Chapter 612: A silent attack

On the other side, Hoshigaki Kisame, who was leading the elites of the White Shark unit, crossed the border between the Land of Iron and the Land of Moon without encountering any obstruction and entered the territory of the Land of Moon.

In the "neutral country" of the Land of Iron, the Rock ninjas did not take any active defense, but only symbolically left a few guard posts for vigilance.

These few guard posts were like decorations in front of Hoshigaki Kisame.

After all, with the help of the ninja cats, dealing with a few guard posts was simply a piece of cake.

As natural hunters, the ninja cats were best at searching for prey.

And for the caught-off-guard Rock ninjas, who would care about a few "harmless" little cats?

After all, cats are so cute, how could one hit a cat?

And so, Hoshigaki Kisame led two thousand elite Mist ninjas to sneak into the heart of the Rock ninjas without anyone knowing!

Along the way, a tense and excited emotion permeated Hoshigaki Kisame's heart, making him feel slightly excited.

Before crossing the border, he naturally also received the order from Mizunuki Ryosuke to attack freely through the ninja cats under his command, so Kisame felt that the current opportunity was a heaven-sent gift!

This timing was the perfect moment to make contributions and consolidate his status as a "Mizukage confidant"!

And so, as he led the crowd to constantly advance inside the territory of the Land of Moon, Hoshigaki Kisame finally made a discovery.

He looked at the camp not far ahead, marked with the Rock ninja symbol, and revealed a cruel smile.

The fierce fighting over the past few days had caused the number of wounded in Iwagakure to increase sharply. In order to ensure the safety of these wounded and ensure convenience during retreat.

Onoki arranged the wounded camp in the hinterland of the Land of Moon, far away from the frontal battlefield.

At this moment, the highest-ranking ninja in the Rock ninja wounded camp—Shinoda Saburo—was sitting in the tent with a gloomy face, not saying a word.

Generally speaking, as long as one could become a Jonin, one already had a status above thousands in the village, and the level of status among Jonin mainly depended on three levels.

The most critical was strength, followed by status, and finally seniority.

Shinoda Saburo not only had strength that had reached the elite Jonin level, but was also a member of the Tsuchikage's direct agency, so his status was naturally extraordinary.

And the reason why Shinoda Saburo appeared here was also self-evident—he was injured, and the injury was very serious.

His bones were fractured in multiple parts of his body, and even the hands that ninjas relied on for survival were wrapped like mummies at this moment.

Without hands, one could not form hand seals to release ninjutsu, which also meant that Shinoda Saburo had lost his combat ability in a short time, and he naturally came to this wounded camp.

Recalling what happened on the battlefield, Shinoda Saburo's body was constantly trembling slightly.

He was not feeling lingering fear, but was feeling indignant!

Recalling the Rock ninjas who died miserably on the battlefield, Shinoda Saburo only felt that his whole body was trembling with anger.

He was very clear that the fierce attack launched by the Rock ninjas against the Cloud ninjas was almost entirely a suicidal act!

In the constant fierce attacks, the Rock ninjas almost completely abandoned their own advantages and used their own weaknesses to attack the strengths of the Cloud ninjas!

On the tragic battlefield, the casualties of the Rock ninjas were often 1.5 to 2 times that of the Cloud ninjas! But the Third Tsuchikage Onoki seemed to still not care at all about this and still insisted on launching fierce attacks against the Cloud ninjas.

Even though Shinoda Saburo advised him repeatedly, Onoki still had no intention of taking back his ideas.

Because in order to avoid panic and the decline of morale, Onoki did not announce the news that the logistics of Iwagakure had been cut off and that Konoha had already taken action against Iwagakure.

Therefore, Shinoda Saburo could not understand Onoki's fierce attack tactics.

This made Shinoda Saburo furious, and later, even he himself was almost killed while fighting on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Shinoda became even more indignant.

He did not understand what had made the originally wise Third Tsuchikage become so muddled!

Just as Shinoda was constantly cursing in his heart, the commotion coming from outside the tent made him frown.

He pulled open the tent curtain and looked outside, only to see the scene before his eyes, which made his pupils shrink slightly.

Countless Mist ninjas dressed in white ninja uniforms with shark fin-shaped shoulder armor on their shoulders attacked like a tide, surrounding this camp in an instant.

A ninja with a shark face, carrying a giant sword wrapped in white cloth, walked slowly toward Shinoda Saburo step by step.

Through the ferocious smile on the shark-faced ninja's cheeks, Shinoda Saburo seemed to have become a drowning person who had fallen into the sea, and the ninja on the opposite side was the shark about to devour him.

Hoshigaki Kisame looked around uninterestingly; the White Shark unit had broken into this wounded camp without much effort.

The Rock ninja wounded here not only had no combat power, but their morale was also extremely low, and they had long since lost the courage to be enemies with the Mist ninjas.

The battle had only just begun for a few moments before they all chose to raise their hands and surrender.

Hoshigaki Kisame, who had not enjoyed the fun of battle, was naturally dissatisfied in his heart, but since the enemy had surrendered, he could only choose to accept it helplessly and convey the intelligence to Mizunuki Ryosuke through the ninja cats, requesting instructions.

This was the gathering place for all the wounded Rock ninjas, and coupled with the intensity of the front-line battle, the number of wounded could be imagined.

There were actually more than four thousand wounded!

Dealing with such a number of prisoners, Hoshigaki Kisame naturally had to choose to report to Mizunuki Ryosuke first.