Chapter 284

From the Raikage to the individual, the Cloud was filled with an extremely strong sense of personal loyalty.

This also led to the fact that later, the Third Raikage would rather fight ten thousand Rock ninja alone until he died of exhaustion than use the lives of his Cloud subordinates to exchange for his own survival.

While the Rock advocated the "stubborn stone spirit," advocating encouragement and endurance.

But they had a practice of being able to discard the "Stone of the Village" at will and pick up another stone from the river to use as a substitute.

Therefore, whether it was the Third Tsuchikage Onoki or the high-level officials of the Rock, they could casually use the lives of Rock ninja to exchange for greater results.

This was also the reason why the Cloud was always at a disadvantage when facing the Rock.

The Cloud valued loyalty and had the heroism of sacrificing one's life for righteousness.

The Rock valued profit and had the cunning of cutting losses in time.

It was difficult to distinguish which of these two beliefs was superior.

But on the battlefield, there was no doubt that the profit-seeking Rock was more advantageous.

After asking about the battle situation, the Third Raikage walked out of his tent and looked at the Rock's position on the opposite side across the border of the Land of Lightning.

He was absolutely certain that the Third Tsuchikage Onoki was in the camp opposite.

But fighting until today, the Third Tsuchikage Onoki had still not appeared, as if everything was firmly under his control in his heart.

So-called soldier against soldier, king against king.

In the situation where Onoki had not made a move, the Third Raikage could not act rashly.

This was not only a style but also a containment.

The side that moved first would inevitably be forced into a passive position.

Even though the Cloud raided the Rock's camp last night, Onoki remained unmoved, which made the Third Raikage even more anxious.

Last night, in fact, the Third Raikage had been staring at the battlefield and was ready at all times; as long as the Third Tsuchikage Onoki made a move, he would immediately have a peak duel with the opponent.

In terms of strength, the Third Raikage did not think that Onoki could rival him at this moment.

But unfortunately, the opponent did not show the slightest flaw to give him this opportunity.

This war, in terms of time, was undoubtedly on the side of the Rock.

As long as it continued to drag on, the Rock could use its own characteristics to build more defensive fortifications and traps within the Land of Moon.

"Geographical advantage" would lean infinitely toward the Rock.

Therefore, if the Cloud still could not force the Third Tsuchikage Onoki to take the initiative to appear on the battlefield, in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, the Third Raikage could only choose to accept a passive position and choose to take the initiative.

And this time did not seem to be far away anymore.

The Third Raikage raised his head and looked at the sky with a deep look.

Facing the current predicament, how should the Cloud break the situation?

When one could not break the deadlock with one's own strength, the best way was naturally to "borrow strength."

And as for whether it would succeed, the Third Raikage had no certainty at all.

"I don't know how Bee is doing over there."

The Third Raikage muttered in his heart, his eyes filled with a hint of hope.

Land of Moon, Rock.

Onoki listened to Kitsuchi's report of the battle situation with a calm expression.

Just as the Third Raikage guessed, the Third Tsuchikage Onoki was sitting firmly in the Rock's position opposite the Cloud.

Even though the Cloud raided the camp where Onoki was located last night, he still sat firmly in the tent; even if the outside was already a river of blood, he remained unmoved.

After all, under Onoki's planning, the Rock not only occupied an advantage in the war but also maintained an active position.

At this moment, Onoki was not in a hurry to make a move at all.

His goal was the same as the Third Raikage's, which was to force the opponent's Kage to appear on the battlefield first.

Onoki was wary of the Third Raikage's combat power.

He knew very well that even if he had Particle Style as a trump card, he would likely fall into a disadvantage in the hands of the Third Raikage, who was comparable to a human Gundam.

Although Particle Style was powerful, it had to hit the target.

The enemy was not a target and would not stand there for you to aim at.

In the battle of high-level ninja, one wrong step leads to all wrong steps.

Imagine, if the Third Raikage made a move first and chose "dimensional reduction strike" to slaughter ordinary Rock ninja, trying to reverse the decline of the Cloud.

