Chapter 28: Cloud Style Sword Technique
To wait for this very opportunity, the Anbu had been lying in ambush within the concealing barrier for well over ten days.
Only now—when every faction inside Uzushiogakure was at its absolute weakest, when both sides were mutually mutilated and exhausted—did the Anbu finally swoop down.
Beneath his mask, Yako frowned.
That old thief, Danzo! Rather than leading the charge at the front, he had actually shrunk back to the very rear of the formation.
No wonder the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, hadn't let Danzo become Hokage. His grasp of the Will of Fire was downright pathetic. He didn't understand the slightest thing about sacrificing for his comrades; all he knew was how to send his own people forward to test the enemy and gather intel, just so he could stroll in at the last moment to reap the spoils.
Leading the spearhead was Captain Yellow Dog, which put Yako's own position dangerously close to the front lines.
This night had been agonizingly long. At last, the Uzumaki ninja caught sight of Konoha's men!
From their vantage point, it looked as though the Konoha ninja had just crested the ridge, surging down the mountain toward them.
Inside the ancestral shrine, the old and weak wept until their eyes were red. They had finally waited long enough for Konoha's reinforcements.