Chapter 83: The Decisive Battle Erupts Again
These past few days, I've been getting off work after 10 PM, so I really couldn't write more. Sorry.
Hidden Mist Year 36, January, Land of Rain battlefield.
Kiyoshi and the other six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen finally arrived at the Hidden Rain Village's camp after nearly half a month of high-intensity travel.
Actually, they could have arrived at a faster speed, but after the outbreak of the Great Ninja War, the Hidden Leaf was caught off guard by Hanzo's surprise attack, leading to an invasion deep into the Land of Fire's territory. This greatly embarrassed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. Therefore, after the Hidden Rain ninjas were driven out of the Land of Fire, the Hidden Leaf, under the strong demand of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire who threatened to withhold military funds, strengthened internal patrols and defenses within the Land of Fire.
The Hidden Mist Village group didn't know that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had inadvertently given them an assist, trapping a significant number of Hidden Leaf ninjas within the Land of Fire, unable to break free.
So, Kiyoshi and the others ultimately had to choose to travel by sea, detouring through the Land of Rivers to land, and finally arrived at the Land of Rain battlefield.
After arriving at the Hidden Rain camp, Kiyoshi first went to see Salamander Hanzo.
"Lord Hanzo, I am Kiyoshi, the captain of the Hidden Mist Village's Seven Ninja Swordsmen." Kiyoshi first introduced himself to Hanzo, then took out the letter written by the Third Mizukage Ice and handed it to Hanzo. "This is a letter from our Mizukage-sama to you."
Hanzo took the letter, opened it, and quickly scanned through it, understanding in his heart, "It seems the Mizukage has sent the Hidden Mist's most elite troops over. This money wasn't spent in vain!"
So, Hanzo said to Kiyoshi, "We in the Hidden Rain have already completed the deployment for the renewed decisive battle against the Hidden Sand. We've just been waiting for your arrival. First thing tomorrow morning, we'll launch a full-scale offensive. You seven will be responsible for the decapitation operation against the Hidden Sand's elite ninjas. Is that alright?"
"No problem!" Kiyoshi agreed readily without the slightest hesitation and turned to leave. He also needed to explain tomorrow's battle arrangements to the others. Of course, agreeing to Hanzo was agreeing to Hanzo, but how they would act on the battlefield was up to them.
Returning to the tent that the Hidden Rain Village had specially prepared for them, Kiyoshi said to the others, "In tomorrow's battle, we Seven Ninja Swordsmen will act freely. Our target is the Hidden Sand Village's elite ninjas. Mizukage-sama instructed me before we set off that unless absolutely necessary, we should try not to kill them. It's enough to disable them or make them lose their fighting power."
"I will act alone tomorrow. Kushimaru and Jinpachi will be responsible for dealing with the Hidden Sand's puppeteers together. Suikazan and Kage will act together. You two need to pay attention to the mutual coordination of Lightning Release and Water Release. Torune and Jūzō will act together. Your target is to deal with the Hidden Sand's sand manipulation ninjas. For now, that's it. If there are other situations, pay attention to adapting on the battlefield tomorrow."
The next day.
Under Hanzo's leadership, the Hidden Rain ninjas gathered again. The moment to fight the Hidden Sand to the death had arrived.
On the Hidden Sand's side, they were on high alert under the leadership of Chiyo and Ebizo.
"You with the breathing tubes, today is your death day!" Chiyo confidently shouted at Hanzo, "Everyone from the Hidden Mist, don't hide! I know Hanzo asked for your help!"
Hearing Chiyo's shout, an ominous premonition rose in Hanzo's heart. Kiyoshi, standing beside him, also stared at Hanzo with an unkind gaze. Good heavens, the intelligence about the Hidden Mist sending people to participate in the war had leaked before the battle even started.
Since the Hidden Sand already knew the Hidden Mist had arrived and could still confidently face them, it could only mean that they also had reinforcements.
However, the arrow was already on the string and had to be released. The two armies were already facing each other, and Hanzo couldn't possibly order everyone to retreat at this time.
After a moment of silence, Hanzo replied, "You puppet-playing woman, more words are useless. Use whatever means you have!"
Chiyo didn't speak again but smiled mysteriously, raised her puppet arm on her right side, and shot out Chakra threads, directly summoning her puppets.
"White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Ten Puppets!"
Seeing Chiyo's actions, the Hidden Sand ninjas behind her also prepared for battle.
"Lord Hanzo, since the Hidden Sand is already prepared, let us initiate the attack first! Suikazan, give them a big one and change the battlefield environment! Everyone else, act according to the original plan." Kiyoshi's expression wasn't very good, but it was hidden by his mask, so no one could see it. However, since they had been exposed before the battle started, there was no need to hide anymore.
Hearing Kiyoshi's order, Suikazan Fuguki leaped out from the formation and rapidly formed hand seals with both hands.
"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Wave!"
Suikazan Fuguki didn't choose the usual method of forming a giant water prison with the Great Exploding Water Wave. Instead, he switched to the water wave impact mode to create a terrain more suitable for Water Release by changing the battlefield environment.
A massive amount of water spewed out from Suikazan Fuguki's mouth, forming towering waves that swept towards the Hidden Sand ninjas opposite them like an overwhelming force. In the cloudy, rainy, and humid environment of the Land of Rain, using Water Release was like a tiger with wings.
Seeing the Hidden Mist ninjas who came to support them being so powerful, easily using A-rank Water Release, the group of Hidden Rain ninjas in the rear couldn't help but have their expressions change, their morale instantly soaring.
Seeing that his allies were so effective, Hanzo immediately swung the scythe in his hand fiercely forward, "Follow me!!!"
Receiving their leader's order, a group of Hidden Rain ninjas followed Hanzo, using the momentum of the Great Exploding Water Wave to charge towards the Hidden Sand's direction.
"The range of the technique is very large! Prepare to defend!!!" Chiyo's expression became slightly serious. She hadn't expected the strength of the people sent by the Hidden Mist Village to be so powerful, using such a large-scale Water Release right at the beginning.
Judging by the scale of this Water Release, the Hidden Mist Village had probably sent all their trump cards. If Chiyo didn't know the Third Mizukage Ice, she would have thought the Mizukage himself had come.
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