I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

......

"here you go!"

When news came back that the carrier strike group had successfully launched an air raid and almost destroyed all the ships of the Land of Water, Uchiha Shisui, the Konoha commander-in-chief on the Mist side, clapped his hands excitedly in the Land of Waves.

With everything completed smoothly and according to plan, he would undoubtedly face much less pressure from the Mist Ninja.

"Inform Konoha that reinforcements to the Mist Ninja battlefield can be postponed."

Under the threat of the Five Nations Alliance, it was clear that every bit of Konoha's strength was precious, and that Shisui, in a timely manner, had to quickly send a message back to Konoha so that the reinforcements originally intended for the Mist Ninja battlefield could be redirected to support other areas.

Given the current situation, the Mist Ninja are no longer able to launch a large-scale operation in the short term.

With the power he currently possessed, Shisui was confident that he could completely hold off the Mist Ninja for the time being.

"Notify the spies lurking within the Land of Water to closely monitor the Land of Water's every move regarding shipbuilding."

"Notify the carrier strike group that after a three-day rest period, they will rotate in pairs to conduct reconnaissance and harassment operations along the coast of the Land of Water. If any ships are discovered, destroy them immediately. Be sure to act quickly and decisively, and do not linger. In addition, increase the guard force on the carrier to prevent attacks by elite Mist Ninja squads."

"notify......."

In the time that followed, new orders were issued by Zhishui.

Having won a major victory in their initial encounter, Konoha continued to maintain a continuous blockade of the Mist Ninja according to their pre-planned strategy.

......

Just as the Mist Ninja and Cloud Ninja were achieving great results due to Konoha's preemptive strike,

In other aspects, Konoha's gains on the battlefield varied in size.

On the Sand Village side, the Konoha army, led by Commander-in-Chief Tsunade, took control of the entire territory of the small country sandwiched between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind without warning, leaving the people and soldiers of the Land of River completely bewildered.

During this period, while swiftly eradicating the influence of the Sand Ninja in the Land of Rivers.

At Tsunade's command, an elite force led by Itachi Uchiha infiltrated the Land of Wind at top speed to launch a surprise attack on Kazama Castle, which had recently stockpiled a large amount of food, weapons, and other logistical supplies, in preparation for the Sand Ninja's attack on Konoha's logistics base.

Kazama Castle.

Despite its name, it was actually a military fortress built by the Sand Village in its early years specifically to target Konoha.

With its thick, towering city walls and massive crossbows deployed everywhere for both air and ground attack, any army attempting to breach this city would undoubtedly pay a heavy price.

This is why Tsunade did not send out a flying squadron or a large army to launch a strong attack, but instead used an elite force to carry out a surprise attack.

As the leader of this surprise attack, Itachi Uchiha was given great expectations.

They arrived at Kazama Castle after a series of close calls.

Because Itachi and his group moved very quickly, Sunagakure had only just received news that the Konoha army had entered the Land of Rivers.

The Sand Village leaders are discussing this unexpected turn of events. Although they have sent information to Kazama Castle along the way, the messenger is still en route.

This means that Kazama Castle has not yet been fully placed under martial law.

Even so, as an extremely important logistical base, Kazama Castle has always maintained vigilance, and no one has neglected their duties.

At this moment, dozens of huge lights shone brightly in the dim, dusty weather, continuously illuminating both inside and outside Kazama Castle.

Even before entering, one could hear the heavy thud of numerous patrolling footsteps merging together within the city, not to mention the countless sentries hidden in the darkness.

The arriving Konoha ninja showed no change in expression.

The nine-member elite team, led by Itachi Uchiha, consists of members whose strength is at the Jonin level.

While the main force couldn't conceal their movements, their powerful squad could still find gaps in Kazama's defenses.

Ten minutes later, seizing the opportunity, the Konoha group, with Uchiha Itachi as their spearhead, silently scaled the city wall. Taking advantage of the two Sand Ninja patrols crossing paths and obscuring the view of the guards on the wall, they quickly passed through a blind spot, climbed down the wall, and disappeared into the city.

As a military fortress, Kazama Castle had no civilians or merchants besides ninjas.

As a result, there were no shops in the city, but instead barracks and a large number of warehouses.

The latter was precisely the purpose of the group from Konoha.

Security within the city remains tight, with numerous patrols and sentries deployed throughout.

The closer you get to the warehouse, the stronger the Sand Ninja's defenses become.

However, all these defensive arrangements became transparent after the Konoha team had the Byakugan.

As if the fog of war had been suddenly lifted, Itachi and his group moved swiftly through overhead lights, street patrols, sentries hidden in the shadows, and other protective forces with ease.

