This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Mizunoe Ryosuke's "compromise" answer made Hanzo of the Salamander breathe a sigh of relief.

In any case, although the problem of expanding the demand for material supply has not been solved, at least the quantity of material supply has not been further reduced.

Under the current circumstances, Hanzo can barely accept it.

After discussing the core key issues of the current cooperation between the two sides, neither Mizunoe Ryosuke nor Salamander Hanzo further shifted the topic to the war between the Rain Ninja and Konoha.

Because both of them knew very well that given the current sensitive relationship between the two sides, some information could not be shared.

So after a few pleasantries, Mizunoe Ryosuke asked to leave.

"In that case, please take care, Mizukage-sama and your honorable "Madam." I won't see you off."

Hanzo of the Salamander said goodbye slowly to Ryosuke Mizunoe, to which Ryosuke just smiled, nodded and agreed.

"Chief Hanzo, I look forward to seeing you next time."

As the words fell, a huge ice dragon king spread its wings, swooped down from the clouds of the Rain Country, and landed directly in front of Mizunoe Ryosuke.

Ryosuke picked up the limp girl in his arms, jumped onto the back of the Ice Dragon King, and rode away on the wind.

Salamander Hanzo was left standing there in silence for a long time, looking at the huge figure of the Ice Dragon King leaving, with a gloomy expression on his face.

After the conversation just now, his intuition told him that something seemed to be wrong.

But no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't figure out which environment was wrong.

After thinking it over again and again, Hanzo of the Salamander still felt that no matter how he looked at it, the common interests of Kirigakure and Amegakure would ensure that there would be no problems in the cooperation between the two sides.

Eventually, he stopped wasting his time and turned his thoughts to the war with Konoha.

At this moment, a Rain Ninja came running from a distance in a panic, as if she had urgent information to report, so she went straight to Hanzo of the Salamander and spoke in an excited voice.

"Master Hanzo, news has arrived from the intelligence unit."

"Konoha is withdrawing!"

After hearing Rain Ninja's report, Hanzo of the Salamander's face was happy at first, but soon he seemed to have thought of a possibility, and his face suddenly darkened.

"Let's explore again!"

"Has Konoha completely withdrawn from the Land of Rain?"

There was no joy of defeating Konoha on Hanzo's face, but instead it was full of solemnity.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the Rain Ninja immediately went down to carry it out.

In the Land of Rain, a large group of ninjas is retreating in an orderly manner.

As they continued to move forward, the incessant rain gradually stopped, and a ray of bright sunshine gradually appeared in the distant sky.

The ninjas' eyes lit up and their faces looked excited.

Because this ray of sunlight is more than just a ray of light to them.

This also means that they are "back home".

Because the rainless area ahead is under the jurisdiction of the Fire Nation.

After the Rain Country and the Rain Ninja fought for nearly half a year, Tsunade and other high-ranking Konohagakure finally issued the order to retreat back to the Fire Country.

However, this "retreat" does not mean a direct retreat back to Konoha, but a strategy of retreating to advance.

This is thanks to the "new" strategic concept proposed by Tsunade, the commander-in-chief of the Ninja Army, at the war strategy meeting.

This new concept was supposedly a flash of inspiration that Tsunade got while riding a horse.

Tsunade's proposal also opened a new door for the Konoha Ninja Army.

Since the Rain Ninjas are hiding in their shells and adopting a strategy of attrition, breaking up into small groups and engaging in guerrilla warfare within the territory of the Land of Rain, they might as well just join in the fun.

Given Konoha's wealth and power, why would it be afraid of fighting against the Rain Ninja?

It’s just that the way of accompanying others needs to be changed appropriately.

In other words, Konoha needs to switch from "passive consumption" to "active consumption", and the most critical step is to lead the army to withdraw to the Land of Fire.

In the Land of Rain, Konoha has no luck in terms of timing, location or people.

Not only was he restricted in fighting, but he was also annoyed by the Rain Ninja's water jutsu combined with the rainy weather in the Rain Country.

Moreover, the Rain Ninja may at any time use their understanding of the geographical environment to escape the pursuit of the Konoha Ninja, and set a trap for you to fall into.

Not to mention that because of the environment in the Rain Country, Konoha also has logistical and material pressures.

Ever since the Konoha ninjas entered the Land of Rain, they have encountered countless disadvantages.

But now, once we've retreated to the Fire Nation, everything is different.

First of all, Konoha has the support of the Land of Fire, so the logistics are completely stress-free. At the same time, the ninjas of the ninja army can also receive considerable training, and their morale will be extremely high.

Furthermore, because the Land of Fire itself borders the Land of Rain, with the mobility of ninjas, it only takes three days at most to rush from the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain to the core area of ​​the Land of Rain.

Konoha could completely follow the example of the Rain Ninja and send out its troops in small groups to carry out assassinations and attacks in a piecemeal manner.

The goal of war was changed from seeking a large-scale decisive battle to a sparrow war of attrition between each other.

Even though Konoha was also bearing the cost of the war with Sunagakure, it was easy for the powerful Konoha to exhaust the Rain Ninja.

There is also another advantage to doing this, which is that the casualties in the war will be smaller and the manpower can be preserved to the maximum extent.

The only drawback of this strategy may be that it is "costly" and consumes resources.

After all, once Konoha also deploys its troops and chooses to fight back, the progress of the war may become extremely slow.

It is even possible that this war will last for several years.

As soon as Tsunade's proposal was put forward, it was immediately unanimously agreed by the top leaders of the Konoha Ninja Army.

After all, compared with the current dire situation of Konoha Ninja, Tsunade's plan is very feasible.

