The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

But the aftershocks of the ninja's battle could easily spread over in a matter of minutes.

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

'What a messed up world.'

The battle of ninjas.

A world that ordinary people cannot participate in.

Even after receiving the message from the coastal defense soldiers, none of the nobles in the capital showed the slightest bit of special emotion; they had already taken it all for granted.

The daimyo of the Land of Rivers even issued a direct order that the Kirigakure ninja could roam freely in any area not containing a city, which was already a common occurrence in the ninja world.

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

Other countries simply do not have the concept of territorial sovereignty.

As I said before, let these ninjas fight. They'll go back on their own after they're done. No matter how bloody or tragic it is outside, as long as it doesn't affect the nobles' enjoyment, they won't care.

What do they care about the lives of ordinary people?

Those people were nothing more than commoners in the eyes of the nobles.

This is also one of the greatest tragedies in the world, a scene that can be seen in many worlds, many eras, and any dimension.

Meat-eaters despise

This is already considered a very mild assessment.

Ordinary people are always the ones who are sacrificed, it's just that this time it's the people of the land of rivers.

The government is not taking action, or rather, it is incapable of taking action.

The ninja from the Mist entered the Land of Rivers as if they were returning home.

This is a large-scale march.

A fearful atmosphere of war threat has been released within the territory of the River Country, and it is rapidly spreading throughout the country.

What kind of fate awaits a small country that becomes a battleground between powerful ninja villages? There have been countless examples of this over the past few decades.

However, the vast majority of these people could only passively face everything with a sense of panic. They had no means of resistance, and even the ability to escape was not something many people possessed. Leaving their homes and wanting to survive was not something that could be achieved simply by talking.

Few people pay attention to the suffering of these people at the bottom of society.

At this moment, the eyes of the high-ranking members of the various ninja villages were all focused on the broad border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers.

Because, in less than five days.

There are already five or six thousand ninjas gathered here, of which there are less than two thousand light ninjas, while the number of mist ninjas is still expanding.

Since Konoha rejected Kirigakure's request with a not-so-stern attitude and even sent additional forces to support the southeast region.

The Kirigakure's marching route was drastically changed; they no longer insisted on directly crossing through the Land of Fire to attack the area where the former Takigakure village was located.

Instead, they sailed westward, making a large detour, passing through the land of tea, landing in the land of rivers, and then heading north.

The journey doubled.

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

But precisely because of this, other ninja villages are able to see the Hidden Mist Village's resolute attitude more clearly.

It is said that the last and most prestigious elder of Kirigakure, Master Gen, is also on his way.

The Hidden Mist Village's actions are blatantly reckless, as if they've lost their minds and are going all in with their power—it's either you die or they die.

Moreover, they didn't even wait for the main force to arrive.

Almost the instant the vanguard force of over three thousand men arrived, the Mist Ninja launched the first wave of attacks against the Light Ninja stationed at the front-line camp.

The Mist Ninja scattered in all directions.

They invaded like locusts, swarming in densely packed.

"bump!"

"Water escape!"

"Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang!"

"Water escape!"

"Tudun!"

"Wind Release!"

The booming sounds that reverberated all around were either from the clash of ninjutsu or the hacking and slashing of ninja tools.

The war broke out almost immediately.

This is also due to the threat posed by the existence of the Tailed Beasts.

The Mist Ninja were not traveling as a group from the beginning.

They were very purposeful, dividing into small groups of no more than a hundred people to attack, targeting the reconnaissance and defense outposts set up by Guangyin Village on key routes.

Before the main force arrives, their goal is to eliminate as many of the Hidden Light Village's remaining forces as possible while avoiding confrontation with the tailed beast jinchūriki possessed by the Hidden Light Village, thus reducing the Hidden Light ninja's strategic maneuvering space.

This is the battle order issued by the 'Yuan Shi'.

Ordinary Mist Ninjas have almost unconditional faith in Master Yuan, not to mention a large number of Jonin holding important positions who also chime in. These Mist Ninjas who are currently fighting may never know that their superior, their highly respected Master Yuan, has long been replaced by an inhuman monster.

Their so-called fighting for the ninja village and for themselves is nothing but a huge joke.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 423 Trends

The Mist Ninja and Light Ninja have entered a heated battle of offense and defense.

It looks quite intense.

However, it was clear that the Light Ninja had an absolute advantage. Even though the Mist Ninja had spread out to attack, trying to avoid the disadvantage of lacking high-end combat power, Suigetsu and Utakata were able to easily push back the attacking Mist Ninja from both sides. They did not need to transform into tailed beasts; they could simply use the chakra of the tailed beasts to unleash power far exceeding that of ordinary Jonin.

