Swish swish swish————
In the border forest, figures shuttled quickly, and the sound of metal clashing rang out from time to time in the forest.
Clang!
A kunai collided with a short sword. Looking at the Hidden Sand Village ninja in front of him, and the reinforcements constantly rushing from behind the other party, Matsushita Ishi looked ferocious.
"Damn Hidden Sand!"
"Hmph, Konoha ninjas, weak and unbearable!"
The enemy in front of him sneered, his short sword constantly attacking the fatal parts of his body. The sword light intertwined into a large net, forcing Matsushita Ishi into perilous situations.
Seeing Matsushita Ishi sweating profusely, the Hidden Sand Village ninja's smile gradually became rampant: "Is this all you got? Then go to die!"
Schwing As the voice fell, a cold sword light flashed suddenly. The head of the Hidden Sand Village ninja flew high, the rampant smile still remaining on his face.
A white-haired figure stood in front of Matsushita Ishi, staring coldly at the enemies in front of him.
"Lord Sakumo!"
Seeing the figure from behind clearly, Matsushita Ishi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't get distracted. Quickly gather other squad members on the front line and return to the camp first."
Sakumo Hatake's voice was calm, not panicked at all by the excessive number of enemies.
"My Lord, there are too many enemies, the camp cannot be held!" Matsushita Ishi said urgently.
"At least block the enemies outside the national border."
Sakumo Hatake's voice was solemn, carrying an unquestionable meaning.
"It's Konoha's White Fang—"
Seeing the person clearly, a trace of dread flashed in the eyes of the leading man in the Hidden Sand camp.
Sakumo Hatake was slightly older than Tsunade, but still less than thirty years old now. He was handsome, in his prime, with a sharp yet steady temperament.
"I remember your name is Haku? A very talented puppet master of Hidden Sand Village."
Sakumo Hatake sized up the other party: "It was rumored that you were one of the candidates for the Third Kazekage. Looks like you failed to succeed the position of Kazekage."
"Stop trying to sow discord."
Haku scoffed: "No matter how much you delay, you will eventually die here."
"That's not necessarily true."
Sakumo Hatake raised his hand to grasp the short sword on his back, his gaze sweeping across the enemies, his mood inevitably heavy.
There were at least fifty enemies, while his side only had two squads, one of which was injured—
"Let me stay behind to cover the retreat!"
Matsushita Ishi gritted his teeth: "If it weren't for receiving us, you wouldn't have fallen into this danger."
"No, there are too many people. You can't block them for long. Covering the retreat is meaningless."
Sakumo Hatake shook his head slightly, but his gaze remained locked on the surrounding enemies: "Form a defensive formation and retreat towards the camp."
"Planning to be a shrinking turtle (coward)?"
Haku sneered, waved his hand, and the surrounding ninjas immediately formed a semi-encirclement formation, forming hand seals.
"Wind Release: Air Cutter!" ×N
In an instant, countless wind blades scraped towards Sakumo Hatake and his group. The surrounding trees were cut in half by invisible wind blades.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
Boom An arc-shaped earth wall rose from the ground, blocking all the incoming wind blades.
However, in just these short one or two seconds, a part of the Hidden Sand Village ninjas went around to the rear of Sakumo and his group, surrounding them completely.
"Seems like we can only force a breakthrough."
Sakumo Hatake sighed inwardly. With his strength, he was confident in breaking out, but the others would probably suffer heavy casualties.
Just as he was mentally prepared to lead the few people in a desperate breakout, a three-pronged kunai seemed to fly from eight hundred miles away, drawing a parabola in mid-air, and then under people's doubtful gazes, inserted into the ground in front of Sakumo Hatake with a thud.
While both enemies and allies were wondering how far this kunai flew from to be so weak and powerless, a little blond boy who looked no more than eight or nine years old suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of Sakumo Hatake!
"Konoha reinforcements, Minato Namikaze."
Quickly stating his identity, Minato raised his hand and created three Shadow Clones, each Shadow Clone holding onto two people.
In the next instant, the figures of the Konoha group suddenly disappeared out of thin air!
And the process of all this took less than two seconds!
"Hm?"
The sudden change made everyone in Hidden Sand Village stunned.
"People—where are the people?! Where did they go?!"
Looking at the empty clearing, Haku suddenly roared, his face gradually turning flushed.
He flickered to the position where the Konoha group had just stayed, his gaze falling on that three-pronged kunai.
"Space-Time Ninjutsu? Wait, could this be the Second Hokage's————"
Before Haku could finish speaking, the scene before his eyes flashed suddenly, and the little blond boy just now actually appeared in front of him again!
He subconsciously pulled out a kunai, wanting to take the opportunity to kill the other party.
A brat who mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu and looked less than ten years old—
Once the other party was allowed to grow up, it would be a terrifying nightmare for Hidden Sand Village!
Haku's thoughts raced, but the scene in front of him seemed to skip frames. An azure ball suddenly occupied his entire vision!
In his remaining consciousness, the exclamations of his subordinates seemed to echo————
Bang!
Easily dispatching Haku, Minato flickered to put away the kunai, and his figure disappeared again, leaving behind a group of leaderless Hidden Sand Village ninjas.
At the same time, Konoha camp.
Sakumo Hatake and the others were still in a daze.
"Lord Sakumo is back!"
Seeing the figures of the few people, the surrounding ninjas cheered as if they had found their backbone.
Sakumo Hatake looked at Minato beside him: "What is going on?"
"My name is Minato Namikaze. I am ordered by Lord Hokage to support the front line, Senior Sakumo. This is the mission instruction document."
Minato handed a scroll to Sakumo Hatake. The other party took the scroll, released the seal, and quickly scanned the scroll.
"It seems I was right. The front line cannot be lost, but Hidden Sand has too many troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold."
Sakumo Hatake frowned slightly. He turned to look at Minato: "Minato-san (little brother), if I guessed correctly, you just used the Second Hokage's Flying Raijin Jutsu, right?"
Minato nodded: "Yes."
"I wonder how much chakra you have left? If possible, can you help bring back other squads?"
Sakumo Hatake asked.
As the front-line commander, he actually had the authority to assign missions directly to Minato. However, considering that Minato might not have much chakra at his age, plus the other party had just helped him escape from the Hidden Sand encirclement, Sakumo Hatake's tone was very polite.
But before Minato could speak, a ninja from the Yamanaka clan beside him spoke first.
"Lord Sakumo, these are already all the surviving squads on the front line. Six squads have lost their sensory traces, and most of the teams that retreated smoothly are wounded."
Hearing this, Sakumo Hatake frowned tightly. He looked at Minato: "When did you get this order?"
"About twenty minutes ago."
Minato calculated the time. In these twenty minutes, five minutes to lead Nawaki and the others to the front-line camp, five minutes to confirm identity, and the remaining ten minutes to successfully retrieve seven ninja squads including Sakumo Hatake's group.
High mobility is unreasonably efficient!