Chapter 167, The War Begins!
Moonlight like water, reflecting off the blood pooled into a river, casting an eerie glow.
Amidst the flickering flames, Uchiha Suisei casually tore a piece of cloth from a Kumogakure Anbu uniform to wipe her long sword.
"Aren't you leaving?"
Uchiha Suisei looked back at Senju Mato.
"Thank you!"
Senju Mato's expression turned serious as he spoke to Uchiha Suisei.
"It's just a mission. From today on, the Konohagakure Police Force's jurisdiction isn't just maintaining order in Konohagakure."
Suisei said with a chuckle, nodding at Senju Mato before turning to leave.
"How are the casualties?"
Suisei asked her deputy captain.
"Three dead, one critically injured."
The deputy captain reported to Suisei.
"Seal the deceased into scrolls and take them back to the clan."
Suisei looked around, easily finding the critically injured teammate. As she walked over, she instructed her deputy captain.
"Alright."
The deputy captain left to carry out the orders.
Suisei pulled aside the teammate in front of her and crouched beside the critically injured one.
"Shigure, you need to train harder. Just killing a few Kumogakure Anbu and you end up like this."
Suisei glanced at Shigure's nearly pierced chest, a faint green light emanating from her palm.
Lucky me, the stab didn't hit the heart directly.
"Sorry, Captain, I've brought shame to our third squad."
Shigure, pale as a ghost, felt like he might pass out any second, but facing Suisei's teasing, he still managed to muster a weak smile.
"Then train harder."
Under the healing power of Senjutsu, the wound closed rapidly. Once it was nearly healed, Suisei took out a roll of white bandages from the Ninja Tools bag to wrap Shigure up.
"Open up."
He took out a soldier pill and brought it to Shigure's lips, who obediently opened his mouth.
"Captain, I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused our squad."
The soldier pill tasted awful, but at that moment, Shigure seemed unfazed, his heart heavy with guilt.
"Hmph, as long as you're alive, you're no burden."
Suisei snorted lightly, feeding Shigure water while calling out to his deputy.
"How much longer?"
"Ready to move out anytime!"
The deputy pulled out a flare gun from his bosom and fired it into the night sky.
As a red flare slowly rose, Suisei pushed Shigure onto her back.
"Captain, I can walk on my own."
Lying on Suisei's back, Shigure said.
"Talk back and I'll hit you."
Suisei simply muttered in response.
"Captain, let me do it."
He came over to Suisei's side.
"You take the men to the location we scouted earlier and set up traps. I'll take Shigure to find Senju Madou, and have Shigure follow the merchant caravan back to Konohagakure to recover."
Suisei instructed her deputy.
"Yes!"
He left with his men.
As the Konohagakure police force clashed with the Kumogakure Anbu, the war between Konohagakure and Kumogakure also erupted at that moment!
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At the border of the Land of Waves.
The silent net of perception was cast, and Raijin and Natsuki sat blatantly by the seaside.
"Aren't we too conspicuous like this?"
Uchiha Natsuki glanced at Raijin beside him and said somewhat speechlessly.
"We want to be conspicuous. If they attack us on sight, then we'll just fight back."
Raijin shook his head nonchalantly.
"As expected of Thunder Sword Saint, so confident."
Uchiha Natsuki chuckled, teasing Raijin.
"I can't guarantee anything else, but if someone makes a move on us, I'll definitely know in advance."
Raijin laughed softly, silently gazing at the sea under the night sky.
In daylight, from this spot, one could even faintly see the islands of the Land of Water.
Actually, Raijin didn't want to hide; the problem was, the beach was an open stretch of sand.
Hiding was extremely difficult.
And retreating to a place where they could hide would make it easy to miss Kirigakure ninjas passing by.
So, they just sat there, watching the sea with Uchiha Natsuki.
If Kirigakure ninjas appeared and didn't attack, then Raijin and Natsuki would just wait there for the sunrise. But if they did attack...
Raijin felt that killing a few Jonin wouldn't be a problem.
...
"Takuya-sama, those two are..."
Three ships from Kirigakure drifted in the dark sea of the night.
At the bow, a Kirigakure ninja approached Hozuki Takuya.
"Old friends..."
Hozuki Takuya looked at the two faint figures on the shore, chuckled lightly, and said to the ninja beside him.
"Kazuma, I'll leave this place to you. I'm going to meet them."
"But if you're alone..."
Hozuki Kazuma pursed his lips and frowned slightly, clearly disagreeing with Hozuki Takuya's decision.
"Don't worry, I'm not going there to fight them."
Hozuki Takuya glanced at Hozuki Kazuma, raised an eyebrow, and jumped off the boat, merging with the sea and moving towards the shore.
...
"Someone's coming."
Raijin raised an eyebrow and said to Uchiha Natsuki.
"I see them."
Natsuki pursed his lips and looked helplessly at Raijin beside him.
"It's an old friend."
Raijin stood up, dusting off the dirt from his clothes, and before he finished speaking, Hozuki Takuya's voice had already risen.
"Raijin, what brings you to the Land of Waves?"
Half-submerged in the sea, Hozuki Takuya asked Raijin.
"Ah... I've been training in the village for too long. I heard the sunrise in the Land of Waves is beautiful, so I came to see it."
Raijin raised an eyebrow and said earnestly to Hozuki Takuya.
"And what about you, Takuya?"
After a pause, Raijin asked Hozuki Takuya.
Me? I'm here to rob your Uchiha commerce association!
Hozuki Takuya thought silently to himself, of course, these were words he could only say in his heart.
After all, he had witnessed Raijin's Lightning Release firsthand.
When he saw that the person on the shore was Uchiha Raijin, Hozuki Takuya gave up any thought of starting a fight.
This trip... let's just say it was for fun.
"Sigh... No wonder they say Konohagakure has deep roots. A genius like you, Raijin, can train in the village for so long. Unlike us, we're either on missions or on our way to them every day."
Hozuki Takuya said helplessly to Raijin.
"You can tell, it's been a few years, and you, Takuya, are a Jonin now."
Raijin nodded and then said to Hozuki Takuya.
"If you think Konohagakure is not bad, the Hozuki clan is also welcome there."
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