Chapter 693: Kitazawa Squad

Time reached noon.

After a morning of travel, Tsunade, Kitazawa, and their group finally arrived at the southeastern border of the Land of Fire.

"Lady Tsunade."

Hyuga Hiashi led many jonin to welcome them.

Under normal circumstances, the main family of the Hyuga clan would not go out to protect the Byakugan, let alone perform any missions.

But war was a special situation, and even the main family could not be an exception; they had to participate.

The Byakugan that Ao of the Hidden Mist Village had was obtained from a member of the Hyuga main family during the Third Great Ninja War.

"Mm."

Tsunade nodded and asked: "How is your situation?"

"Aside from a large-scale surprise attack we encountered when we first arrived, the rest have all been skirmishes at the level of ninja squads."

Hyuga Hiashi replied.

"In other words, the Hidden Mist Village's actions have suddenly slowed down?"

Tsunade asked thoughtfully: "Who is the commander on the other side?"

"The commander of the Hidden Mist advance force is Hoshigaki Kisame, and now that the main force has arrived, it has become Ao."

Hyuga Hiashi said with a calm expression.

But in reality, he wished he could kill Ao.

The reason Ao was able to make a name for himself in the ninja world was because he had seized a Byakugan.

It was fame built by stepping on their Hyuga clan.

If there was an opportunity, Hyuga Hiashi would naturally spare no cost to take the Byakugan back.

"No wonder, Ao's style is indeed relatively steady."

Tsunade said while walking: "For us, this is actually not a good thing."

She didn't like fighting a war of attrition.

Because it was very troublesome and also a waste of time.

The Hidden Leaf Village's strength far exceeded that of the Hidden Mist Village; in Tsunade's view, it would be best if they could wipe them out in one battle.

But unfortunately, such a thing was clearly impossible to happen.

The group walked into a large tent, which was the main tent.

A huge map was hanging in the main tent.

"This is the location of their main base."

Hyuga Hiashi raised his hand, pointed to an island on the map, and said.

"Surrounded by the sea on all four sides, easy to defend and hard to attack."

Tsunade took a look and shook her head: "It seems their strategy is to fight a war of attrition."

"The Hidden Mist Village's strength is not as good as ours, so fighting a war of attrition is very normal."

Hyuga Hiashi didn't find it surprising.

Hoshigaki Kisame launching large-scale surprise attacks would have been unreasonable instead.

After all, one careless mistake could lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

Of course, the rewards for success were also great.

Fortunately, Tsunade had sent Kitazawa and the others to give them a taste of their own medicine and turn the tables.

Kitazawa rubbed his chin.

In the original story, Gensui, Ao, and Terumi Mei were undoubtedly in the same camp.

They all held opposing views toward the tyranny of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi.

But unlike Biwa Juzo, Momochi Zabuza, and others, they didn't choose to defect.

Eventually, with the help of Ao's Byakugan, they discovered the clues, thereby ending the tyranny of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi.

Kitazawa had originally thought the Hidden Mist commander this time would be Suikazan Fuguki, but he hadn't expected it to be Ao.

Clearly, there had been a power struggle within the Hidden Mist Village.

In the end, Gensui and the others had gained the upper hand.

Although Yagura Karatachi was the Mizukage, he was only one person, and coupled with his act of declaring war, it was inherently unreasonable.

It wasn't surprising that Gensui and the others could obtain a frontline commander position.

Kitazawa could now understand why Ao wanted to fight a war of attrition; it was to drag things out.

He was wondering what he could do.

Go find Ao or Terumi Mei?

Not very appropriate.

He couldn't explain how he knew about the situation of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, and they wouldn't believe a Leaf Village ninja either.

The only way now was to fight first.

After the Leaf Village gained the absolute upper hand, he would then dispel Uchiha Obito's genjutsu and complete his system mission.

Afterward, he would negotiate with the Hidden Mist Village or accept their plea for peace, obtain a hefty war indemnity, and incidentally take back the Byakugan.

If they really wiped out the Hidden Mist Village, then the Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Stone Village would also intervene.

At that point, it would be the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Kitazawa didn't have enough strength right now and didn't want to fight such a large-scale war for the time being.

Not to mention that the Akatsuki organization was lurking in the shadows.

"Lady Tsunade, this is the specific situation."

Hyuga Hiashi handed over a scroll and said.

"Kitazawa, Itachi all go down and rest first."

Tsunade said while reading the scroll: "I will notify Itachi when there is a mission."

Kitazawa and the others had raided the Hidden Mist outpost overnight and had only rested for two hours until now.

Now that there was nothing to do for the moment, there was no need for them to accompany her.

Next was Tsunade's work.

She had to assign corresponding missions to each ninja squad based on the situation on the battlefield.

Ninja warfare was vastly different from conventional warfare and was still mission-oriented.

Large-scale melees involving thousands of ninja were extremely rare.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Kitazawa, Uchiha Yashiro, and the others turned and left.

Hyuga Hiashi subconsciously glanced at Kitazawa.

He had received the battle report from the Anbu in the morning.

It detailed the fact that Kitazawa had led a team to successfully raid the Hidden Mist outpost.

Hyuga Hiashi felt shocked by Kitazawa's strength once again.

In just one year, his impression of Kitazawa had changed again and again.

From an ordinary ninja school teacher, to Tsunade's student, to the powerful jonin he was today.

Hyuga Hiashi had previously felt dissatisfied because Hyuga Hinata was too close to Kitazawa.

Now it seemed that this was undoubtedly a good thing.

It would be even better if Hyuga Hinata could become Kitazawa's true student.

"This is my first time seeing the sea."

Uchiha Izumi walked out of the main tent and subconsciously looked at the sea.

"The sea is beautiful, but it's a pity that the enemy is on the other side of the sea."

Yakushi Kabuto adjusted his glasses and said.