Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 422: Roaring Sounds on the Front Line

There were as many as three to four thousand Hikari ninjas who marched to the front line in a heroic and high-spirited manner. It could be said that they accounted for more than half of the current strength of the Hikari Village. In the previous battle, the Hikari Village was undoubtedly the victorious side, but it also paid a considerable price. There were hundreds of people killed in the battle, and the number of injured was several times more.

Those who were slightly injured can naturally return to active service, but some who were seriously injured or even disabled are very likely to give up their status as ninjas.

This is the biggest helplessness of small and medium-sized ninja villages. Their foundation is really far behind that of the five major countries.

This is also why, even though Menma already possesses the top strength and has high-end combat partners such as Yugao, Fu, and Mizuki, he still has to do everything possible to strengthen the power of his subordinate ninjas, because Menma is not Nagato in the Akatsuki organization, nor is he like Madara and Obito who only want to realize the Moon Project. He wants a truly harmonious world with perfect systems, which determines that Menma must have a large number of reliable subordinates. A lone commander, or an elite group composed of just a few people will not work.

This world is huge, even bigger than the blue planet where Menma lived in his previous life. Even if Menma is a god, it is impossible for him to take care of everything.

Various new weapons, especially the chakra armor that doubles the defense capability, has always been an important focus of Menma's series of ninja village governance. Menma is not clear why Kakashi in the original work did not pay attention to chakra armor in the Snow Country, and did not bring this technology back to Konoha for improvement.

But Menma himself will never ignore any reforms and innovations in military technology.

In this operation, as Menma said before, the air combat forces also need to be trained and integrated and cannot be exposed easily.

Menma ordered the remaining series of new equipment to be taken out for a walk, including the newly formed puppet troops. Although the puppets obtained from the moon had not yet been decomposed and analyzed, the relatively important meteorite had not been obtained either.

But this time, actual combat is the best channel to obtain data.

Menma has already ordered the leaders of each unit to monitor the battlefield usage of any equipment in real time.

Menma even sent some scientific researchers to the front line to conduct field investigations, which is the most effective way to collect information.

As for whether it would be too arrogant.

There is no need to be too wary of a mere Mist Village. Although Menma himself will not take part in the battle, the people who lead the team are the most trusted and powerful ones. Yugao, Muku, and Mizuki will all participate in the battle.

If the previous battle laid the foundation for the rise of the Hikari Village, then in this battle, Menma wanted to further declare the hegemony of their Hikari Village and show their most powerful side.

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

In the eastern area, circular defense is still carried out around the huge fortress group built previously.

In the southern region.

Wuwei, who received the highest order from Menma, left behind a number of necessary ninjas to guard the Sand Village in the west.

The remaining troops also marched to the nearest plain area to the River Country. Unlike the routes between other big and small countries where many places were relatively narrow areas, there was a rare large area of ​​vast plains between the Grass Country and the River Country. This was why Menma did not invest too much capital to build corresponding strongholds here.

There really isn't much necessity.

There are too many points that need to be guarded.

The cost incurred is totally disproportionate to the strategic value that can be obtained.

It would be better to just open up completely, perhaps there will be unexpected gains.

At the same time, Wuwei led this group of light ninjas to the front line and set up camp on the spot.

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

On the southeast coast of Yuchuan Country, one ship after another, at least medium-sized or larger, appeared within the field of vision of the people on the shore.

The symbol that you see there is unique to the Hidden Mist Village.

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

Moreover, before reaching the shore, there were already hundreds of Mist Ninjas jumping off the boat and running straight towards them.

It happened that the soldiers of Kawanokuni who were guarding the shore defense line saw this scene. After their initial stunned look, their faces changed one by one.

This is a ninja, and the infamous Mist Ninja.

"My Lord? What should we do?"

In this coastal outpost.

A young soldier looked tremblingly at a middle-aged man in armor who had just walked out from the inside and was obviously the commander in charge of this stronghold and asked.

"What should we do? Don't do anything. Can we control the affairs of ninjas? Temporarily close the base. From today on, cancel all patrols. No one is allowed to leave the base without my order!"

The middle-aged man snorted and said unhappily.

As a coastal defense chief who came from a small noble family in Kawano Province, he knew better than most people how terrifying ninjas were. Even though high-ranking politicians and nobles from various governments seemed to criticize ninjas with disdain, they were the ones who knew best what kind of power ninjas possessed.

To say that the world has been completely changed is indeed an exaggeration.

But there was still nothing earth-shattering.

This middle-aged man was fortunate enough to see when he was young a monster in the Sand Village that was hundreds of times larger than a human being spew out a hurricane-like storm from its mouth, directly destroying an entire village.

Later he realized that it was the so-called tailed beast.

It is considered an extremely terrifying existence in the world of ninja.

It started from that day.

Only then did he understand that the gap between ordinary people and ninjas was like an insurmountable chasm that could never be crossed.

"Yes!"

The soldiers below also nodded and responded immediately when they heard the order from their leader.

They were moving on the water, and their speed was far beyond what the soldiers could understand.

They don't want to have anything to do with such an existence.

Who knows, any aftermath of a battle might easily take them away.

"Feng, send a telegram immediately and pass the news of the landing of the Mist Ninja back to the capital to see if the ministers or the daimyo have any orders."

The middle-aged man turned his head and looked at a green-haired boy on the side and spoke in a low voice.

In such a special world.

Not only ninjas have to go to the battlefield at a young age. In ordinary armies, there are also many teenagers aged eleven or twelve. Don't think that this world only has battles between ninjas. Ordinary fights between countries also exist. Otherwise, how did the Kingdom of the Head of the Summoning Lizard that Menma obtained perish?

