"kill--!"

Fight, fight for your life, collide!

Looking down from the sky, dark shadows like a swarm of ants were leaping rapidly among the branches, charging towards the outpost standing in the rain curtain from all directions, like an avalanche about to overwhelm the mountains.

"puff!"

Konoha jounin Mimura Hamaki stabbed a kunai into the neck of an Amegakure ninja, and then kicked the corpse away. The flying blood splashed half of his face red, and he was hit by the rain again.

Wet, with eagerness on his face.

"Class 5, hold on!"

"Water Escape! Use combined water escape!"

"Someone is coming from the south too!"

Listening to the noise around him, Mimura Yeju felt his mind was in chaos.

Being in the second defensive circle in the north, he couldn't figure out how these enemies bypassed their surveillance and rushed all the way here.

He stood at the top and looked from a distance. There were at least more than two hundred Amegakure ninjas attacking!

Why?

How come no news came out at all?

"Yamanaka Satsuki! Send a letter to the headquarters!"

As he was shouting behind him, he turned his head and looked back, but only saw a body wearing a chakra helmet lying on the ground.

"Oh shit!"

Almost at the same moment as him.

Uchiha Hideichi stood on the roof of the outpost, frowning as he looked at the large group of Amegakure troops moving away from the southwest to the northeast.

"Shuichi?"

Uchiha Fugaku went up to the roof of the post, wiped away the heavy rain that instantly wet his face, squinted his eyes and looked at the barely concealed Amegakure brigade in the distance, gritted his teeth and said: "I'm going to intercept!"

"Wait, something is wrong."

Uchiha Shuichi's mind was much clearer than Fugaku's. He observed the direction of Yugakure's breakthrough and murmured: "That side should be the direction of the West 35th Battalion. Why didn't they intercept it?"

"In such a short period of time, we should still be able to get entangled."

"so?"

As if he realized something, Uchiha Shuichi carefully chose to wait, and he quickly ordered:

"Fugaku, lead your squadron to harass them in the rear, don't get too close."

"I'll support you on the flanks."

"Also, be careful in the rear to preserve your strength."

Hearing what he said, Uchiha Fugaku obviously had some bad guesses. He frowned and looked in the direction of the West 35th Camp, and asked in surprise: "You mean there is something wrong with Danzo?"

"Even if there is a problem, it's not something you can tell!"

Uchiha Shuichi scolded his friend sternly.

Fugaku paused slightly and nodded.

There are many invisible but orderly rules in the political game played by the upper class.

For example, we can all do it, but we can't say it.

"In addition, inform the headquarters of the information here."

"Watch manpower losses."

Uchiha Shuichi scolded, then softened his tone and gave instructions softly.

Fugaku then calmed down and agreed:

"good."

After giving these instructions, Uchiha Shuichi still looked at the outposts that were swallowed up by Amegakure with a solemn expression.

If I remember correctly, that should be the headquarters of the Inuzuka clan brigade, right?

Inuzuka is from Hinata.

He is also a staunch supporter of the Ninja clan.

"Is this the beginning?"

Uchiha Shuichi murmured softly, his expression ugly.

Similar incidents continued to occur all over Konoha. The sudden and precise strikes made all Konoha ninjas who had just made preparations unprepared.

At the same time, the headquarters received a steady stream of urgent news.

"South 139th Squadron suffered heavy losses! Requesting support!"

"The entire West 65th Brigade was wiped out!"

"West No. 221 Squadron was attacked! There were at least a hundred people."

"South 254th Squadron requests to retreat!"

In the liaison camp of Hatake Headquarters, located two hundred kilometers from the border front, only chaotic and noisy exchanges can be heard at this moment. Dozens of ninjas from the mountain clan are sitting in the sealing technique, wearing helmets on their heads.

At the same time, maintain the seal posture to continuously connect the news channels between the front line and the headquarters.

"Chief Hatake!"

A young ninja quickly ran towards the tent in the center of the camp, but before he could rush in, he was stopped by a short sword with a hammer.

Uchiha Shinya, who was standing guard in the rain, appeared silently in front of the camp door and said coldly: "Leave the urgent information to me, and the rest will be handed over directly to the head of the department."

"yes!"

The girl in the rain had her long hair wet and spread over her shoulders, her brows furrowed.

I don’t know what’s going on with Jiang Hui.

In the tent, Hatake Sakumo, who had bags under his eyes, was listening to the Nara ninja in charge of the battle pointing at the map and quickly explaining the current situation, his face also turning dark.

"It can be seen that the first unit of Yugakure penetrated straight into the second level through the defense gap between the west and south districts."

"Based on the accuracy of their marching route, it can be determined that at least 40% of our intelligence has been verified."

"And the leader of the opponent's team must be a very powerful ninja, most likely Hattori Heijiro, Amegakure's new star, or Sanshouyu Hanzo himself."

"At the same time, the Iwagakure border troops in the northwest also tend to mobilize on a large scale."

Hatake Sakumo closed his eyes heavily, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be a little heavier.

It took a long time before I heard him make up his mind: "Tell the members of the first defense circle that they don't have to come back and directly invade the territory of the Kingdom of Rain to destroy its logistics supply points."

"The existing second defense circle has been transformed into the first layer, and concentrated efforts should be carried out to carry out active defense operations without causing losses to civilian areas."

"yes."

The Nara ninja with a standard pineapple hair style bowed his head in response.

Finally, after listening to Hatake Sakumo's silence for a few seconds, he coldly ordered: "Contact the Danzo Department of the West 35th Brigade and ask him what he is doing."

"."

The Nara ninja felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and a chill continued to rise along his tailbone.

However, the more times like this, as a ninja of the Nara clan with an already awkward status, he has to be cautious when speaking.

"yes."

As he quickly exited the tent, he heard a dull sound of a wooden table breaking inside.

The sound sounded like it was a fist.

Nara ninjas became more and more cautious in their words and actions, and their steps were even faster when they left.

War is an extension of politics, and interference from politics is naturally inevitable.

What's even more frustrating is that they have to endure it.

Therefore, whether in modern or ancient war history, there are often countless operations that even laymen find outrageous.

But as an extremely pure and sharp-edged person, Hatake Sakumo could never stand this kind of behavior that exchanged the lives of the ninjas of his village for political advantage.

Perhaps, it was precisely because he knew this in advance that the Sandaime-sama sent him, a ‘target’ isolated from the two factions, to serve as the commander?

With his strength and identity, no matter which side he joins, he can become a high-ranking official, and even have the weight to overturn the situation.

But he refused to compromise or agree with either side.

He is strong, tenacious, and only believes in 'justice'.

This is the tragedy of Hatake Sakumo.

The heavy rain is still falling.
To be continued...