Two Poor Ghosts

The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

The sun, which was so dazzling that it was almost blazing white, shone on the earth, and people couldn't help but become manic like a fire in their hearts.

The smell of gunpowder and fighting gradually permeated the entire Mikatagahara.

The interspersed team composed of Iwa and Kumo moved forward cautiously and quickly under the shade of the trees.

The war has progressed to this extent, it can be said that it has completely entered the white-hot stage. In the mountains, in the woods, and in the crypt, the ninjas from both sides fought extremely cruelly.

No matter how experienced the Jounin is, he may fall silent where no one knows.

This kind of consumption between the needle point and the wheat awn is not the result that both parties want. The silent demise of the elite made every Kage twitch with distress.

Both sides have fought for too long, and there are too many veterans in the ninja army. They know too well how to sneak attack and how to counter sneak attack.

When both sides are familiar with this way, the war has so helplessly turned into a war of attrition that neither side wants to see.

The two sides spread out on the entire battlefield in the most stupid way, pulling out the opponent's eyeliner one after another, squeezing the opponent's room of movement little by little, until they found the opponent's vital point and gave the opponent a blow.

This is the goal that both parties want to achieve, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is more likely that both parties will discover each other's vital points at the same time.

But in that case, it is bound to be a real frontal bloody battle...

Helplessly, this is reality.

This team of Kumo and Iwa has been marching under the shade of trees for two hours, and their physical strength has been exhausted. But fortunately, before their physical strength reached the dangerous line, they successfully reached their destination this time.

It is a stronghold hidden deep in the forest, and it is also an "eye" of Konoha.

In the previous personal investigation, it was unfortunately discovered by a skilled ninja of Iwa. But the Iwa-nin was familiar with battle formations, and knew that those responsible for guarding such traffic points were usually the elite ninjas, so he didn't act rashly, but went back to call for reinforcements.

Hence the action this time.

But...

Boom!

Several elite Jounin rushed into the stronghold together, but what greeted them were not ninjas, but hundreds of detonating charms.

These Jounins are all good players who crawled out of the dead. It is also a common technique for ninjas to bury detonating charms under important strongholds or enemy corpses. Too many detonating charms did make them feel ashamed, but that's all.

No Jounin was hurt.

...If no one cared about the worsening mood.

"Another false target... Konoha's detonating talisman doesn't cost money? Use it like that!"

"Ahem, cough, cough...that's crazy, these guys are not afraid of blowing up their own people..."

"Wait, look at the iron barrel in the corner! There are traces of documents being burned! This time the stronghold is real...but we came too late, and the other party has already moved away."

"Hey, it's rare to fight with the two Kages, but they ran away... There are not many opportunities for such a huge advantage..."

The fighting of ninjas has always paid attention to fiction and reality. When pulling out each other's eyeliner, it is not uncommon to encounter various unlucky things.

But the feelings of the Jounins are still very complicated.

They were glad that they don't have to face those Konoha rabid dogs directly, but they also regret that such a good opportunity was wasted.

In history, Iwa and Kumo have fought against Konoha successively, and the two sides have won and lost each other – Nidaime Hokage died at the hands of Kumo's Gold and Silver Brothers.

Regarding each other's strength, both sides actually have a number. It stands to reason that this kind of hard power will not change in a short period of time.

But in actual combat, the current Konoha has become extremely difficult to deal with.

If they had to describe it... it would probably be that their morale was like a rainbow.

Even if they knew they were invincible, they would choose to perish with their opponents.

Everyone is a veteran ninja, and they are all tired of the war. But they don't know why Konoha's morale is so high...

Anyway, it's always nice not to have to fight.

The Jounins relaxed a little.

It's just that the faces of the two Kages are a little ugly.

One of the short old men in armor was full of anger in his eyes, and finally he could only let out a long sigh.

"I'm too familiar with this kind of cautious tactics. It's the Sandaime Hokage. –

"The security team set up a temporary security zone, and the investigation team will see if there is anything usable inside... Everyone is very tired, let's take a rest first."

Facing the old man's order, the ninjas responded one after another.

"Yes, Tsuchikage-sama!"

After the Sandadime Tsuchikage Onoki finished speaking, he looked at the tall and strong man with a bared chest.

Yondaime Raikage's face was ugly, not only because of the failure of this operation, but also because he was terrified by the death report in the past few days.

He just wanted to fight and didn't want to rest at all.

After all, the speaker was Onoki, and even the fierce-tempered Yondaime Raikage forced a smile.

The two found a big bluestone and sat down, and began to recover their strength.

After all, it was a time of war, even the leading Kages did not get too many privileges. The two of them ate and drank a mouthful of ration pills and a mouthful of water.

The Yondaime Raikage was tall and strong, and he drank all the water in the kettle in two sips.

Yondaime Raikage's already darkened face became even uglier.

Then he was surprised to find that the water bottle of Onoki who set off with him was almost full.

"Hehehe, young man, you are too impulsive to do things." Although the two sides are alliances for the time being, there have been frictions before, and now that the Yondaime Raikage is deflated, Onoki immediately laughed, "I will tell you a little trick secretly, You only need to hold the water in your mouth without swallowing it, and it can last for a long time. –

"Don't underestimate this little trick, it can save lives at critical moments."