They slaughtered countless Mist Ninjas almost as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

The Light Ninja below, equipped with chakra armor and new weapons, can often take on two opponents at once under normal circumstances. The Mist Ninja have difficulty breaking through the defense of the chakra armor, while the weapons wielded by the Light Ninja can further threaten the lives of the Mist Ninja. Although chakra armor is not yet available to everyone, the nearly three thousand Light Ninja dispatched by Menma to the front line to resist the Mist Ninja army are all elites wearing chakra armor.

This is a huge problem for the Kirigakure ninja below the Jonin level.

Even a Jonin would find it difficult to break through the defenses of the chakra armor.

Even though this chakra armor was simplified and weakened in some aspects by Menma's instructions to mass-produce it, it is not something that can be destroyed by ordinary techniques. Either you can win by relying on taijutsu in close combat, or you can use a wide-range ninjutsu to cover the person and the armor together to kill the light ninja wearing the chakra armor.

However, both of these methods place too high a demand on the Mist Ninja.

This is also based on this point.

This was only in the first few days of the war.

The casualty ratio between the Light Ninja and the Mist Ninja was an exaggerated 1 to 3. The Mist Ninja, who wanted to seize strategic points with overwhelming force at the beginning, were instead severely damaged by the Light Ninja.

It's worth noting that this group of so-called Light Ninjas were previously looked down upon by the ninjas of the Five Great Nations, such as the Grass Ninja and the Waterfall Ninja. Now, however, they can easily suppress them, which is making the Mist Ninjas start to question their existence.

This isn't a large-scale frontal battle.

The enemy's tailed beasts wreaked havoc, causing our side to suffer a crushing defeat in battle.

Instead, it's small-scale clashes in batches on different battlefields. It's one thing for them to suffer repeated defeats in one or two places because they encountered Jinchūriki like Suigetsu and Utakata, but why is it that in other skirmishes, it's always the Mist Ninja who suffer losses?

After more than ten battles.

Even the first Jonin commander from Kirigakure to be deployed to the front lines felt like this was some kind of cruel joke played by fate.

"Special armor that can absorb ninjutsu? And those guns and shells that are far more terrifying than conventional weapons? Damn it, all they do is create disgusting stuff that's not ninja-style at all!!!"

The country of Sichuan.

It is positioned at the northern front line.

On a flat area slightly to the east, the Mist Ninja had set up a separate forward camp.

Hyacinth, the Jonin who served as the commander of the Mist Ninja on the front line, had a gloomy expression on her face at this moment.

It should be noted that when the army arrived in the land of rivers...

Hyacinth was full of confidence. He defeated his enemy and won decisively. Hyacinth was not that arrogant. Although he did not really approve of Mei Terumi, Hyacinth knew that he could not compare to the strength shown by Mei Terumi's dual bloodline limits. Mei Terumi was the fifth Mizukage successor recognized by his master.

Even such exceptionally talented individuals died at the hands of the so-called Tenkage of Hidden Light Village—Uzumaki Menma.

What ability does he have to defeat the enemy?

Even if the vortex surface remains motionless.

They also have many Jinchuriki who are Tailed Beasts under their command.

This time, didn't they just send out two people directly?

One of them was the Six-Tails Jinchuriki from Kirigakure. Moreover, their army numbered nearly three thousand, almost equal in number. With the other side holding an absolute advantage in high-end combat power, their victory would be a joke.

Hyacinth's initial orders were simply to eliminate the outer Light Ninja strongholds, then kill as many of the Light Village's remaining forces as possible, and to ascertain the Light Village's troop deployment. Hyacinth didn't think it was a difficult task at all.

But reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.

None of the strongholds that needed to be eliminated were destroyed.

In terms of casualties, the enemy inflicted such an exaggerated loss ratio, and the enemy's troop deployment was not even properly ascertained. None of the expected tactical objectives were achieved. How could Hyacinth accept this?

Wait a minute, how is he supposed to report this to Master Yuan?!

Should we simply admit our defeat?

This is even more painful than killing him.

"Also, Lady Hyacinth, there's another piece of information I don't know..."

In the position below.

The Chunin who came to report clearly had one more important piece of information he hadn't mentioned, but he had a very troubled expression on his face, as if he found it extremely difficult to speak.

"Hmm? What other information is there? Tell me quickly! Has something collapsed somewhere? Is there anything you can't tell me?"

Hyacinth looked at her subordinate with annoyance and said.

The war has escalated to this point.