Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 48 Rest and Recuperation

Boom!

The streaks of lightning, like scales peeking out from beneath the dark clouds, illuminated the black sky for a fleeting moment. The rain poured down relentlessly, so dense that faces were obscured even from several meters away.

A faint fire flickered deep inside a cave.

"Such heavy rain should be enough to erase our tracks, right?" Looking at the torrential rain outside, Hongdou breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, her face was full of exhaustion, and she looked utterly disheveled.

In just one day, they had experienced multiple battles. The ninjas from Kumogakure swarmed in like sharks smelling blood.

They had already wiped out three Cloud Village teams, one led by a Jonin, and the other two composed entirely of Chunin and elite Chunin. She looked so disheveled because she had nearly died in a counterattack by a Cloud Village Jonin.

Fortunately, the team has a powerful medical ninja named Shiro, who also possesses the defensive ninjutsu of Blood Stasis, which can turn a fatal wound into a serious injury and heal a serious injury into a minor injury in a short time.

Otherwise, with her as a burden, Shisui and the others would eventually be overtaken by the Cloud Ninja who were surrounding them.

"We've already left the Land of Fire's territory. We should avoid any further battles unless absolutely necessary. The Cloud Ninja has committed far too many ninjas here," said Shika Nie calmly, having shaken off his pursuers.

The Hidden Cloud Village has deployed far too many ninjas in this area. If an encounter battle drags on and cannot be resolved quickly, then they will soon face wave after wave of reinforcements from the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Two pieces of information were extracted from him." In a place unlit by the firelight in the cave, Shisui slowly emerged from the darkness. His eyes were blood red, gradually fading into black pupils as he stepped out of the darkness. In the shadow of the firelight, a ninja wearing a Cloud Village headband was bound and slung into the mountainside.

"The main force led by the Raikage has broken through the Land of Rain and is now facing off against the Sand Village on its border defense line. The two sides have already fought several battles, and the Cloud Ninja under the Raikage's leadership have begun to gain a significant advantage."

Until a Sand Village Jonin named Rasa stepped forward and halted the Raikage's advance.

"A Jonin? Wasn't the Third Kazekage missing? Could that Rasa Jonin really hold off the Raikage?" Anko was somewhat surprised. In her understanding, the only one capable of confronting the Kage of a major nation's village was the Kage of another major nation.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Rasa, who inherited the Magnet Release of the Third Kazekage, will be the Fourth Kazekage," Shisui said softly as he sat down by the fire.

"There's another piece of information: Kumogakure is plundering food on a large scale. These Kumogakure ninjas are a team searching for ninja strongholds and collecting food," Shisui added.

"Is the Hidden Cloud Village running out of food?" Even with Red Bean's carefree nature, she could glean the key information from the information Shisui had extracted from her.

"It was the Third Raikage, A, who led an elite force to catch the Land of Wind off guard and marched here in haste. According to their plan, they originally intended to take advantage of the Third Kazekage's disappearance and the Sand Village's leaderless state, so that the Third Raikage could lead the Jonin to break into the heart of the Sand Village and force the Sand Village of the Land of Wind to surrender."

"The Third Raikage almost did the same, but was stopped by Rasa, who possessed Magnet Release," Shisui concluded from the information he had obtained through interrogation.

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war, but instead of achieving our desired goal, we were dragged into a quagmire by Sunagakure. Once one part of the plan goes off track, we need to use other forces to bring it back on track."

"Kumakure is currently short of food. If the Raikage doesn't want to retreat, he needs to find other supplies for the arriving ninja army before the food arrives. Who will his target be?" Shikano analyzed based on the information Shisui had interrogated.

Hongdou and Zhishui fell silent for a moment.

"The Land of Rain!"

"The Land of Fire!"

Immediately afterwards, the two of them answered in unison.

"Yes, only the Rain Country and the Fire Country, which are closest to the battlefield, can provide them with food. But the Rain Country itself is extremely barren. In addition to being located between major powers and often becoming a battlefield for the five major powers to fight, the rainy climate also means that they will not have much food reserves."

But the Land of Fire is different; we possess the largest food reserves. If the Hidden Cloud Village wants to obtain large quantities of food and wartime supplies, it can only do so from us.

Furthermore, I heard Orochimaru-sensei say that Hanzo of Amegakure is a stubborn old man who would definitely not want anyone to interfere in the affairs of the Land of Rain and Amegakure. In other words, in the conflict between the Land of Wind and the Land of Lightning, he would not choose sides.

"Once we can confirm these things, this intelligence gathering mission can be considered complete," Lu Nie said softly.

"No wonder there are so many ninjas from Kumogakure within the Land of Fire and along its borders." Anko seemed to have just remembered, and a look of sudden realization appeared on her face.

"But Konoha's food and supplies are all at the border defense posts, right? If they want to obtain a large amount of food, wouldn't their primary target be those defense posts?" Shisui's expression suddenly turned quite grim.

"It's very likely that it has already happened, but we're just not qualified to access this kind of information yet." Shiki shook his head, looking at Shisui with certainty, and asked, "If the Raikage is bogged down in the Sand Village's battlefield, then who led the invasion of the Land of Fire?"

Shisui thought about it carefully in his mind, and said somewhat uncertainly, "Judging from their memories, they are two young Jonin who are extremely close to the Raikage."

Will the future fourth generation A be compared to the Eight-Tails?

Lu Nie immediately identified the suspect.

"Should we go and provide support?" Hongdou clenched her fist.

"Didn't Minato-senpai already lead his men there?" Lu Nie rolled her eyes at Anko. Unsurprisingly, the Abby Duo's multiple clashes with Minato would occur during this period of time.

Minato Namikaze's mobility makes his support and combat capabilities unparalleled. He is able to quickly rush to the aid of a site after it has been attacked.

"Let's rest and take advantage of this rare opportunity to recover our strength as quickly as possible. I think we'll have to go through many more battles in the future." Lu Nie took out a storage scroll from his body, opened it, and released the explosive tags, kunai, shuriken, and other combat supplies inside, distributing them to Shisui and Anko to replenish their losses.

After silently completing all of this, Hongdou and Lu Nie closed their eyes to rest, while Shisui took charge of the first round of defense.

Immersing his consciousness in the deer's nirvana, he awakened the panel with a feeling in his heart.

(End of this chapter)