The Hokage, having traveled here, of course he'd unify the ninja world!

Chapter 940: Battle Imminent

Sunagakure Village.

Inside the secret room.

Yekura and Maki basically explained the situation in Konoha to the First and Second Kazekage.

[Konoha has so many powerful ninjas, and they're so rich too.]

Liedou had thought that Konoha would be very powerful, but he never expected it to be this powerful.

They have even surpassed Kumogakure in terms of national strength.

The other side was also surprised that Konoha had turned all the occupied areas into oases as if laying bricks.

In his time, science was not advanced, and there was no such thing as a seawater desalination device.

The people of the wind-swept land by the sea obtain fresh water using relatively primitive methods.

I never imagined that such a thing would be invented so many years after his death.

It's simply unbelievable.

"...At present, only Sunagakure Village and Arashiyama Castle remain as our last line of defense."

Yekura's expression darkened as she spoke, after all, she was the current Kazekage, and the state of Sunagakure was very distressing for her.

After Retsuto and Shamon learned all the information, they did not blame Yekura.

The fact that Pakura was willing to take on this mess in Sunagakure's current situation shows that she truly loves the village.

As for everything that followed, it wasn't just her problem alone.

Seeing Ye Cang's somewhat remorseful expression.

Lie Dou's expression remained unchanged; he simply stated in an unquestionable manner:

"Don't worry, the village won't fall as long as I'm here."

Lie Dou had already sensed the state of his body in the short time that had just passed.

Although his chakra limit has been reduced somewhat, it does not affect his combat ability.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside.

"Lord Kazekage, something terrible has happened! Konoha has mobilized its entire force, with nearly a thousand experts heading towards Arashiyama Castle."

"The leaders of the team are the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Chiyo, and the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato!"

The incoming ANBU quickly reported everything to Yekura.

Ye Cang's face turned pale this time, and she looked at Lie Dou.

Retsuto, his expression unchanged, asked the Anbu, "When was this intelligence sent? Where are the Konoha people now?"

The Anbu didn't recognize the First Kazekage, Retsuto, and even if there were stone statues in the village, they certainly wouldn't resemble real people.

Hearing Liedou's question, he turned his gaze to Yecang.

Retsuto was bound to appear soon, and Yekura didn't hide anything, saying directly, "This is the First Kazekage, Lord Retsuto, answering his questions."

The ANBU member paused for a moment before immediately replying:

"This is real-time intelligence; we have reconnaissance equipment that can see the people of Konoha from a distance."

"There are too many people in Konoha, so the speed is not fast. At the current speed, Konoha will arrive at Arashiyama Castle in about two hours."

"A reconnaissance device? For long-range observation."

Lie Dou's eyes lit up; such things didn't exist in his time: "Take me to see it."

“We can just take it directly.” Yecang remembered that Shamon had said that Black Zetsu might use their eyes to see what was happening here.

So they let the reconnaissance team go directly into the room, since a barrier had just been set up there to prevent Black Zetsu from discovering the intelligence from the reconnaissance device.

Not long after, the reconnaissance team arrived at the room.

The portable monitors in their hands were displaying the team of Konoha and the others.

The two at the very front of the group were Uchiha Chiyo and Namikaze Minato.

"This is Uchiha Chiyo, the current head of the Uchiha clan and also the Fifth Hokage."

"The one with the yellow hair next to me is the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who is also the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

Maki explained from the side.

Retsuto glanced at the screen and then asked, "Is this Fourth Hokage skilled in the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"Yes, Lord Retsuto, he destroyed our defenses several times before by using the Flying Thunder God Technique for mass teleportation."

[Susanoo, Flying Thunder God Technique...]

Retsuto now has the illusion of facing both Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama at the same time.

But this was his home turf, and countless tactics flashed through Lie Dou's mind in an instant. He immediately gave the order:

"Shamen, go inside the temple and check on the location of Shukaku."

“Summon him back with the altar.”

"I'm going to the front lines to see the strength of these people."

Shamen naturally understood what Liedou meant:

"Okay, brother, let me see if the original Magnet Escape prototype I created back then is still there."

"Let's see if those monks are all dead yet. Even in Sunagakure, they're still hiding."

Shamen showed a helpless expression. Liedou's personality clashed with the temple's secluded conditions, so the two did not get along very well.

"I understand, big brother, be careful. Ye Cang, come with me."

Ye Cang glanced hesitantly at the reconnaissance squad's monitor.

Lie Dou said in a deep voice, "The enemy is coming with great force. You must go to the temple to ensure that we have the strength to fight back."

Ye Cang made a tough decision. Since Sunagakure couldn't defend itself anyway, he might as well hand it over to Retsuto.

"Then I'll have to trouble Lord Retsuto. Maki, you'll be responsible for assisting Lord Retsuto. Lord Retsuto will make all the decisions."

"Yes!"

Yekura left quickly, while Retsuto inquired about the current situation of Sunagakure as he went outside.

He looked up at the sky and suddenly uttered a single word: "Wind..."

"Wind?" Maki looked up at the sky, not understanding what Liedou meant.

Then a gust of wind blew towards him.

"The wind is picking up," Lie Dou said with satisfaction.

……

Lansha City.

The city was silent and desolate.

Thanks to the reconnaissance drones, Sunagakure already knew in advance that a large number of Konoha's elite troops were on their way.

Therefore, at this time everyone is working hard to prepare various large-scale equipment and traps.

However, the morale of Sunagakure was very low, and their supreme commander was not the Kazekage.

Instead, it was the elite Jonin, Li Sha.

"Lord Li Sha, please report urgently!"

An undercover agent arrived at Li Sha's office and handed him a scroll.

Li Sha opened the package and looked at it, his expression showing surprise.

"I see, you go down."

Just then, several huge signal flares suddenly shot out from outside, as if illuminating the entire night sky.

Li Sha's expression hardened: They're here!

"Tap tap tap... tap tap tap..."

Countless dense footsteps echoed across the sand dunes.

Thousands of ninjas are advancing toward Arashiyama Castle at an extremely fast pace.

The outside world has been paying close attention to this battle.

Such a large-scale personnel reshuffle in Konoha could not possibly be kept secret from others.

However, they were too fast, and most forces' spies were unable to transmit the intelligence.

The fact that Sunagakure has a reconnaissance device from the Valley Country is an extremely unusual situation.

Chiyo didn't actually care whether Sunagakure had seen her whereabouts.

After all, Sunagakure didn't have enough skilled fighters to contend with them.

Qianyao saw several signal flares explode in the sky from afar.

It's obvious that Sunagakure already knew about their arrival.

"Lord Hokage, there is a quicksand trap with a diameter of 500 meters 1,000 meters to the northwest!"

"There are a large number of poisonous sting traps two kilometers ahead underground."

"There are heavy ballistae on the city walls, and a large number of ninja tool throwing vehicles at the foot of the city walls..."

As they drew closer, Neji, who was beside Chiyo, kept reporting on the defenses of Arashiyama Castle.

Yamanaka Ino, who was by his side, kept transmitting this information to the team behind him.

Everyone listened attentively, after all, it was a matter of life and death.

Outside the trap area of ​​Lansha City, Qianyao raised a hand.

Everyone from Konoha stopped behind Chiyo.

Battle is imminent.

……