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The massive stone gate of Sunagakure slowly closed behind them, cutting off the village's silhouette. The army personally led by the Fourth Kazekage Rasa moved like a gigantic yellow python, traversing the vast desert toward the Land of Rivers.
Before departure, Rasa had arranged the village's defenses meticulously. Baki remained behind to oversee the home front, while Karura—cradling their one-year-old daughter, Temari—stood as a vital part of the defense with her specialized Sand Release. In the northwest, Pakura continued to hold the line against Iwagakure with her Scorch Release.
This arrangement emptied Sunagakure's last strategic reserves. Rasa was gambling the nation's fate on a single throw. Sayo walked among the Puppet Brigade columns, the faint energy stream from the "Pocket Body Cultivation Furnace" on his wrist easing the fatigue of the march.
Stepping into the Land of Rivers again, the atmosphere was different—shrouded in a thick war-fog and the smell of ozone and iron. When the relief force finally reached the frontline headquarters, the weary troops erupted in cheers: "Lord Fourth Kazekage!"
The High-Level Conference
Inside the command tent, Elder Chiyo and Ebizō stood before a massive military sand table.
"Konoha's resistance is tenacious," Chiyo reported. "The new generation—Kakashi Hatake and Shiranui Genma—are rising fast, causing us no end of trouble."
Ebizō added his analysis: "But Konoha is at its breaking point! They are fighting on three fronts. Jiraiya is tied up with Iwa, Minato Namikaze is pinning down the Cloud's A-B Combination, and Shisui is holding the Mist at the coast. Their home defenses must be unprecedentedly empty!"
Rasa's hands pressed against the edge of the sand table, his eyes fixed on the marker for Konohagakure. He raised his head, a resolute gleam flashing in his eyes.
"We cannot give them any more breathing room! Tomorrow at dawn, the entire force attacks! Abandon all secondary objectives; concentrate every unit into a single spearhead!"
"The objective is no longer the Land of Rivers! It is the heart of the Land of Fire! We drive straight for Konohagakure!"
The order dropped like a hammer. A direct assault on the Hidden Leaf—a bold, almost reckless strategy to break the titan's spine.
"Yes, Lord Fourth Kazekage!" the commanders roared.
Standing in the corner, Sayo felt his pulse quicken. He and his company were to be the sharp teeth of this spearhead. The entire Suna camp began its final preparations, the air thick with the suffocating tension that precedes a world-changing storm.
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