Chapter 600 Artist's Choice

The country of ghosts, the eastern border fortress.

The artillery fire swept across the entire battlefield, and the fortress that was occupied by Iwagakure was now reduced to ruins under the bombardment of the mechanized troops of the ghost country.

Countless corpses, regardless of enemy or friend, fell on the ground where the snow gradually melted.

The hard armored vehicle was also ravaged under the attack of ninja ninjutsu, turning into steel fragments and flying to every corner of the battlefield.

At this moment, there are still bursts of screams caused by missiles piercing the atmosphere in the sky, and then bombarded the ground, making a deafening bang.

Flying ninjas flew through the air like angels of death descending lightly, and then circled at an astonishingly high speed, ravaging the land all the time.

The strong wind whipped up flames and roared, and the dark clouds in the sky showed a bottomless vortex, as if to swallow the entire earth.

Risking death, the ninjas charged towards the enemy while roaring, and then were beaten into a sieve in the hail of bullets, and life suddenly stopped beating.

Luggie near the fortress collapsed section by section unrecognizable due to the ninja battle.

Potholes were quickly formed under the ninjutsu of Yanyin Ninja, cutting the battlefield into hundreds of areas, almost sinking the entire plain.

Ayane charged alone at the forefront of the battlefield. Around her, apart from the Iwagakure ninja, the only ones on her side were herself and the shadow dancer who lived in the shadow. Besides, there was no so-called assistance by her side.

Even so, she didn't think such behavior could be called reckless.

After all, in the entire kingdom of ghosts, there are too few ninjas who can keep up with her actions and cooperate with her.

And her way of interspersed with the battlefield is completely random, doing whatever she wants.

She can be sure that if she led an elite troop into the deepest part of the enemy's formation, apart from herself, the rest of the team would definitely be surrounded by countless enemies, causing all of them to die.

Instead of this, it would be better to make sure from the very beginning that she will charge alone, so that she can fight without any scruples and completely disrupt the enemy's formation.

Thinking about this, Ayane couldn't help but think of the Uchiha woman with the teapot lid. If it was her, harvesting cannon fodder on the battlefield would be much more convenient and quicker than herself.

Associations started in my mind, but in reality, Ayane's skills did not hesitate because of this, and she was as light and agile as ever.

Her mission is to destroy the formation of the Yanyin ninjas and completely suppress their morale on the battlefield.

The task of killing enemies along the way is mainly given to the shadow dancer.

Shadow Dancer's Shadow Blade, which cannot be defended by ordinary ninjutsu, coupled with her super speed, is like a fish in water on the battlefield. Every time she passes by, she will leave a body on the ground.

So, Yan Yin's team, which was targeted by Ayane, bloomed tirelessly on the battlefield like blood lotus flowers, beautiful and enchanting.

"Dust EscapeOriginal Realm"

The third Tsuchikage Onogi, who was in the sky, was about to display his special skills and aimed at Ayane's back for a sneak attack.

A sharp wind blade blows.

Onoki flew away without thinking, avoiding the attack of the wind blade.

A girl wearing a red and white shrine maiden costume appeared opposite Onogi, suspended in the air in the same suspended posture, with her hands open, wisps of breeze gathered in her palms, forming a nimble small tornado, staring at Onoki blankly.

"Damn it!"

Onoki felt an incomparable headache for this flying priestess wearing a priestess costume.

Because this flying witch who belongs to the enemy camp does nothing on the battlefield, just staring at him alone.

Especially when he was casting Dust Dungeon, he would always release the wind blade just right, interrupting his movement of casting spells.

If I were twenty years younger... Onogi felt the sadness of being an old man.

His age is older than Konoha's dead Third Hokage, he is already seventy-six years old, and he should have retired long ago.

If I were myself twenty years ago, the speed of casting dust escape would not be so slow.

As he grew older, his physical strength and reaction ability began to decline, and even the expansion of the dust escape field became gapped.

Although Ohnoki was confident of defeating the flying witch, the opponent did not fight him head-on at all. He used his own advantages to distance himself from him, and released the wind blade immediately in a non-printed way to interrupt his attack from a distance.

This made Onoki feel helpless.

This also led to his idea of sneak attacking the rear of the ghost country, which could not be effectively implemented.

In addition to destroying those seemingly cumbersome armored vehicles, if it is implemented on specific ninjas, things will become extremely cumbersome.

"Master Dokage, there is news from Konoha!"

There was a rushing voice from the radio hanging in the ear.

"explain!"

Onoki, for some reason, had a bad premonition in his heart.

"The 2,000 support troops sent by Konoha to the Kuma Kingdom were suddenly blocked by Uchiha Ruri. 40% of the ninjas died on the spot, and the rest were wounded and fled! According to Konoha Jonin's instructions, this is a trap for our alliance army. We, Iwagakushi, please stop the attack immediately and evacuate from the territory of the Oni Kingdom as soon as possible to reduce losses!"

