

How can this be?

Why did Konoha's dangerous rebellious ninja go to the Kingdom of Demons and openly declare war on the Kingdom of Wind, one of the five major kingdoms?

He must be dreaming, otherwise such an hallucination would be impossible.

(PS: This is not the climax yet. The War in the Kingdom of Wind will probably not be completed in more than ten chapters... Konoha will also join the war by then.)