Early May.

The breeze blows slowly, and the warm light falls from the sky and shines into the dense forest.

The insect man blocked the sunlight with his hands and squinted his eyes.

Soon, he noticed something strange happening next to him. A man's head emerged from the soil, and then his whole body lifted off the ground. His face turned pale and he was panting.

He looked very tired and had signs of battle on his body.

The insect man looked at him and asked: "What, are you in trouble?"

The other party replied: "Yes, I didn't expect that there are excellent sensory ninjas in Kusanagi Village, and they were almost surrounded."

He is the earth boy in the team. He is good at the secret technique of earth escape and lurking. Normal sensory ninjutsu cannot detect his existence, so he has always been the investigator of the bug boy team.

But this time he was going to explore the place where the Uzumaki clan remnants were being held in Kusakure Village, but was noticed by the sentient ninjas of Kusakure Village.

This is the first time this has happened.

"Kusagakure Village is a regular ninja village after all, so it's not surprising that there are some people with special abilities in it. So, have you found out where those Uzumaki clan remnants are in Kusakure Village?"

It has been almost a month since we learned that some of the Uzumaki clan remnants were imprisoned inside Kusagakure Village.

During this month, they have been secretly dispatching personnel to make arrangements within the Country of Grass, such as determining attack and retreat routes, setting traps along the way, and delaying the retreat of the Kusanagi ninjas.

On the other hand, they also dispatched organizational personnel who are good at infiltrating the field and marched into Caoyin Village to determine the layout of Caoyin Village. The most important thing was to confirm where the survivors of the Uzumaki clan were imprisoned.

This is particularly important.

"The approximate location has been determined. But if we continue to investigate in depth, I feel like I won't be able to come back."

It is indeed a ninja village, and its level and methods are completely different from the wandering ninjas they have dealt with before.

The Kusanagi Village alone is already so difficult to chew, enough for them to eat a pot. It is really unimaginable how terrifying the ninja villages of the five major countries will be if they show their true strength.

In the face of this level of military power, ordinary conspiracies and tricks are useless.

He will be crushed to death by a force of ninjas from the front.

"That is to say, they are indeed being detained inside Caoyin Village, right?"

Bug Man asked.

"That's right."

"Now that we have determined this, things will be easier to handle. Now the attack and retreat routes have been arranged for nearly a month. As long as the remnants of the Uzumaki clan are brought out from the inside of Caoyin Village, we will be done."

"If only it were that easy."

The native man frowned and looked towards Caoyin Village in the distance. The outline of the huge building in that village could be vaguely seen.

"So in terms of grand strategy, we can attack the east and the west this time."

"Founding in the east and attacking in the west?"

The native man didn't quite understand what the insect man said.

The insect man took out a map of the Country of Grass from his arms, spread it out on the ground, pointed to a place in the Country of Grass and said: "This is the location of the Grass Hidden Village, and this is our route to attack the Grass Hidden Village.

There are three retreat routes, and traps have been laid along the way. If they pursue, they can use traps to intercept them. And the most critical part of the operation is to attack east and west... here."

The insect man pointed to a spot not far from Caoyin Village, where there was a vague pattern of a castle.

"here it is……"

"Ghost Castle. Various countries entrusted Kusakure Village to build a prison for ninjas who have committed serious crimes. The small island surrounded by the inland sea is where Ghost Castle is located. The warden who guards Ghost Castle is the jounin of Kusakure Village.

We need to pretend to attack here and send a signal to Kusakuin Village that we are going to attack Ghost City in a big way. In order to ensure that the ninjas who commit crimes in Ghost City are safe, and in order not to be held accountable by various countries, Kusakin Village will definitely send manpower to support this place."

"I see, it is indeed a good idea to disperse the forces within Caoyin Village. When will it be carried out?"

"Tomorrow night, it will take some time to assemble the attack manpower."

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The next day, at nine o'clock in the evening.

On an isolated island in the inland sea not far from Caoyin Village, you can vaguely see the dark shadow of a huge fortress in the mist. And that huge fortress is the prison that various countries commissioned from Caoyin Village to build - Ghost Lantern City.

Once ninjas from various countries violate the rules and commit heinous crimes, they will be entrusted and sent here for custody.

It is said that since the establishment of Ghost Lantern Castle, very few prisoners have been able to escape from it. The chief warden of Ghost Lantern Castle is the jounin of Kusagakure Village. He can use a ninjutsu called "Fire Release Ten Prison" and plant it on criminals.

