Chapter 514: A Punitive Strike
The Konoha Ninja surrounded the Hidden Mist Village.
The village was dead silent; there was no movement at all.
Yako looked at the Hidden Mist Village, where lights shone in only twenty percent of the houses, and said, "Let's wait. We'll see whether the Hidden Mist Village intends to put up a stubborn resistance or make the smart choice and surrender."
More than ten minutes later, a small boat rowed out of the Hidden Mist Village.
There were only three people on the boat.
Facing the dense, dark mass of thousands of Konoha Ninja bobbing on the waves, the three people on the boat felt a profound sense of sorrow.
Yet, what else could they do?
War and death were the inescapable, unavoidable end for any ninja.
When the main Mist Ninja force first left the village to attack the Land of Whirlpools, they had been spirited and imposing.