This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Hearing this, Lian suddenly revealed a touching smile.

"Let me tell you, actually he..."

At that moment, Lian began to talk about Mizunoe Ryosuke in her eyes without any ulterior motives.

Soon, the two girls' activities changed from "shopping spree" to "Mizunoe Ryosuke seminar".

What the silly Lian didn't know was that when a woman becomes curious about a man, that's when she's about to fall.

Chapter 279: Thunder's Righteousness, Rock's Profit

At the border of the Land of Lightning, the Hidden Cloud Front.

The Third Raikage sat solemnly in the Hidden Cloud Camp, looking at the map in front of him with a sudden expression.

"Tutai, how's the situation?"

The Third Raikage asked the Cloud Ninja beside him.

This is a young ninja wearing a black felt hat and an eye patch on one eye.

Although Dodai is young, he is deeply trusted by the Third Raikage Ai. He has held a high position at a young age and is a close confidant of the Third Raikage.

In the original work, Dodai was ordered by the Third Raikage to personally take charge of the assessment of the Fourth Generation "Bi".

At the same time, Dodai has blood stains of the Dissolving Style on his body. Although his strength has not yet reached the level of Kage, he is also an elite ninja in the Hidden Cloud Village, on par with the Magnetic Style Ninja Troy.

Last night, under the orders of the Third Raikage, Dodai led the Cloud Ninjas in a surprise attack on the Rock Ninjas.

"Last night, I gathered about fifty jonin and launched a covert raid on the Iwagakure position."

"Although we had a certain advantage at first, once the Iwagakure ninjas realized what was happening, they quickly escalated the scale of the war."

"According to our previous strategy, we wanted to directly rely on our elite forces to break through the Iwagakure's front line and destroy the enemy's fighting spirit."

"But we didn't expect the Iwagakure's fighting spirit to be much stronger than we thought."

Tutai said this with a grim expression, and there was a hint of solemnity in his one eye.

While listening to Dodai's narration, the Third Raikage looked at Dodai in front of him and saw that the young ninja was covered in dust, obviously having just retreated from the battlefield.

"Did Ōnoki show up?"

The Third Raikage then asked, with a hint of caution in his eyes.

Hearing this, Tutai shook his head and continued.

"At first, we killed about two hundred Iwagakure."

"I wanted to lead the team to retreat, but I didn't expect the Rock Ninja to use a suicide attack to forcibly hold us back."

"Soon, Huang Tu from the Rock Ninja team came with a large number of Rock Ninjas to support us."

"The large force I left behind to provide support saw this and subsequently joined the battle."

"With the expansion of the war, last night's surprise attack had to evolve into a large-scale direct confrontation."

"The battle lasted until the early morning, and in the end, our casualties were roughly the same as those of the Iwagakure."

"During this period, the opponent's Third Tsuchikage has not appeared."

Dodai explained the entire battle situation to the Third Raikage simply and quickly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Raikage!!"

"Please punish me!"

Tutai suddenly lowered his head, his dusty face full of shame.

During this period, almost all the Rock Ninjas, and all the Cloud Ninjas, felt depressed.

Although the Moon Country is a small country independent of the Lightning Country, in the hearts of many Cloud Ninjas, the Moon Country is simply the back garden of the Cloud Country.

Even many Cloud Ninjas are citizens from the Moon Country, but they later became members of the Cloud Village by participating in the assessment of the Cloud Village.

Right now, Iwagakure, one of the five great nations, suddenly launched a war against the Moon Country, and the Cloud Ninjas in the entire Moon Country were unable to put up an effective resistance.

In the battle within the territory of the Moon Country, the host nation, Kumogakure, was defeated by the invading Iwagakure.

Now, the Cloud Ninjas have been directly driven out of the Moon Country, and can only look at the Rock Ninjas in the Moon Country across the border and worry about them.

Whether it is determination, will or belief in war, the Cloud Ninja is no worse than the Rock Ninja.

During this period, with the Third Raikage personally in command, the Cloud Ninjas launched several desperate counterattacks in succession.

But unfortunately, the Cloud Village, which had just suffered a ravage from the tailed beasts and had greatly reduced its combat power, was repeatedly at a disadvantage in head-on confrontations.

Whenever there is a critical moment, a slight lack of combat power will lead to the complete defeat of Yunyin.

After several counterattacks, they ultimately failed just when they were about to break through the Iwagakure line.

Last night, under the deployment of the Third Raikage, Kumogakure once again launched a night attack.

The result was obvious. No matter how determined they fought, Yunyin Village still failed to break through the Iwagakure's impregnable defense line.

"Dodai, you did a great job."

"I have no reason to punish you."

The Third Raikage said in a low voice. Even in this unfavorable situation, there was no sign of discouragement or panic on his face.

This man who bears the name of "Shadow" seems to be as reliable as an iron tower at all times.

The Third Raikage also knew in his heart that being able to tie with the Iwagakure in a large-scale battle already demonstrated Tsuchida's excellence and efforts.

Although the Cloud Ninja has an attribute advantage when facing the Rock Ninja (Lightning Release defeats Earth Release).

However, the characteristics of earth escape allow the Rock Ninja to form perfect cooperation in frontal combat.