Yondaime Raikage thought about it, but after all, he still didn't punch this dirty old man.

He took an orange out of his pouch and stuffed it into his mouth without peeling it.

"...You should peel it anyway."

"I'm not the type to fuss over minutiae."

The confrontation between the two Kages paused temporarily.

At this time, the members of the reconnaissance class also came back.

Konoha's men obviously noticed that when the coalition forces arrived, the Konoha ninja had already burned the information and fled. No matter how powerful the reconnaissance team is, it is impossible to find any useful information in this situation.

But they found something else.

"A few packs of cigarettes, and dozens of cans of meat... Ha, it really helped a lot."

After the identification of the reconnaissance team, none of these materials have been tampered with.

Everyone had smiles on their faces.

Fighting is all about logistics, even for ninjas.

However, Iwa's and Kumo's logistics situation is very bad.

It's not that the two experienced Kages don't know the importance of logistics, but that this war is really... If Konoha's recovery rate isn't fast, they don't want to fight at all.

But Konoha's state is like this, in order not to be completely defeated in the future, they can only bite the bullet.

The ninjas on both sides are not ignorant of the general situation. They know the importance of this war. In a sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a battle of national destiny.

Even if there is only one person left in the family, he can only choose to fight at this time.

But matter has no will.

Before wars in the past, Hiddden Village would spend a lot of time and money hoarding supplies to deal with wars that may last for several years.

But this time...the two large Hidden Villages lack both funds and time.

It has only been more than a year since the end of the Third Ninja World War.

No matter how the two Kages emphasized, at this moment, the logistics on both sides could only provide the most basic food pills and drinking water.

It's not that the two countries are already in such dire straits that they really can't get any meat, but the bastard merchants from the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder... collectively raise their prices!

These guys really dare to do such a thing in front of Hidden Village!

The leopard Yondaime Raikage beat a bastard big businessman into a mural on the spot, but this did not change the fact that the price had risen.

No one does business that loses money, but the business that makes money... can really make people risk their lives.

In desperation, the two big Hidden Villages could only buy a very small amount of meat to comfort themselves.

Even fewer can be assigned to the front line of the battlefield.

If they can't do it, it means they can't do it. Even if the quartermaster were forced to death, they can't make things out of nothing.

Ration pills can only guarantee that the ninja will not die. As for issues such as hunger and physical decline...that is not something ration pills should consider.

Ration pill has been known for its simple, easy-to-use, and dark cuisine since its birth.

– There is also a secret medicine among ninjas called soldier pills, but it is used for quick recovery of physical strength and chakra. It is a three-point poison of medicine, and ninjas will not take this when they have a choice.

Now that so many supplies have been seized from Konoha, everyone is in a good mood.

"There are a lot of things, it's not convenient to carry, so just eat them all."

"Yes!"

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, several ninjas who knew a little about cooking stood up and started cooking on the battlefield.

The red-eyed ninjas who had already eaten ration pills held back their restlessness and waited quietly.

A very discerning ninja handed those cigarettes to Yondaime Raikage.

These cigarettes are Konoha brand.

The now the entire Land of Fire now only has this brand.

Yondaime Raikage didn't look at it much, but just raised his head slightly.

"Konoha, these bastards are really rich, and they are all about to become the young masters of big families. No wonder they recovered so quickly... I don't smoke this thing. Everyone has worked hard recently. Whoever wants it, you can take it and smoke it."

Everyone let out a small cheer, and instantly divided up the cigarettes.

During the war years, tobacco and alcohol were roughly equal to hard currency.

Onoki instinctively wanted to stop it, but seeing the joyful eyes of the Iwa-nins behind him, he couldn't calm down in the end.

Everyone is really too difficult.

"Be careful to get rid of the smell of smoke, it will be detected by the opponent's Ninja Beast!"

"Yes, Tsuchikage-sama!"

Soon, the group ate up dozens of canned meat.

After eating and drinking, everyone's morale was high.

Leaching is cool.

Seeing that everyone had almost rested, even their morale was boosted a lot. The two Kages were about to lead the team to leave, and the careful investigation team found new gains in the Konoha stronghold.

"What did you find?"

"It's ice... ice cream! There's a whole freezer full of ice cream! Under that stronghold, there's even a basement!"

Hearing such good news, the mixed team immediately beamed with joy.

Although most of the coalition forces are men, who doesn't like to have a delicious ice cream meal on a hot day? It's inconvenient to carry so many supplies, so they must eat them, right?

Thinking so, the ninjas looked at their Kages.

The smile that had just appeared on the Yondaime Raikage's face had disappeared at this time.

Onoki's pupils showed a little fear.

After so many years of war, Onoki has long been accustomed to seeing life and death.

If he could exchange his life for the victory of Iwa, he would definitely stab himself to death with kunai immediately, without blinking his eyes.

The last time he felt this kind of mood was many years ago, when he met that terrifying man who was like a demon god – Uchiha Madara!

But now...

What he fears is not ninjutsu, but...