Along the way, there were times when they encountered obstacles that were unavoidable, but Itachi's Sharingan genjutsu cleared the way for them.

Soon, without giving themselves away, the group finally arrived at the warehouses.

Kacha! Kacha!

To prevent the smell of blood from being detected by the hunting dogs kept by the Sand Ninja in the city, Itachi Uchiha personally crushed the throat of a guard in front of a warehouse that was impossible to avoid. He then had his teammates use Shadow Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu to disguise themselves before leading everyone inside. After glancing at the large bundles of grain piled up inside, he skillfully set up explosives.

Once they had finished all that, they went to the next warehouse with practiced ease and repeated what they had done before.

A quarter of an hour later, when Itachi and his group had buried explosives in more than thirty warehouses, a Konoha Jonin in the group suddenly changed his expression and said:

"One of my shadow clones has disappeared!"

The instant he spoke, a mile away, the Sand Ninja Captain, whose shadow clone had vanished after being surrounded by a group of Sand Ninja unable to utter the secret code, roared, his expression drastically changing:

"Enemy invasion! Sound the alarm immediately!"

After saying that, he rushed into the warehouse to check if there was any damage.

then……

Kacha~

A slight rattling sound rang out the moment the Sand Ninja stepped into the warehouse.

Sunagakure looked down in surprise and saw a very thin, transparent steel wire bend forward as his foot stepped in.

"What's this……"

Boom!

Before the Sand Ninja could finish speaking, an extremely violent explosion suddenly rang out from inside the warehouse, and a fierce wave of fire instantly engulfed him.

With such a commotion, the remaining Sand Ninja no longer needed to sound the alarm, and the entire Kazama Castle immediately came to its senses.

At the same time, Itachi, who also saw the fierce flames rising, said without hesitation:

"withdraw!"

Without paying any more attention to the warehouse in front of them, the Konoha group immediately evacuated without saying a word.

Although they can only destroy half of the Kazama Castle's resources at present, it has already exceeded the bottom line of the target set by Lady Tsunade.

If they continue now, having alerted the enemy, not only will their future goals be difficult to achieve, but their very important Jonin force will also be wiped out.

Therefore, Itachi made the most rational decision.

en route.

Seeing that they had already distanced themselves from the warehouse area, Itachi immediately formed a hand seal.

All the explosives that had been set up detonated simultaneously at this moment.

moment!

Rumble!

!

With a tremendous tremor, more than thirty enormous flames immediately engulfed the warehouse, rising rapidly into the air.

That's not all; the fierce fire waves also had the power to sweep over other intact warehouses, further expanding Itachi's group's gains.

"Ah~~~"

A bloodcurdling scream came from the mouths of the Sand Ninja who had miraculously survived in the warehouse area.

The same screams also occurred to the other Sand Ninja who were arriving.

They are deeply saddened by the destruction of a large amount of supplies.

This is absolutely adding insult to injury for Sunagakure, whose finances were already tight.

"Hurry up and put out the fire! Save as much supplies as you can!"

"Where are the medical ninjas? Quickly, go and treat the wounded!"

"Go and dig out those damned rats that have sneaked in right now, and tear them to pieces!"

Kazama Castle was in an unprecedented uproar.

All the Sand Ninja have been mobilized, searching high and low, leaving no stone unturned, determined to find the culprit behind all this.

Even with the Byakugan's help, Itachi and his group couldn't avoid being discovered after sneaking for a while.

"The enemy is here..." A Sand Ninja shouted with joy, but Itachi pierced his throat with a shuriken.

However, the latter could only stop one person, but not many.

Before long, a large number of Sand Ninja, filled with hatred, charged in.

"Let's just fight our way out."

Seeing this, Itachi, with a cold face, drew his ninja sword from behind him.

Chapter 250: Itachi’s Capacity

Inside Kazama Castle, the sounds of fierce fighting filled the air.

Faced with the culprit who had destroyed half of their hard-earned wealth, the nearby Sand Ninja couldn't help but draw their kunai and attack.

However, they soon realized they were courting death.

The eight Konoha ninjas who accompanied Itachi Uchiha this time were all genuine Jonin.

As soon as the two sides clashed, the Sand Ninja who rushed to the front fell down like vegetables being chopped.

brush!brush!brush!

A Konoha Jonin skilled in swordsmanship used the Konoha-style swordsmanship to quickly eliminate seven or eight Sand Ninja in front of him.

Beside him, another Konoha Jonin, his entire body covered in hardening techniques, swung his fists, smashing all the dozen or so puppets that attacked him. He then looked at the puppeteer hiding behind him, slapped the ground with both hands, and said: