Chapter 456 Plan B
At the moment when Kaguya Kotaro died, all the nearby Kirigakure ninjas who were paying attention to the battle situation couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, and the fighting actions seemed to stop for a moment.

It is true that most of the ninjas of the Hyuga clan advocate violence, like killing, are bloodthirsty, and even crazy. Even people from the same village do not like them very much.

But it is undeniable that on the battlefield, they are a symbol of power.

Therefore, many Mist Ninjas regarded them as their spiritual support, especially when there were no other strong people on the scene.

But now, this pillar has collapsed.

From this, we can imagine how much of a blow the fog had to endure?

However, Qingming will not show mercy to them. He just wants to take their lives while they are sick.

Therefore, after just a short stay and taking a breath, Qingming separated from Uchiha Shisui and joined the battlefield of another Jonin.

Looking at his leaving back, and glancing at the Konoha ninjas who were still fighting hard around him, Uchiha Shisui sighed lightly, and joined the ranks of besieging other Kirigakure jonin.

With the addition of these two masters, the Kirigakure side could almost be described as being routed.

First, it is the Jonin battlefield.

Faced with the siege from more and more Konoha jonin, they gradually became exhausted and began to suffer frequent injuries and deaths.

The defeat of the senior ninjas caused the morale of the middle and lower ninjas to plummet, and they could only exert 60% to 70% of their full strength.

On the contrary, the middle and lower ninjas on the Konoha side saw the dawn of victory, so they swung their kunai with more force.

As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, the Kirigakure side was losing ground.

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In the valley.

On a big tree.

When Akiku Yasuda saw this scene, her face became terribly gloomy.

He originally thought that with the strength of his men, they would be able to hold out for at least an hour or two?

But now, I can't even last an hour.

This instantly ruined his plan to delay time.

Yasuda Akiku's eyes swept across the entire venue, passing over the middle-level ninjas of Konoha, and finally stopped on Qingming and Uchiha Shisui.

He roughly summarized that there were two reasons for the current situation. One was that Konoha unexpectedly brought most of the ninjas in the Black Stone Stronghold.

This undoubtedly caught him off guard.

He had thought that Konoha might set an ambush. After all, they had a good observer like Qingming. Based on their marching route, it was normal to set up an ambush or two.

But the key point is that Konoha would be so radical that it really transferred most of its combat power here.

This time, they reached the limit of what they could bear.

This is the second one
They are the two masters Qing Ming and Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui was fine, although he had the nickname 'Flash Body Shisui' and was quite powerful, but he was entangled by Kaguya Kotaro in the early stages and did not cause much damage to his own ninjas.

But Qingming is different.

He killed Ichiro Hase alone at the beginning.

Afterwards, he teamed up with another Konoha jonin and severely injured Ito Shohei, causing him to eventually die at the hands of that Konoha jonin.

Afterwards, he faced the siege of Shimizu Kenta and another Kirigakure jonin, and directly severely injured one of them and killed Shimizu Kenta.

This left him with no 'extra' jonin available.

At this point, the situation began to become tense.

Afterwards, Qingming continued to assist other Konoha jonin and killed three Kirigakure jonin in a row.

At this point, they were completely at a disadvantage.

Just now, he joined forces with Uchiha Shisui to kill their last support - Kaguya Kotaro.

At this point, the last straw that broke the camel's back appeared.

To sum up, it can be said that Qing Ming was the culprit who destroyed his plan.

It was for this reason that Akiku Yasuda looked towards Qingming with eyes full of hatred.

However, hidden within this hatred is a deep fear.

Obviously, the strength displayed by Qingming left a deep impression on him.

Suppressing the irritation in his heart, Yasuda Akiku took a deep breath, and then without hesitation, he immediately said to the messenger Chunin beside him: "Immediately inform all teams to implement plan B."

"Plan B?"

