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Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Satoru Hyūga and Minato Namikaze, many high - ranking members of the Sand ninja troops were killed, and their camp was thrown into chaos.
In the Konoha camp's tent.
Orochimaru was smiling as he looked at Satoru Hyūga and Minato Namikaze in front of him.
"Great job! I didn't expect the two of you working together to have such a huge impact. The Sand ninja are in a complete mess. It seems it's time for us to launch an offensive."
Minato Namikaze scratched his head shyly.
"It's all Satoru's credit. I didn't do much."
He pushed the credit onto Satoru Hyūga. On one hand, his personality didn't like to fight for credit. On the other hand, he hoped to help Satoru Hyūga accumulate more military merits to exchange for the Flying Thunder God cultivation method.
Orochimaru sized up Satoru Hyūga as if he were examining a peerless treasure.
The more he sized him up, the deeper the smile in his eyes became.
"Who would have thought that the Bow & Arrow ninjutsu developed by Satoru Hyūga would be so useful. It seems I still know too little about you, Satoru Hyūga!"
"Lord Orochimaru, shouldn't our focus be on the matter of attacking the Sand ninja now?"
Satoru Hyūga curled his lips.
After all, Minato was by his side, and Orochimaru was the nominal supreme commander.
Otherwise, he really wanted Orochimaru to get to know him better.
Not in that way.
Orochimaru took a light breath. Knowing that the opportunity was fleeting, his expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice,
"I'll summon the high - ranking members right away. It's time to launch the offensive."
In the Konoha command tent.
Looking at the sand - table map full of various small flags, Orochimaru slapped the edge of the sand - table map with one hand. He raised his head and swept his gaze across the many Jonin in the tent.
"Everyone, it's time to counterattack!"
"Previously, we've been passively enduring the Sand ninja's attacks. Now, it's time for us to take the initiative."
"Jonin Shikaku Nara, you lead the Second and Third Division. Go around from the left flank and attack the side of the Sand ninja camp."
"Yes!"
Shikaku Nara, a ninja with a spiky head and scars all over his face, responded calmly.
"Jonin Minato, you lead the Third Division and Fourth Division. Launch an attack from the right flank and block their retreat route."
"Yes."
Minato Namikaze replied in a deep voice.
"Tsunade, you lead the backup troops and be ready to treat the wounded at any time."
Orochimaru looked deeply at her.
"I'll leave the support work to you."
"Yes."
Tsunade nodded listlessly and replied feebly.
Orochimaru frowned slightly. He was different from Jiraiya.
If it were Jiraiya in command, he would definitely laugh heartily and say something like, "Leave everything to me. You just have a good rest!"
After all, Tsunade's blood phobia was already very serious.
But for him, he wouldn't miss any opportunity to increase the chance of winning the war.
Tsunade was one of the Sannin. He couldn't just ignore such a powerful ally.
Even if she couldn't participate in the frontal battlefield because of her blood phobia, leading the Medic Corps to provide support should still be doable.
After letting out a breath and fixing his gaze on Satoru Hyūga, he hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
"Satoru, come with me. You'll be assigned to the First Division and take part in the frontal battlefield."
"All right!"
Satoru Hyūga nodded.
The frontal battlefield was a better place for him to show his stuff.
As soon as Orochimaru finished speaking, almost everyone looked at Satoru Hyūga in shock and disbelief.
The First Division, the main force in the war, was up against top - tier powerhouses like Chiyo and Rasa.
Satoru Hyūga, being so young, even if he was the top prodigy of the new generation, what qualifications did he have?
Even Minato Namikaze only participated in the flanking battles.
Immediately afterwards, these people seemed to recall something and looked at Minato Namikaze and Satoru Hyūga strangely.
There seemed to be some odd rumors recently...
Minato Namikaze looked distressed. Where on earth did it go wrong? Why did so many people look at him like this recently?
Orochimaru let out a hearty laugh.
It seemed that these Jonin didn't know much about Satoru.
After this war ended, they'd probably be so shocked that their jaws would drop.
Orochimaru suddenly felt eager.
At the Sand ninja camp.
Rasa was pacing back and forth in the command tent.
His face showed anger and unwillingness, and he gritted his teeth.
Once again, he let that bastard get away.
He was so close... so close that he could almost hear the taunts of the other person. But no matter what, all he got in return was a cold arrow from a Bow & Arrow.
36!
This was a number that almost drove Rasa crazy.
A full 36 elite Sand ninja. Don't underestimate this number. Most of them were from the Sand ninja command layer!
During the recent high - level meetings, most of the seats around the long table were empty.
Did that bastard want to kill all the high - level Sand ninja?
The Sand ninja troops were now in complete disarray. Even though he sent out a large number of scouts to search, they still couldn't find the other person's trace.
Moreover, the other person seemed to be deliberately taunting him.
The timing and targets of the sniping were getting more and more insidious.
Once, there were no signs of sniping for an entire day, and the Sand ninja relaxed a bit, thinking that the other person had left.
But they didn't expect that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.
After one night.
Six naked bodies of high - level officials were found in the Sand ninja camp. It seemed that they were about to take a bath or deal with some bodily needs when they were targeted by that Daemon.
One of them didn't die right away and struggled desperately to pull up his pants, only to die halfway through.
Rasa's teeth were grinding so hard they were about to shatter.
His face alternated between green and white, looking as if he'd been through a wild emotional blender.
What a cruel and heartless act!
That brute not only wanted to kill the command layer of Sunagakure but also wanted to make the entire high - level of the village lose face.
Now, whenever the Sand ninja in the Sand ninja troops saw the high - level officials, their expressions would turn strange.
The currently available intelligence is very limited. We don't know how the enemy evaded the detection of the perception unit and scouts. We can't even be sure if the enemy is a Konoha ninja.
After all, according to Sunagakure's intelligence on Konoha, there is no such despicable ninja. And no one can bring Bow & Arrow //ninjutsu//ninjutsu[/b] to such a level.
In this case, it's possible that this is a ninja hired by Konoha from the underground black market at a high price.
It's quite normal for large - scale ninja villages to hire underground black market ninjas during a war.
Moreover, the first time he encountered that beast was also near the underground black market.
Who the hell are you!
Who the hell are you!
Rasa let out a silent roar.
He swore that if he found that beast, he would...
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Just then, someone pushed open the tent door, and a Sand ninja scout rushed in in a hurry.
"Report..."
"Lord Kazekage, something terrible has happened!"
"Konoha has suddenly launched a large - scale attack!"
Rasa took a deep breath and immediately calmed himself down. He asked in a deep voice,
"Is the intelligence accurate?"
"Absolutely. It's impossible for such a large - scale attack to escape our detection. Konoha has sent at least 2,000 ninjas. They'll reach the camp in about 20 minutes."
"Damn it!"
"It seems that the recent consecutive assassinations of our high - level officials were indeed Konoha's doing. Do they want to attack while we're in chaos?"
Rasa gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice,
"Immediately summon the high - level officials. We'll fight back!"