Then if Onoki was hiding in the crowd of Rock ninja and took advantage of the Third Raikage's lack of preparation to play dirty and use Particle Style to strike the Third Raikage directly, what would be the result?

For another example, if Onoki was forced to make a move against the Cloud ninja first, and the Third Raikage was also hiding among the Cloud ninja.

A sudden Hell Stab: One-Finger Piercing Hand.

How could Onoki survive?

Therefore, on the battlefield, even for Kage-level powerhouses, resting while waiting for the enemy to tire was the best strategy.

"Well done."

"Just keep it up."

"Now what we need to guard against is the Cloud ninja gathering small elite units to launch surprise attacks."

"Once such a situation occurs, just like what was done today, even if everyone on the position dies, you must firmly drag the Cloud ninja down for me!"

A sharp light burst into Onoki's eyes as he said this to Kitsuchi before him without mercy.

Hearing this, Kitsuchi just nodded, his honest face showing no change, as if he had long been accustomed to all this.

"How is Gari doing?"

Onoki suddenly became serious and continued to ask Kitsuchi.

"News came from Gari that in three days, the next batch of supplies will be transported from the Land of Earth."

Kitsuchi answered Onoki truthfully, his honest face still carrying a serious expression.

"That's good."

Hearing this, a trace of peace flashed in Onoki's eyes.

Even though the Rock occupied a certain advantage in the battle situation at this moment, it was not completely worry-free.

You must know that the Rock launched this war against the Land of Moon, successively spanning three small countries: the Land of Waterfall, the Land of Frost, and the Land of Rice Fields.

At present, except for the Land of Waterfall, the Land of Frost and the Land of Rice Fields were under the control of Konoha.

This also explained one thing, which was that the Rock ninja fighting in the Land of Moon had a very long supply line.

This was also the biggest lifeline of the Rock ninja at present.

If the logistics supply was cut off, the Rock ninja fighting in the Land of Moon would likely collapse soon.

Fortunately, the war in the Land of Moon went exceptionally smoothly; almost without any cost, the Rock ninja took the entire Land of Moon, firmly blocking the Cloud ninja outside the Land of Moon, creating a relatively safe environment for their own logistics supply line.

The Cloud naturally knew the lifeline of the Rock.

The Third Raikage had tried several times to cut off the Rock's supply line, but the difficulty of achieving such a move was undoubtedly extremely great.

For one thing, although the Rock's supply route was long, there were many routes to take, and the Cloud ninja could not accurately judge which route the Rock ninja would take.

For another, after the Land of Moon was occupied, it was extremely difficult for the Cloud ninja to detour to the rear of the Rock ninja.

And intelligence like the Rock's supply route was top-secret within the Rock; except for the Third Tsuchikage, only the Tsuchikage's son, Kitsuchi, knew about it in the entire Rock camp.

Besides that, the leader responsible for transporting supplies, Gari, was a direct confidant of Tsuchikage Onoki.

To ensure nothing went wrong, Onoki had long since eliminated all hidden dangers.

"A, what are you going to fight me with?"

"I'll take the Land of Moon."

At this point, Onoki's eyes revealed...

【Novel】

Onoki turned and looked at the ninja map behind him; his gaze focused on the Land of Frost and the Land of Rice Fields. After taking the Land of Moon, the Rock could use this as a springboard, as the foundation for its domination of the ninja world.

Onoki had even made up his mind that once Konoha showed fatigue on the battlefield with the Rain and Sand ninja, after dealing with the Cloud, he would swallow all the small countries along the way in one breath.

If his plan could really succeed, plus the small peripheral countries that had always been controlled by the Land of Earth, by extracting the benefits of these small countries, it wouldn't take long for the Rock to become the second Konoha.

Thinking of this, even an owl of the ninja world like Onoki couldn't help but feel a bit hot in his heart.

The Rock seemed to be about to complete its rise in his hands.

"Mr. Mizuki, what exactly are you planning to do?"

The burly, dark-skinned young man asked the plain-looking young man beside him with a livid face.

"Don't talk, eat."

To this, the young man named "Mizuki" had no intention of paying attention, but said in a calm and gentle tone.