Naruto: Konoha Uzumaki Shirataki

Defeating the Third Kazekage without the full force of Wind Erosion would undoubtedly make all the Suna ninjas who were listening look horrified, and many of them had faint expressions of disbelief on their faces.

But surprisingly, the Third Kazekage didn't have the slightest intention to refute. He just lowered his head and was silent for a while.

A few seconds later, the Third Kazekage also cast his gaze in the direction of Shirataki, with a tangled and bitter expression on his face, and said in a rather unpleasant tone, "That guy Uzumaki Shirataki can not only make my iron sand disappear instantly, but also make me The iron sand is released again."

"Besides, I always feel that his invisible attack is tangible! Maybe it's just that our eyes can't see it! Otherwise, without a medium, it would be impossible for him to use the sealing technique on me!"

Everyone saw that the Third Kazekage's face was very ugly, and what he said was full of strong dissatisfaction. It was obvious that he was not talking nonsense and deliberately making excuses for his defeat.

Naturally, the Third Kazekage didn't know anything about the detailed information about the Shirataki Eye Technique. He only knew that Shirataki's technique was very restrained, and the iron sand simply had no ability to defend it.

The Third Kazekage thought to himself that he was now seriously injured and unable to fight anymore, and Kazekage didn't seem to have the slightest confidence in defeating Shirataki.

After clearing his mind, the Third Kazekage forced himself to calm down, and then he said, "Let's retreat, wait until the drought comes over and my wounds are healed, and then we can fight to the death with that bastard Uzumaki Shirataki."

Even though he was very unconvinced by his defeat, and even though he was unwilling to give in, as a leader of a ninja village, the Third Kazekage still possessed the most basic sense of reason. Therefore, instead of risking another drop in morale and letting Feng Xiang go up to fight Shirataki, it would be better to go back and rest first, use the defenses at the camp to relax, and wait until the next day to fight again.

After all, the current situation. On the Konoha side, Shirataki, the highest combat power, seems to have consumed little. He is still flying in the air and shouting with great energy. The morale of the Konoha ninjas is at a high level. On Sunagakure's side, the Third Kazekage had lost his combat effectiveness, and the Sunagakure's morale was low. With this addition and subtraction, the comparison of combat power between the two sides immediately lost balance.

At this time, choosing to fight Konoha, turning on the melee mode regardless, and confronting Shirataki, the enemy leader, is really not an option. Because this is likely to turn their small one-on-one defeat in Sand Hidden Village into a complete defeat for the entire army, a disastrous defeat, or even something worse.

The Third Kazekage could understand this simple truth. There was not a single fool among the senior Suna ninjas present, so they could also understand it. Without much hesitation, Chiyo accepted the order and immediately turned around and ran towards the area where the puppet master's troops were located.

At the same time, Luo Sha, Ebizo, Ye Cang and others also left one after another. It seemed that they were also going to their troops to convey the retreat order. In the center of the battlefield, Shirataki roared a few more times, roughly speaking, "Is there no one in Sunagakure Village?", "Is there anyone who dares to fight to the death with me, Shirataki?" and so on.

After a few minutes, he saw that not only did no one in the Sunagakure position come out to challenge, but the Sunagakures turned around one after another, turning from the rear to the front and retreating. Shirataki immediately realized that these guys probably wanted to run away.

So, Shirataki raised one hand high, and then waved it forward fiercely, shouting loudly, "All Konoha ninjas, listen to the order, Suna ninja is leaving, follow me and kill!!!"

As soon as Shirataki finished speaking, thousands of Konoha ninjas who had already lost their patience rushed out of their positions. The countless crowds of people chased Sunagakure's troops like waves of anger.

Kunai, shurikens, scythes, detonating charms, various ninja tools, as well as wind escape, fire escape, earth escape, water escape. All kinds of ninjutsu, boundless attacks swept towards the Suna ninja army like a tsunami. rear.

However, although the Sand Ninjas wanted to run away, they were not defeated. Their retreat was in an orderly manner, slipping away when they should, and showing a very high level of military literacy by those behind the scenes. At the same time, several masters were assigned to the Sunagakure troops as the rearguard force to ensure that all Sunagakure could withdraw from the battlefield as safely as possible.

These masters, perhaps like Luo Sha, manipulate massive amounts of sand to form a defensive network that stretches hundreds of meters to resist attacks from the rear. Or like Hagura, he released several or even dozens of fireballs, burning many Konoha ninjas who chased too far forward into mummies.

In addition, some master puppet masters were left behind. They either used large amounts of poisonous mist released by large puppets to kill the enemy, or used self-destructing puppets to explode to cause chaos, or used mechanism puppets to spray hidden weapons to achieve the purpose of suppressing fire, and at one time they were able to suppress enemies coming from several directions. All the Konoha ninjas stopped him.

The Konoha ninjas' pursuit in succession did not achieve much success due to the obstruction of these Suna Ninja masters. The offensive slowed down slightly, and they were unknowingly separated by a considerable distance from the Suna Ninja army. The offensive of the Konoha ninja army was thwarted. Seeing that the Suna ninjas seemed to be running farther and farther away, their morale could not help but decrease a little, and their motivation to pursue them was not that strong. It wasn't until Konoha's masters arrived at the forefront of the battlefield that the situation began to reverse.