Therefore, as long as the scale of the war expands, the combat power of the Rock Ninja will immediately surpass that of the Cloud Ninja due to the increase in numbers.

The Third Raikage knew that in order to defeat the Iwagakure, he must try his best to avoid large-scale head-on battles.

Therefore, the Third Raikage launched the surprise attack last night, but the final battle results did not seem ideal.

The shrewd Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki was naturally aware of this, which is why Ohnoki always chose to defend himself and not leave.

Once the Rock Ninja takes the initiative to fight, they are likely to be divided by the Cloud Ninja taking advantage of the terrain, and then the Rock Ninja's advantage will disappear.

"But"

"If I could stay and cover our retreat, or if I could just cut myself off,

"Maybe we will"

Tutai's expression was a little agitated, and tears of regret flowed from his only eye.

Last night, he could have abandoned the small number of Cloud Ninjas who were entangled by the Rock Ninjas and ensured that the assault force escaped unscathed.

As a result, due to a momentary "softness", they were unable to retreat immediately, and the battle evolved into a large-scale night battle.

"Tutai!"

Just as Dodai was speaking with a regretful tone, the Third Raikage suddenly scolded Dodai harshly, stopping him from speaking any further.

"Who died in yesterday's battle?"

The Third Raikage stared into Dodai's eyes, his gaze as firm as steel.

"Ishida, Sato, Kiriyama, all of them"

Dodai called out more than a dozen names in a row, his voice choked. These were all once the senior ninjas of Kumogakure, but they had all died in this battle.

"Look at me and tell me."

"Will these dead in battle tolerate you abandoning your brothers and escaping with the entire army?"

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"Did they ever resent you before they died?"

"Don't forget the promise you made when you got the tattoo of the word 'Thunder'."

"We, Yunyin, will never abandon any of our companions!"

The Third Raikage spoke in a deep voice, his deep tone filled with terrifying power.

After joining the Hidden Cloud Ninja, every Cloud Ninja not only has a Cloud Ninja forehead protector, but also has the word "Thunder" tattooed on a certain part of the body.

"I"

"I understand!"

Hearing this, Tutai's expression suddenly froze, and he raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears.

The Third Raikage patted Dodai's shoulder, his eyes full of encouragement.

Although the Third Raikage looks ferocious and very oppressive.

But those who are familiar with the Third Raikage know that he is an elder who cares deeply about his back.

The difference between Kumogakure and Iwagakure is not only in the difference in attributes and camps.

... ....

The two countries also have distinct and opposing cultures.

The Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning is martial and advocates aggression, but within it is a culture of "righteousness" similar to that of underworld organizations.

Everyone in Kumogakure, from the Raikage to the individual, has an extremely strong sense of personal loyalty.

This also led to the fact that in the future, the Third Raikage would rather fight alone against tens of thousands of Rock Ninjas and die of exhaustion than exchange the lives of his Cloud Ninjas for his own survival.

Although Iwagakure advocates the "spirit of a stubborn stone", it also advocates encouragement and patience.

However, there is a practice of discarding the "village stone" at will and picking up a new stone from the river as a replacement.

Therefore, whether it is the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki or the top leaders of Iwagakure, they can freely use the lives of the Iwagakure ninjas in exchange for greater results.

This is also the reason why Yunyin always falls into disadvantage when facing Yanyin.

Yunyin values ​​loyalty and is willing to sacrifice his life for justice.

Yanyin values ​​profit and is cunning enough to cut losses in time.

It is difficult to tell which of these two beliefs is superior.

But on the battlefield, there is no doubt that the profit-seeking Iwagakure has the advantage.

After inquiring about the battle situation, the Third Raikage walked out of his tent and looked at the Iwagakure position on the opposite side across the border of the Land of Lightning.

He was absolutely certain that the Third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, was in the camp opposite.

But until today, the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki still has not shown up, as if everything is settled in his mind.

The so-called soldier against soldier, king against king.

Unless Ohnoki takes action, the Third Raikage cannot take action on his own.

This is not only a style, but also a restraint.

The party that strikes first will inevitably be forced into a passive position.

Even though the Kumogakure raided the Iwagakure camp last night, Ohnoki remained indifferent, which made the Third Raikage even more anxious.

Last night, the Third Raikage had actually been keeping a close eye on the battlefield and was always ready. As soon as the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki made a move, he would immediately engage in a peak showdown with the opponent.

In terms of strength, the Third Raikage did not think that Ohnoki could match him at the moment.

But the opponent didn't reveal any flaws, giving him this opportunity.

Chapter 280, What Can You Use to Fight Me?

Judging from the timing, this war was undoubtedly on the side of Iwagakure.

As long as this drags on, Iwagakure will be able to use its own characteristics to build more fortifications and traps within the Moon Country.

The "geographical advantage" will be infinitely biased towards Iwagakure.

Therefore, if Kumogakure is still unable to force the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki to appear on the battlefield, in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, the Third Raikage can only choose to accept the passive position and take the initiative to attack.

And this time seems no longer far away.

The Third Raikage raised his head and looked at the sky with a deep look.

Faced with the current predicament, how should Yunyin break the deadlock?

When you are unable to break the deadlock by your own strength, the best way is naturally to "borrow strength".