Chapter 493: , The Pro-War Faction and the Surrender Faction

"Hard work, Gari."

Kitsuchi went to greet Gari, who was covered in dust.

"It's nothing, Fourth."

"Now is not the time to relax. The top priority is to push harder and completely shatter the Waterfall Ninjas' defense line."

Gari was not carried away by the recent victory; instead, he earnestly advised Kitsuchi.

At this very moment, the Hidden Stone was still in a critical situation, the impact of the defeat had not yet been eliminated, and establishing results as quickly as possible was the royal road.

To this, Kitsuchi nodded in deep agreement.

"Good, then I'll listen to you."

"Troops, stop resting, continue the pursuit!"

Immediately, Kitsuchi issued the order directly to the Stone ninjas. Without a moment's rest, the Stone ninjas continued to advance toward the heart of the Land of Waterfalls without stopping.

And the more cautious the Stone ninjas were and the tighter their offensive rhythm, the more stretched and difficult to handle the Waterfall Ninjas became.

Not to mention the rapid progress of the Hidden Stone, inside the Waterfall Ninja Village hundreds of kilometers away, it was a completely different scene.

In the heart of the Land of Waterfalls, an extremely wide and spectacular waterfall flowed down from the top of a large river, then hammered into a wide lake downstream, emitting a rumbling sound of flowing springs and roaring streams.

Few people knew that the Waterfall Ninja Village, famous in the shinobi world, was hidden beneath this waterfall.

At this moment, the village, which originally carried a hint of hidden tranquility, had completely fallen into a state of gloom.

In the very center of the Waterfall Ninja Village, similar to the Five Great Ninja Villages, there was an institutional building that served as the hub for governing the entire village. At this moment, in this building, a major event concerning the future of the Waterfall Ninja Village was taking place.

This was a standard room used for meetings. On the wall of the room hung a huge Waterfall Ninja emblem. Facing the emblem was a long conference table.

In addition to the main seat at the front of the table, there were five positions on the left and right sides, totaling eleven seats, which corresponded to the eleven people who held the highest level of power in the Waterfall Ninja Village.

Except for the main seat, which corresponded to the leader, the highest-ranking power holder of the Waterfall Ninjas, the remaining ten seats were for the elders of the Waterfall Ninjas.

The elders' power was equal, they just managed different responsibilities.

At this moment, all the seats in front of the long table were filled. A heavy atmosphere permeated the room, everyone had gloomy brows, and their faces were extremely ugly.

"A battle report just came in; the first half of the Waterfall River has completely fallen."

"It won't be long before the Stone ninjas reach the central plains."

“And the entire central plains have no natural defenses to hold, so they should also fall very soon.”

An elder in the room spoke slowly, reporting to the Waterfall Ninja leader in the main seat.

"What other places are there for us to block the Stone ninjas?"

The man sitting in the main seat frowned and asked with an extremely ugly expression.

Most Stone ninjas were good at Earth Release, and the Stone ninjas' group Earth Release was invincible. Fighting the Stone ninjas on a large scale on flat ground was undoubtedly an act of seeking death for the Waterfall Ninjas.

"It's the Waterfall Lake."

"And behind the Waterfall Lake is the Waterfall of the Waterfall."

The elder continued to answer, his tone very low.

Waterfall Lake was a large lake located less than a hundred kilometers away from the Waterfall Ninja Village, which could be considered the upstream lake of the village's waterfall.

And the Waterfall of the Waterfall, as the name suggested, was the large waterfall that shielded the Waterfall Ninja Village.

In other words, it wouldn't be long before the Stone ninjas were at the doorstep of the Waterfall Ninja Village.

As soon as this was said, there was an uproar in the room, and many Waterfall Ninja elders even showed strange expressions in their eyes.

In battles between ninjas, attributes had a crucial influence on the outcome of the battle. Not to mention the competition between ninja villages.

The Waterfall Ninja Village, as the name suggested, was itself a ninja village that was better at Water Release than other attributes.

Therefore, if the Waterfall Ninjas wanted to exert their maximum combat power, it was best to be able to rely on fighting by rivers and lakes.

The Stone ninjas were already too powerful to be resisted, so if the Waterfall Ninjas wanted to defend against the Stone ninjas' offensive, they could only rely on favorable terrain to resist step by step.

That is, the so-called "defending by dangerous terrain," but the "danger" for the Waterfall Ninjas did not refer to any towering mountains, but to some rivers and lakes.

But the awkward thing was that the Hidden Stone's sudden attack caught the Waterfall Ninjas off guard, which led to the Waterfall Ninjas not having time to organize personnel for defense in the early stages, and they were pushed directly to the heart of the Land of Waterfalls.

By the time the Waterfall Ninjas gathered their strength to resist, they had already lost many places that could be defended.

The nearest location that the Waterfall Ninjas could utilize was the so-called "Waterfall River," and the defeat at the Waterfall River that had just occurred meant that the Stone ninjas' blades were almost at the throats of the Waterfall Ninjas.

Before the Waterfall Ninja leader could continue, another Waterfall Ninja elder on the other side spoke urgently.

"Leader, the Stone ninjas are coming fiercely and cannot be resisted!"

"After the previous few battles, the village's losses are simply shocking."

"The Hidden Stone's intentions are known to everyone; they are just craving resources and wealth. So why don't we just cut off our flesh to feed the tiger and send away this hungry wolf of the Hidden Stone?"

This elder earnestly advised the Waterfall Ninja leader, but what he was saying was actually preparing to surrender.

It was not surprising that such a scene appeared. Since ancient times, at such a time, regardless of the external enemy, there would inevitably be such cowardly people among the "own people" who would insist on peace.

"Yes, yes, the other side is one of the Five Great Nations; no matter what, we can't beat them."

"Sigh, so many people have already died in battle; it really is time to stop."

"Yes, yes, yes." 840

For a time, voices of agreement followed one after another. This "surrender faction" Waterfall Ninja elder had actually voiced the inner thoughts of many other elders in the room.

Seeing this, the Waterfall Ninja leader's face became even uglier.

"BANG!!!"

Just then, another elder in the room slapped the table and stood up.

"Bastards! Do you have any shame left!"

"'Cut off flesh to feed the tiger'? You can even say such things?"

"I think some people want to take off the Waterfall Ninja forehead protector and go be a ninja of a Great Nation directly!"

This elder pointed directly at the nose of the "surrender faction" elder and scolded him angrily, without leaving any face in his tone.

"Exactly, you bastard!!!"

"The Hidden Stone has wolfish ambitions; how much flesh can feed them?"

"Right, these bastards clearly intend to annex us directly, and you still have lucky thoughts?"

"..."

Clearly, the high-level Waterfall Ninjas were not all "surrender faction"; there were still many pro-war elders determined to resist the Hidden Stone.

At this moment, the ten elders of the Waterfall Ninjas were arguing in a mess, and the sounds of slapping tables and angry scolding kept coming.

If one observed carefully, one would find an extremely interesting phenomenon: among the ten elders, those who favored peace and those who favored war each accounted for half.

They happened to be on the left and right sides of the Waterfall Ninja leader, clearly separated and spraying anger at each other across the air.