In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 24: The Third Kazekage
Hatake Sakumo touched Nara Hirano's eyes, carried the middle-aged ninja on his back, grasped the White Fang short sword, and looked into the distance of the desert with a pair of sparkling eyes.

There, a dark cloud made of iron sand was moving towards Hatake Sakumo.

As the most concerned enemy of the Sand Village, how can Hatake Sakumo break through to the territory of the Wind Country without paying a price?

And in the Sand Village, the one most likely to injure a powerful opponent like Hatake Sakumo is the Third Kazekage, who is known as the strongest Kazekage of all time.

"No need to run anymore, we are safe."

The large black cloud in the sky can be seen from a long distance.

After noticing this phenomenon, Ishihu breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop.

"That's... the magnetic escape technique of the Third-sama!"

Seeing Ye Zhen excitedly said.

"Unfortunately, in order to cover our retreat, Kyuichi Jonin took the initiative to stay and resist Konoha White Fang... Alas."

Kana sat down on the hot sand and sighed.

To those who didn't know the inside story, Hisaichi was the last jonin to stay during the retreat. Isn't this self-sacrifice, sacrificing himself to protect his companions?
And Jiuyi did manage to withstand a few of Bai Ya's attacks and buy some time.

"We sacrificed a jonin and have not yet completed the mission objective. It looks like this mission has failed."

A special jonin took out a bandage from his ninja tool bag and bandaged his wound.

"Let me do it. I know some simple medical ninjutsu."

Miyuki walked up to this particular jonin, her palm glowing green.

"No, if we can kill White Fang, or even just injure him and affect his combat effectiveness, this mission will be a success and rewarding."

Ishido manipulated the puppets to stand in a row, then took out a soldier pill from his ninja tool bag and swallowed it to replenish his chakra.

"With my strength, I should be able to contain White Fang for a few moves and create some opportunities for the Sandaime. Send the message ninja and use the summoning beast to report the news to the village immediately. Jian Ye, lead the team back to Black Sand City to rest!"

"Yes!"

Jian Ye nodded solemnly at Shihu.

The Chunin who had led Shimizu and the others bit his finger again and used his blood to summon the village's communications squad's summoned lizard. He wrote the message on the note on its leg and then released the summons.

Afterwards, the troops were divided into two teams. One team, led by Shihu, controlled five human puppets and returned in the opposite direction. The other team, led by Jianye, returned to Black Sand City.

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Black Sand City is one of the few prosperous cities in the Kingdom of Wind.

A river from the River Country flows through the border between the two countries and flows here. Then the river is blocked by high mountains and turns south to the sea.

With water, there is the foundation for building a city. What made Black Sand City develop was that twenty years ago, the Third Kazekage, who had just mastered the magnetic escape technique, passed by here and sensed that there was a large amount of iron ore here, so he organized people to mine it.

The iron ore here is loose in texture, easy to mine, has large storage capacity, and is dark in texture, hence the name black sand. In addition, there are rivers and it is close to the border, which makes transportation convenient and conducive to business. Therefore, it has grown and developed in 20 years and has become an economic center of the Wind Kingdom.

Iron can be used to make weapons, and the iron ore here also has some associated mineral veins. Some metals are good things for ninjas. There are naturally more ninjas stationed here in peacetime, and it is also the area that the enemy prioritizes destroying during wartime.

Although the mines were attacked by Konoha's elite squad, the city was still prosperous and bustling, with bright lights at night.

If it were any other time, Qingshui might have wandered around the city and played a little after the mission was completed, but now, no one had the slightest intention to play around.

"I wonder how the Sandaime and Captain Ishido are doing now, alas." On the roof of the Sand Village's base, Jianxue was sitting on the eaves looking at the moon in the sky with a dazed look.

"The Sandaime should be fine. Even the Third Hokage himself cannot defeat the Kazekage. I am mainly worried about Captain Ishido. White Fang's ability is too restraining for the Puppet Master."

Jian Ye sat next to his sister and said to Qingshui and Xie who were repairing puppets in the yard.

The fat puppet is still intact, and the little boy suffered some damage, but there are some spare parts in Qingshui's scroll, and it can be repaired tonight.

On the contrary, the scorpion's termites were basically scrapped, and repairing them was almost like rebuilding a new puppet.

The salamander also suffered some damage, but it was within the repairable range.

"What is the strength of White Fang?"

Jianxue asked her brother.

Qingshui put away the wrench, turned his head to look at the roof, and listened attentively.

Before traveling through time, he had heard of the name of Konoha White Fang, but he only knew that he was the father of Hatake Kakashi, who was very powerful and killed Scorpion's parents in the war. The rest of him was basically not shown in the anime, and there was not even any scene of him taking action.

Even now, he knew that Hatake Sakumo was very powerful, definitely at the level of Kage, but he didn't know exactly how strong he was.

This time, I was able to barely feel a hint of its edge.

Although he was busy escaping and did not see the details of the fight between Hatake Sakumo and Kyuichi, Shimizu was deeply impressed by the aura that erupted from this man at that time.

If it were a weaker Genin, he might not even be able to move in the face of White Fang's momentum.

Scorpion also stopped what he was doing, and the expression on his face was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

"I may disappoint you. One year ago, our Sixth Squad was almost wiped out in a battle. Not long after the battle started, I was severely injured and nearly passed out. I was lucky enough to survive. I didn't have the chance to face the White Fangs. And those who faced the White Fangs were all dead."

Jian Ye shook his head and said.

"Instead of asking me, why not wait for the captain to come back and ask him."

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

As soon as Ye finished speaking, a dark cloud made of iron sand descended from the sky.

The Third Kazekage, wearing a white shadow robe, stood on a platform made of iron sand. On his back, he carried Ishito, whose half body was stained red.

"Are there any medical ninjas? Ishido Uehara was seriously injured."

The Third Kazekage slowly landed, glanced across the courtyard, and asked everyone.

"Lord Kazekage! I have participated in Lord Chiyo's medical experimental class. Let me help Captain Ishido stop the bleeding and stabilize his injuries."

Jianxue and Jianye jumped off the roof. The former took Ishido from the Sandai Kazekage's hands and walked into the room carrying the princess in his arms.

The Third Kazekage looked at the closed door, then turned around and looked at the people in the yard.

"I remember your name is Jianye, and you are a special jonin who was just promoted this year. You became a special jonin at the age of sixteen, which is not bad."

"Thank you for your praise, Third Generation Master!"

Jian Ye was very excited and bowed to the Third Kazekage.

(End of this chapter)