Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

Hanzo's strength is beyond doubt.

However, Chiyo is not bad either.

More than twenty years later, Chiyo, who had completely declined from her peak, still maintained the fighting power of the "Kage" level. Now, Chiyo, who is at her peak, as long as she is not caught by the enemy at close range, the strength she can display can also be ranked in the forefront of the Kage level.

The two have fought many times, with each having victories and defeats. They know each other's methods very well, and this fight will not have a result for a while.

What really determines the outcome is the ninjas below.

Unless they are powerhouses like the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara, they cannot ignore a large-scale ninja army with a complete structure.

Even the current Five Kage, if they fall into the siege of thousands of ninjas, if they cannot find an opportunity to break out, they will eventually end up exhausted and killed in battle.

The Sand Village in this era is not like it will be more than twenty years later, when the strong have withered, funding has been cut, and its strength has weakened to the bottom of the five major ninja villages.

The average quality of Sand Village ninjas now is very high. Even though the Rain Village ninjas are quite strong, they still steadily have the upper hand.

Shimizu stood next to Kazekami Chitose, using Fatty's shoulders to support his body in order to get a better view of the situation on the battlefield.

"Something seems wrong. Why do I feel like these Rain Village ninjas are not using their full strength?"

Shimizu asked curiously after watching for a while.

"This shows that they are feigning an attack."

Kazekami Chitose explained.

"The Rain Village ninjas definitely didn't come alone. No matter how strong Hanzo is, he can't win against us with this group of Rain Village ninjas. Therefore, there must be Leaf Village ninjas as another surprise force. However, there is no need to worry too much. We have already communicated with the Rock Village ninjas, and they have sent a Explosion Release unit to intercept them on the only way from the Leaf Village camp to here."

Shimizu sat on Fatty's shoulders, watching the distant, blurry melee.

That's right, I don't need to worry too much.

Chiyo is a veteran Kage-level expert, a battlefield veteran, and has rich experience. There must also be think tank-like roles in the team. Those other Jonin have been ninjas longer than I have been alive. They must have already prepared plans for what I, a Chunin with not much experience, can think of.

Unfortunately, Shimizu was wrong. The high-level officials in the Sand Village team also miscalculated.

Or rather, they underestimated the strength of the Leaf Village side.

Dozens of kilometers away from the Sand Village camp, in a certain valley.

"Hahaha, Orochimaru, you are still smart, guessing that the Rock Village ninjas would definitely ambush us here."

On top of a red toad head whose size was not inferior to Ibuse, the Giant Salamander, a tall white-haired man crossed his arms and laughed at his companion standing on top of a giant purple snake.

"It's not that simple. Even if we lose the advantage of the ambush, the fighting power of the Explosion Release unit should not be underestimated."

Orochimaru looked at the fierce battle, the constant explosions, with a grim face.

"What's more, even if that Hanzo is strong, he probably won't get any advantage in front of the Sand Village army. Now that the Sand Village and Rock Village are united, it is estimated that they will not be able to solve them in a short time. For now, the only thing we can do is to take advantage of the advantage we still have to kill more enemies and reduce the threat and variables in the future."

Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips, then turned to look at Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya, since this group of Rock Village ninjas arrived here before us, they must have arranged a way out. If we want to take them all down, we will lose a lot of people on our side."

"Tell me what to do, and I'll do it."

Jiraiya waved his hand, handing over the thinking to his external brain.

"Let's gather our strength first and open up a path. You take a thousand people to block the Rock Village, just to delay the enemy, not to kill them. I will take the remaining people to join Hanzo and attack the Sand Village first."

Orochimaru didn't say something else.

This is equivalent to spreading more of the losses to the Rain Village.

"Leave it to Jiraiya the Great with confidence!"

Jiraiya patted his chest and summoned Gamabunta to jump to the center of the battlefield.

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"It seems that the Rain Village and Leaf Village will return empty-handed this time."

Kazekami Chitose said while arranging for people to prevent Rain Village from attacking nearby and causing damage to logistics materials, while also paying attention to the main battlefield.

The fierce battle between the two sides has lasted for more than an hour.

Much ado about nothing.

The large-scale ninja battle with thousands of people has not killed too many people so far.

Rain Village saw that they couldn't wait for reinforcements from Leaf Village, and their morale had begun to decline. They were unwilling to risk their lives. Sand Village focused on defense and stability, and did not seek to advance rashly.

If they continue to fight like this, there will be no results. What Hanzo can do is to evacuate with his people as soon as possible and reduce losses.

"Hmph, Puppet Old Hag, I'm hungry. I'll come back and settle the score with you after I've had my fill next time."

Hanzo fought the Ox-Masked Puppet again, teleported back to the top of Ibuse, the Giant Salamander, found an excuse, and said harsh words to Chiyo.

"Hmph, this old woman is just afraid that you won't dare to come!"

Chiyo manipulated the Chikamatsu Puppet Brigade to line up in front of her, seemingly majestic, but in reality, she had secretly removed the encirclement of the ten puppets against Hanzo.

Sand Village had just arrived in the Land of Rain, and the army was tired from the long journey. It was important to first gain a firm foothold.

Although Chiyo was not afraid of Hanzo, she also acknowledged Hanzo's strength. If they fought to the death, even if Sand Village could win, they would definitely not be able to defeat Leaf Village in the aftermath due to too many deaths.

However, at this moment.

Several ninjas from the Sand Village's sensor unit raised their heads in panic.

"Not good! Several kilometers east, there is a large-scale chakra fluctuation, suspected to be... Leaf Village ninjas!"

Hanzo, who was about to retreat, had just returned to his own camp when he also heard the report from the sensor ninjas under his command.

"Hahahaha! Old Hag Chiyo! I didn't have enough fun just now, let's continue fighting!"

Hanzo once again picked up the chain scythe and charged into battle.

Chiyo, who had just received the news from the sensor unit, looked ugly and re-summoned the Chikamatsu Puppet Brigade to block Hanzo.

"Old man with the breathing tube! Didn't you just say you were hungry and wanted to go home to eat!? Why did you come back so quickly!"

"Haha, I don't know why either, but my stomach is suddenly full. Puppet Old Hag, don't you think it's amazing?"

Logistics Department.

Kazekami Chitose drew out the ninja sword wrapped in cloth on his back.

"Reserve unit, Squad 1 to Squad 6, go and join the melee unit and guard the east with me! Squads 7 to 10, continue to defend the warehouse!"

The squad that Shimizu and the others were in happened to be Squad 10 of the reserve unit.