I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"If you're here to say this, you can leave now, Deidara."

Huang Tu said lightly. He did not blame Deidara. The fact that Deidara could say such words meant that he still had them in his heart.

"How come you act like an old man when you're not that old! Hmm."

Deidara had a feeling that his persuasion would fail, but he couldn't help but feel annoyed after being rejected, especially when he saw the other person's gaze, which made him even more angry.

"Even if Iwagakure is defeated, I will not surrender."

Huang Tu's identity is still there, and the title of the son of the Tsuchikage is still on his head. If he surrenders, it will be a heavy blow to the Iwagakure.

"I'm afraid you'll be a step too late. We've already sent a letter of persuasion to Iwagakure, and now some of Iwagakure's top brass have started to contact us. Do you want to die hugging Iwagakure?"

If people like Huangtu died, Deidara would really feel reluctant.

"Open your eyes and take a look. Are the places we occupy better than they are now? Why do you have so many deserters and surrenderists? Isn't it because our system is more complete and fairer? Yes."

This was the first time that Deidara felt that he was so talkative. He had never said so much when he argued with Sasori before.

Huang Tu was silent. He had seen civilians living here when he was out for exercise these days. The most desperate thing about this war was that the people on the other side were invaders, but all the civilians of the Land of Earth were on their side.

Especially now that the living conditions of the residents of the Land of Earth have improved, they have all volunteered to reveal all the affairs of Iwagakure.

"Give up, Deidara. I know my father's character. He will definitely not surrender, and neither will I..."

Huang Tu turned around and knocked on the door, which meant he was ending the conversation.

The door opened and the soldier looked at Deidara in confusion. He didn't know what the two sides were talking about, but he would definitely follow Deidara's orders.

Deidara waved his hands in annoyance. It turned out that not everyone can learn to use words to persuade others.

"Deidara."

After putting on the handcuffs, Kurotsuchi turned around and looked at Deidara, "Thank you for telling me this. Please take good care of Kurotsuchi for me."

After saying this, Huangtu left the room without even looking at Deidara's surprised expression.

Deidara finally left the prison absent-mindedly, but as soon as he left, he saw Ye Lan. He greeted him guiltily.

"Ye Lan, what a coincidence, huh."

"Hmph, let's go, we still have a lot of things to do."

Ye Lan snorted lightly and didn't ask Deidara what he was doing here. He knew it well when Deidara appeared here.

During the war with the Land of Earth, he never let Deidara face the Iwagakure ninja directly, and just let him do some things like distributing flyers. People are not machines, and if the two sides fight, he can feel the embarrassment of each other.

Not long after Iwagakure sent out the call for help, Sand Village and Konoha also took action.

The death of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth plunged the daimyos of other countries into fear. In fact, there was no need for Ohnoki to write a letter for help, as these daimyos would urge them to send troops.

However, after both sides reached the border of the Rain Country, they stopped moving forward.

Gaara looked up at the towering walls of Yugakure. The barrels of various cannons on the walls were exposed, and their troops couldn't even get close.

Apart from the damage caused by the opponent's own mistakes, they fought for a long time but didn't kill a single person.

In a hurry, Gaara took the field personally and used large pieces of sand to resist the artillery attack and cover the troops' advance.

Just as the sea of ​​sand was formed, a huge purple arrow with a pitch-black flame hit it directly.

Even the people in Sunagakure have heard of Amaterasu's name.

Temari and Kankuro hurriedly evacuated the crowd. If this thing spread, they would have no chance of survival as a whole army.

Gaara stared at the figure above him. The last time the two of them fought was during the Chunin Exams.

"Gaara, your opponent is me."

Purple chakra emerged from Sasuke's body, and he easily used Susanoo. The arrow just now was shot by him using Susanoo.

At this moment, his Sharingan changed again. The original six-pointed Sharingan now had some more patterns in the center.

"Sasuke, wouldn't it be too exhausting to use Susanoo right away?"

Kisame stood beside Sasuke and said worriedly that the battlefield here was under the responsibility of the two of them.

"Don't worry, Kisame, I'm feeling very good now. The power is flowing continuously."

Sasuke smiled ghostly and jumped directly down from the city wall.

Combined with the huge size of Susanoo, the impact force generated almost made the Sand Village troops unable to stand.

"We are going to fight such an enemy?"

The Sunagakure troops were already in a bad state after being hit by artillery fire, and with the momentum of Sasuke's appearance, they inevitably took a few steps back.

"Don't retreat! Show the power of the Sand Village!"

Kankuro yelled out loudly, noticing that morale was shaky.

But he couldn't help sweating at this moment. It's only been a few years since he last saw this guy, but he has become so strong. Are all the members of the Uchiha clan monsters?

"Then let me see how much you have improved!"

Sasuke had never mentioned it but he still remembered the last Chunin Exam, where he had not truly defeated Gaara, and this confrontation was to put an end to that confrontation.

Looking at the aggressive Sasuke, Gaara took back all the clean sand with his hands. His eyes were serious. This might be the most difficult battle he had ever fought.

...

The border between Konoha and Amegakure was also ravaged by war.

Tsunade is personally in charge of the front line, there are only a few people Konoha can use at the moment.

Originally the best candidate was Shikaku, but because of Shikamaru's incident, Shikaku was not suitable to come forward, and the Fourth Hokage directly refused, saying that the dead cannot participate in the war of the living.

Tsunade was so angry that she almost couldn't help but say something to him, asking how come he had time to take care of his son.

And what about Kakashi? This guy said he had to keep an eye on the situation in Kumogakure and couldn't come back.

Tsunade was forced to take action herself. There was no other way. Although Gai had the ability, it was too much to ask him to command a large-scale war.

However, when Tsunade came, she also brought Shikaku with her.

He can't be a leader, but as an assistant, no one else can say anything.

"How's the frontline advancing? Ohnoki is pushing very hard, and Iwagakure can hardly hold on any longer."

Tsunade knocked on the table impatiently. Not only Ōnoki, but the daimyo as well, had even given Tsunade an ultimatum.

Otherwise, Konoha would not have taken the initiative to send troops.

"The situation is not good. The enemy's artillery fire is too strong. Our people can't rush forward at all. The enemy's first line of defense has not been broken through yet. We have suffered heavy casualties."

Lu Jiu looked at the report and said that although they were already alert, actually seeing it was another matter. The other party built high walls and placed artillery on high places and they could just fire at will. They couldn't even touch the enemy.

"Didn't we say that we already have a replica combat vehicle? Why is it not working?"

Tsunade knew a little about these things. When they were working with Yugakure before, they secretly got some of them out.

"They are all imitations anyway. Our range is not enough to reach them. Besides, we are the attackers, and they have a natural advantage over us."

Another jonin said with a wry smile that he was in charge of Konoha's combat vehicle unit.

"Is there any other method, such as sending an elite team to carry out a decapitation plan?"

One ninja raised an opinion, and the idea was agreed by the others.

"I'm afraid not. The enemy's commanders this time are Kakuzu and Hidan. We have some intel on them, and they are both very difficult ninjas to deal with."

At this time, Shikaku poured cold water on everyone. He started to investigate this part of the information as soon as he came here, and Yuyin did not hide anything in this regard.

"These guys underestimated us. They were just fighting knowingly."

Tsunade felt somewhat helpless and wished she could go to the front line and fight, but her current identity was Hokage, and allowing her to command this battle was already a concession from the Konoha high-level officials.

Shikaku closed the report and sighed.

"But the Rain Country now has the confidence..."