Within a few days, the news of the Land of Earth invading the Land of Lightning spread at an incredibly fast pace throughout the entire ninja world, instantly shocking countless people and nearly making their eyeballs pop out.
Previously, the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth had formed an alliance because of their attack on the Land of Cherry Blossoms. Now, they had surprisingly turned on each other without warning, and the alliance had lasted less than two months. This was probably the shortest alliance in the history of the ninja world.
As for why the Land of Earth suddenly attacked the Land of Lightning, no one knew the reason except for the Hidden Grass Village, Hidden Stone Village, and Hidden Mist Village. However, the Akatsuki organization, which participated in this operation, might know some inside information.
As this news spread, all the forces in the ninja world began to stir, especially the major ninja villages. Because everyone knew that this war might be the beginning of the Fourth Great Ninja War. However, since the other three ninja villages were currently in a weakened state and unable to participate in the war, this conflict was temporarily still within a controllable range.
In Konoha Year 61, the great war between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning completely erupted. The peaceful lake of the ninja world also stirred up astonishing waves!!! To deal
with the ninja troops of the Hidden Stone Village who had already invaded the Land of Lightning, the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village, led by the Fourth Raikage, were like fierce tigers unleashed, seemingly intent on opening their bloody maw and completely devouring their opponents.
The Hidden Stone Village troops invading the Land of Lightning encountered extremely tenacious resistance. The incredibly powerful military strength accumulated by the Land of Lightning over these years gradually revealed itself. Coupled with the fact that this was within the Land of Lightning's borders,
it could be said to be the main battlefield of the Land of Lightning. The Hidden Stone Village was It can be said that they suffered repeated defeats. in the Land of Lightning's territory, retreating step by step, even though the Hidden Stone Village's medical ninjas had bypassed several routes to sneak attack and support, the effect was still not significant.
One must know that this was the Land of Lightning. In terms of terrain, probably no one was more familiar with it than the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village. The marching routes of several Hidden Stone Village ninja troops were quickly detected by the Land of Lightning and met with great resistance.
Moreover, this time the Hidden Stone Village did not go all out, and their strength was simply not as good as the Cloud ninjas, so they were quickly forced to retreat step by step, almost reaching the border of the Land of Lightning. Both sides are currently in a standoff.
However, although the Hidden Stone Village's sneak attack was repelled, the Hidden Stone Village ninjas were not to be trifled with either. Although their overall strength was not as good as the Cloud ninjas,
they still caused great trouble for the Land of Lightning by relying on powerful Earth Style ninjutsu. By virtue of their ability to change terrain with Earth Style, the Hidden Stone Village can be said to have retreated orderly from within the Land of Lightning's borders, with losses not being very great.
Furthermore, the Hidden Stone Village also hired Akatsuki this time. Several members of the Akatsuki organization performed exceptionally well. There is no doubt that the strength of ninjas who can be called S-rank rogue ninjas is extremely terrifying. Each of them possesses extremely terrifying abilities, and ordinary Cloud ninjas cannot cause too much damage to them at all.
Moreover, the members of the Akatsuki organization operated in pairs. Their movements were swift and elusive like ghosts, just like guerrilla warfare. It was almost impossible for the Cloud ninjas to encircle them. When the ninja troops arrived at the scene, only a few corpses of Cloud ninjas were left.
And there were also several relatively famous Cloud ninjas whose heads were cut off and flown away. It was probably for bounties.
"You, you are...!!!" Three Cloud ninjas stared dazedly at the two figures who appeared before them: a black cloak with red clouds, a handsome face, and a strangely crimson three-tomoe Sharingan. It was Uchiha Itachi. The other tall figure, carrying a large sword on his back, was Kisame.
Uchiha Itachi wasted no words. His strange Sharingan moved suddenly, and the eyes of the three Cloud ninjas opposite him instantly became dull and white, their bodies trembling slightly. They were clearly caught in a genjutsu. "Hmph!!!" Kisame instantly appeared in front of the three,
fiercely drawing the large sword from his back. "Hmph!!!!!!" The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh rang out, blood splattered everywhere, and the three Cloud ninjas fell to the ground, already lifeless. Fresh blood stained the ground red.
"Hmm, working with Itachi is convenient. I just need to swing my sword and I can take the enemy's life. Hehehe." Kisame slowly retracted his Samehada, saying with a strange laugh.
Uchiha Itachi's face was expressionless as he looked at the dead Cloud ninjas on the ground without any emotional fluctuation. He spoke faintly:
"Let's go, Kisame. Cloud ninjas will be here soon."
"Understood, Itachi." Kisame gave a strange laugh, and then their two figures slowly disappeared into the forest.
Not long after, a large amount of breaking air sounds came. "Hmph!! Hmph!! Hmph!!!" Dozens of Cloud ninjas appeared here, looking at their three comrades who had fallen in a pool of blood. The faces of this group of Cloud ninjas immediately turned furious.
"Bang!!!!!" The leading Cloud ninja fiercely slammed his fist on the ground, his face utterly enraged. "Damn!!!! Is it that mysterious organization again? How many times has this happened now? Those bastards from Hidden Stone Village actually colluded with this force!!!"
"Big Brother, what should we do?" Another Cloud ninja, though also very angry, still maintained his rationality and asked with some worry.
"According to the information we've gathered over the years, the other party should be a mercenary group (organization) composed of rogue ninjas, and their numbers are extremely small, probably two people or even a single person acting alone.
It's very difficult to track them down, and they can resolve our elite ninjas in the village so quickly. Their strength is also extremely terrifying. We alone cannot solve this. This matter must be reported to Lord Raikage immediately," that Cloud ninja said, gritting his teeth.
"And we can no longer act separately. Once the numbers are too small, we might become fish in a barrel again." Saying this, he seriously looked at the crowd behind him.
"Now the most important thing is to repel the Hidden Stone Village ninjas, drive them out of the Land of Lightning, and then deal with this matter," another Cloud ninja said calmly.
"Alright, that's what we'll do. First, let's collect our comrades' bodies." That Cloud ninja sighed and spoke.
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