One Man in Charge

However, the encounter with the Akatsuki organization was just an episode in the journey.

Shintaro led the Konoha troops past the village and continued their journey.

The western part of the Land of Rain.

On a hill, the Sunagakure ninja troops were stationed here.

It rained all year round in the Land of Rain, so the troops were stationed in the mountains to avoid flooding.

In the commander's tent, there was a familiar beautiful figure to Shintaro, Pakura.

A ninja entered the camp to report on the battle.

"Reporting to Pakura-sama, one of our forces has engaged Iwagakure."

Pakura stood up and asked, "How many are there?"

"We have 100 men, and Iwagakure has 200!"

Hearing this, Pakura immediately left the camp.

"Take a hundred men with me to assist, while the rest continue to guard the defense line."

Pakura's eyes were sharp, and she had the spirit of a heroine.

Conflicts like this were common in the Land of Rain.

Basically, Sunagakure and Iwagakure had a dozen per day, one every seven days, and one per month.

Conflicts involving hundreds of people could only be considered routine.

Both sides had each stationed thousands of troops and maintained a certain intensity of war on the front lines.

This was essentially a test for both Sunagakure and Iwagakure.

Neither Sunagakure nor Iwagakure was the main enemy of the other.

In this great ninja war, Sunagakure's main enemy was Konoha, while Iwagakure's main enemy was Kumogakure.

Sunagakure and Konoha fought in the Land of Fire, with the momentum of a national-scale war.

Iwagakure's previous sneak attack on Kumogakure's homeland resulted in the death of the Third Raikage from exhaustion after a fierce battle for three days, and the two villages formed a deadly feud.

Therefore, the main forces of the two countries would not be used against each other.

However, if one party exposed its weaknesses, they would not hesitate to take action.

Pakura rushed to the battlefield with a hundred troops.

"[Shakuton: Kajōsatsu]."

She had just landed and arrived with four hot fireballs floating around her.

At this moment, it was drizzling in the sky, and when the rain fell on the fireballs, it instantly evaporated into nothing. The fireballs produced by the Scorch Release would not be extinguished even in the rain; instead, they would directly vaporize the raindrops. The evaporated moisture would condense in the cooling air, gradually forming a thin layer of water mist.

Pakura rushed to one of the four-man teams from Iwagakure and waved the four fireballs.

The fireballs easily hit the enemy at close range, instantly turning the four men into mummies.

The charred and dried corpses lay lifeless in the drizzle. The scene was shocking.

"That's Pakura of the Scorch Release!"

"Be careful! Focus your strength on defense!"

The Iwagakure ninjas immediately reacted, and Pakura's Scorch Release reputation was now even more formidable.

Pakura was the hero of Sunagakure and the biggest enemy of Iwagakure on the Rain Country battlefield.

The Iwagakure ninjas rallied one by one, and all kinds of earth spears, earth dragons, and earth bullets came from all directions.

Pakura moved flexibly among the various attacks, and at the same time, she condensed several more fireballs.

These fireballs, containing extremely high temperatures, not only served as deadly weapons but could also act as absolute defense.

Various attacks were powerless under such high temperatures, all turning into scorched earth and crumbling to pieces.

As Iwagakure and Sunagakure were fighting, several voices suddenly came from the hillside beside the battlefield.

"Not bad. It's faster to cut trees with the Wind Release. Move it up and let the Fire Release ninjas dry the wood before building; otherwise, it will rot easily. Remember to have the Earth Release ninjas dig drainage channels. I'll go down there and take a look."

It seemed like a boy was directing some ninjas to build a camp.

Pakura vaguely heard the voice and found it very familiar. She had a faint guess in her heart.

"No way... Is it really him..."

"Hey, we've been waiting for you all."

A white-haired boy walked out of the forest and came to the Sunagakure and Iwagakure battlefield, waving hello.

"It is him! Uchiha Shintaro!"

Pakura reacted strongly and immediately retreated from the battlefield, while ordering the Sunagakure troops to stop.

The troops on both sides didn't know why, but they stopped anyway.

Seeing this, Shintaro stood up and said, "Everyone, I have something to announce. Konoha is currently stationed on this mountain. While you're fighting, don't accidentally hurt us."

The ninjas on the battlefield looked at each other, their eyes seemingly saying, "Is he crazy?"

Pakura glanced at the mountain top. There was a lot of movement inside, and many trees had been cut down, indicating the other party wasn't lying.

After careful consideration, Pakura announced, "Retreat!"

"Don't go, Pakura, we're old acquaintances. Why don't we say hello when we meet?"

Shintaro said to Pakura with a smile.

Pakura rolled her eyes at Shintaro and ignored him.

The other party clearly had good strength, and Konoha's intentions were unclear, so she didn't dare to continue the fight.

But the Iwagakure ninjas seemed not to recognize Shintaro.

After the Sunagakure ninjas retreated, the Iwagakure ninjas surrounded them.

"Konoha ninjas are also our enemies, everyone, follow me!"

A ninja shouted and rushed forward.

Konoha and Iwagakure had been enemies for many years, with hostility spanning two great ninja wars.

And now Shintaro was involved in the fight between Sunagakure and Iwagakure, so it was natural to launch a siege.

Seeing this, Shintaro retracted his friendly smile and looked coldly at the Iwagakure ninjas.

"Die."

Shintaro's tone was calm, as if stating an already determined fact.

"[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue]."

He withdrew with one hand, and a blue flash appeared. The Iwagakure ninjas were pulled by a tremendous force and slammed into the hillside behind, turning into a pool of flesh.

The Iwagakure troops were instantly terrified.

"Combine Ninjutsu! Use combined Ninjutsu quickly!"

Ninjutsu like Earth Release, which relies on scale for damage, is highly suitable for combined execution, a specialty of Iwagakure ninjas.

"[Doton: Banri Doryūheki]."

"[Doton: Iwadeppō no Jutsu]."

The Iwagakure ninjas used high and thick stone walls to isolate Shintaro in front of them, while simultaneously launching stone bullets behind the wall.

The stone bullets gradually expanded in the air, and their numbers were astonishing.

Shintaro was quickly buried by the stone bullets.

At this moment, a red flash emerged from the gap between the piles of stone bullets, spreading in all directions.

"[Cursed Technique Reversal: Red]."

A sudden red light appeared, and the mountain of stones exploded instantly, the thick stone walls collapsing in an instant.

The impact brought large boulders crashing down on many unfortunate Iwagakure ninjas, like soldiers struck by bullets on the battlefield, crushed into mincemeat.

These successive deaths were tragic, and Shintaro remained unscathed.

The inner defenses of the Iwagakure ninjas collapsed immediately.

"He's a monster!"

"Run! We don't stand a chance!"

"Could he be the White-Haired Demon Eye?!"

"No matter who he is, just run!"

Finally, after Kumogakure and Kirigakure, the Iwagakure ninjas also truly felt the power of the White-Haired Demon Eye.

Facing the fleeing Iwagakure ninjas, Shintaro calmly opened his hand, and a dark spiral ball the size of a coin slowly formed.

The ball gradually grew larger, eventually reaching the size of a rubber ball.

The chakra condensed in such a ball was thousands of times that of an ordinary [Rasengan], and Shintaro also needed to use his Six Eyes at full power to use it.

The ball moved to his fingertip. He raised his hand and pointed it forward, making the same hand gesture as when using [Red].

"[Hollow Technique: Purple]."

A red flash exploded, and the pitch-black ball containing terrifying power was instantly propelled out.

Countless raindrops shot through the air, forming visible trails to the naked eye, and fell into the scattered crowd.

The Iwagakure troops were utterly destroyed.