After taking good care of Uchiha Fugaku's eyes, Toneri didn't have to do too much with Hinata Hizashi.

As a member of the branch family, Hyuga Hizashi has the caged bird curse mark on his body, so even if he wants to, he can't do anything to his eyes.

Instead, I collected some information about caged birds. After all, studying a caged bird that has completely faded from a dead person is not as good as a caged bird that is intact on a living person.

Summoned Little Blue and left some marks on Hinata Hizashi's body.

After dealing with this, Toneri took back the puppet of the Third Kazekage and sat silently waiting for the two of them to wake up.

...

the other side.

The country of rain.

According to the message sent back by Toneri, Orochimaru hesitated for a moment, and immediately prepared an army to directly enter the Rain Country, and uprooted all the strongholds built by Sunagakure Village in the Rain Country during this period.

Chiyo, who received the message, was not to be outdone and met the Konoha ninja army led by Orochimaru at the border of Rain Country.

After the first collision ended in the disastrous defeat of Sunagakure Village, Chiyo did not dare to collide with Konoha easily again.

At this moment, Konoha is facing Sand Hidden Village, Iwagakure Village and Kumogakure Village at the same time. In terms of numbers alone, Konoha is at an absolute disadvantage, so the surest way to win is to slowly defeat Konoha's ninjas.

It is definitely not appropriate to directly determine the winner and loser at once when all is exhausted.

Although this can be done once and for all, for Sunagakure Village, which is already lacking in resources, the cost of deciding the winner at once is too high.

Rather than doing this, it is better to leave this arduous task to Iwagakure Village and Kumogakure Village.

Anyway, the original purpose of Sunagakure Village from the beginning was just to resolve its own internal conflicts. Now that the internal conflicts have been resolved and resolved, the Sunagakure are united in pointing their finger at the outside world. Now there is no need to directly start a decisive battle with Konoha.

Therefore, Chiyo only led the army of Sunagakure Village to confront the Konoha ninja army, and had no intention of rushing forward. At the same time, he also sent some troops to guard the back.

At this time, Luo Shadu had not sent back the message, so Chiyo and Ebizo were a little uneasy.

Sunagakure Village is unwilling to fight, and the Konoha ninjas led by Orochimaru certainly don't want to start a war either.

Orochimaru's purpose this time was just to hold the Sand Hidden Village on guard, preventing them from unscrupulously dealing with the three Toneri men who were operating behind them.

The weather in the Kingdom of Rain is always filled with continuous drizzle. The Sand Ninjas who suffered a loss once will not easily enter the Kingdom of Rain again this time unless their numbers gain a certain degree of upper hand again.

Of course, since Konoha will send people to deal with Sunagakure Village's supply lines and supply troops, the same goes for Sunagakure Village.

In response, Orochimaru also dispatched a protection team to perform the mission.

What the two sides are waiting for now is actually to see whose special operations team can complete the mission first and send back the good news.

...

"Sheren, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Uchiha Fugaku covered his right eye which was wrapped in gauze with one hand, feeling the strangeness in his eyes, and said with a slight apology and thanks.

At that time, when Ichibi Shukaku appeared, he was heavily enveloped by the sand. Then there was a huge roar, causing the sand layer to surge wildly. He was also tossed around with the sand, and finally lost consciousness and fell into a coma. He didn't know

I encountered something.

After hearing Toneri's story, I realized that the terrifying giant beast raging in the desert turned out to be the war weapon of Sunagakure Village, the Ichibi Shukaku.

He felt something strange about his right eye, but other than that, he didn't feel anything else. It was probably just because of the injury that he felt something strange.

The somewhat uncomfortable feeling has gradually disappeared under his subjective control.

Toneri is currently one of the best medical ninjas in Konoha. Since he has his treatment, he said there is not much problem, so it should mean that there is not much problem.

"Senior Shiren, I'm so sorry. I'm so busy that I can't help. Instead, I've become a burden..."

Hinata Hizashi was also a little embarrassed in his clothes at the moment, scratching his head in embarrassment.

Both of them fell into coma, and finally escaped from danger with the help of Toneri.

A team was formed to carry out the mission, but in the end they didn't help much, which was a bit embarrassing.

Toneri waved his hands repeatedly, "Look at what you said, if it weren't for you, this mission wouldn't have gone so smoothly. I'm afraid I would still be chased away by the ninjas of Sunagakure Village.

Moreover, their target was me, but I put you in danger, so I should be the one to feel sorry."

Is this called emotional intelligence?

This is called "emotional intelligence".

Toneri's words obviously made Uchiha Fugaku and Hinata Hizashi feel a lot better, and their recognition of Toneri was also greatly improved.

"Sunagakure Village was destroyed in their own hands this time. They wanted to use the One-Tail to deal with us, but they didn't expect that the One-Tail that escaped control would immediately go berserk. The oasis that plays an important role in their supply line has already

It was destroyed by Shukaku, and those supplies were buried deep under the desert. Our mission this time can be considered completed."

