"Xin, there's a ninja army ahead."
"A ninja army?" Xin was slightly startled. What luck!
He had hoped for a smooth return to camp, but they had barely turned around before running into a large enemy force.
"How many of them are there?
"A lot."
For Ophis to use the word "a lot," it meant the enemy numbers were indeed significant.
But on the battlefield of the Land of Rain, which side would gather such a large force? It couldn't be Konoha.
And the Sand Village was only in the Land of Rain to stir up trouble and stall Konoha, so it was unlikely they would send out a large force.
The same logic applied to Iwagakure. They were in the Land of Rain because Ōnoki wanted to weaken both Konoha and Amegakure's military strength.
A large-scale battle wouldn't benefit Iwagakure, especially since, since the start of the war, Kumogakure had been eyeing them, and Ōnoki wouldn't dare act recklessly.
Since it couldn't be any of the three major villages involved in the Land of Rain's battlefield, that left only one possibility: Amegakure!
Realizing that Amegakure's forces were mobilizing on a large scale, Xin was taken aback. He quickly said to Minato and Nawaki:
"Amegakure's ninja are gathering in large numbers; they're targeting us from Konoha. We need to return to camp as soon as possible."
Whether or not they were specifically targeting Konoha, leaving quickly was definitely the right move.
Xin had no intention of getting surrounded and then dragged into a senseless battle.
He could escape on his own, but Nawaki and Minato would face all sorts of dangers.
"Amegakure?"
"A large-scale mobilization of forces? Have they gone mad?" Nawaki exclaimed as he hurriedly followed Xin.
Minato didn't even bother to speak; he just wanted to get away as fast as possible.
"Whether they're mad or not, I don't know, but I do know that if we're too slow, we could end up surrounded by the enemy," Xin explained as he glanced back.
Even someone as tough as the Third Raikage could be dragged down and killed by a ninja army, so what chance did they stand?
Unless he released Ophis to kill everyone of them.
But Xin didn't want to resort to that, so running early was the safest bet.
Could it be that Hanzō had been pushed to the brink?
Was it possible that the destruction of their supplies had left Hanzō with no patience to continue the war of attrition, forcing him to choose a decisive battle with Konoha?
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