"Let's dance!"
"To drink!"
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Outside the city of Sakai, a few mercenaries were celebrating.
Although they would not receive all the money promised for participating in the war, they would receive a small portion for being present.
Receiving money and being alive to enjoy it were reasons enough to celebrate for these mercenaries who live every day hanging by a thread.
At first there were just a few, but little by little more mercenaries joined in and began to drink the bottles of alcohol they had stored.
And since they were hungry, a few of them got together to hunt and have an outdoor barbecue.
Of course, only the mercenaries began to celebrate, while the ninja and samurai on guard duty watched from a distance, making faces.
They had orders and could not behave in an undisciplined manner, so they remained vigilant for any surprise attack.
Looking into the distance, Omura kept an eye out for anything that caught his attention while trying to ignore the noise of the mercenaries.
Making a face inwardly, the man disliked the presence of these mercenaries and collaborating with them.
But as squad leader, Omura knew they needed the help of these mercenaries… as cannon fodder.
The Uzumaki clan has shown its strength and it would be difficult to defend against them unless the Daimyo orders a mandatory conscription.
But since there was no time and they didn't want the Uzumaki to know, it was secretly ordered that recruitment begin in the northern and western parts of the country, while mercenary forces would be used on the coasts.
Omura knows that he and Goto, leader of the cloud ninja squad, are only here to wait for the appearance of the ninjas from the land of whirlpools and search for the whereabouts of Gin Uzumaki.
After all, it didn't matter if they managed to expel any invaders if Gin Uzumaki would then appear and destroy any defense.
Omura grimaced again when he thought about the new Shinobi God.
As a Samurai loyal to the Daimyo, he disliked ninjas from the beginning.
The ninjas had a great deal of power and always caused trouble wherever they went, and they did not fully obey the Daimyo.
As part of a Samurai family that has served the Lightning Daimyo for generations, he knew from his family's records about the constant clan wars before the creation of ninja villages.
And the appearance of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha was a great shock to everyone.
Although ninjas were powerful, they could easily be manipulated with money or defeated by armies.
Armies that a Daimyo had in abundance.
But everything changed when those two monsters appeared, and all the Daimyo were afraid of losing their power.
But fortunately for them, that didn't happen, and it was a relief that those two monsters fought each other until one of them died and the other followed a year later.
In Omura's opinion and that of many others, the only good thing the ninjas did was gather in villages.
In this way, they become very dependent on the Daimyo's funding and can be kept in check.
Of course, even that the ninjas did wrong because they caused a world war.
And now, the ninjas are causing trouble for everyone again.
Gin Uzumaki.
Another Shinobi God appeared and threatened the entire balance of the world.
Not only was Gin Uzumaki powerful, but his clan was also troublesome.
Now, because of those redheads, another world war could start.
Omura conveniently ignored that the blame for all of this falls squarely on the shoulders of the great villages when they decided to attack the Uzumaki clan.
Time passed and Omura hoped his shift would end soon so he could go to sleep and hand over the baton to Joinin Goto, the leader of the cloud ninja battalion.
Unfortunately for Omura, he wasn't going to sleep peacefully as he wanted.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Numerous explosions sounded in the distance, drawing the attention of the entire army protecting the city.
Omura looked towards the city and saw numerous clouds of smoke rising into the sky, pointing towards where the explosions had occurred.
Omura quickly jumped towards the city wall and saw the clouds of smoke.
Just then, Goto also appeared on the wall, not far from him, and together they made a face.
As leaders of both battalions, they both knew the locations of the food and weapons depots in the city, and based on the locations and number of smoke plumes, they didn't believe it was a coincidence.
Looking from afar, neither needed to say words to disappear from their positions and go in a different direction.
They both met with their subordinates and ordered them to lead several teams to see what was happening.
Meanwhile, they will maintain their current positions because this could be a trap set by the enemy.
Although it may seem that the enemy has already infiltrated the city, it could be a lure to attract them and allow another army to approach and attack them from behind.
Of course, they could be wrong.
But in the end it doesn't matter because they must prioritize the safety of their men.
And what about the lives of civilians?
Goto is a ruthless ninja who has killed many civilians on his missions, and Omura sees the death of civilians as something natural.
After all, they are subjects of the Daimyo and their lives served for the greater good.
Goto and Omura kept a watchful eye out for any approaching enemies taking advantage of the attack. But strangely, no enemies appeared.
'Are there really no more enemies?' the two men wondered, and began to suspect that the enemy had indeed infiltrated the city.
"Mr. Goto!"
"Mr. Omura!"
"The teams sent have not responded!"
Suddenly, subordinates from both men approached with worrying news.
The teams they sent to find out the details about the attacks must have sent signals.
Whether they find something or not, or when they encounter the enemy.
This was an extremely important procedure and they all know that they must follow these procedures.
Whether for their own safety or to avoid punishment for indiscipline when they return.
But no team sent a signal, and that told them that all the teams had fallen.
'Are they already in the city?' Omura and Goto wondered.
They both knew they couldn't abandon their positions or the Uzumaki clan ninjas would surely appear and surround the city.
It was surely a trap, the two men thought.
"Go and order those guys to take action."
But since it wasn't up to them or their teams to enter the city to search for and confront the Uzumaki clan ninjas, they could remain vigilant and wait outside the city.
His subordinates immediately understood and headed towards where the mercenaries were.
These mercenaries, instead of showing fear or caution at the idea of facing an enemy hidden in the darkness, showed excitement and quickly entered the city.
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Several kilometers high above the city, Tsuji Uzumaki was watching the chaos unfold in the city of Sakai.
Besides the ship he was on, the other ships had descended and were only hundreds of meters above the city.
It was from one of these ships that several teams emerged and silently landed in the city, destroying the enemy's weapons and food stores.
The destroyed food stores belonged not only to the ninjas and samurai of the Land of Lightning, but also to the city's reserve food stores and other merchants.
They were also the ones who ambushed the teams sent by Omura and Goto, silently eliminating them.
With the ships above the city watching everything, it was easy for them to ambush their enemies and remain anonymous, avoiding causing any disaster that would draw the enemy's attention outside the city or cause any harm to civilians.
Tsuji Uzumaki thought it was ironic that they, as enemies, were concerned about civilians and not the ninjas and samurai of their own country.
Civilians had to stay in their homes because of martial law, and when explosions occurred throughout the city they did not dare to go out either.
Tsuji and the ninjas under his command had orders to take the city and nearby territories, with a single task they could not fail.
Obtain the approval of the civilians.
After all, the Uzumaki clan plans to take control of the nearby territory, and having the obedience of the civilians will make things easier.
Therefore, they had no plans to harm civilians, and no ninja from the Uzumaki clan could do so secretly with the entire city under surveillance by warships in the air.
But while the Uzumaki clan ninjas had no intention of harming civilians, the mercenaries who soon invaded the city were different.