Three days later, in the Bird Country.
A [Sunagakure ninja forces] and an [Iwagakure ninja forces] were facing each other across a river.
The commander of the [Sunagakure ninja forces] coldly demanded, "Will you Iwagakure ninjas hand over our Kazekage-sama?"
However, the commander of the [Iwagakure ninja forces] directly began hurling insults at the [Sunagakure ninjas], making their faces turn green with anger.
The [Sunagakure ninjas] were filled with a common hatred and started to fight back with curses.
Everyone cursed with the most vicious and filthy words they could think of in their minds.
The war of insults lasted a full 15 minutes.
The commander of the [Sunagakure ninja forces] roared, "You bastards from Iwagakure really have no shame at all! You assassinated our Kazekage and yet you're still so arrogant. Everyone! Charge with me!"
The commander of the [Iwagakure ninja forces] looked extremely sarcastic as he saw the [Sunagakure ninjas] charging towards them.
"Living in the desert and being blown by the sand every day, it seems your heads are filled with sand too. Everyone, use Earth Release Ninjutsu to change the terrain!"
The [Iwagakure ninjas] were extremely proficient in Earth Release Ninjutsu, and this ninjutsu could change the terrain to form a favorable one for them.
As the [Iwagakure ninjas] used Earth Release Ninjutsu, a large area of the terrain in front of them was directly changed.
The advance of the [Sunagakure ninjas] was blocked, and they needed to cross the obstacles to get closer to the [Iwagakure ninjas].
Taking advantage of this, the [Iwagakure ninjas] occupied the favorable terrain one after another and continuously used various Earth Release Ninjutsu to attack the [Sunagakure ninjas].
The [Sunagakure ninjas] were immediately at a disadvantage.
But now the [Sunagakure ninjas] were extremely united, and the commander of the [Sunagakure ninjas] was no slouch either. Under his command, the [Sunagakure ninjas] stabilized the situation and continuously used their proficient Wind Release ninjutsu to fight back.
This battle between Sunagakure and Iwagakure in the Bird Country also directly announced the official start of the Third Shinobi World War.
At the outermost edge of the main battlefield where the [Sunagakure] and [Iwagakure ninjas] were fighting.
Seven figures were lurking in the shadows, observing the battle.
These seven people were a team led by Orochimaru to the Bird Country to observe the situation.
"Lord Orochimaru, the battle between Sunagakure and Iwagakure has started. Should we go back to Konoha to report the situation to the Third Hokage, or should we directly use the ninja beast to send the intelligence back to Konoha?"
Orochimaru squinted, gazing at the fierce battlefield ahead, not answering immediately.
At first, when Orochimaru was sent to the Bird Country to observe the situation, he was very annoyed.
Because he had recently released The eighth tailed beast of the Cloud Hidden Village and thought he could go back to Konoha to conduct research for a while.
But after only a few days of peaceful research in Konoha, he was sent to the Bird Country again, causing one of his experiments to be interrupted halfway.
But now...
Seeing the brutal battle between the Sunagakure ninjas and the Iwagakure ninjas, with corpses lying on the ground, in Orochimaru's eyes, these were not corpses, but precious experimental materials!
Orochimaru was quite short of experimental materials. Once the battle here was over, he was sure to collect a lot of good materials.
Orochimaru immediately made a decision: "Use a ninja beast to send the intelligence back to Konoha, and then we'll stay here to keep an eye on the movements of the ninja forces from Sunagakure and Iwagakure."
A few days later, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who received the intelligence from the Bird Country, took several puffs from his pipe.
"Sigh, war is here again. That's not so bad. At least we don't have to worry about the war starting from Konoha anymore."
Hiruzen Sarutobi called over a ninja and told him to find Tanzō, the assistant of the Hokage in Konoha, as well as the two advisors, Koharu Utatane and Genyan Mitokado.
Since it was the Shinobi World War, it was just a matter of time before Konoha joined the battle. Therefore, Konoha also needed to conduct pre - war mobilization, gather the ninja forces, and be ready for battle at any time.
...
At the Cloud Hidden Village.
Once the Third Raikage learned that Sunagakure and Iwagakure were at war, he was extremely excited.
The Cloud Hidden Village, reeling from the heavy losses caused by the rampage of the eighth tailed beast, was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere. They really needed a battle to boost their confidence.
The relationship between the Cloud Hidden Village and Iwagakure had never been good. Naturally, the Third Raikage, Ai, and the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, didn't see eye to eye.
Now that Iwagakure was the first to be involved in the war, how could he be polite?
The Third Raikage immediately summoned a team of Cloud ninjas and planned to attack Iwagakure in the Land of Earth!
...
Upon learning that the two major ninja villages, Sunagakure and Iwagakure, were at war, the Kirigakure also started to get restless.
The village was still under the rule of the Third Mizukage. And the Third Mizukage had already implemented the Bloody Mist Policy.
However, the current Bloody Mist Policy in Kirigakure was not as cruel as the one implemented when Obito Uchiha controlled the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, in the future.
The current Bloody Mist Policy in Kirigakure aims for the survival of the fittest. The powerhouses have everything, while the weak have nothing.
Since he had implemented the Bloody Mist Policy to enhance the strength of the ninjas, it had to serve its purpose.
Naturally, the effect of the Bloody Mist Policy should be demonstrated in the war.
The Third Mizukage also saw that the Third Shinobi World War was coming sooner or later. So, the Bloody Mist Policy was also a preparation for it.
The Third Mizukage was seething with anger. Many people opposed his Bloody Mist Policy, but he was head - strong and pushed it through despite the huge pressure.
So, as long as Kirigakure could gain huge benefits in this war, it would prove that his Bloody Mist Policy was correct. He wanted to see who else would dare to say that his Bloody Mist Policy was a failure.
Therefore, the Third Mizukage immediately began pre - war mobilization, assembling ninja forces and getting ready to join the war at any time.
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There were also many other small countries and small ninja villages that thought they could get some benefits from this war.
The big ninja villages would take the lion's share. Well, these small ones thought they could at least get a little bit.
However, small countries like the Land of Hot Water, the Land of Rivers, and the Bird Country, which were used as battlefields by the big ninja villages, were really unlucky. It would be a miracle if they could even protect themselves, let alone gain any benefits. Don't even think about it.
As soon as the battle between Sunagakure and Iwagakure started, the entire ninja world became bustling.
Inside the Bird Country.
The battle between Sunagakure and Iwagakure had been going on for some time. The fights between the two sides were intense and frequent. There had been more than a dozen battles, big and small, within a month.
The Sunagakure ninjas were acting like crazy people. They fought the Iwagakure ninjas fearlessly, regardless of their own lives.
With such high morale, even though the Iwagakure ninjas were stronger than the Sunagakure ones, they were at a disadvantage for the time being.
Ōnoki was really in a bind right now.
Because what he had been worried about had happened. A force of Cloud ninjas had entered the Land of Earth.
That bastard, the Third Raikage, had sent people to attack him from behind.
Now, because of the disadvantage in the battle against the Sunagakure ninjas, Ōnoki had to dispatch more ninjas to the Bird Country.
And now that the Cloud ninjas were coming to attack Iwagakure from behind, Ōnoki had to dispatch a force to stop them.
If Konoha got involved, things would get really troublesome.
In Sunagakure.
Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo stood on top of the Kazekage Building, feeling the sandy wind of Sunagakure.
"Fourth Kazekage, the time is about right. I think that guy Ōnoki is now caught between two fires and must be extremely anxious. It's time to spread some rumors and divert the flames of war to Konoha."