Since it was now a melee, the masters from Sunagakure and Konoha were fighting fiercely while also using range attacks to kill as many ordinary ninjas as possible. Sunagakure fought and retreated, but the number of casualties among the Sunagakure increased due to the hard work of the Konoha ninjas, and they were gradually unable to maintain the order of retreat.

In contrast, the Konoha ninjas were full of momentum and pursued bravely one by one. The number of casualties was much less than that of the Suna ninjas. It was obvious that Luo Shaye Cang and the master puppet masters were undoubtedly unable to withstand such a sea of ​​​​people offensive.

Perhaps thinking that if the situation continued like this, the Suna ninja would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, Chiyo quickly rushed to the rear with her son and daughter-in-law from the front, took out a bunch of puppets, and planned to help Rasa and others depending on the situation.

But at this moment, a figure that everyone present did not expect suddenly appeared, and even Shirataki was shocked. Hatake Sakumo, who should have left long ago, quickly drew out the ninja sword from behind and said nothing. Directly cutting off the chakra lines used by Chiyo and the others to control the puppets.

Immediately afterwards, before Chiyo had time to react, dozens of sword lights flashed, and the cold light rushed towards the three people, and was about to sweep them in and devour them all. At this critical moment, Chiyo's son, a male Sand Ninja with short red hair, pushed his mother and wife away without hesitation, and faced Hatake Sakumo's blade.

What followed. After more than two hours of brutal fighting, after leaving behind countless corpses of Sunagakure, the Sunagakure army finally retreated successfully. At least, after such a chase, most of the Konoha ninjas were close to exhaustion and unable to pursue the Suna ninjas who had already begun to run away desperately.

At sunset, the battlefield gradually became quiet. Under the setting sun, the sky seemed to turn into patches of dark red, and the whole world seemed to be stained with a dazzling blood light.

In the direction of the retreat of Sunagakure's troops, the land stretched for several miles. Corpses that were complete, incomplete, or in pieces fell on this road filled with the smell of death.

Among them, there are Suna ninjas and Konoha people. Generally speaking, Suna ninjas are the majority. But, no matter what, Konoha won. Konoha successfully defeated Sunagakure, at least in this pursuit battle.

The Konoha ninjas did not let the Sunagakure retreat safely, but took a hard bite on the Sunagakure troops, biting off a large piece of fat.

Perhaps it was Shirataki's decisive defeat of the Third Kazekage that boosted the morale of Konoha's ninjas, so they fought bravely and had a strong desire to kill the enemy.

Perhaps, the experience of being suppressed and beaten by Sunagakure for more than a year was too frustrating, and all the Konoha ninjas wanted to vent their resentment at this moment.

Perhaps, it was Hatake Sakumo's sudden appearance that defeated the enemy steadily, making the Konoha ninjas full of confidence in victory.

In short, this battle was too fierce, even beyond Shirataki's original expectations. Perhaps, it also exceeded the expectations of the Third Kazekage.

It would be no exaggeration to say that the battlefield along the way was filled with blood. The gravel underfoot seemed to suddenly become sticky and wet, and it felt like sinking into mud when stepping on it.

Shirataki strolled slowly near the battlefield, scanning the desert strewn with corpses while recalling the battle scenes he observed in his mind.

Shirataki did not participate in this pursuit battle. This was because he was not interested in dealing with a group of pawns. Secondly, for the extremely fast old man Sunagakure, his highest combat power must be on standby at all times to respond in time. .

Now, although the battle has ended, there are still many Konoha ninjas lingering on the battlefield. Some of them were collecting the corpses of their companions, while others were searching for the Sand Ninja who were not yet dead, and then stabbed them with their sharp blades.

After experiencing so many wars with Sunagakure, every Konoha ninja in this ninja army now controlled by Shirataki will naturally do this kind of work after the war, without the need for special instructions.

It is worth mentioning that after the victory of this battle led by Shirataki, all the Konoha ninjas Shirataki met along the way, no matter who they were, would take the initiative to put aside their work and salute when they saw Shirataki. , the attitude is extremely respectful.

Obviously, all Konoha ninjas knew who brought them this victory. Although Shirataki didn't recognize the Konoha ninjas who came to greet him, he still smiled and nodded in greeting.

Just walking, looking, and meeting countless Konoha ninjas along the way. As the bodies at his feet became fewer and fewer, Shirataki finally reached the edge of the battlefield. That is, the place where the Suna ninjas completely escaped the pursuit of the Konoha ninjas.

There were no corpses in front of him, and no traces of blood remained. There were only a series of messy footprints left on the sand. It was obvious that the sand ninjas were walking in a hurry.

On the battlefield littered with corpses, a group of people slowly passed by, numbering about seven or eight people. They were the leadership of the ninja army headed by Shirataki, and they were discussing post-war matters.

Nara Shikaji walked on the left side of Shirataki, while carefully recalling the various statistics that he had collected before, he said without any hesitation, "According to current statistics, our casualties are about 1,200, including 247 dead and 406 seriously injured. , the rest were all minor injuries.”

Shirataki walked in the center with his hands behind his back. When Nara Shikaji finished his report, he frowned and asked, "Why do we have such a huge advantage and still have more than a thousand casualties? How is the situation of Sunagakure?"