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Chapter 13 Bizarre War Mode

At this point, some people may have questions.

It's one thing for neighboring ninja villages like Iwagakure, Amegakure, and Kusagakure to get involved, but why is Kumogakure, which is several countries away, also involved?

This involves the relationship between the ninja village and the country.

The relationship between ninja villages and nations is one of cooperation—the nation provides funding, and the ninja villages provide defense capabilities.

When a country is invaded by a foreign enemy, the ninja village must unconditionally fight back against the enemy.

Apart from that, the ninja village has no connection with the country.

They can accept missions from other countries, and may even be employed by other countries to participate in wars.

therefore.

Wars between ninja villages do not necessarily represent wars between nations. Regardless of victory or defeat, the villages themselves will not gain or lose any territory.

The wars between ninja villages are a struggle for prestige and reputation.

The victor gains greater prestige and credibility, which leads the nation to place greater trust in the village's strength and increase its support. This also encourages more people from the community to place requests in the village.

More tasks mean more money, which in turn leads to better development for the village.

Conversely, it will suffer decline.

Just like the Sand Village in the original work.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind lost faith in Sunagakure due to their repeated defeats, thus reducing military spending and even delegating tasks to Konoha.

If things get even worse, the country could simply abandon the ninja village and find someone else to build a new one.

Don't think this is unbelievable; it's true.

Although most ninja clans or wandering ninjas in the ninja world today have banded together to form ninja villages, many ninja clans still exist as a single clan.

After Orochimaru defected from Konoha, he quickly established a medium-sized ninja village by leveraging his prestige and the financial support of the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields, which included prestigious clans such as the Fuma clan.

If a major power like the Land of Wind were to issue a call, there would certainly be no shortage of powerful ninjas joining.

This unique relationship of interests has led to many wars between the various ninja villages becoming a bizarre pattern where only victory is sought and no territory is seized.

Therefore, wars between ninja villages are not geographically restricted.

Isn't this weird?

A group of people with superhuman strength fight each other to the death, just to get more missions and national support... I have to say, the ninjas in this world are really noble!

Even wanted criminals like Kakuzu would rather work hard to catch bounty hunters for money than rob ordinary people.

After the decline of the Fuma clan, its members became bandits and robbed people. As a result, they became angry and embarrassed after being looked down upon by Naruto and Jiraiya.

After the robbery failed, he was so ashamed that he gave up the business.

If they're already acting like this just to rob people of their money, what about ruling by force?

Just look at those ambitious characters in the movie; they're definitely enemies of the world, the kind who are wanted and hunted down by the entire ninja world.

In short, it's extremely bizarre.

For these ninja villages, the Sand Village's border defenses were weakened and its internal forces were vulnerable, presenting a golden opportunity.

If they can destroy Sunagakure, they will have one less competitor vying for their livelihood.

therefore.

It makes sense that the Hidden Cloud Village would cross several countries and launch a surprise attack from the other side of the continent.

Hunting was somewhat annoyed as he looked directly at these people who dared to stare at him.

He possesses the Explosion Release bloodline limit, making him extremely powerful.

Even within Iwagakure's special forces, they are highly respected, yet these outsiders show them no respect whatsoever.

but.

Sensing the aura emanating from these people, a hint of apprehension flashed in Shou's eyes.

These people are no less capable than myself.

Although he wasn't afraid, for the sake of the bigger picture, Shou swallowed his anger.

"Hmph, I don't need you to remind me." Kari turned around, raised his right hand, and beckoned. "The objective is to breach the Sand Village gates from the inside. Speed ​​up along the way and kill everyone who sees us. We can't give the enemy any time to react."

After saying that, he leaped from the rooftop toward the gates of Sunagakure.

The others were a step behind, and they too transformed into shadows, leaping onto streetlights or rooftops, moving toward their target like ghosts.

They moved quickly and quietly, without making a sound.

Under the cover of darkness, I passed by people unnoticed; all I could feel was a gust of wind.

Oh no.

They couldn't even feel the wind.

Because as they pass by these people, they casually slit their throats.

They lost consciousness as soon as they felt the wind.

This place is about five kilometers away from the gate of Sunagakure.

It may seem far, but for these elite ninjas, it's only a matter of minutes.

Soon, the path leading straight to the gate above the rock face came into view.

A smile appeared on everyone's face.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Captain, there are people blocking the way ahead!"

Kari glanced back and saw that the one who had spoken was a Kusagakure ninja, the same one who had previously mentioned that 20 guards had been transferred from the Sunagakure gate.

He is a sensory ninja.

How many people?

"one."

"Heh!" Hunti couldn't help but laugh. "Speed ​​up, and kill them as you rush over."

Without replying, the group accelerated in unison, as if in the midst of a battle, and arrived on the path in the blink of an eye.

They saw figures standing on the path.

Because it was dark, his face was not visible, but judging from his figure, he should be a boy.

"I'll do it!"

A burly Iwagakure ninja wearing a single-sleeved vest sped up and rushed to the front.

He formed a mudra with both hands, then raised his sleeveless right hand, and hard stones seeped from his skin, enveloping his entire right arm.

His already thick arms now looked as thick as a giant's.

[Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!]

The Iwagakure ninja charged forward like a heavy tank, causing the earth to tremble with each step.

Such immense power seemed to have terrified the boy, leaving him standing motionless.

"Go to hell!"

The Iwagakure ninja approached the boy and roared as he swung his fist.

The force was so great that it made the air howl, producing a sound like crashing waves.

That was the sound of air being blasted apart.

Faced with this terrifying attack, the boy merely raised his left hand.

boom!

A shockwave rippled outwards from the point of impact between the fists.

The unstoppable attack stopped in front of the boy.

The Iwagakure ninja stared wide-eyed, seemingly in disbelief.

The boy was tall and slender, with arms as thick as bamboo poles.

With such a physique and such arms... how could someone possibly block a powerful punch from a basketball-thick arm that had accelerated with running, simply by raising their right hand?

"Wow, that's incredibly powerful!"

The boy's voice was flat, and given the circumstances, it was hard to believe that he was praising rather than mocking.

The boy's next actions proved this point.

He grabbed the stone arm of the Iwagakure ninja and swung his claws so hard that the boulder wrapped around the arm cracked and scattered on the ground.

Then, with a light toss, he sent the 300-kilogram giant flying.

(End of this chapter)