Chapter 614

And behind Hoshigaki Kisame, Shinoda Saburo looked at Hoshigaki Kisame's back with humiliating eyes.

At the same time, he was waiting for the verdict of fate.

A giant ice dragon soared in the high sky. At the top of the Ice Dragon King, the airflow in the high sky blew the hair on Mizunuki Ryosuke's forehead, making it dance.

When Hoshigaki Kisame's message reached Mizunuki Ryosuke's hands, Mizunuki Ryosuke pondered slightly.

According to his original plan, the White Shark unit led by Hoshigaki Kisame should have appeared directly behind the battlefield of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and launched a pincer attack on the flank and rear of Iwagakure with the Mist Anbu unit led by Hozuki Mangetsu.

But unexpectedly, unintentionally planting willows, Hoshigaki Kisame had mistakenly entered the other party's wounded camp and captured four thousand wounded Rock ninjas.

As a result, how to deal with these four thousand Rock ninjas became a problem.

Although these four thousand Rock ninjas had a certain value, conversely, if he chose to take over these four thousand prisoners, the combat power in Hoshigaki Kisame's hands would be completely tied up.

Now there were two paths in front of Mizunuki Ryosuke: either go all the way and directly order Hoshigaki Kisame to kill these four thousand wounded Rock ninjas.

The benefit of this was that there would be no restraint, and Hoshigaki Kisame's extreme combat power would be liberated, but correspondingly, the benefits brought by these four thousand Rock ninjas would be lost.

After all, holding these four thousand Rock ninjas in his hands, he would certainly be able to exchange for good benefits from Iwagakure after the war.

After pondering for a moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke finally made up his mind.

He issued an order to Hoshigaki Kisame through the ninja cats.

The border between the Land of Moon and the Land of Lightning.

After days of fierce fighting, under Onoki's offensive regardless of sacrifice and consumption, the Rock ninja's position had advanced into the territory of the Land of Lightning.

At first glance, it seemed that the Rock ninjas had the upper hand, but in reality, in terms of the consumption of war damage on both sides, the Rock ninjas were 50% higher than the Cloud ninjas!

Not only that, after Iwagakure abandoned the defensive fortifications and invaded the Land of Lightning, Cloud instead had better strategic depth, and the Rock ninjas with overextended battle lines were often beaten by Cloud until they could not take care of both ends.

In just a few days, Cloud had suffered nearly ten thousand ninja casualties.

At the same time, although Cloud had a certain advantage, they were also having a hard time.

Because the offensive of the Rock ninjas was simply too crazy!

Even if the war damage was lower than that of the Rock ninjas, the casualties of Cloud were also not small.

Perhaps the only difference between the two was that as the siege war continued, the morale of Iwagakure was constantly falling.

While on the Cloud side, although the fighting was equally tragic, the morale was getting higher and higher.

After all, compared to consuming with the Rock ninjas huddled in defensive fortifications, the Cloud ninjas were more willing to fight to the death on the battlefield!

Under such circumstances, a ninja who was urgently transferred from within Iwagakure arrived at this battlefield.

A ninja wearing a bamboo hat, whose face could not be seen, wearing purple clothes and a chest plate, with his hair tied into a small ponytail like a horse's tail, and sporting a big beard, walked toward Onoki's tent as if no one else was there.

The ninjas responsible for guarding the Tsuchikage's tent saw this person, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes one after another, staring at the bearded ninja with hesitant eyes.

A Rock ninja guard raised his hand and was just about to say something, but was stopped by his companion beside him.

The companion gave him a look, and then shook his head with a serious face.

The bearded ninja did not even look at the two guards, but directly passed them and entered the tent.

After stepping into the tent of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, he raised his head slightly, revealing the Iwagakure forehead protector on his forehead.

It was just that as a Rock ninja, he seemed to have no respect for the Tsuchikage Onoki, sitting directly on the chair opposite Onoki without any politeness, and then dangling his feet on the table in a slouching manner.

Seeing this, the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, who had always been known for his rigidity and majesty, did not say anything, but just kept staring at this bearded ninja.

Neither of them spoke, maintaining silence like this.

Until a long time later, a burly and sturdy young ninja with an extremely honest face stepped into the tent.

"Father."

"Mr. Roshi?"

The person who came was Kitsuchi. He originally wanted to say something to Onoki, but after seeing the bearded ninja in the tent, he immediately took back the words he was about to say and could not help but make a sound of surprise...

To this, Onoki remained calm, but a trace of disdain flashed on the bearded ninja's face.

"Kitsuchi, just say what you have to say."

"There's no need to hide anything."

Onoki's calm voice came, and after hearing this, Kitsuchi nodded slowly.

His surprise only lasted for a moment; he quickly figured out the joints, including the reason why this bearded ninja appeared here.

After all, it had reached a critical juncture involving survival, and at this moment, the dispute of personal ideology was far from being comparable to the interests of the national ninja village.

"Yes."

"Currently, many of our logistics supplies have completely run out, and the war damage on the front line is still expanding."

"Also..."

Kitsuchi reported all the problems of the Iwagakure troops in one breath, then retreated to one side without saying a word, waiting tightly for Onoki's reply.

"Hoo..."

Onoki took a deep breath, turned his eyes, and slowly looked at Roshi on the opposite side, with a trace of indescribable complexity in his eyes.

"Roshi, you and I both know how things have developed to this point."

"Now, no matter what, the top priority is to ensure the continuation of the village."

"After this war ends, I will take full responsibility for everything."

"Now, the village needs your strength."

Onoki said with a sincere expression, his tone carrying a rare request.

It was hard to imagine that this Tsuchikage, who had almost absolute authority within Iwagakure, would use such a tone toward a subordinate Rock ninja.

"What do you plan to do?"

Seeing that Onoki had already expressed his stance, the bearded ninja did not continue to put on airs. He put down the feet he had on the table, sat on the chair, crossed his arms, and looked at Onoki.

Although his expression remained indifferent, the contempt for Onoki in his eyes faded slightly.

"You already know the situation."

"Now, there is only one thing left before officially starting negotiations with Cloud."

"That is—the Third Raikage!"

Onoki took a deep breath, a trace of firmness and persistence flashing in his eyes.