One Piece: I am Imu

[Ratatatatata!]

[Boom! Boom! Boom!]

It should’ve been a quiet night.

Instead, the air was torn apart by relentless gunfire and thunderous explosions. Smoke and fire filled the sky as battle cries erupted from all directions.

Bright tongues of flame spat out torrents of bullets, forming a crisscrossing web of firepower too fast for the naked eye to follow.

Now and then, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades whistled overhead before slamming into the vast sea of sand ahead, detonating in one blazing fireball after another.

One hour earlier.

This was deep in the Land of Wind.

While Aramaki had launched a grand assault on Konohagakure over in the Land of Fire—

Here, a combined ninja coalition nearly 6,000 strong—comprising troops from Kumogakure, Amegakure, Kusagakure, and Takigakure, led by A and Hanzō—had finally reached the desert region near Rōran.

As seasoned shinobi, A and Hanzō naturally deployed three reconnaissance squads to approach Rōran and assess the situation.