Raikage, Do You Want to Defend Them...

Toki smiled and patted Hunter's shoulder approvingly,

"You guys did well."

Hunter's eyes flashed with excitement as he responded loudly,

"All thanks to your leadership, Toki-sama!"

Though Toki wasn't known for his strength in the past, as one of the few Jounin of the Uchiha clan, he had become the spiritual leader of the clan's hawk faction.

With the knowledge of a past life and the future on his side, Toki would use grand promises of future rewards to keep his subordinates' spirits high.

Shisui, standing nearby, looked somewhat worried as he asked,

"Are you sure it's okay? Shouldn't we prioritize capturing prisoners? If we keep killing like this, the Hidden Cloud Village will surely retaliate endlessly, won't they?"

Previously, Shisui's orders were mainly focused on repelling rather than engaging in deadly combat with enemy ninjas.

So even when Ao led his subordinates to invade Konoha, Shisui only repelled them without killing anyone.

Toki chuckled coldly,

"Do you think they'll appreciate your mercy? They'll only see it as weakness.

People are only good at being taken advantage of, just like how horses are good at being ridden. If we only make them pay a monetary price every time they invade, they won't give up their ambitions against Konoha.

Only by making them fear us can we truly ensure peace for Konoha. The Third Tsuchikage gathered 10 000 of shinobi and spent 3 days and nights to kill the Third Raikage. Do you think the Fourth Raikage dares to attack Iwagakure now?

Now that Konoha has just suffered from the Nine-Tails attack, they shamelessly come to attack us. If you don't make them fear us, they won't back down."

Shisui nodded. He wasn't someone who stuck to one way of thinking. Now, Toki was in command, and he would follow Toki's orders regardless of right or wrong.

Toki frowned as he looked down at the base,

"The enemy should already know we're here. It's not as simple as before. The next battleground is not in our Fire Country. Eagle Team, hurry up and go to the Land of Hot Springs for reconnaissance."

Several special jonin respectfully agreed and then quickly shunshin away from the main force.

A flash of horror flickered in Shisui's eyes. The speed of their body flicker technique was almost catching up to his own!

And what he didn't know was that the Hawk Squad was a specialized reconnaissance unit similar to the Archer class in Fate/stay night. Their main focus was on shunshin jutsu and taijutsu.

Equipped with scientific ninja tools and a large number of 'bullets' for ammunition, they were elite soldiers with formidable combat capabilities, despite only being special jonin. With their Body Flicker Technique and scientific ninjutsu, they could easily deal with ordinary jonin.

...

The news of the unsuccessful expedition of the Hidden Cloud Village being expelled from the Land of Fire quickly spread to Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village.

The stunning record of capturing a high-ranking jonin and over fifty mid-level ninjas without a scratch directly caused the Third Hokage and the Fourth Raikage to slam their tables at the same time.

'Those useless people from the Hidden Cloud Village!'

'Those stubborn people from Konoha!'

In the office of the Raikage,

The Fourth Raikage, with a grim face, looked at his assistant and said,

"Has the intelligence not arrived yet? How could a well-trained elite trap team be effortlessly defeated without any casualties? And they say Konoha only sent the Uchiha clan? It must be because there are Hyuga clan scouts present! The apparent Uchiha were just to make us drop our guard!"

The assistant furrowed his brows and said earnestly,

"Raikage-sama, the intelligence department has already reported that there were no Byakugan users in their team."

The Fourth Raikage's eyelid twitched twice,

"There were!"

The assistant said sincerely,

"There really weren't."

A vein popped on the Fourth Raikage's forehead. This damn old man just wouldn't give him any face.

"Fine, fine, there weren't any. I was wrong to blame them. They really were slaughtered by a bunch of brutes without even a scout, right? "

The assistant was taken aback, then awkwardly stepped back a few paces, muttering softly,

"Raikage-sama, if you want to defend them, just say it directly. Don't make it so complicated that no one can understand."

The Fourth Raikage's face darkened, barely suppressing his urge to fry the three-generation elder into grilled fish.

He waved his hand abruptly and ordered his assistant,

"Go, send Yugito to the front lines!"

The assistant was stunned, then tried to persuade,

"But Raikage-sama, Yugito can't control the Two-Tails perfectly yet. It could be troublesome if it goes berserk."

The Fourth Raikage, A, impatiently waved his hand and glared at his assistant angrily,

"Are you the Raikage, or am I? I told you to give the order, so do it! Killer Bee can control the Eight-Tails better than anyone, so why wouldn't Yugito be able to control the Two-Tails?"

"But..."

"There's no "but"! Immediately send Yugito to the front lines. I want to wipe out those Uchiha clan scum!"

The Fourth Raikage had just lost his father, and he had been in a state of explosive anger ever since.

He only wanted to cripple Konoha to avenge his father. If it weren't for the peace treaty signed by Konoha, how could the old man, the Third Tsuchikage, have mobilized ten thousand shinobi to kill his father!?