I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Before he could even berate the Cloud Ninja for their shamelessness and idiocy, Onoki, equally fearing the loss of his supply lines, was about to hastily dispatch a large force of Iwa Ninja to return when he saw the Konoha army, which had been on the defensive, launch its first full-scale attack.

Clearly, the latter did not want the Iwa ninja to return as they wished.

After the arrival of the two thousand reinforcements initially planned for the Kirigakure battlefield, Konoha, whose strength gap with Iwagakure had narrowed somewhat, launched a fierce offensive. Even the Iwagakure dared not let their guard down.

In the end, Onoki could only reduce his forces again and again, managing to squeeze out 2,000 troops to return.

Even so, coupled with the few remaining troops left to reinforce the front lines after repeated reinforcements, their strength was insufficient to drive away the four thousand ninjas.

Just as Onoki and his group were frowning in worry, someone suddenly said:

"I remember there are still two thousand Iwa ninja on the border of the Land of Rain, aren't there?"

moment!

Onoki's eyes lit up.

"I almost forgot about that!" He clapped his hands vigorously, then asked Huang Tu, "What's the latest news from Amegakure?"

Huang Tu replied, "In the latest message, Amegakure stated that it will take some time to prepare supplies and mobilize personnel, but they guarantee that they will officially launch the attack in two days. In addition, they rejected our proposal to join the battle in the Land of Grass or the Land of Rivers, and instead chose to attack the Land of Fire on their own."

"Unprepared? Hmph! That old bastard Hanzo just wants to see us and Konoha shed more blood. And his attack on the Land of Fire was just because Konoha's forces are currently weak, so he wanted to take advantage of the situation and grab a big bite for himself instead of making us bleed!"

Onoki scoffed.

Of course, after saying all that, he felt relieved after noticing Amegakure's selfish behavior.

Judging from the Rain Ninja's current behavior, they would never choose to defect to the enemy like those idiots from the Cloud Ninja.

In that case, the two thousand Iwa ninja who were originally guarding against the Rain Ninja were mobilized, and together with the other dispatched Iwa ninja, they were enough to take care of the four thousand enemies in the rear.

"Damn Cloud Ninja!"

At this moment, while issuing orders, Onoki angrily cursed the traitorous Cloud Ninja and the Fourth Raikage, A, whose death was now indistinguishable from the real one.

And then the two thousand Iwa ninja stationed on the border of the Land of Rain left.

A long-awaited grand event is about to begin.

Chapter 281 Obito's Awkward Moment

As an ally of the Iwa ninja, Uchiha Shisui, who had also contributed significantly to the battle in the Land of Grass, learned the next day, through conversations among the Iwa ninja, that the Iwa ninja army stationed on the border of the Land of Rain had left.

As for why he didn't receive the intelligence immediately...

This is thanks to the delicate relationship between Xiao and the five countries... no, now I should say the four-nation alliance.

Although they are allies and have fought together for some time, their wariness towards each other remains undiminished.

Especially when Madara Uchiha clearly conserved his strength and didn't actually make a move, the Iwa ninja, led by Onoki, became even more wary of Akatsuki.

Specifically, whenever the Iwagakure ninja held a meeting to formulate various combat plans, they would almost never invite Obito. They would only notify him to set off together when preparations were complete and they were ready to take action.

To put it bluntly, they were using Obito as a henchman.

Obito was fully aware of this.

Iwagakure kept it from him, but he didn't tell Iwagakure many things either.

Both sides had the same thought.

Obito also used the Iwagakure and Shikoku regions as tools to deal with Konoha.

He doesn't care how many of his "allies" die along the way, as he'll turn on them anyway.

Therefore, Obito never told the Iwa ninja that Amegakure had already changed its leader.

However, since the Iwa ninja from Amegakure were withdrawing their troops and it was unrelated to the battle in the Land of Grass, they did not notify Obito.

This resulted in a major mistake.

At first, Obito didn't think much of it when he overheard news about the Land of Rain from a conversation among the Iwa ninja.

However, he soon stopped abruptly.

It was only then that Obito realized that the current leader of Amegakure should still be that woman who played with paper.

Although he had spent a long time in Amegakure before because of the Akatsuki incident.

However, after Nagato, his greatest tool, lost its value and the Rinnegan was taken back.

He had already ignored Amegakure.

As for Konan's so-called hatred, which he always thought Konan was just following Nagato around like a yes-man and never had her own ideas, he didn't care about it at all.

However, upon hearing the news that the Iwa ninja forces had withdrawn from the border of the Land of Rain, Obito, finally remembering that he had such an enemy, couldn't help but frown slightly.

Amegakure Village... Konan...

I hope they don't intend to stab the Iwa ninja in the back.

If Akatsuki had not allied with the four countries, given Konan and Amegakure's stance, aside from remaining neutral, they would very likely have attacked Konoha.

But now...

