Land of Earth border, Iwagakure temporary command post.
The atmosphere in the tent was so oppressive it felt like water could be wrung from it.
"Thump!"
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, slammed his palm on the map, his small frame erupting with astonishing anger.
"Useless! A bunch of rice buckets!"
He pointed at the dejected Iwagakure jonin below, his beard trembling with rage. "A full half a month! We've launched over a dozen probing attacks, and every single one was seen through in advance, and every time we were played for fools! We've suffered nearly a hundred casualties and haven't even touched the shadow of their main camp! You tell me, what is going on?!"
"Is Konoha's 'Wall of Illusory Eyes' really impenetrable?!"
The tent was dead silent. No one dared to answer.
The Konoha unit led by Uchiha Kagami, relying on that seamless intelligence system, was like an invisible, intangible, yet indestructible wall, blocking them dead in their tracks.
Iwagakure's pride, their Earth Release stealth and camouflage raids, were as ridiculous as children's games in front of those damn Sharingan. All their operational intentions were analyzed with perfect clarity by the enemy's commander—that guy named Nara Shikaku.
It felt like you had meticulously prepared a grand play, only to find that your opponent not only had your script but was also sitting in the front row, eating melon seeds and critiquing your performance.
It was frustrating, incredibly frustrating.
"Father, please calm your anger."
A steady and resonant voice broke the silence in the tent.
A tall and burly young ninja with a square face, looking honest and reliable, stood up. He was the son of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and the most outstanding of Iwagakure's new generation—Kitsuchi.
"Call me Lord Tsuchikage!... Speak. What's your plan?" Onoki glanced at his son and asked irritably.
"Yes, Father. I believe our previous failures were all because we relied too much on conventional stealth methods."
Kitsuchi pointed at the map and said with great confidence, "The Uchiha's Sharingan is indeed powerful. It can see through chakra flow and see through most disguises. But, their eyes can't see through a hundred meters of rock, can they?"
As soon as he said this, everyone in the tent was stunned.
A hundred meters underground? What did that even mean? The density and pressure of the rock strata there were such that ordinary Earth Release ninja couldn't stay there for long, let alone travel long distances.
A strange light flashed in Onoki's eyes. "Continue."
"I request your permission, Father, to allow me to lead an elite Earth Release unit and use my recently developed secret technique, Earth Release: Deep Earth Submarine, to bypass all of Konoha's reconnaissance defenses from a hundred meters underground and launch a surprise attack on their main camp!" Kitsuchi's voice was filled with powerful confidence.
"Deep Earth Submarine Technique?" Onoki was a little surprised.
"Yes."
Kitsuchi patted his chest and said proudly, "This technique allows our squad to swim in the deep underground like fish in water. Not only is it fast, but it produces almost no chakra fluctuations or vibrations on the surface. Unless the Konoha ninja can put their ears to the ground, they will absolutely not be able to discover us!"
"Our goal is not to get entangled with their main force, but to go straight for the head! We will assassinate their commander, Uchiha Kagami, and capture that Nara clan strategist alive! As soon as their command system is in chaos, that so-called 'Wall of Illusory Eyes' will naturally collapse without a fight!"
Onoki was silent after hearing this.
He stared at the map, his fingers tapping on it continuously.
He had to admit, this was a very bold and tempting plan.
If it succeeded, it could turn the current passive situation around in one fell swoop.
"How confident are you?" Onoki asked in a deep voice.
"One hundred percent!"
Kitsuchi answered without hesitation, his tone filled with the pride of being the future heir of Iwagakure. "Father, please believe me! The Uchiha of Konoha will absolutely not expect that the will of our rock will deliver them a fatal blow from right under their feet, where they least expect it!"
Looking at his son's confident eyes, a satisfied smile finally appeared on Onoki's tense face.
"Good! I approve!"
...
Late at night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.
In a wasteland dozens of kilometers from the Konoha border camp, Kitsuchi and the twenty elite Earth Release users he had carefully selected had already assembled.
"Is everyone ready?" Kitsuchi asked in a low voice.
"Yes, Captain!" everyone responded in unison.
"Very good!"
Kitsuchi slammed his hands on the ground. "Remember, this operation must succeed. There is no room for failure! We will show those Konoha guys what true Earth Release is!"
"Earth Release: Deep Earth Submarine Technique!"
Buzz—
A strange chakra fluctuation spread out. The ground beneath Kitsuchi and the twenty team members behind him turned to liquid. Their bodies sank vertically into the earth without a sound, leaving not a single trace.
A hundred meters deep underground, it was a place of absolute darkness and silence.
Immense pressure squeezed in from all directions, but the members of Kitsuchi's squad, wearing special pressure-resistant suits and protected by the secret technique, felt no discomfort.
"Hehe, how does it feel?"
Kitsuchi joked with his deputy through chakra transmission. "It's much cooler down here than on the surface."
"Captain, your technique is truly amazing," the deputy praised him sincerely. "I can't feel any movement on the surface. I bet those Uchiha ninja are still foolishly staring at the horizon."
"Of course!" Kitsuchi laughed proudly. "No matter how good their eyes are, they're still on their heads. I really want to see the look on their faces when we pop out of their commander's tent!"
"Hahaha!" A suppressed laugh came from the squad.
Under Kitsuchi's leadership, this deep-underground surprise attack unit, like a ghost, quickly "submarined" towards the Konoha main camp.
Along the way, Kitsuchi continuously used his unique sensory ninjutsu to probe the situation on the surface above.
Everything was normal.
The chakra fluctuations were stable, no alarms, no chaos, even the footsteps of the patrol teams were the same as the past few days, orderly and methodical.
"Hah, a bunch of wooden blocks," Kitsuchi's confidence grew.
Finally, an hour later, they reached the designated coordinates—directly below the Konoha main camp's command post.
Kitsuchi could clearly sense several powerful chakra sources a few dozen meters above his head. One of them was their target, Uchiha Kagami.
"Everyone, get ready!"
Kitsuchi lowered his voice, his heart pounding with excitement. "On my command, three, two, one... attack!"
"Let the Uchiha of Konoha prepare to face the wrath of the rock!"
The corners of his mouth turned up high, forming a smile of impending victory. He led his confident unit, turning into streaks of earthy yellow drills, and charged towards the surface!
He was completely unaware that his every move had already been seen with perfect clarity by pairs of crimson Sharingan on the surface.
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