Starting the fourth generation Hokage

At the northeastern border of the Fire Country, the fighting was fierce.

In a snowy forest at the border with the Country of Yu, the five or six remaining Konoha ninjas looked miserable. Most of them had varying degrees of injuries on their bodies, but they still remained calm and retreated even as they fought. With.

Behind these few people were large groups of cloud ninjas, chasing after them.

boom.

Boom.

A large group of Kumogakure ninjas shuttled between the branches of the snow forest, and suddenly two bursts of flames erupted in succession. There is no doubt that this is the most common effect caused by the detonation of detonating talismans.

Amidst the loud noise, several cloud ninjas who touched the detonating talisman trap were instantly covered in blood and fell down.

Next to them, the cloud ninjas who were closer couldn't help but look more solemn after seeing the miserable state of their companions. At the same time, the pace of pursuit involuntarily slowed down, and they became even more fierce during the pursuit. Be careful, for fear of following in their footsteps.

After realizing that the pursuing Kumo ninja had slowed down slightly, the remaining Konoha ninjas who retreated in front could vaguely breathe a sigh of relief.

"Damn it, I didn't expect these guys from Konoha to have set up so many traps in advance."

Among the vanguard of the cloud ninja, a man with a strong body and dark skin looked at the enemy figure who was slightly farther away in front of him, and couldn't help but curse.

As the vanguard captain, he had felt something strange since the raid on the northeastern border of the Country of Fire began. Because the members of the Konoha ninja team stationed at the border they encountered had been discovered by the Sensing Ninja in advance before they sneaked into the warning range of the Fire Country border.

After a brief exchange between the two sides, he soon realized that the number of Konoha ninjas stationed at the border exceeded the regular establishment, and their strength seemed to be stronger than that of ordinary border ninjas.

And these are not the most important. The most important thing is that in the snow forest at the junction of the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Tang, a large number of traps such as mechanism detonating talismans have been specially set up in advance. The existence of these traps has greatly delayed the journey. It slowed down their movement, which made people wonder whether their plan of raiding the Fire Country and undeclared war against Konoha had been leaked.

Could it be that the long-planned strategic move by the high-level officials had actually been seen through by Konoha?

No, this is impossible!

The vanguard captain of the Cloud Ninja quickly gave up this absurd idea, and then as he moved forward, his sensitivity in searching for nearby traps suddenly increased a little.

Before starting this attack on the Country of Fire, he knew the inside of Yunyin Village and secretly began preparations and personnel transfers very early.

In particular, the operation to seal Yunyin Village tightly and hunt down spies was almost the most intensive in history.

Just from the rumors he heard, as many as a dozen spies lurking in other major villages have been identified. Therefore, in his mind, it was basically impossible for the village's combat intentions to be leaked under such a strict information blockade.

That's right, Konoha was just on heightened alert because of the war in the Land of Grass.

The vanguard captain of the Cloud Ninjas was thinking this subconsciously at this moment.

On the other side, the Konoha ninjas who were being chased ahead were actually not as relaxed as they seemed on the surface.

The massive traps in the snow forest on the border were indeed laid out by them in advance, but this could only slightly delay the invasion of the Cloud Ninja vanguard troops. By knowing the location of each trap, they were able to make the Cloud Ninjas unable to do so for a while. To catch up, but if this continues, it is not a long-term solution.

After all, it won’t be long before this trap area is crossed, and no matter how big the snow forest at this border is, there is an end...

"Captain Linjiao, we are about to pass through the trap area."

Among the Konoha ninjas, a border guard ninja who was holding his injured and bleeding arm and struggling to keep up with the others looked ahead and reminded him anxiously.

He was the only surviving border garrison among the people in Konoha, and all his chunin subordinates had been killed in the battle not long ago.

The reason why he was able to evacuate here with Linjiao and others along the way is because he has the strength of a Jonin himself. And a few days ago, the ANBU ninjas who were suddenly deployed to the border to perform reinforcement and security tasks also tried their best to cover him during the previous evacuation battle.

Originally, a squad of ANBU members led by Linjiao suddenly arrived at the northeastern border a few days ago. The border guard captain didn't take it seriously at first.

He thought that they were ordered by the Hokage as an excuse to check the performance of their border garrison. However, under the guidance of Kirijiao, he set up a large number of traps and increased the warning range. After this series of actions, he Gradually it became clear that maybe there was really going to be a war on the northeastern border.

Sure enough, this morning, a large number of Kumogakure ninja troops suddenly appeared from the direction of Yuno Country and invaded directly.

They first immediately sent urgent information to Konoha, and then retreated here while fighting.

Linjiao's outfit today was not an ANBU outfit. Together with the three members of the ANBU squad beside him, they all wore Konoha forehead protectors and tactical vests. With this most common Konoha ninja combat attire, they mingled among the border ninjas. middle.

It was also for this reason that the vanguard captain of the Cloud Ninja troops was surprised by their combat power.

Kirijaku had naturally noticed the Konoha Border Guard Captain's reminder in advance. He first looked at the state of everyone at the moment, and then used sensory ninjutsu to detect the distance in front of him, and then responded calmly without changing his expression. He said: "It doesn't matter, the order given to us by Lord Hokage is to do our best to delay the invasion of the Kumo ninja troops."

"After we exit this snow forest, we will set off the final trap and evacuate safely..."

After hearing this decision, Konoha's border guard captain breathed a sigh of relief.

Among the five, he was the most seriously injured. At this time, not only was there little chakra left, but even the ninja tools were basically exhausted. The only left hand that could still fight was undoubtedly unlikely to bring much harm to him. Fighting ability.

So he was very afraid that Linjiao would decide to let everyone fight to the death to resist the Cloud Ninja troops, because this was definitely a mantis trying to defeat the enemy...

Who wants to die if he can live?

Fortunately, this middle-aged dark force captain with short brown hair, who treats others gently and has no murderous aura, makes very rational and reasonable decisions.

Not long after, the eyes of several people finally opened up instantly.

Beyond the snow forest is a vast wilderness.

The people who were the first to leave the snow forest before Kumogakure's troops were familiar with the terrain quickly identified their direction and spread out.

Only Linjiao jumped a few times and quickly landed at a place more than fifty meters away from the edge of the snow forest. He stood next to a specially marked snow stone. When he just confirmed that there was a reserved mark under his feet, After taking the position, the Iwa Ninja troops on the opposite side finally followed.

"The trap area has passed. Quickly deal with these guys in front of you, and then target the southwest direction and attack Konoha!!"

The captain of the Kumo ninja vanguard force rushed out first. When he saw Kirikaku and the remaining surviving Konoha ninjas suddenly spread out and stood still, as if preparing to resist, he felt a little unconcerned.

He just shouted loudly to the cloud ninjas who were rushing out from behind.

While speaking, his footsteps did not stop, but he went straight to the direction of Linjiao.

Behind him, a large number of cloud ninjas appeared like locusts and rushed out of the snow forest one after another. Immediately, the sounds of yes resounded one after another. In this situation, facing the crushing momentum of the cloud ninja, there was only Only those with strong psychological quality would not be overwhelmed by the momentum of so many ninjas rushing towards them at the same time.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, and when he was already more than fifty meters away from him, Linjiao's calm eyes suddenly emitted a cold light, and then he roared and began to form seals:

"Come on, you bastards of Kumogakure, this is the last gift for you..."

At the same time as he started to form the seal, the other three Anbu also cooperated tacitly at the same time, flipping their fingers flexibly.

Almost at the same moment, the four people who completed the seal clapped their palms on the snow and shouted in unison: "Fire Release: Explosive Flame Formation!!"

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