"Indeed, just as I predicted, the final target of the Land of Demons in the northwest region of the Land of Wind is to capture Kazami City."
Rasa looked at the map of the Land of Wind spread before him, appearing as if he had foreseen it all.
Most of the northwest region of the Land of Wind is resource-poor, with constructions laid out as villages and towns; large cities are relatively few.
Unfortunately, Kazami City is the only large city in the northwest region.
Kazami City is built within an oasis in the northwest region, abundant in water resources, and its soil is very suitable for crop growth; it has always been an important resource gathering area for the Land of Wind.
Because of this, the Land of Wind has in the past constructed a grand city in this oasis, and that city is Kazami City.
It's an important transit point connecting the northwest and central regions of the Land of Wind, a city the Land cannot afford to lose.
The strategic aim of the Land of Demons in the northwest of the Land of Wind is also Kazami City, proving Rasa's suspicion.
Though it's unclear why the Land of Demons wants to take over the northwest region of the Land of Wind, their ambitions are evident, and surely they have significant plans for this area.
They cannot let their schemes succeed. This was the only thought in Rasa's mind.
Implementing this bait strategy indeed carries certain risks.
For instance, before defeating the Land of Demons, the Hidden Sand Village must bear enormous public pressure, even though it was mentioned to the Daimyo early on, secrecy from the Daimyo was needed to ensure the successful implementation of the strategy.
For another, if the Land of Demons ignores their strategy and resists the bait of the northwest land of the Wind Country, directly halting their advance.
Then, no matter how meticulously arranged the strategy is, it cannot deliver effective blows to the Land of Demons.
Fortunately, the Land of Demons, blinded by successive victories, is advancing more fiercely each time, even causing heavy damage to himself as Kazekage, emboldening the arrogance of the Land of Demons further.
Rasa carefully recalled multiple times, this strategy had no slightest flaw from start to finish, since the situation on Konoha's side was strictly kept confidential from the Land of Demons, which was a crucial premise for the implementation of the strategy.
With this in place, all the conditions for the bait trap strategy had been met.
"In that case, we should act quickly. Are your injuries alright, Kazekage?"
Jiraiya, standing aside, asked.
Rasa nodded, smiling as he answered, "Don't worry, my injuries were almost healed two days ago; as for looking so severe, it was actually just a superficial injury I inflicted on myself to appear serious."
In enemy reconnaissance, he as Kazekage had returned to the Hidden Sand Village to recover, leaving the front-line Hidden Sand troops leaderless and downcast in spirit.
But in truth, he did return to Hidden Sand Village once, then secretly returned to the front line through other routes, and assembled a thousand elite Hidden Sand Ninja in the village to form a strike force, encircling the coastline of the Wind Country from the rear to intercept the ninja squad of the Land of Demons halted in the northwest territory, completely severing their path back to the Land of Demons.
"However, one point must be noted, that is what I mentioned before about Uchiha Ruri's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities."
Speaking of this, Rasa's expression turned solemn; even now, he still felt apprehensive.
Seeing Jiraiya and others listening intently, Rasa continued, "Let me summarize. With my probing, Uchiha Ruri's Mangekyou Sharingan jutsu has two abilities. The first ability can cover Susanoo's blade with a special lightning, granting Susanoo's Chakra Blade immense cutting power. This cutting force can warp space to a certain degree. She used this technique to block my largest, most destructive Gold Sand attack."
Jiraiya nodded in emphasis.
He recalled, from Konoha intelligence, that his disciple Namikaze Minato had also mentioned before his death that the mastermind behind the Nine-tailed attack on Konoha could use a certain space ninjutsu, which was related to Chiba Hakushi and three others.
From this point of view, the direct controller of the Nine-tailed at that time was undoubtedly Uchiha Ruri.
Related to Chiba Hakushi and possessing pupil technique that disrupts space-time, all matched with Minato's guesses back then.
"The second pupil technique ability is also related to that special lightning. It can cover Susanoo's entire body with special lightning to move at high speed. This movement speed exceeds general Instantaneous Body Jutsu range. Thus, the usually cumbersome Susanoo, under Uchiha Ruri's control, actually possesses terrifying mobility, requiring extra caution."
Susanoo itself is a symbol of the 'God of Destruction', with offensive and defensive capabilities strong enough to make ordinary ninjas despair.
Even for someone like Rasa among the Five Kage, it's very difficult to break Susanoo's shell.
But Susanoo also has a drawback, which is relatively slow movement speed, and it looks quite cumbersome.
However, most of the time, Susanoo's demonstrated large-scale destructive power compensates for this flaw.
But when faced with truly high-mobility ninjas, this cumbersome drawback becomes infinitely magnified.
Yet, Uchiha Ruri can use pupil technique to move the gigantic Susanoo like a ninja through instant body transfer.
It means that, in Ruri's hands, the cumbersome flaw of Susanoo has been compensated.