Chapter 28

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Land of Thunder, Kumogakure.

The Fourth Raikage, A, lay on the sofa with his legs crossed.

"I didn't expect Konoha to have a civil war, haha! This time we must reclaim everything we lost to Iwa Village!"

"If they hadn't signed a peace treaty with Iwa Village and allowed them to send ninjas against us, how could my father have died?"

"This time, we must make those instigators pay for their blood debts!"

Tutai, the advisor of the previous Raikage, reminded him with some worry:

"Lord Raikage, don't be careless. I've heard that it's the Uchiha clan that's coming to the front. You know the combat effectiveness of this clan, especially their Sharingan. I'm afraid the people in the village might suffer losses."

The Fourth Raikage waved his hand dismissively:

"The spies have sent back information. Konoha is currently facing internal strife; only the Uchiha clan's ninjas have come to the front. Two-on-one should easily counter the Uchiha's illusions. We can take this opportunity to wipe out their underlings."

The Fourth Raikage paused, "What's the status now?"

"It's progressing well, but he wants to fight alongside Lord Raikage..."

The Fourth Raikage waved his hand irritably:

"Let him train with the Tailed Beast Bomb! He shouldn't appear on the battlefield casually as a jinchuriki. If an enemy invades, he should just use the Tailed Beast Bomb from a distance."

After the death of the Third Raikage protecting the village, A was heartbroken.

Therefore, after he succeeded the title of Raikage, he sent Killer Bee into the Cloud Thunder Gorge to begin training with the Tailed Beast Bomb, vowing not to let the enemy hurt him again.

He then ordered Bee to stay out of the village and instructed him to use the Tailed Beast Bomb against any invading enemy from a distance. He was no longer willing to experience the pain of losing loved ones again.

Even if he were imprisoned, he wouldn't let Bee go to the battlefield.

Tutai swallowed his words that would have persuaded Bee to join the front lines.

After all, he was just a ninja, and their side had an absolute numerical advantage. Once the Uchiha's illusions lost effectiveness, they would be no different from ordinary ninjas.

At that moment, a member of the Dark Department suddenly appeared, holding a list in his hand, which he handed to the Raikage.

"Lord Raikage, someone has delivered a list of the Uchiha clan members participating in the war."

"What!?"

Raikage and Tutai exchanged glances. "Who sent this?"

The dark ninja shook his head. "A spy from Konoha reported it. It seems it suddenly appeared in his room."

The Fourth Raikage's pupils narrowed.

He took the intelligence and quickly scanned it.

["This mission from Konoha is led by Uchiha Toki, the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, along with Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Yatsushiro, as well as 10 Special Jonin, 20 Chunin, and 200 Genin to the front."]

Raikage frowned.

"This spy has been discovered, and this intelligence has already been sent back?"

Tutai was also at a loss for words.

"20 Chunin and 200 Genin? Is this Uchiha clan sending their people to die?"

The Second and Third Shinobi Wars had nearly depleted the ninja numbers.

In Konoha, for example, before the Second Shinobi World War, Jiraiya's ninja registration number was 002301.

By the end of the Third Shinobi World War, Might Guy's ninja registration number had reached 010252, and Konoha had not recruited the most ninjas among the five major ninja villages.

So when Raikage and Tutai saw that Konoha had sent only this number of people, they felt a sense of absurdity.

The two subconsciously thought that this intelligence was Konoha trying to fool them.

The war between nations is different from border skirmishes.

Even Jonin could be consumed alive against hundreds or thousands of ninjas.

A single unit from an alliance of ninja villages could take down even a significant ninjutsu from a super-sannin level. This made the ordinary upper and middle ninjas of the Uchiha clan appear like they were being sent to their deaths.

Even the Third Raikage, who was as strong as a tailed beast, had been consumed by Onoki with 10,000 ninjas, while the Uchiha clan had a force of less than 300 people, making it no different from a suicide mission in the eyes of the Raikage.

At this time, Konoha's front line was stationed with nearly 3,000 ninjas from kumo Village.

The Fourth Raikage casually burned the intelligence to ashes and snorted coldly:

"This must be a smoke screen released by Konoha. The spies on this side have likely been wasted; let them withdraw."

Tutai nodded in agreement:

"There must be other troops marching from Konoha. Lord Raikage should send the Dark Department to investigate it as soon as possible."

Raikage nodded and ordered the Dark Department to head to the battlefield.

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Meanwhile, on the way to the battlefield,

"Clan Elder, let's consider a more diplomatic approach. You've fought on the battlefield before, and you've seen the power of joint ninjutsu. We really aren't cut out for fighting."

The war of nations is not like a squad attack or defense in border skirmishes.

The battle between two armies usually begins with a joint ninjutsu attack and defense involving dozens or even hundreds of people.

Once everyone's chakra is nearly depleted, they engage in a desperate battle.

Therefore, the quantitative change results in qualitative change, which is why Toki was surprised to see that all the clan members participating in the war this time were none of the elites below the level of Chunin. He didn't think the Uchiha clan could win this war.

However, Toki smiled slightly and confidently replied,

"Don't worry; I won't joke with the lives of my clansmen."

After saying this, he glanced at the sealing scroll on his waist, a hint of excitement flashing across his face.

He hadn't expected that after upgrading the Ninja R&D Center to Level 2, he would unlock this kind of item. This was why he changed his strategy and opted for elite tactics.

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