The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 109 How can I take the blame for this?

Chapter 109 How can I take the blame for this?

"What?!" An was so angry that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He slammed his fist on the table, making a loud "bang bang" sound, and his eyes turned red.

"Four nations joined forces to attack a half-crippled Konoha village, and they still managed to make a mess of it!"

"The Sand Village is a bunch of fucking trash!"

"Uh—" The Mist Ninja nervously swallowed, and said in a trembling voice, "The main problem is that the Iwagakure village suddenly stopped making any moves for some reason."

"Konoha was thus able to free up its forces and set up an ambush, defeating Sunagakure in one fell swoop and capturing the Kazekage Rasa."

"It seems we can't continue fighting in Sunagakure now."

"Pfft—" Orochimaru suddenly laughed out loud, looking at Uchiha An with a mischievous gaze, "An, you have to take the blame for this!"

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An's face twitched a few times, and she was speechless.

It's hard to say what else is going on, but the sudden ceasefire and regrouping on Onoki's side is most likely due to his previous meddling.

After he finished playing the game, he dusted himself off and left. Konoha Village knew this, but Onoki's side was unaware.

Onoki was a mature and prudent person. Out of caution, he paused his offensive, assessed the situation, and then decided to proceed. This was not a mistake.

But his decision to cease hostilities has put his teammates in a difficult position.

However, he probably didn't expect that Sunagakure would be so weak, defeated in a single battle, without even giving old man Onoki a chance to rejoin the battlefield.

"A bunch of scoundrels!" An cursed angrily. "I now seriously suspect that Konoha and Sunagakure are having an affair!"

"In the past, every time Sunagakure was defeated by Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi would let them off easily. But now, at this crucial moment, Sunagakure is coming to repay Hiruzen Sarutobi's favor!"

Orochimaru simply smiled and remained silent in response to An's resentment.

Beiliuhu was unaware of the details and had no way to interject.

After giving him a good scolding, An asked for some more information, but finding nothing useful, he waved for the Mist Ninja to get lost.

The ninja was overjoyed and quickly got up and ran away, not even bothering to collect the bodies of his two teammates on the ground.

This is quite normal, though. Under the influence of the "Village of Blood Mist," the ninja in the mist often kill each other, so the feelings between teammates are relatively weak, and they are more wary and distrustful of each other.

Disappointed by this nasty information, An lost interest in drinking any more. He quickly finished his rice ball, tossed the money on the table, and swaggered away.

After they left, the tavern owner, who had been hiding behind them, cautiously emerged, skillfully gathered up the bodies, mopped the floor, and rearranged the tables and chairs, awaiting the arrival of the next group of customers.

The things on the corpse were naturally not to be touched, otherwise someone else might be the one to collect the body next time.

After leaving the tavern, the group traveled swiftly and soon left the territory of the Land of Water and entered the Land of Fire.

This place is obviously much more chaotic.

The ninjas from that poor, desolate Land of Water, who are so ruthless as to harm even their own comrades, are they really going to become good people once they're in enemy territory?

As the group traveled along, they found that while it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that nine out of ten houses were empty, they were certainly not far off.

However, An also knew that life would find a way out.

After so many years of war, once a war breaks out, most of the able-bodied people flee to the deep mountains and forests to hide. Those left outside are mostly the old, weak, sick, and disabled, who are used as NPCs by the ninja masters.

Those who aren't fast enough have basically been eliminated by the times.

However, ninjas are also bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong. They only dare to rob ordinary civilians and small and medium-sized merchants, but they dare not provoke large merchants.

Because behind those big businessmen are often nobles or even famous figures.

They robbed the caravan, and then the daimyo sent a letter to the ninja village, forcing them to return everything and even face accountability.

Those who are unlucky may even lose their lives.

Therefore, when An and his group saw a large caravan being ambushed ahead, they were actually quite surprised.

"Oh, that's impressive!" Ann praised with a smile.

When the caravan members saw the Anji people appear, they were not afraid at all. Instead, they thought they had found a lifeline and jumped up from a distance, shouting loudly.

"Hey, are those ninjas from the Land of Rain over there?"

"Come quickly and help! Take down that lunatic over there! My master will reward you handsomely!"

What do they know about organizations? In the eyes of nobles, they are just lowly people who take money to do things. How dare they disobey their masters?

Despite the constant fighting between nations, aside from those desperate rogue ninjas, which legitimate ninja village would dare to attack a noble's caravan?

An and the others ignored him and continued walking forward at a leisurely pace.

"Ah—" With a scream, another guard ninja was killed, and the caravan manager became even more anxious, repeatedly increasing the stakes.

"If you can kill that robber and ensure the caravan's safety, we're willing to pay five million taels, no, ten million taels!"

Twenty million taels!

Seeing that the crowd remained unconvinced, the leader, in desperation, blurted out a threat: "We are a merchant caravan directly under the command of the daimyo of the Land of Water. How dare you stand by and watch us die? Aren't you afraid of our retaliation?"

"You just wait!"

"After I get back—"

Before he could finish speaking, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, stabbing him in the back and out the front, piercing him through the heart.

"ah--"

The man in charge screamed and tremblingly lowered his head. He saw the gleaming knife vanish from his sight in an instant, and blood gushed out from the wound, blooming into a blood-red flower before his eyes—dangerous and deadly.

"Uh—clunk—"

He gasped for breath, clutching his chest wound tightly with both hands, and slowly collapsed to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably, his eyes filled with disbelief.

What's going on with this world?

How did it become like this?

No one has ever dared to attack a daimyo's directly controlled caravan before. Why are they all suddenly showing no respect to the daimyo?

After the leader fell, the robber behind him revealed himself, looking at An and his group with cold eyes, his gaze full of vigilance.

An looked up and saw that the man had short hair, his face was wrapped in bandages that covered the lower half of his face, he was shirtless, with conspicuous arm sleeves and leg guards, and he wore a headband of a rogue ninja from Kirigakure on his head, looking unruly.

"Oh, who do we have here? So bold as to rob a daimyo's caravan! It's Zabuza!"

An immediately looked away from Zabuza and began searching around.

"Speaking of which, shouldn't you have a surviving member of the Snow Clan by your side?"

"What about white?"

"Didn't you come?"