At the border of the Land of Fire.
Mirai Uchiha darted through the dense forest.
After reaching a spot far from Konoha's main headquarters, Mirai shut his eyes in deep focus.
[Mind's Eye of the Kagura!]
As his sensory perception expanded outward, countless red dots appeared in Mirai's mind.
Each red dot signaled the presence of a ninja.
I'll start by clearing out the nearest targets.
Opening his eyes, Mirai vanished from the spot in an instant.
It had been a week since he arrived at the frontline.
During this time, Orochimaru followed Mirai's suggestion and began sending small raid teams to continuously strike against Cloud ninja, achieving excellent results.
Mirai also killed many Cloud ninja during this period and collected numerous rewards.
After all…
With the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, he was practically seeing everything from a god's perspective.
No matter what kind of disguise the Cloud ninja used, they couldn't escape his perception.
Moreover, since the range of the Mind's Eye of the Kagura extended up to ten kilometers, the sensor ninja of the Cloud were unable to detect his movements either.
One could say this battlefield had become his own backyard.
...
Hurry up and wrap up your sweep of this area—we're pulling back right away.
A burly Cloud ninja urged.
We know—we don't want to waste time either.
Another Cloud ninja sighed.
Recently, the situation along the border had become increasingly tense. Many reconnaissance squads sent out had mysteriously vanished without a trace.
Even several jonin had gone missing.
Under such circumstances, missions previously assigned to genin and chunin were now being handled by chunin and jonin.
Their squad was made up of one jonin and two elite chunin.
Even so, they sustained heavy losses every day.
In such a situation, staying outside for an extra second meant additional danger.
Just after the three checked part of the area, a dark figure suddenly rushed toward their location.
Enemy attack!
The Cloud ninja immediately grabbed their weapons and took defensive stances.
When they saw the enemy was just a teenager, the three exchanged a glance and charged at the boy together.
On the battlefield, they never took any opponent lightly.
However, before they could even act, the three Cloud ninja suddenly felt their bodies becoming uncontrollable.
Looking down, they noticed their shadows had somehow connected with a mass of darkness beneath them.
The next moment, waves of gold dust completely engulfed their bodies.
"Sand Waterfall Funeral!"
Puchi!
Except for that Jonin who managed to break free from the Shadow Binding Jutsu at the last moment using a Secret Art, the other two Cloud ninja were directly crushed into pulp.
"Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai… Could it be Rasa from Sunagakure?"
The Cloud Jonin rapidly retreated backward, his eyes filled with horror.
This iconic Kekkei Genkai was easily recognizable. In the entire ninja world, besides Rasa, no one else has the ability to control Gold Dust.
However, he couldn't understand why Rasa would travel all the way from Sunagakure to attack them here.
Judging from the current situation, shouldn't their Hidden Cloud and Sunagakure have the same objective?
Looking back, the teenager chasing him wore a blank expression, his eyes filled with coldness. At the same time, a *kunai* flew toward him at high speed from the boy's hand.
"Zwoosh!"
The Cloud Jonin dodged sideways as the *kunai* whizzed past him. He pushed his speed to its limit.
This critical intelligence—that the suspected Rasa of Sunagakure appeared nearby and attacked them—must be sent back to the village immediately!
However, unexpectedly, the teenager who had been dozens of meters away just now suddenly appeared right in front of him.
"Rasengan!"
[Ding! Congratulations, Master, on successfully looting rewards: Chakra +1!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Master, on successfully looting rewards: Physique +1!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Master, on successfully looting rewards: Lightning Sword Art - Falling Thunder!]
Hearing the System alert sounds, the black-haired teenager immediately used Fire Release to burn the corpses of the three Cloud ninja completely.
Immediately afterward, without stopping for even a moment, he charged toward the next target.
...
The killing continued until after sunset.
In just one day alone, Mirai Uchiha had eliminated over ten ninja teams.
There were more than thirty Cloud ninja who died by his hand.
And this was still because the Cloud ninja were too scattered; otherwise, the number of victims would definitely be much higher.
[Mind's Eye of the Kagura], [Flying Thunder God Technique], [Rasengan], [Shadow Binding Jutsu], [Chidori], [Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai]...
Combining these powerful trump cards, Mirai Uchiha looked like a god of slaughter, mowing down enemies effortlessly.
Even elite jonin couldn't stall him for even a second against his relentless combo techniques.
"That's enough for today."
Gazing at the surging Attribute Interface, Mirai Uchiha departed contentedly toward Konoha's main headquarters.
These days alone, just from attribute point gains, he had already accumulated nearly 300 points.
Such a growth rate even struck him as absurd.
Without battlefield kills, relying solely on match rewards, he might need an entire year to accumulate this many attribute points.
Cloud.
Crash!
With a furious roar, the massive wooden desk shattered into pieces.
A was engulfed in crackling arcs of lightning, his murderous aura filling the entire room.
"Bastards! What exactly is going on here?"
"Why have we suffered so many ninja losses?"
"Didn't you gather even a bit of useful intelligence?"
Originally, with both I and B participating, the war had been progressing smoothly.
Konoha had been falling back steadily to defend against their surprise attacks.
However, starting a few days ago, our side's ninja had begun disappearing one after another.
Up until now, twenty jonin had gone radio silent.
Countless genin and chunin had also been lost.
At this rate, they might as well just throw in the towel!
"Lord A, it's highly possible that Konoha has adopted the same countermeasure as us, assembling specialized raid teams specifically targeting our intelligence-gathering ninja teams."
"That's why we're facing this current situation."
Mabui stated coolly.
When A was enraged, she was the only one daring to speak up.
"I naturally understand that point. What puzzles me now...is how they managed to achieve this?"
Even if the enemy had adopted the same strategy, tracking down our ninja along such a long border should not be an easy task.
Such heavy casualties could mean only one possibility.
Konoha had complete knowledge about the exact positions of our ninja teams.
"This has also been what I couldn't figure out."
Mabui frowned slightly.
As the commander-in-chief, she was the only one who knew all the details. Even A and B weren't fully aware of each ninja team's exact location and mission.
Under these circumstances, how could Konoha accurately ambush their squads?
"Enough. Withdraw all the ninja forces and prepare thoroughly before launching a full frontal assault on Konoha!"
Hearing A's words, Mabui gave a slight nod.
Time was no longer on Cloud's side.
Since their previous strategy had already been exposed by Konoha, the only option left was to end it swiftly.
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