After the ninja commanders reported this proposal to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sarutobi Hiruzen also agreed with Tsunade's plan.

Therefore, the entire Konohagakure army retreated to the border of the Land of Fire and remained stationary at the border to rest and recover their combat power.

Chapter 409: Disobedient again?

Soon, Konoha's actions were discovered by the Rain Ninja and reported back to Hanzo.

After learning about Konoha's specific actions, Hanzo's face looked extremely ugly.

"asshole!!!"

Hanzo cursed inwardly, stood up angrily and paced back and forth.

"Master Hanzo, what's wrong with you?"

"Konoha's withdrawal is a good thing, isn't it?"

"We defeated Konoha! We won and drove Konoha out of the Land of Rain!"

Beside Hanzo, the Salamander Kamada, who was nicknamed "Hanzo's right hand", looked at the Salamander Hanzo in confusion and asked.

"madness!"

Upon hearing this, Hanzo became even more furious and cursed the Salamander Kamada for his stupidity.

"This"

The Salamander Shenda was very depressed at the moment, and looked at the Salamander Hanzo timidly, not knowing why he was angry.

"idiot!"

Seeing this, Hanzo of the Salamander became even more angry.

How could he not understand that Konoha's current move was a very clever strategy of retreat in order to advance.

At first glance, it seems that Konoha has retreated back to the Land of Fire, but Hanzo of the Salamander knows very well that after returning to the Land of Fire, Konoha has lost the restrictions of the environment of the Land of Rain and has become able to attack or defend.

The Rain Ninjas currently have no ability to cross the border and launch another large-scale attack on the Fire Nation.

On the other hand, Konoha could slowly and continuously send small groups of troops from the Land of Fire into the Land of Rain to fight against the Rain Ninjas.

In this way, Konoha's rear will be completely worry-free, so wouldn't the advantages that the Rain Shinobi had previously held be directly eliminated, and the war will gradually evolve into a complete war of attrition?

With the national strength of the Rain Country, how could it possibly defeat the powerful Konoha?

With just one move, Konoha instantly reversed all of its previous disadvantages, leaving Hanzo of the Salamander at a loss as to what to do.

Especially when Hanzo of the Salamander saw his subordinates, these stupid subordinates who were good for nothing except their loyalty, he was secretly furious.

"roll!"

At this moment, Hanzo felt very annoyed when he saw the yin-yang face of the Salamander Kamada, which looked like it was occupied by a birthmark.

Just choose to curse at him and tell him to get out.

"Yes Yes"

Upon hearing this, the Salamander Kamada quickly crawled away from Hanzo.

After the Salamander Shenda left, the Salamander Hanzo sat down again and calmly thought about how to deal with the situation.

At the same time, he also understood that Konoha's sudden and drastic change of strategy seemed extremely unreasonable.

Perhaps at this moment, Konoha has an expert giving advice from behind the scenes.

The look in Hanzo's eyes grew deeper and deeper, becoming extremely unpredictable...

On the back of the Ice Dragon King, the biting wind blew across the girl's cheek. The strong wind pressure forced the girl to instinctively lean her body closer to the arms behind her.

But when she thought that she was in the arms of "that man", the girl suddenly felt her hands and feet go cold.

Everything that just happened was still swirling in the girl's mind.

Especially the two words "husband" that came from her mouth made the girl feel extremely ashamed and angry.

Before this, she only knew that this man was definitely a "demon god", but she didn't expect that he was also a lustful man!

But the girl changed her mind and thought, everyone in the future knew that the Fourth Mizukage Mizunoe Ryosuke was a passionate man.

If you think about it this way, isn't the other person's lust a natural thing?

Thinking of this, the girl suddenly cried out in grief again.

"Wolf's den" is also like "tiger's mouth".

The girl didn't expect that after escaping from a dangerous situation, she stepped into an even more dangerous situation.

Girl, in danger!

After a long time, the Ice Dragon King flapped its wings and descended. The girl, still curled up in Mizunoe Ryosuke's arms, opened her eyes slightly and carefully scanned everything around her.

This place should not have left the territory of the Rain Kingdom yet, because there is still continuous drizzle in the sky.

Not far away, there is a small village, and at this moment, wisps of smoke are rising from the village.

Mizunoe Ryosuke jumped off the back of the Ice Dragon King holding the girl.

As soon as the two landed, the Ice Dragon King's huge and mythical body shattered, exploded into ice crystals all over the sky, and then disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that she had already landed, the girl was unwilling to continue being "clamped" in Mizunoe Ryosuke's arms like this, so she mustered up the courage to struggle.

But before she could make any move, Mizunoe Ryosuke, who had been holding her in his arms, seemed to have mastered mind reading and whispered in her ear in advance.

"Xiao Qingzi, are you disobedient again?"

Just a few words, like the whisper of a devil, instantly wiped out the courage the girl had just mustered.

When Mizunoe Ryosuke spoke, warm breath was sprayed on her ears, and the strange feeling spread from the girl's ears to her whole body (Zhao Nuohao).

For some reason, not only was the courage in her heart wiped out, but even her agile body became limp. She felt as if she had no strength in her body.

Soon, Mizunoe Ryosuke walked into the village carrying the girl.

When the "villagers" saw Mizunoe Ryosuke coming, they immediately greeted him respectfully.

"Greetings, Mizukage-sama!"

Seeing this, Mizunoe Ryosuke was not surprised, but just nodded lightly.

This is a stronghold established by the White Shark Force in the Land of Rain. At first glance, this village with a hundred people seems to be just an ordinary village.

But in fact, everyone in the village is a ninja sent by Kirigakure to perform spy missions.

This village also serves as the base of the White Shark Force in the Rain Country.