Uchiha Liuli! ?

Onoki's face was so shocked that it was numb, and he was at a loss.

Wasn't she stationed in the western waters of the Demon Country, held back by Kirigakure's main force?

How could it be possible to appear on the battlefield of the Bear Country and block Konoha's support troops?

Just when he was in a daze, black dots appeared at the end of the wilderness in the distance.

With the roar of rolling steel, hundreds of brand-new armored vehicles rolled over the ground ahead and moved forward.

Following this torrent of black steel, there are heavily armed ninja troops.

Leading the charge were a dozen jounin wearing chakra armor, galloping forward at a faster speed, opening the way for the steel troops behind.

Seeing this sudden torrent of steel, Onogi's pupils widened, and he realized something instantly, and his body trembled violently.

"Mist hidden!?"

At this time, it is too late to retreat. The Iwagakure ninjas here have completely fought with the ninjas from the Ghost Kingdom. If they retreat at this time, the thousands of Iwagakures gathered here will definitely be caught up, causing more than half of the casualties.

But stay and fight on... Ohnoki's hands and feet start to get cold.

Yakura, you bastard! !

In Konoha's conference room, everything was silent.

Whether it is Tsunade, the consultants, or the newcomer to the core power circle, all of them are shocked by the battle report sent back from the front.

The 2,000 ninja troops used to support Jiraiya encountered Uchiha Ruri in the territory of Bird Country, and most of them were killed or injured.

Iwagakushi invested 5,000 ninjas on the frontal battlefield in the eastern part of the Oni Land, led by the third Tsuchikage Onogi himself. It was originally a confident siege, but in the end, due to the sudden support from the Oni Land, Iwagakushi was also quickly defeated on the frontal battlefield and fled back to the Land of Earth.

Of the 5,000 ninjas thrown in, more than 3,000 died. Finally, under the protection of Ohnoki, he returned to the Land of Earth with less than 2,000 remnants.

However, the matter is not over yet. Hyuga Ayane, who defeated the main force of Iwagakure, left the large army of the Oni Land, and marched towards the Land of Earth alone. In less than an hour, they defeated the Iwa Ninja border troops of the Land of Earth, and the western border of the Land of Earth fell into chaos.

In addition, Hyuga Ayane continued to go deep into the hinterland of the Land of Land alone. Iwagakushi's reconnaissance troops could not track her whereabouts.

The other party seemed to regard the land of earth as his back garden, and appeared and disappeared in the land of earth, making Yan Yin and the daimyo mansion of the land of earth panic.

Is it a risk or a luxury to throw a five-kage-level ninja directly into the enemy's base camp alone? But no matter which one it is, it means that the enemy of the ghost country is beyond imagination.

The good news is that everyone's understanding of the Kingdom of Ghosts is no longer limited to the tip of the iceberg. This made the country of ghosts, an iceberg that mostly sank under the sea, finally surfaced.

The bad news is that the sacrifices made by the villages are too great.

Especially Konoha and Iwagakure.

Since the beginning of the war, the accumulated losses of the two villages alone have exceeded 7,000 ninjas.

Although the kingdom of ghosts also paid the price for this, the number of casualties of the other party will definitely not be as tragic as that of Konoha and Yanyin, which is within the acceptable range.

"I didn't expect Kirigakure to pass false information to his comrades for the so-called face, which caused us Konoha and Yanyin to suffer heavy losses. We must unite in this matter and let Kirigakure give an explanation!"

Mito Menyan tried his best to suppress his inner anger, but from his resolute tone, he could still hear the anger in his heart was burning.

Originally, they were very excited and encouraged when they learned about Kirigakure's heroic achievements in the western waters of the Oni Nation, such as defeating the vanguard of Oni Nation, four generations of Mizukage showing great power, and successfully containing Uchiha Ruri and other major rumors.

But the fact is that the Hidden Fog Reconnaissance Force and the Third Vanguard Force were wiped out without any news.

Even Kirigakure didn't know if it was Uchiha Ruri himself who was stationed in the western sea area of the Oni Nation, so he directly fabricated the battle report of the fourth Mizukage and his battle, and notified the comrades in the alliance army, and informed the west battlefield that everything was going well, and the Allied forces only needed to attack with peace of mind. But our own side made a gesture of pretending to attack, stood still and watched from the sidelines.

This made the high-ranking allied forces who questioned and learned the truth afterwards almost vomit blood three liters of anger.

This is also the fundamental reason why Konoha and Yanyin lost in the battle.

