In the Land of Grass, at the Iwagakure main camp!
Inside a huge tent, the high-ranking officials of Iwagakure were gathered. The atmosphere was a bit heavy!
Yesterday, when they arrived at the border of the Land of Fire and were about to invade, they were forcefully pushed back by Shikaku, Hiashi, and the others!
Although this time, Onoki had almost brought out his entire force, including himself and two Jinchuriki as top-tier combatants, along with his son and other elite Jonin as support, he had initially thought it would be easy to tear through Shikaku and Hiashi's defenses and march straight into the Land of Fire.
However, reality gave him a slap in the face.
Konoha's side indeed lacked Kage-level top-tier combatants, but there were quite a few elite Jonin-level ninja.
Among them, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio held off the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.
Although Onoki could fly, he also had a shadow, which meant he was susceptible to Shikaku's shadow secret techniques.
In addition, Inoichi's Mind Body Switch series of secret techniques could also interfere with Onoki.
Choza's Human Boulder Technique, with a giant staff in hand, meant that even at a height of dozens or hundreds of meters, Onoki couldn't be absolutely safe.
The three of them had been comrades for many years and had perfect coordination.
Onoki couldn't defeat the three of them in a short time.
After that, Hiashi led the Hyuga clan's Jonin to entangle Roshi.
Aburame Shibi, Inuzuka Tsume, and other clan heads joined forces and also successfully held off the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han!
The rest were not a cause for concern.
Although Iwagakure had a certain numerical advantage, Konoha was now fighting with a desperate attitude, clashing fiercely with them.
After one battle, Konoha had suffered heavy losses, with countless dead and injured, but they had successfully blocked the Iwagakure army's attack.
Seeing that he couldn't break through after a long time, Onoki had no choice but to withdraw to the Land of Grass and set up camp less than a hundred kilometers from the Land of Fire's border.
Today, they were preparing to launch a second round of attacks on Konoha.
In the pre-battle meeting, everyone secretly swore that this time they would definitely break Konoha's defense and march into the Land of Fire.
However, just then, a spy Iwagakure had planted in Kumogakure sent them some bad news!
Just yesterday, the Fourth Raikage was killed by Uchiha Shin!
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, was captured by Uchiha Shin.
Kumogakure was chased by Uchiha Shin's shadow clones and the Konoha army for three hundred miles, driven directly out of the Land of Fire.
For a moment, the entire Iwagakure was stunned.
What happened to the plan of meeting in the Capital of the Land of Fire, carving up the Land of Fire together, and destroying Konoha together?
You just entered the Land of Fire and you were already beaten back?
Even your own Kage was killed?
Your own Jinchuriki was captured.
Big brother, with you doing this, we little brothers who answered your call and acted with you are in a very awkward position!
"Everyone, speak up. What should our Iwagakure do next?!"
Onoki's gaze swept over everyone as he asked.
"What else can we do? Go home, of course!"
Roshi said bluntly.
"We came all this way and got nothing, and now we're just going home? This is too frustrating. To be honest, I'm a little unwilling!!!"
At this time, a Jonin said.
"What can you do if you're frustrated! What can you do if you're unwilling!! You've all seen what happened to Kumogakure!"
"You don't think that after Uchiha Shin defeats Kumogakure, he'll just sit back and watch us attack the Land of Fire, do you?"
"Maybe, at this very moment, he is already leading his army towards us."
"If we don't leave now, when Uchiha Shin arrives, we won't be able to leave!"
Roshi said in a deep voice.
"We are Iwagakure! How could we end up like Kumogakure!"
Han said disapprovingly.
"Hmph, for all these years, the war between our Iwagakure and Kumogakure has never stopped. When have you ever seen our Iwagakure gain the upper hand? Weren't we always beaten by Kumogakure and had to hire outside help?"
"We can't even beat Kumogakure, yet we arrogantly think we're different from them!! I don't even know where you get your confidence from!"
"Don't you think that's ridiculous?"
Roshi said mockingly.
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Lies don't hurt people. The truth is a sharp knife!
Although they didn't want to admit it, what Roshi said was the truth!
If Kumogakure couldn't withstand Uchiha Shin's attack, their Iwagakure probably couldn't either.
"Lord Third, you are the Tsuchikage. You should be the one to make the decision!"
At this time, an elite Jonin said.
The ball was kicked back to Onoki's feet.
Onoki pondered for a moment and quickly made a decision!
His gaze swept over everyone.
He said: "I have decided to retreat!"
"Retreat immediately!!"
"Yes!!"
Hearing this, the high-ranking officials of Iwagakure, although unwilling, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief!
After Iwagakure made the decision, they retreated very quickly.
In less than an hour, the camp was empty.
No, even the buildings were dismantled.
All the tents and everything were taken away, leaving only an empty space, proving that someone had once been here.
Inside the Land of Fire, in a military fortress, Shikaku, Hiashi, and the others were gathered, discussing how to resist Iwagakure's new round of attacks.
At this moment, a Hyuga clan ninja hurried in.
"Clan Head, Elder Shikaku, seniors, Iwagakure has retreated!!"
The Hyuga clan ninja said with an excited expression.
The retreat of the Iwagakure ninja meant that they finally didn't have to fight them to the death.
You must know, although they successfully repelled Iwagakure yesterday, they also suffered considerable casualties.
No one could guarantee that they would be able to survive the next firefight.
Not having to fight was naturally the best outcome.
"Retreated??"
Shikaku paused slightly.
"Yes."
The ninja responded.
"Let's go and see!!"
"Alright!!"
The clan heads responded with excited expressions.
A little over an hour later, Shikaku and Hiashi, leading a thousand ninja, arrived in front of Iwagakure's camp.
When they saw the empty space, everyone felt a great sense of relief.
"Hahaha! Iwagakure really left."
"This is great!!"
"..."
"Shikaku, what on earth is going on? I don't quite understand. Why did Iwagakure suddenly retreat?"
Choza asked honestly.
"If nothing unexpected happened, it should be that Lord Fifth's side won a beautiful victory."
"After Iwagakure received the news, they were too scared to delay and retreated directly!!"
Shikaku said in a deep voice.
Konoha's intelligence was not publicly shared.
As the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Shin had the right to know first.
But Shikaku, Hiashi, and the others did not have such treatment.
So at this moment, they had not received any news about Uchiha Shin killing the Fourth Raikage, capturing Yugito, and driving away the Kumogakure army.
However, although they didn't know the details, they could guess that Iwagakure's retreat was definitely related to Uchiha Shin.
"I think so too. Other than that, there's no way to explain why Iwagakure retreated so decisively!!!"
Hiashi laughed.
"Let's go back and have a good celebration!!"
<><><><><><
Read Advanced Chapters on : patreon.com/Kaizo247
~ Every 150 PS = Bonus Chapter!
~ Push the Story forward with your [Power Stones]