Chapter 786: Konoha's Outrageous Move!
Thick smoke rose into the sky as four figures moved swiftly through burning rice fields. Waves of flames had devoured the entire landscape in every direction around them, casting an orange glow. The figures weren't phased by the rampant destruction caused by an intense battle and instead had something else on their mind.
The lady leading the squad muttered, "Suzuki Fujin… What a crazy man!"
There was no hate or disgust in her voice. It was just plain disbelief. She still struggled to digest all that she had experienced recently. However, her words alarmed her followers, who quickly whispered, "Konomi-sama, not so loudly! Someone might hear us!"
Konomi snorted, "Even if they do, what'll they do? Report us to the Commander?"
The three Jounins accompanying her were left speechless. Neither could figure out any reply as they too were left flabbergasted by the events in the last one and a half weeks. Just like Konomi, they struggled to believe it was real despite having witnessed everything.
What Fujin had done in the Land of Grass was shocking in itself. From outrageously capturing the ninjas of their 'ally' to authoritatively destroying an enemy base without a single casualty, it left an impact on the minds of the Konoha ninjas.
However, instead of pressing on the advantage, Fujin made an extremely strange move. Only the Hoka and Illumi divisions moved forward to continue the mission. As for Konomi's division, Fujin took command and led them in the opposite direction.
The Konoha ninjas speculated that Fujin might be pulling off some maneuver to catch the enemy off guard. To their surprise, Fujin led them back into the Land of Fire. They traveled for two days, taking adequate rest during their journey, unlike their rush to the Land of Grass. When they finally arrived at their destination, the entire army was left speechless upon realizing they had traveled to the opposite end of the Land of Fire and reached the Land of Rice, which was under Orochimaru's control!
However, there was something that shocked them even more. Perhaps, more than shocked, weirded out would be a better way to describe it. They had just traveled across the width of the Land of Grass, which was on high alert due to Fujin's outrageous actions, and the Land of Fire, which was on guard due to the recent attack. Yet, they didn't encounter a single human on their journey!