A main force originally used by Onigakure to guard against Kirigakure, when it learned that Kirigakure did not plan to attack the western sea area of Onigora, successfully moved from the west, and the main force merged with Hyuga Ayane's troops, which caught Iwagakure by surprise, resulting in the death of more than 3,000 Iwagakures on the frontal battlefield.

Uchiha Ruri appeared in the Bird Country and successfully blocked Konoha's support troops, making the situation facing Jiraiya's troops even worse.

All the battle reports are developing in a direction that is unfavorable for the Alliance Army.

"Responsible for Kirigakure, although this matter is important, the top priority is how to rescue Jiraiya and the Konoha ninja stationed there from the territory of the bear country."

Tsunade was also angry at Kirigakure's false information, but she understood that even if she blamed Kirigakure, it would not change the fact that the front line was defeated.

Yan Yin suffered heavy losses, but their main personnel and troops were safely evacuated from the battlefield.

However, Konoha not only suffered the loss of personnel, but also an army of 3,000 to 4,000 people is being imprisoned by the ghost country in the east of the bear country, unable to advance or retreat.

Attack, the country of ghosts has already deployed its troops around, and has the advantage of vision and intelligence. A frontal attack will only make the Konoha troops there lose faster.

And retreating... The kingdom of ghosts has also made arrangements. If they want to break out, the final result will only be annihilation of the entire army.

This is the scary thing about the kingdom of ghosts. They plan to confine Jiraiya's troops, use them as bait, and constantly lure Konoha to support them, and then intercept Konoha's support troops halfway, consuming Konoha's vitality as much as possible.

Among Jiraiya's troops, there were nearly a thousand wounded, and hundreds of them were seriously injured. Before they were cured, it was difficult to move them. They could only be treated on the spot...It is impossible to evacuate them all.

Ban Zhuan Xiaochun told an extremely cruel fact.

This is exactly the point of drag.

If more than 3,000 ninjas want to evacuate the Bear Kingdom, although it is still difficult, it is not impossible.

But among the more than 3,000 people, more than 1,000 are wounded, and the battle to break out will become extremely difficult.

Unless the more than a thousand wounded are directly abandoned, it is simply unrealistic to evacuate all the staff.

"Not only that, but because of Kirigakure's untrustworthiness, there was a crisis of trust within the Alliance Army, and it also made it more difficult for Konoha to support the front line exponentially."

Mito Kadoyan sighed.

Sleeping to bed Xiaochun also frowned. What he thought was a good situation, after the crisis of trust in Kirigakure, now it seems that he is just deceiving himself.

After a long time, the two consultants set their sights on Tsunade, hoping that Tsunade, as Hokage's Tsunade, could come up with an idea.

Tsunade sighed in response to the questioning eyes of the two advisors.

"...From the very beginning, I did not advocate going to war with the ghost country. The goals and demands of each country are completely different. When there is no unified goal, once there is a crisis of trust, it is not far from disintegration. Kirigakure is just a fuse. The reason for the real failure is that it is difficult for the alliance army to truly unite. We do not have a correct understanding of the military strength and organizational strength of the ghost country, and the penetration of the Great Ninja Village."

Under the circumstances of knowing nothing, it is very risky in Tsunade's opinion to fight against an unknown enemy.

The only advantage of the Alliance Army is the large number of people.

But a large number of people can sometimes be a disadvantage, because these forces cannot be unified, and they cannot be united. Each country and village has its own strategic purpose. Although they are under the banner of the Allied Army, the ninjas of each village have never merged to fight together.

This is because once the ninjas are merged and have not yet started war with the ghost country, their own people may start a civil war first because of past grievances.

Although she expected that sooner or later all kinds of estrangements and disputes would arise within the Alliance Army because of the opacity of intelligence, she did not expect that such a crisis would come so soon.

Thinking of Yagura's claim at the earliest meeting that he wanted to make Oni no Kuni, who interfered in the internal affairs of Water Land, look good, and thinking of Kirigakure's falsification of false information for the sake of face, Tsunade was speechless for a while.

Even with the entire Kirigakure, Tsunade felt unable to look directly at it.

"The matter has come to this point, it is too late to ask who is to blame, let's find a way to solve the current difficulties."

Mitomon said.

"Wait and see."

Tsunade thought for a moment, then said.

"wait?"

"The actions of the Oni Nation are a bit weird. Judging from their series of layouts, they seem to have known that our four ninja villages will form an alliance, so they set up such a situation in advance. Kirigakure is probably not accidental as the fuse of the crisis of trust. Because Uchiha Ruri and the main force defending the western sea area of the Oni Nation, the speed of support is incredible, as if it has been rehearsed in advance."

"you mean"

Mito Menyan and Zhuanju Xiaoharu were startled, and seemed to realize that something was wrong.

