Fleeing from Konoha

Chapter 858: Chapter 32: See Through_2

"Hmm, I’ll leave this matter to you."

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind was not at all concerned about this issue.

While ninjas can’t defeat the Moryo, they have no major problem in holding back the Ghost Legion under Moryo’s command.

Sealing Moryo is the responsibility of the Priestess of the Land of Demons, which is why the Five Great Nations allow the Land of Demons to exist as a Neutral Country.

"Speaking of which, during the Third Ninja War, our Hidden Sand took a large loan from the Shion Flower Merchants Association of the Land of Demons. Now, the repayment date is one or two months away. If we are to repay this loan... could the Daimyo assist us somewhat?"

Rasa looked at the Daimyo of the Land of Wind with a bit of embarrassment.

The construction of Hidden Sand Village consumed too much funding. Repaying the loan from the Shion Flower Merchants Association would be impossible for Hidden Sand Village to manage on its own.

Therefore, Rasa hoped that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and the major nobles in the country could share the cost and pay off the loan.

Upon hearing this, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, with his plump figure, paused momentarily, the eyes that were narrowed suddenly opened wide as if he had just awakened, and the folding fan in his hand stopped swaying.

"Kazekage, you know, our Land of Wind is a poor country located atop the desert, perpetually lacking water and food..."

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Compared to the other four great nations, it is indeed a bit poorer. However, compared to smaller countries, the Land of Wind has an amazing financial capacity.

Of course, Rasa wouldn’t mention this at this moment and offend the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.

"Let them allow a few more years... we’ll see then."

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind neither outright refused nor immediately promised to repay the loan for Hidden Sand Village.

Rasa roughly understood the Daimyo’s underlying meaning, likely intending to indefinitely delay and avoid repaying the loan.

"Wouldn’t this greatly offend the Priestess of the Land of Demons..."

"The Land of Demons is the Land of Demons, and the Priestess is the Priestess. The Priestess will not interfere in worldly matters. After all, the Priestess was originally a symbol forcibly bound by the powerless residents of the Land of Demons in ancient times, not out of her own volition. It’s precisely her utmost goodness that allows her to deal with the utmost evil Moryo. The Priestess always dwells outside human society because she cannot face the darkness in human hearts."

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind spoke leisurely, not at all worried that the Priestess of the Land of Demons would make a big issue out of this.

To the Priestess of the Land of Demons, humans of any country make no difference, and she originally has no intention of governing a nation.

Staying in the shrine, detached from the mundane world, is to ensure the purity of the spirit.

If she entered into the secular world, she would inevitably be corroded by its darkness, thus losing the power to deal with Moryo.

Rasa pondered thoughtfully, surprised at this distinction between the Priestess and the Land of Demons.

This being the case, isn’t the Land of Demons essentially a country with no ruler?

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As the Hidden Sand Ninja of the Land of Wind moved to seal the national border, the Land of Earth, as one of the Five Great Nations adjacent to the Land of Demons, also relied on Hidden Rock Village’s ninjas to seal the national border almost simultaneously, preventing the invasion by Moryo’s Ghost Legion.

It is said that a Hidden Rock Jonin squad has already perished in the battle against the Ghost Legion.

The ninjas’ blades, shuriken, kunai, and explosive tags are virtually ineffective against the Ghost Legion.

They can only rely on Earth Style Ninjutsu to create terrain, slowing the Ghost Legion’s march, but the effect is minimal.

Apart from that, the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire, which are relatively far from the Land of Demons, have not been affected.

The Land of Water, which faces the Land of Demons across the sea, has also been spared but has symbolically dispatched a ninja squad to fortify the coastal areas.

As the main battle country, the Land of Demons had already entered a state of war readiness well before the actions of the major countries.

Under military control, each town implemented a comprehensive lockdown policy.

The central mountainous region, the southern forest, and the western coastal areas became the main battlefields against the Ghost Legion.

But even as the main battlefield, it was primarily a containment battle.

The stone soldiers of the Ghost Legion were impervious to water and fire, and resistant to blades and spears, so engaging them in combat with the flesh-and-blood bodies of ninjas was not a wise move.

They could only learn from the Hidden Rock Ninjas of the Land of Earth and use Earth Style Ninjutsu to alter the terrain, engaging in a tug-of-war.

While the military operations of the Land of Demons were underway, Hakushi, as the military leader of the Land of Demons, had already left the Land of Demons for the Land of Swamps, where the Demonic Creatures’ physical body was located.

Compared to the Land of Demons, the Land of Swamps suffered a more severe disaster.

Many villages and towns, being too late to set up defensive measures, and lacking ninja forces domestically, were damaged by the Ghost Legion.

Fortunately, the evacuation orders were issued timely, preventing massive casualties.

Furthermore, the Land of Swamps, already a small and sparsely populated country, largely avoided chaos and trampling during the evacuation.

The smoke-filled villages, fields, and roads suffered significant damage.

A large number of stone soldiers crossed through the deserted villages, causing the ground to quake.

Standing on the treetops watching this scene of stone soldiers crossing, Hakushi pondered slightly.

The shadow under his feet suddenly extended, flowing along the trunk to the ground, then transformed into a pitch-black Shadow Blade, sweeping like lightning towards several stone soldiers marching ahead.

The Shadow Blade, like a sword that cuts through iron as if it were mud, severed the legs at the base of the stone soldiers as it passed.

At the point of severance, the wound was as smooth as a mirror.

As if noticing something, hundreds of stone soldiers simultaneously lifted their heads, their scarlet eyes staring straight at Hakushi’s position.