Whether they were the ninjas of the sand, the leaf, or the rain, they all waited attentively.
After displaying the dust element, it was more than likely that Onoki would arrive at the other battlefields to show his power.
The question was, where would it begin?
Unconsciously, everyone turned to look towards the land of grass.
Normally it would be very difficult to predict Onoki's next moves, but lately there has been news of the losses suffered by the Rock ninjas on the grass battlefield.
Therefore, almost everyone expected the Leaf ninjas to be the first to test the power of the dust element.
Hiruzen knew this and had a headache.
Although he had previously fought Onoki, and it could be said that the battle ended in a draw with a slight advantage for Hiruzen, the Third Hokage could not say for sure how the next battle would end.
He could only rely on his strategies, which were planned based on the information his master Tobirama gathered about Mu and the information he himself had about Onoki.
And meeting with Torifu and the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio, Hiruzen prepared to receive Onoki.
He didn't have to wait long.
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While some doctors were busy checking on some patients, they couldn't help but feel anxious and nervous as they heard faint explosions in the distance.
Natsuo, meanwhile, was having lunch while sitting next to a stretcher where an unconscious ninja was resting.
Inside the medical tent were only the medical ninjas and the injured ninjas, while outside there was a whole team of ninjas in charge of protecting the tent.
And in the entire camp, only a tenth of the ninjas remained.
The rest had gone out to stop the advance of the Rock ninjas.
Since yesterday, scouts had reported the advance of several teams from the Rock from different points, and the Leaf ninjas had to split up to intercept them, leaving only a few ninjas at the camp.
Natsuo did not envy the ninjas who went to fight because no scout had reported the presence of the Third Tsuchikage among the Rock ninjas, so he was obviously hiding and preparing to strike a major blow against the Leaf ninjas.
If one of the Leaf teams has bad luck, they will find Onoki and surely disappear forever.
Everyone knew this and they were afraid to go and fight.
Understanding the fear in the Leaf ninjas, the Third Hokage gave an emotional speech about the Will of Fire and miraculously most of them left the camp with their spirits high.
The Third Hokage went to the front of everyone and promised to go directly to Onoki when he appeared.
Many of the ninjas in the camp were from the Yamanaka clan, who stayed here for the purpose of keeping the Leaf ninjas in communication and reporting the appearance of the Third Tsuchikage.
With the help of the Yamanaka clan ninjas, the Leaf ninjas were more confident of receiving reinforcements when needed.
Whenever they encounter the Third Tsuchikage, they will immediately withdraw and pass on the information. The Yamanaka clan ninjas have spread the word about Onoki's appearance, and reinforcements will arrive soon.
Meanwhile, everyone who remained at the camp anxiously awaited news.
Small explosions could regularly be heard from a distance, announcing the few battles that were taking place near the camp.
In contrast, most battles took place far away, and they could only rely on the Yamanaka clan ninjas for news.
Meanwhile, things calmed down in the medical tent.
Most of the wounded had been treated and were stable, so the medical ninjas had nothing to do to distract them from their concerns.
In comparison to the anxiety shown by the other medical ninjas, Natsuo appeared calm while eating.
Being worried about something that was out of his control was useless, besides, others are the ones who will face the problems for him.
Of course, he did not completely ignore what was happening on the battlefield because his shadow clones could send him information.
His shadow clones could also use the wood element, which allowed them to go unnoticed while hiding in the earth or flora of the battlefield.
And because they have been spying for Natsuo for a long time, they have generated a great profit for him regarding Ninjutsu reserves.
Since they could also use Sharingan, they could copy the Jutsus of the ninjas as long as they used visible hand seals, and one of them was a Yamanaka using his family's secret Jutsus.
A secret jutsu is generally an uncommon jutsu that usually uses Yin or Yang release.
Like the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans.
In the case of the Yamanaka clan, all their secret Jutsus have to do with the mind and use Yin release.
After copying the hand seals and the use of Yin chakra in these secret Jutsus, Natsuo's shadow clones set to work mastering them.
Learning these secret jutsus could be considered easy if you had talent. But it was a very different story if you wanted to use them effectively.
Not to mention using it in battle. The difficulty would skyrocket.
One reason why only these clans use their secret Jutsus and other clans do not copy them is because of the difficulty of using Yin and Yang release Jutsus.
For example, medical Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are very useful, but few can use them because of the difficulty in learning them.
And these secret Jutsus are even harder for a normal ninja to learn, so you can imagine the difficulty.
The reason children from these clans could use these secret Jutsus was because their genetics were predisposed to learning these Jutsus.
Several generations learning these secret Jutsus made the bodies of these ninjas allow them to lessen the difficulty of learning these Jutsus.
Natsuo knew how difficult it was to learn these secret Jutsus, so he had a large group of shadow clones practice for him.
So far there have been great results and he was able to copy what the Yamanaka clan ninjas were doing, creating a communication network on the battlefield.
While eating, Natsuo could find out what was happening on the battlefield through this communication network.
And it was through this information network that he was able to discover Onoki's location.
And he grimaced because he was heading towards the camp.
It was still far away and would take almost half a day to arrive, as they were apparently avoiding the Leaf ninja teams to attack the camp by surprise, but when I arrived they would be in trouble.
Thinking quickly, Natsuo swiftly gave an order to his shadow clones closest to Onoki's location.
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Several dozen kilometers away from the Hidden Leaf camp in the Land of Grass, a squad of 10 Hidden Rock ninjas traveled silently.
The entire squad possessed great stealth and chakra concealment skills, so the Leaf Village's sensors wouldn't detect them as long as they weren't using chakra while traveling.
Running and jumping through the trees, every so often one of the ninjas in the group would fall to the ground and use a small amount of chakra to sink into the ground.
As long as he sinks into the ground quickly, the sensors of the Leaf Village will not be able to detect his chakra underground.
As the figure sank into the earth, the other ninjas in the trees waited for their Kage.
Onoki
Oniki was the figure who sank into the earth and was in charge of being the group's explorer.
As an earth-style chakra user, Onoki could use his chakra to connect with the earth around him and sense presences in the distance.
And being someone of his level, Onoki could sense things for miles around without attracting the attention of the blade's sensors.
The Leaf ninjas could only sense their actions if an equally skilled Earth Release ninja were doing the same thing.
But there was no one of his level in the Hidden Leaf Village, and Onoki acted quickly before he could stop.
Therefore, they trusted to remain hidden until they reached the camp of the hidden blade.
Recording the presence of all living beings for miles around in his mind, Onoki emerged from the earth and guided his team to evade any Leaf ninja.
As they stared at the back of the small figure in front of them, the Rock ninjas could only feel reverence.