Were the territories of the five major countries so large from the beginning?
It was achieved by annexing those small countries one by one.

The existence of the army is still very necessary.

Moreover, as long as they are well-trained elites, equipped with bows and crossbows, as well as some ordinary cannons, spears and other weapons, it is still difficult for ordinary middle and lower-level ninjas to break through, and there is a high probability that they will die at the hands of the army if they are not careful.

A ninja who can truly ignore the army and is useless even if they are outnumbered.

At least they are all senior ninjas who have mastered the power of mass destruction.

Based on this.

When it comes to selecting soldiers, all countries still don't mind the quantity. After all, they are just grey beasts. The nobles won't worry about their affairs. Just give them food and some military pay.

This also leads to the fact that it is easy for young boys to appear in the army, especially in the difficult border areas.

"Yes, Lord Uesugi."

The green-haired boy also straightened his body, replied loudly, and immediately trotted into the interior of the stronghold.

Only the middle-aged man was left standing at the forefront of this coastal defense stronghold, gazing at the Mist Ninjas who were landing one after another, his pupils revealing a hint of fear.

If there is any choice.

He wanted to get away from here immediately.

God knows if a fight between ninjas will break out soon.

It's such a short distance, it seems very safe.

But the aftermath of the ninja's battle could spread over at any moment.

Unfortunately, he was a military officer of noble birth and it was impossible for him to leave his garrison post.

'What a fucked up world it is.'

Ninja fighting.

A world that ordinary people cannot participate in.

Even after receiving the message from the coastal defense soldiers, none of the noble lords far away in the capital showed even the slightest special emotion. They had become accustomed to it anyway.

The Daimyo of River Country even gave a direct order that all areas not located in the city were allowed for the Mist Ninjas to roam freely. This was a common scene in the ninja world.

It is impossible to enter the territories of the five major countries easily.

For other countries, there is no such thing as territorial sovereignty at all.

It’s the same old saying, just let these ninjas fight, they will go back on their own after the fight, no matter how bloody or tragic it is outside, as long as it does not affect the enjoyment of the nobles, they will not care.

What does the life and death of the lower class people have to do with them! ?
Those people were just untouchables in the eyes of the nobles.

This is also one of the greatest sorrows in this world, and it is a scene that can be seen in many worlds, many times, and any dimension.

Meat eaters
This is already an understatement.

Civilians are always the ones who are sacrificed, but this time it is the turn of the people of River Country.

The government is not taking action, or is unable to take action.

When the Mist Ninjas entered the territory of River Country, it was like returning home.

This is a large-scale march.

An atmosphere of fear called the threat of war was also released within the territory of River Country, and it was rapidly spreading across the country.

There have been countless examples in the past few decades of what would happen to a small country that became the focus of fighting between the ninja villages of the big countries.

But the vast majority of these people can only face everything passively with panic. They have no means of resistance, and not many people even have the ability to escape. Leaving their homes and wanting to survive is not something that can be achieved by just talking.

Not many people pay attention to the suffering of these lower-class people.

At this moment, the high-ranking officials of the ninja villages of various countries all focused their attention on the wide border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers.

Because, it was just less than five days.

There are already five to six thousand ninjas gathered here, of which there are only less than two thousand Light Ninjas, while the number of Mist Ninjas is still expanding.

Ever since Konoha rejected the request of the Hidden Mist Village with a not-too-harsh attitude, and also sent additional forces to support the southeast area.

The marching route of the Mist Ninjas underwent a huge change. They no longer insisted on going directly through the Fire Country to attack the area where the former Takigakure Village was located.

Instead, it sailed westward, made a big circle, passed through the Tea Country, landed in the River Country, and headed north.

The distance doubled.

The Mist Ninja Corps sent here will be caught in the crossfire of the three major ninja villages, which is not a very wise choice.

But precisely because of this, the ninja villages in other countries can see more clearly the firm attitude of the Hidden Mist Village.

It is said that the last and most prestigious elder of the Hidden Mist Village, Master Yuan, is also on his way.

The posture of the Hidden Mist Village is clearly as if they have lost their minds. They are ready to throw all their strength into the mix. It's either you die or I die.

And they didn't even wait for the arrival of the follow-up main force.

Almost at the moment when the vanguard troops of more than 3,000 arrived, the Mist Ninjas took the lead in launching the first wave of attacks on the Light Ninjas stationed in the front-line camp.

The Mist Ninjas scattered.

They invaded in swarms like locusts.

"bump!"

"Water escape!"

“Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang!”

"Water escape!"

"Tudun!"

"Wind escape!"

The roaring sounds that were heard all around were either the result of a showdown between ninjutsu or the chopping of ninja tools.

The war broke out almost immediately.

It is also because of the threat posed by the tailed beasts.

The Mist Ninjas did not march in a group from the beginning.

They were divided into small groups of no more than a hundred people and attacked in a very purposeful manner. Their target was the reconnaissance and garrison strongholds set up at key roads in the Hikari Village.

Before the subsequent large forces arrived, their goal was to avoid confrontation with the tailed beast Jinchuriki of the Hidden Light Village while destroying as many of the Hidden Light Village's manpower as possible and compressing the strategic maneuvering space of the Hidden Light Ninjas.

This is the combat order issued by the "Master Yuan".

Ordinary Mist Ninjas have almost unconditional faith in the Master, not to mention that there are a large number of Jonins in important positions who support them. These Mist Ninjas who are fighting hard at this moment may never know that their superior, their extremely respected Master, has long been replaced by an inhuman monster.

Their so-called fighting for the ninja village and for themselves is just a huge joke.

(End of this chapter)