At dusk.
Kakashi Hatake and Uchiha Itachi woke up.
Because there were always people walking around the campsite.
As a result, they saw Akihara Kagura strolling back and forth, with a giant fish as tall as him hanging from a wooden spike on his shoulder!
"Awake?"
Akihara Kagura gave his shoulder fish a curious toss and asked, "How did you know I caught a two or three hundred pound fish?"
"You guy..."
Kakashi Hatake rubbed his forehead, recalling this kid's love for fishing, and forced a compliment: "Catching such a big fish is really impressive!"
"Not bad, not bad..."
Akihara Kagura finally lowered the fish, putting on a modest appearance on his childish face: "Today wasn't great luck, only caught twenty or thirty fish, specially saved the biggest one for you to see..."
"Let me grill it."
Uchiha Itachi took the initiative to start a fire nearby.
After the team had dinner, they began traveling as night fell, until they reached an unavoidable checkpoint.
Shinobi Bridge.
It's the necessary route from the Land of Grass to the Land of Earth.
Due to the importance of this location, the Land of Grass sent many ninja troops to garrison here, defending relying on the dense surrounding forest, and the Kaguya Clan, belligerent and fierce by nature, kept launching relentless assaults on the positions of the Land of Grass, fearless of death.
Known in the Ninja World Continent as the Kaguya Clan.
This clan is also called the Kaguya Clan.
The Kaguya Clan possesses mystical Kekkei Genkai within their bodies, able to freely manipulate their bones to grow as weapons for combat, and even shoot out bones from their bodies as hidden weapons.
Even as night fell, this group of war maniacs showed no fear, and even took advantage of the night to launch continuous sneak attacks, this insane behavior causing unease among the Land of Grass's ninjas.
"When will they stop fighting..."
Uchiha Itachi looked at the corpses lying at the forest's edge, showing a trace of unwillingness in his eyes: "The war should have ceased long ago."
"Very simple."
Akihara Kagura offered a fairly sound suggestion: "If we kill them all, their war will stop."
"That's... too extreme, isn't it?"
Uchiha Itachi almost didn't know how to respond.
"This is the battlefield, don't be impulsive."
Kakashi Hatake's face suddenly turned serious, warning: "Kagura, never underestimate the threats possible anywhere on the battlefield."
Kakashi Hatake recalled his childhood experiences on the battlefield, lamenting: "A single shuriken or explosive tag can kill even the most gifted ninja... Even the strongest like the Third Raikage cannot escape the fate of dying on the battlefield."
"..."
Akihara Kagura slowly nodded.
Indeed, past battlefields had situations like this occur.
However, the future warfare mode in the Ninja World is different, if the opponent's strength is too terrifying, one individual overwhelming tens of thousands is entirely logical...
As night deepened.
The battlefield situation finally changed.
Perhaps unable to break through the Land of Grass's defenses, or perhaps too dark to continue fighting, the Kaguya Clan had to choose to retreat from the combat.
The Land of Grass arduously obtained victory in this defense battle, leaving within the forest only a dense group of, uncertainly, corpses or wounded grass ninjas.
"Let's go, bypass them."
Kakashi Hatake searched for an escape route based on his memory.
Just as the squad quietly passed through, the forest echoed with the urgent voices of the grass ninja captains: "There are many wounded here, quickly have the medical unit bring that woman!"
"The hospital reported..."
"That woman... was already bitten dead last night..."
"Don't panic, everyone hold on, I remember she had a daughter! The logistics department will immediately bring that little thing over!"
"That woman had a daughter, that little thing is also a member of the Uzumaki Clan, biting her blood can also heal everyone's injuries!"
Crunch.
Suddenly, a sound of breaking branches was heard from the forest.
Though the wounded ninjas of the Land of Grass were noisy, a few sharp-eared individuals caught the distant sound of branches breaking.
"Someone's in the forest!"
"The enemy hasn't completely left!"
This group of grass ninjas quickly became panicked again.
On a tall tree in the forest.
Kakashi Hatake and Uchiha Itachi looked back in surprise, seeing Akihara Kagura, who accidentally broke a branch, seemingly not expecting him to make such a rookie mistake.
The essentials of stealth...
It's a mandatory course for a ninja!
Had Akihara Kagura not properly learned these things?
Who was this guy's Jonin leader? He indeed seems not to have learned well, seems he has no Jonin leader, probably taught by the Anbu Sub-Captain.
"Captain Kakashi, don't worry."
Akihara Kagura appeared quite calm, as if he hadn't made any mistakes: "Soon, no living soul will know we passed through here..."
"Hey, Kagura..."
Kakashi Hatake immediately understood his intention.
"..."
Akihara Kagura suddenly unleashed a violent surge of Chakra, instantly sweeping through the entire forest, startling everyone within the woods!
The trees within the forest suddenly seemed to come alive!
Vines and roots rapidly swirled through the forest, one terrified grass ninja after another being pierced by roots, completely turning into corpses!