Hearing this, the Mist Hidden Ninja was startled and said hesitantly: "Captain, is it too early to implement Plan B now? Who knows." However, before he could finish his words, Yasuda Akiku interrupted and said: "Don't say anything, execute the order immediately."

"Yes, Captain!"

After hearing Akiku Yasuda's impatient words, Yukio Yokoyama dared not say anything more. After responding, he immediately went down to convey Akiku Yasuda's instructions.

Looking at his departing back, Akiku Yasuda's eyes were deep.

After a long while, he whispered to himself, "Now is the last chance. If we delay any further, it won't be as simple as sacrificing a few people."

That’s right, the so-called Plan B is actually to cut off the tail and survive.

That is, a part of the Mist Ninjas sacrificed themselves and used their lives to stop the enemy's pursuit, thus covering the evacuation of the main force.

There is no doubt that this is a plan that was forced upon us.

At that time, when making this plan, Akiku Yasuda didn't think that it would be useful.

It was just his habit of "thinking about defeat before thinking about victory" that made him formulate such a backup plan.

bang~
Akiku Yasuda stretched out her fist and punched the tree trunk next to her, with an unwilling look in her eyes.

Unfortunately, no matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to do this.

Because he knew clearly that the situation was hopeless. Even though he could still hold on now, it would all be an illusion.

In this world where great power belongs to oneself, war is indeed related to ordinary ninjas, but in the end, it will always be the high-end combat power that can determine the outcome.

Now, on their side, the battle between the jonin has been completely defeated, and dragging it on will only lead to a slow death.

If they did not retreat as soon as possible, even if they could wait for support from friendly forces, they would not be able to complete their original plan in the end.

That is, cooperate with friendly forces to annihilate the attacking Konoha ninjas.

Therefore, in order to avoid meaningless consumption of his subordinates, he decided to retreat temporarily.

“Inhale~~~Exhale~~~”

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

Akiku Yasuda calmed herself down, stopped thinking too much, and instead concentrated her mind and began issuing various instructions to prepare for the retreat.

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Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, a quarter of an hour passed.

Although the Kirigakure clan does not have ninjas as skilled in the "telepathic technique" as the Yamanaka clan, they also have their own methods of quickly conveying orders.

Therefore, although the battlefield was in chaos, they still accurately conveyed Akiku Yasuda's orders to everyone who knew about "Plan B".

When these people heard the order, they either looked dejected, unwilling, or hysterical.

In short, after a quarter of an hour, all the preparations were completed.

Finally, a shrill whistle sounded on the field.

This was the signal for the plan to begin.

Immediately, some of the Mist Ninjas began to withdraw, while other parts of the Mist Ninjas filled the vacancies left by them and tried their best to stop the pursuit of the Konoha Ninjas.

At first, the Konoha ninjas wanted to chase after the Mist ninjas who had left.

But when the Mist Ninja who stayed behind used chakra regardless of consumption and performed various ninjutsu on a large scale and at a high frequency to attack them, they gave up the pursuit.

It is for this reason that Kirigakure's Plan B was successful.

Although some of the Mist Ninjas who were supposed to retreat were unable to do so, the vast majority of those who were included in the plan escaped safely.

And this is enough.

Yasuda Akiju looked at the people around him and without any nonsense, he directly ordered: "Retreat!"

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed forward.

Seeing this, the others immediately followed.

Soon, the Mist Ninjas disappeared from the sight of the Konoha Ninjas.

The direction they left was towards the Black Stone Stronghold, which was the other end of the valley.

That's right, these evacuated Mist Ninjas did not choose to return to Feiyu Town, but continued to move forward, walked out of the valley, and ran towards the Black Stone Stronghold.

Obviously, Akiku Yasuda has not given up yet, or this was part of Plan B.

Indeed, Plan B was to cut off the tail and survive, but it was not to withdraw directly, but to first meet up with another team of Mist Ninjas, and then attack Konoha's Black Stone stronghold together.

(End of this chapter)