The criminals inside will never be able to leave Ghost Lantern City until the spell is lifted.

This can be said to be the core department that Caoyin Village relies on for its survival. Caoyin Village can make ends meet between various countries, and it is also inseparable from the establishment of Ghost Lantern City.

Otherwise, with his useless character, he would have been trampled to pieces in the war between the five great ninja villages.

In this ninja world, no country can resist the ninja power of the five major countries and will be intimidated by their extremely powerful military fronts.

Therefore, if they attack this place, they can successfully attract the attention of Kusakure Village. In order to satisfy the ninja villages of various countries, they will never allow any losses here.

A group of people wearing black coats approached the small island in the inland sea by boat. The Ghost Lantern City was right in front of them.

The movement pattern of the guards here, as well as the shift change time, were all checked out in advance, so sneaking in here was very smooth along the way.

Open the map and it will show the floor plan of Ghost Lantern City.

"The criminals' cells are located here, which is point A. The entrances are B and C. There are two attack routes. Don't fight along the way and try to cause commotion. Arrive at point A, pretend to kill people and silence them, and carry out indiscriminate attacks.

, and then retreat from location D, where there is a response team on the shore."

"yes."

"After you get your things, take action immediately."

The leader took out a wooden box with a large number of detonating symbols neatly stacked inside.

After allocating the detonating symbols, the eight people were automatically divided into two groups and gathered towards the previously designated locations B and C.

When the four-person team arrived at location B, one of them took out a pocket watch, which showed the time at nine-thirty.

"It's time, attack."

Without saying anything, everyone took out the prepared kunai, and tied a series of detonating talismans on top of the kunai, as many as five, and projected them towards the high wall in front of them.

The kunai pierced into the stones of the city wall, and the detonating talisman burned. At that moment, the city wall suddenly emitted flashes and roars, and exploded.

At the same time, another explosion was also heard at another location designated as location C.

The next moment, the alarm system inside Ghost Lantern City was activated, and the guards immediately organized themselves and headed towards the location of the accident.

However, the attackers had already crossed the crumbling walls, throwing kunai in all directions.

There are five detonating charms tied to each kunai. The power of the explosion is very terrifying. If it comes into contact with the human body, it will be blown to pieces immediately.

There were continuous explosions everywhere, and there were buildings collapsed due to the explosions all around. The violent dust was thrown up on the road, which only exacerbated the chaos in Ghost Lantern City.

"Emergency alert, level 2!"

"Emergency alert, level 2!"

"Emergency alert, level 2!"

This announcement was sounded three times in a row, and the person who called out had an anxious look on his face, staring at the exploding building with extremely frightened and angry eyes.

At this moment, two kunai were shot at a huge and pointed building, and exploded with a bang. The building collapsed from the middle and hit the ground, causing the earth to shake immediately. There were a few unlucky guards.

People were still trapped underneath.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

The attacker wore a black coat, made hand seals, and sprayed huge fireballs from his mouth.

Rushing from the front were more than a dozen guards from Ghost Light City. When they saw the fireball coming, they immediately dispersed and fired kunai at the attackers.

Amidst the dust raised by the explosion, the clash of metal weapons, the collision and bombardment of ninjutsu and ninjutsu, the chaos continued.

"Stop them, these people are targeting criminals in the city! Don't let these people succeed!"

The guards who were blown away by the detonating talisman vomited blood and screamed loudly.

However, no matter howling, the attackers will not fight these people. They only need to continue to create chaos to contain the few people here.

And it's very close to where the criminals are being held.

They also have to be distracted by protecting those criminals who have no ability to resist, which undoubtedly makes their work more difficult.

The detonation flash passed by, and the building kept wailing, collapsing with a loud noise, and some people screamed.

The attacker captured the man, and the two groups of personnel successfully arrived at the cell area.

The kunai was connected to the detonating talisman and launched towards the prison buildings everywhere.

In an instant, the cell was completely destroyed and flames were ignited everywhere.

The eight people were wandering around the cell area like headless flies, pretending to want to find a certain prisoner so that the guards could see it.

Let them mistakenly think that they are here to rescue a prisoner.

"Walk!"

Seeing that the time was almost up and there was no point in staying any longer, the eight people retreated while continuing to throw kunai with detonating talismans, like a goddess scattering flowers, bombing the area indiscriminately, causing commotion.
To be continued...