Thinking about it carefully, the series of deployments of the Kingdom of Ghosts has been ridiculously fast from the beginning, and every time it can predict the enemy's opportunity first, and make the most correct judgment.

"The degree of infiltration of Kirigakure may not be as simple as just a few jounin, and there may be elders who live in the top ranks. Yagura used to be a coup d'tat in the past. It is said that a considerable number of people in Kirigakure Village still question his orthodox status."

"Is this impossible? Colluding with foreign enemies because of this kind of thing?"

Mito Menyan and Zhuanju Koharu couldn't believe it.

"Nothing is impossible. After Orochimaru defected to Konoha, didn't that guy Danzo also work closely with the other party? I think the two of you must have heard about this matter."

Tsunade sneered.

This kind of information can be known after a little investigation, but the content of the transaction between the two parties cannot be determined.

The high-level officials of the village will obviously not make this kind of news public, they will only warn Danzo behind his back.

The two consultants looked at each other and remained silent.

"From now on, I will let people pay close attention to the actions of the ghost country, otherwise I will rashly bring people to support, and I will just die again. Before I know the real purpose of the ghost country, I can't act rashly."

"The Union Army thing..."

Mito Menyan and Zhuanju Koharu seem to be unwilling to do this.

Tsunade walked to the window and stopped, but did not respond to the consultant's question. Her non-response had already explained her attitude.

"Brother Scorpion, do you still have Bingliang Pills and water?"

Didara felt dizzy in his head, and his face became thinner.

The burns on both hands continued to worsen despite being bandaged by the scorpion.

Especially in the case of lack of water and food, the weakness of the body is getting worse day by day.

Although as a ninja, he can do things that ordinary people cannot, but he is still a human body, and needs water and food as energy for life.

In the dim cave, Didara leaned his back against the wall and moaned weakly.

"No, not anymore."

Xie shook the kettle, the water in it had been drunk, and replied calmly.

There were no military food pills in the ninja bag, and they were all eaten.

The time to reach the limit is faster than expected.

Because it's not just Deidara that needs water and food. Similarly, Iptail JinchurikiGara, who is placed here, also needs to consume water and food.

In order to ensure that Jinchuriki can survive before taking out the tailed beast, it is a matter of course to share half of the water and food.

Scorpion's energy remains absolutely abundant. As a half-man, half-doll, his body is not as inconvenient as a human being, and he needs water and food to survive.

"Really, I never thought that as an artist, I would be forced by realistic reasons one day... um."

Didara made a very cold joke.

But this joke, neither he nor Scorpion laughed.

"After all, the human body is very inconvenient. Do you want me to turn you into a doll too? If you're lucky, you might be able to retain your human consciousness and your secret techniques."

Scorpion came over and asked with the attitude of a red-haired boy.

"Forget it, I'm still very satisfied with my current body. The doll will neither hurt nor cry, Brother Scorpion, don't you think this posture is boring? Hmm."

Didara asked curiously.

"Human beings are too fragile physically and psychologically, and are easily entangled by common things like love, family affection, and friendship. I want to become a existence beyond human beings and abandon all human weaknesses. In this eternal life, I don't have to wait for others, nor will I let others wait."

"If this is the case, eternal life, it is too lonely."

For this question, Scorpion did not answer, but said:

"You've talked too much nonsense today, Deidara."

"Because I'm reaching my limit, and so is this Jinjuriki. Hmm."

Didara glanced at Gaara, who was unconscious. He was fascinated by the medicine used by the scorpion and has not recovered yet.

Scorpion stared at Didara with emotionless pupils, and continued to ask the same question as before:

"So... what's your answer? Want to be my puppet?"

"If I don't agree, will Big Brother Scorpion do anything to me?"

Didara asked with a smile.

As the rebels of the village, in the eyes of others, people like them have long since died.

Moreover, Didara is also ready to die at any time.

Although it is a bit regretful that he has not yet spread his art to the whole world and let more people appreciate his art, but the cruel reality now makes him have to wake uphe is at the end of his rope.

Bringing a cumbersome scorpion like himself, he will definitely not be able to escape Sha Yin's pursuit.

Scorpion did not respond, and there was no slight fluctuation in his eyes, as if the person in front of him was just an ordinary passer-by in eternal life to him.

There is no slight difference from the flowers, plants, sand and stones on the roadside.

From the moment he became a puppet, he decided to abandon all the weaknesses of human nature.

"Don't do it? If that's the case, then hurry up and get out of here with Renzhuli, and I'll help you end it. It seems that the title of artist can only be inherited by you, Brother Scorpion."

After speaking, Didara struggled to stand up from the ground, panting violently, and then forced a smile from his dirty face.

"It seems to be a good art to let a five shadows be buried with me. Hmm."

(end of this chapter)