Obito couldn't guarantee that Konoha, who knew the details, wouldn't tell Konan about his and Madara's current situation.

Given the depth of the latter's hatred for him, it would be perfectly normal for him to do something.

No!

We must tell Onoki about this!

Thinking of this, Obito's face tightened.

He, who was also aware of the current battle situation, knew very well that once the unsuspecting Rain Ninja joined the battle, it would be a disaster for the Iwa Ninja.

then.

Five minutes later.

Inside the main garrison of Iwagakure, upon hearing Obito's words, Onoki felt as if struck by lightning; his head went white, and his entire body swayed involuntarily.

After regaining his senses, he leaped up from the chair in a frantic rush and roared at Obito:

"Why didn't you tell me sooner that Amegakure had changed its leader? This is such a big deal!"

Obito felt somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this.

Although he wasn't quite as arrogant as Madara, as a member of the Uchiha clan and having awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, his arrogance remained.

Could he say that he hadn't paid any attention to the mere Rain Ninja and Konan before, and only just suddenly remembered them?

Besides, with the strength of the Rain Ninja, having two thousand Iwa Ninja there would be more than enough to deal with them.

But who would have thought that the situation in Iwagakure would be so dire that even these two thousand men had been transferred away?

Without dwelling on the issue, Obito coughed and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Ahem! That's not the point right now. Let's reconsider the Amegakure's position."

Although he desperately wanted to strangle the guy in front of him with his bare hands, Onoki, aware of the seriousness of the situation, could only barely suppress his anger and said irritably:

"What's there to consider about stance! Amegakure deliberately covered up Hanzo's death, making the Iwa ninja run around in circles. They clearly had ill intentions! Now they've been ruined by you!"

Finally, thinking about the current unfavorable situation of Iwagakure, Onoki's anger rose again, and he looked at Obito with murderous intent.

Just as Obito was thinking about whether he should use Hollowfication first to avoid being blown away by Onoki's Dust Release which went out of control,

A loud "boom" resounded.

The huge desk in front of Onoki shattered instantly.

Knowing that Obito and Madara were playing irreplaceable roles on the front lines, he could only vent his anger elsewhere first.

Ignoring Obito, Onoki immediately summoned people and issued various new orders, hoping to plug the hole in the Land of Rain in time.

But it's too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost.

At that very moment, Konoha's main force launched another full-scale attack.

The Iwa ninja army, whose strength was already somewhat weaker than before, was struggling to spare manpower as it was being held back by Konoha's fierce offensive.

Meanwhile, the last remaining Iwa ninja force, which had left the border of the Land of Rain yesterday and joined forces with several other units, was engaged in fierce fighting with the ninja army led by Tsuchishiro and was unable to break free in the short term.

This means that once the Rain Ninja enter the Land of Earth, they can practically enter an uninhabited area.

Having experienced two Shinobi World Wars, Jiraiya, with his rich combat experience, did not miss this opportunity.

After Minato and a group of Konoha ninja created the best conditions for him and the Rain Ninja.

Seizing the opportunity, just the day after the Iwa ninja forces on the border of the Land of Rain withdrew, and while Obito was hurriedly explaining the current situation of Amegakure to Onoki.

Devour

With the full force of Amegakure, nearly four thousand Amegakure ninja, and Konan under Jiraiya's personal command, they broke through the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth in one fell swoop.

Instead of targeting the Iwa ninja army within the Land of Grass, or the Iwa ninja forces currently fighting against Tsuchishiro, they directly targeted the heart of the Land of Earth.

To be precise, they were heading straight for the most important logistical line that the Land of Earth was supplying to the Iwagakure army in the Land of Grass.

Just as Minato, as a disciple, severed the Kannabi Bridge, the most important logistical line for the Iwa ninja, forcing the Iwa ninja army at the front to sue for peace.

Now, Jiraiya, as a teacher, has come up with an even bigger move.

Thus began the "Battle of Kannabi Bridge" in another sense during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Chapter 282 Jiraiya's Attack

Four thousand Rain Ninja—this is the greatest force that Amegakure has been able to muster over the years of recuperation and development.

Even so, since the strength of the Rain Ninja is generally much weaker than that of the ninja of the Five Great Nations, if they really fought, the two thousand Iwa Ninja initially stationed on the border would not be at a disadvantage at all, and might even be defeated.

The gap is just that huge.

This is why, when the Fourth Shinobi World War broke out, apart from the Land of Iron, no other small country in the entire shinobi world was willing to join the war.

Even Amegakure, which ranks among the top small countries, is only so-so in terms of power compared to the five great nations.

Not to mention those weaker ones.

Going there would only mean delivering vegetables.

Similarly, Jiraiya, who had spent some time in Amegakure and had a thorough understanding of the Amegakure ninja's strength, was also aware of this.

He did not lead his team to confront the Iwa ninja head-on.