After Aoi Ren and his group departed, back at the Konoha Allied Forces' camp...
"Lord Kagami, Aoi Ren's group has left," a scout reported, bowing his head as he relayed their movements.
"Understood," Uchiha Kagami replied, unperturbed. In his eyes, Aoi Ren's group was nothing more than attention-seeking, shameless individuals trying to gain political leverage through war. After hitting a wall with him, their departure was inevitable.
However, the scout's next words completely shocked him.
"After leaving the Allied Forces, they headed directly toward Sunagakure!"
"NANI!?"
Uchiha Kagami's mouth hung open. He couldn't believe it. Aoi Ren and his two companions, just three people, dared to go on a suicide mission to Sunagakure?
Were these guys not afraid of death? At this moment, in Sunagakure, not to mention people, even a dog strolling by would be blasted into minced meat by countless jutsu at once.
What left Kagami even more flabbergasted was: "Didn't that Aoi Ren... kill a Kazekage before?"
"..." The scout nodded silently.
"What a lunatic!"
Meanwhile, in front of Sunagakure...
"Captain Aoi Ren, do you think we've gone mad?" Hyūga Hiashi activated his Byakugan, carefully dismantling the 102nd trap they had encountered along the way.
Might Guy, beside him, was drenched in cold sweat. If it weren't for Hiashi, with his own carefree personality, he would probably have been blown to bits by the dense network of traps long ago.
"Mad?"
Aoi Ren grinned menacingly. "As the saying goes, 'if you don't go crazy, you can't live!' This time, I'm going to make such a ruckus that the heavens will shake!"
Continuing their journey, Aoi Ren and his group finally saw Sunagakure. A tall, circular canyon surrounded the entire village, with the only entrance being a narrow tunnel...
Such a natural fortress was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack!
In the silent night, a gentle breeze blew, but apart from the faint wind, not even a single insect chirped.
Although no one was visible, the palpable killing intent in the air told Aoi Ren: Only the heavens knew how many ninja were hidden within the canyon tunnel entrance of Sunagakure...
GULP!
Hyūga Hiashi swallowed hard. "Captain Aoi Ren, what should we do now?"
"What to do?"
Aoi Ren chuckled, grinning. "The path is laid before us. Just walk straight through!"
With that, Aoi Ren placed a kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God Seal into Might Guy's hand and, as if no one else was there, boldly sauntered toward Sunagakure...
"Oh no, Captain Aoi Ren has gone crazy!" Hyūga Hiashi's eyes widened, filled with anguish. "Uncle Might Guy, why are you just standing there? Quickly, pull the captain back!"
After a long moment of silence, Might Guy gently shook his head. "Trust in little Aoi Ren. When have you ever seen him act recklessly? I bet he has a brilliant plan to infiltrate Sunagakure!"
Before Might Guy could finish his sentence...
"Sunagakure is just a big turtle shell! The sand ninja are all cowardly turtles with no guts!" Aoi Ren stood with his hands on his hips outside the canyon entrance of Sunagakure and bellowed loudly.
"Are all you sand ninja eunuchs?! Do you dare to come out and face me, your lord?!"
"..."
Might Guy and Hyūga Hiashi both froze, looking at each other in bewilderment. "What is Captain Aoi Ren doing?"
"He's challenging them, of course!" Aoi Ren, hailing from Earth, the ultimate battleground for verbal warfare, knew that if the enemy was holed up in an impregnable fortress, the first thing to do was to verbally provoke them!
And this was nothing. Historically, some ruthless individuals had done far more outrageous things, like sending the enemy general women's clothes and sanitary pads...
However, the history of the ninja world was very short. There wasn't even a culture of tactical formations, let alone one of taunting the enemy.
Seeing Aoi Ren curse with increasing vigor, Hyūga Hiashi and Might Guy both covered their faces in shame...
"Must you kick a man when he's down?!"
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