Although the task was completed with some twists and turns, as a ninja, as long as the task is completed, no matter what method is used or what coincidence is encountered, it is completed when it is completed.

"The next step for us is to break through the defense line of Sand Hidden Village and return to the Land of Rain." Toneri's words seemed a bit serious.

Uchiha Fugaku and Hinata Hizashi, who knew what he wanted to express, didn't look very good either.

When they crossed the Kingdom of Wind and got closer, the Sand Ninjas didn't feel anything, but now that they were leaving, it would definitely not be that simple.

"After the first decisive battle with us, the manpower of Sunagakure Village must be seriously insufficient, so I suggest that we go south and not in the direction of the Rain Country. Sunagakure Village must be heavily defended there.

I suggest we go south to Kawa no Kuni.

Although the distance is more than twice as long, the advantage is safety.

Moreover, Teacher Orochimaru must be leading Konoha's ninja army to confront the Suna ninjas at this moment. We may not be able to actually accomplish what we are supposed to do when we go to the border. We still have too few manpower.

Once we are stopped, and Sunagakure Village gathers the group of people looking for us, we are probably more likely to be the one to be attacked from both sides."

Toneri took out the map and briefly analyzed it for Uchiha Fugaku and Hinata Hizashi.

The battlefield between Konoha and Sunagakure Village is mainly in the Country of Rain, but in fact, the country that borders both the Country of Fire and the Country of Wind is not only the Country of Rain, but also the Country of Kawa to the south of the Country of Rain.

Compared to the Country of Rain, the Country of Sichuan has a larger land area, so it is not easy to find it after entering the Country of Sichuan.

Although the strength of the Kingdom of Sichuan may be relatively weak, the Kingdom of Rain borders the three major countries of Fire, Wind and Earth. The geographical location is too important. As long as you occupy the Rain Kingdom, you will face the other two countries.

, can advance, attack, retreat and defend, it is a battleground for military strategists.

Therefore, after the Second Ninja World War, the Amegakure Village, which was allied with Konoha at the end, and the Konoha ninjas drove the Suna Ninja and the Iwagakure out of the Country of Rain, the Sunagakure Village and the Iwagakure Village had to agree to sign an armistice agreement.

, because Konoha, which occupied the Rain Country at that time, had the final say whether it wanted to fight or defend it.

Not wanting to be beaten passively, coupled with the threat of demigods and half-zodiacs, Iwagakure and Sunagakure had to cease the war.

Although the Third Shinobi World War initiated by Sunagakure Village was originally intended to be an outlet for internal conflicts, it still decisively targeted the Land of Rain.

Of course Konoha would not allow such an important place to fall into the control of Sunagakure Village.

Especially at this time, the position of Hanzo, the leader of Yuyin Village in the Land of Rain, is unclear.

Hanzo is gathering the power of the Hidden Rain Village and opening the Country of Rain to Sunagakure Village and Konoha. He is waiting for the situation to become clearer, or who can provide more benefits.

At the moment, all the attention is focused on the Kingdom of Rain. Toneri plans to go to the Kingdom of Sichuan. The defense force will definitely be many times weaker. It is safest to take a slightly longer detour and return to the Kingdom of Fire.

"This is indeed a good choice, but the country of Kawakawa is full of barren mountains. It will definitely take a lot longer than we planned to cross it." Uchiha Fugaku said solemnly.

There are a large number of high mountains in the Kingdom of Sichuan, especially at the border between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Sichuan, and at the border between the Kingdom of Sichuan and the Kingdom of Fire.

This is also the reason why Kawakuni has such a large territory.

"It doesn't matter. No matter how difficult the road is, it's still much safer than walking directly behind the Wind Kingdom camp."

The two of them stopped talking. Since Toneri was the captain, he made the proposal and the two of them had no objections, so just follow it.

...

My evening two days later.

The Toneri team arrived at the border between the Kingdom of Sichuan and the Kingdom of Fire.

At the border, they met the ninjas waiting for them under the orders of Orochimaru.

And Orochimaru and the ninjas of Konoha have also withdrawn from the Kingdom of Rain to the border of Konoha, but in the end the two sides still failed to fight.

The three came to Orochimaru to submit the task completion application.

However, Orochimaru's expression in the camp was not very good.

After noticing this scene, Shiren had a thought in his mind and vaguely guessed something.

"Our supply line was also cut off by Sunagakure Village?" Toneri asked.

Orochimaru did not reply, but Nara Shikaku, who was sitting aside, spoke, "Three teams from Sunagakure Village attacked our supply line at the same time. In this sneak attack, we lost a total of three jonin and five chunin.

And many genin."

Following Nara Shikaku's words, the faces of everyone present became a little solemn.

Nara Shikaku continued: "Sunagakure Village took advantage of the gap between our entire army and sent people to cut off our supply line."

Hearing this, Toneri was stunned and looked at Orochimaru with some surprise.

So, my plan to have Orochimaru's entire army not only failed to help the three of me, but actually gave them more opportunities?

Orochimaru nodded silently.

This time, not only him, but both of them felt that they were being calculated.
To be continued...