The monkey ended his summoning and disappeared into a cloud of smoke. The man looked in the direction of the Land of Hot Water. His location was already quite close to the Land of Hot Water. He sighed once again and began moving towards the Land of Hot Water. Within a few hours, he reached the area where the Kumo ninjas had set up a perimeter.
He began sensing the area and scratched his chin while planning, 'Sensei's analysis was on point. There are over 250 ninjas from Kumogakure over here. Now, how should I deal with them?'
He formulated a plan and decided to stay hidden until the night. None of the Kumogakure ninjas noticed him.
The Kumogakure ninjas had a change in leadership. Hari still stayed as the advisor as this was his idea. But Darui, C and Samui were called back to Kumogakure. Instead, 2 Elite Jounins were sent to replace them.
Soon, it was night. The Kumo ninjas changed shifts. Around 60 ninjas began manning the perimeter while the others went to sleep.
The Kumo ninjas guarding the mine hadn't faced much threat. Hari had kept their losses against Fujin's squad a secret from them. And other than a local squad spotting them and running away, there wasn't any other incident. So the ninjas were very relaxed.
However, they suddenly heard a sound. They quickly looked above and were shocked! In the night sky, a huge shadow could be seen hiding among the clouds.
One ninja gulped and asked, "What is that?"
The ninja next to him replied, "It looks like a toad shadow. But how can a toad fly?"
Another said, "Wake up Hari-sama and others quickly! They need to see this."
However, they suddenly felt raindrops falling down on their faces. Just a second later, their eyes widened. They watched in horror as massive fire rained down on their entire base!
A minute ago, Jiraiya summoned the giant toad Gamabunta and jumped high into the sky. They got right on top of the mine. Gamabunta released a huge oil jutsu that covers the entire mine. Meanwhile, Jiraiya made a clone and used strong Fire and Wind jutsus at the same time.
The Kumo ninjas didn't expect such a massive attack. Over 180 ninjas were asleep due to it being late in the night. All of them were hit by the massive attack! A few felt the heat and woke up. Unfortunately, before they could figure out what was happening and defend themselves, they were engulfed by fire and boiling oil! They didn't even have a chance to defend themselves and died screaming in the fire!
Kumogakure's advisor Hari also caught on fire along with the rest. He tried calculating what was happening and how his excellent plans turned into such a disaster. Unfortunately, he would die before reaching a conclusion.
The ninjas who were on Patrol too weren't strong enough to defend against such an attack. A majority of them died without forming any jutsus. A few used defensive jutsus but the huge scale of the jutsu meant that they didn't last even a few seconds. Only a dozen or so ninjas managed to escape underground.
Unfortunately, as soon as they escaped into the ground, the ground turned into a swamp. All of them were trapped in it. Soon, the hot oil mixed in the swamp. They had the worst fate among all the Kumo ninjas as they slowly felt their surroundings heating up and cooking their bodies! A few yelled in terror, however, the swamp poured into their mouths and gagged them when they opened it to yell!
Gamabunta landed a bit away from all the fire. The trees in the vicinity were destroyed due to his landing. A massive fire was spreading through the area. At the same time, it began raining heavily. Jiraiya asked, "Bunta, are any of them alive?"
Gamabunta replied, "A few in the swamp are still struggling. Though they should die soon."
He looked at Jiraiya and asked, "Is it already the start of the 4th Great Ninja War?"
Jiraiya replied, "Sensei said no. I guess he wanted this to be done to prevent it. We have to extinguish all our traces before leaving and make it seem like a natural calamity or an accident."
Gamabunta complained, "So we'd have to now douse this entire fire?"
Jiraiya replied, "Yes and we also have to destroy this mine."
Gamabunta sighed.
Soon, the last of the Kumo ninjas died. Gamabunta jumped into the sky once again and shot huge water bullets down at the mine. The water bullet doused the raging fire. The power behind the water bullet damaged the mine as well. Gamabunta repeated this a few more times until the entire mine collapsed.
The dead bodies of Kumo ninjas were already cremated by the fire. Whatever was left was crushed by the powerful water bullets. When the mines collapsed, the camps and the remains of all the Kumo ninjas were buried deep within the mine. It would be difficult to distinguish their ashes from the soil. Even the swamp that Jiraiya's clone had created was destroyed by the water bullets.
Half an hour later, Jiraiya and Gamabunta observed the mining site. It was completely wrecked! There were no signs of human settlements. Instead, it looked as if God had condemned this place. The ground was sinking into the mine and the entire area was flooded with water. The rains had intensified and Lightning was striking occasionally.
Satisfied with the destruction, Gamabunta went back to Mount Myoboku while Jiraiya escaped.
The entire mine had been destroyed and not a single person knew what happened there. The ninjas from the Land of Hot Water were asked to stay clear of this place. The Daimyo didn't want to take any unnecessary casualties.
However, there were 12 people who were staying in the surrounding villages who noticed the anomalies happening around the area of the mine. They immediately rushed towards the mine. While rushing, those 12 ninjas met with each other and went together.
When they reached the location, shock could be seen on their faces. However, soon their faces returned to normal. One of them said, "This is exactly like Lord Hokage said it would be."
The others nodded. This group was the 3 Anbu squads that destroyed Yusuke's mansion a couple of nights ago. One of them said, "It's time to execute the next step of the mission."
They immediately rushed towards the Land of Frost. The remaining 7 Anbu squads who were spreading rumors in the Land of Lightning had completed their task and withdrawn to a location in the Land of Frost.
The group of 3 Anbu squads who were rushing into the Land of Frost were heading exactly to that location as directed by Hiruzen. On meeting up, the Anbu who witnessed the havoc that Jiraiya had left told the rest about the destruction they had witnessed.
After telling all the specifics, all 40 Anbu ninjas headed back towards the Land of Lightning. They infiltrated the Land of Lightning once again with the same mission but different rumors.
Once again, the Anbu ninjas began spreading a variety of rumors in various disguises and in numerous villages. All of them said that their great Lord Raikage had found a chakra metal mine. They said that the mine would make Kumogakure the strongest ninja village in the world!
However, the following part was reported differently by the Anbu ninjas. Around half of them said that the other villages weren't happy and were afraid of how ambitious the Raikage was. So the fourth Mizukage showed up with his elite ninjas and killed all Kumo ninjas who were protecting the mine. He still wasn't satisfied, so he transformed into the 3 Tailed Beast abomination and destroyed the entire mine!
Some said that the Gods were angered by how power-hungry the Raikage was. So they decided to punish Kumogakure for his crimes by unleashing a catastrophic calamity on the mine and the ninjas guarding that mine!
A couple of Anbu said that the eleven-year-old boy who had earlier killed 60 Kumo ninjas was angry that Kumogakure killed his teammates. So he returned to destroy the mine and slaughter everyone.
In this way, multiple imaginative rumors were spread throughout the country. The common citizens were intrigued and worried by such news. They couldn't help but discuss it further among themselves. In no time, these rumors began spreading alongside the previous rumors!
Unknown to him, A's reputation kept taking a hit.
Around the time that the Anbu ninjas infiltrated the Land of Lightning again, Mabui headed into the Raikage's office. Her face was grim.
