Chapter 112: Sand Village Raids the Land of Fire

Hanzo's raid can be said to be extremely successful. Not only did he achieve the original goal, he also killed the "Ino-Shika-Cho" combination. Originally, Hanzo didn't think about taking over Konoha in one go. With the experience of the previous decisive battle with Sand Village, Hanzo finally decided to act alone and attack the Konoha camp alone. With the poison gas of the salamander, he would first reduce the number of Konoha's side and cause effective casualties to the Konoha ninjas, and then mobilize a large force to give Konoha a fatal blow.

However, Hanzo's subsequent actions failed. When their camp was attacked and most of their manpower was lost, Orochimaru, Jiraiya and Tsunade immediately led the remaining troops to quickly retreat back to the border of the Land of Fire, and quickly sent a request for support to the village, preparing to regroup and fight Hanzo to the death.

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On February 36, 2th year of Kirigakure, Hanzo raided the Konoha camp at the same time.

A 50-man elite force of Sunagakure also launched a raid on the Land of Fire on time in accordance with the agreement with Hanzo.

"Lord Imu!" A perceptive ninja in the team sensed the Konoha patrol team 3 kilometers to the left and 5 kilometers to the right, and reported to the commander of the Sand Village force.

"Sure enough!" Yimu thought to himself. It seems that Hanzo's information is relatively accurate. He then pondered for a moment and said to the two female ninjas next to him, "Later, the three of us will charge directly. I will deal with the team on the left. Ye Cang and Liu Yue will act together and be responsible for killing the team on the right. Make sure the news is not leaked to buy more time for our action!"

"understand!"

"learn!"

Ye Cang and Liu Yue answered together after hearing the order.

"Action!!!" After receiving the reply, Yimu immediately gave an order, and the three of them quickly rushed to the direction of the Konoha patrol team pointed out by the sensing ninja.

Soon, Imu came into contact with Konoha's patrol team. When the captain of the patrol team saw Imu, who had a murderous look on his face and was dressed in standard Sand Village ninja attire, his face changed drastically. He instantly realized that the Sand Village was going to attack Konoha, so he hurriedly took out a flare to notify other teams to pass the message back to the village.

However, he underestimated Imu. As the son of Chiyo, the elder of the Sand Village, he was also a puppeteer with the strength of a Kage. When he was seen by the patrol team, it also meant that the patrol team had also entered his attack range.

"Puppetry: Human body manipulation!"

Yimu's right hand moved slightly, and four chakra lines that were almost invisible to the naked eye quietly and silently connected to the bodies of the four ninjas in the patrol team.

The four ninjas in the patrol team paused for a moment, and then stopped where they were at the same time. The patrol team, whose strongest member was only a special jonin, had no power to resist Imu, who was at the level of Kage. They were all controlled by Imu in the first encounter.

On the other side, just as Yimu dealt with four Konoha ninjas, Ye Cang and June also appeared in the sight of another Konoha patrol team.

As the wife of Imu, June, although not as strong as Imu, is also a puppeteer with the strength of a Kage. Although Ye Cang, who works with her, is not yet at the Kage level, with her unique Shojutsu Kekkei Genkai, she can fight even against a Kage-level puppeteer.

“Scorching Escape: Scorching Flame!!!”

Ye Cang launched an attack directly. Four high-temperature fireballs suddenly appeared and whistled towards the four ninjas of the patrol team. Wherever the fireballs passed, the air seemed to be distorted by the high temperature.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Three consecutive screams. Except for the team leader whose strength barely reached the level of Jonin, the other three Konoha ninjas managed to escape the attack. The moment the Scorching Release fireball touched their bodies, they were evaporated into three mummies. Their deaths were extremely miserable.

Looking at his three subordinates being killed in one encounter, the patrol team leader was secretly glad that he had avoided this horrific attack. June, who had already arrived nearby, took action.

"Puppetry: One Heart and One Body!!!"

June summoned her two puppets, and the two puppets put their palms together and pulled out several steel wires, which just entangled the surviving Konoha Jonin. Then, under June's control, the steel wires tightened instantly, and the entangled Konoha Jonin was directly cut into several pieces. The scene was extremely bloody.

After dealing with two patrol teams in the direction of their invasion, Imu led this elite force of Sunagakure to quickly advance into the Land of Fire.

Fortunately, Konoha had suffered a sneak attack from Hanzo before, so after that, Konoha strengthened its surveillance within the Land of Fire. So, before the afternoon, Konoha discovered the actions of the Sand Village and quickly reported the news back to the village.

"boom!!!"

This time it was the desk in the Hokage's office that suffered the disaster. The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen could not control his anger, and after receiving the news he angrily smashed his desk and gave the order directly without even waiting for his friends to arrive.

After receiving the order from Sarutobi Hiruzen, the then Anbu chief, Hatake Sakumo, immediately led a team of Anbu to intercept the Sand Village troops.

At this time, Hatake Sakumo had already made a great name for himself in the ninja world, because he used a silver-white chakra dagger in battle, combined with his ninja body technique that combined lightning escape and swordsmanship, which looked like white teeth in the dark and was indestructible, so he was called "Konoha White Fang" by all parties in the ninja world!

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(I checked the official book and found that Hatake Sakumo and the Sannin were ninjas of the same era, but he became famous earlier. Before the Second Ninja World War and the war with the Sand Village, he already had the title of "Konoha White Fang".)

(The official official book did not find the names of Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, that is, the parents of Scorpion of the Red Sand, so I borrowed the names set in other Naruto fan fiction. Scorpion's father is named Iki and his mother is named June.)

(One more thing to say, Scorpion's name is similar to the name of the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki. Akagisa is a title, not a surname. The official name given to him is simply Sasori, which means Scorpion.)