Watergate just smiled, and then instantly disappeared, and in the next moment, he was standing on top of Shukaku's head.
Shukaku was certainly aware of this, but it didn't show any anger.
"I'll send you on your way."
Knowing the direction of Shukaku's escape, Watergate chuckled, and then Shukaku, this huge monster, suddenly disappeared from the somewhat messy border of the Wind Country.
"Rumble!"
In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of Shukaku changed, and it appeared in the desert that it was familiar with.
Its face was overjoyed, and then it raised its eyes, looking at Watergate who was standing on top of its head, with a look of resentment.
Shukaku lifted its palm, and with it as the center, the sand within a radius of tens of meters gathered together, and then suddenly turned into a huge sand wave, sweeping toward the center.
"Rumble!"
The desert waves, together with Shukaku, covered it, but at this time the water gate had already appeared 100 meters away.
On this battlefield, there were several markings left by Minato.
"Whoosh."
After a few seconds, Shukaku's huge body was revealed from the sand wave, and its broken arm was already recovered.
The desert was its home ground, and it would make Shukaku's fighting strength soar.
After appearing, Shukaku's eyes glanced back, and then it rushed toward the opposite direction of Watergate's position, toward the depths of the desert. But when it lifted its foot, the sand began to riot, and then it spread for 100 meters.
Immediately, the desert once again turned into waves, sweeping toward Watergate.
In the blink of an eye, Shukaku disappeared again, but this time, Watergate appeared at Shukaku's original position.
This made Watergate slightly surprised, and immediately looked at Shukaku's fleeing figure, he chuckled and said: "You already noticed?"
Shukaku didn't have human intelligence, so it didn't know the principle of Watergate's Flying Thunder God Jutsu, but it had the ability to perceive.
Every time he used the Flying Thunder God Technique, Watergate's Flying Thunder God Mark would inevitably produce Chakra waves.
It seems that the mark he left on Shukaku's body has already been detected by it. Therefore, when Shukaku recovered its severed arm, it also separated a part of the mark he left on it.
Compared to Shukaku's body size, it doesn't matter, it's just like a human losing a piece of skin.
Shukaku was also very cunning.
While it was fleeing, it also created waves of sand behind it. Its intention was to stop Watergate from entangling it any further.
However, Watergate stood where he was and watched it flee, gradually moving further and further away until it disappeared into the endless desert.
The expression in his azure eyes also slowly relaxed …
The first battle of the Third Shinobi World War is full of variables and completely different from the past.
Fortunately, this battle was a great victory for Wood Leaf, although it didn't weaken the Sand Village's strength.
However, the Fourth Kazekage was injured and couldn't fight again in a short time. More importantly, the Ichibi was out of the control of the Sand Village.
The Sand Village must immediately organize forces to catch Shukaku, but how can Shukaku, who has returned to the desert, be so easy to catch?
What's more, it's not so easy to choose a candidate to become a Jinchuriki.
In the short term, there shouldn't be any big battles on the Wind Country's battlefront.
Minato smiled faintly, and then suddenly disappeared from the boundless desert that was filled with billowing sand and wind.
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In the next moment, he appeared at the border of the Land of Wind, beside a ninja in Wood Leaf's army.
His sudden appearance caused everyone who was moving forward to be slightly startled. However, they seemed to have gotten used to him appearing and disappearing unpredictably. Hence, they quickly recovered their senses.
"Watergate -sama, are you okay?"
An old Wood Leaf ninja asked. He was relatively familiar with Watergate because he also participated in the Second Shinobi World War and fought side by side with him when he was only 11 years old.
"I'm fine, the trouble has been solved. Today's battle has been hard for everyone, but we still can't slack off and have to return to the village as soon as possible."
Watergate didn't want to delay any time, so he quickly gathered everyone together and teleported the remaining 400 Wood Leaf ninjas back to Wood Leaf.
"Huh … huh!"
After returning to Wood Leaf, Watergate's breathing began to become slightly rapid.
After all, he transferred nearly a thousand people twice, created a barrier to protect Wood Leaf ninjas, defeated Rasa, transferred Shukaku, and so on. This was something he couldn't do before.
"Let's take a rest first, send the seriously injured to Wood Leaf hospital, I will report the situation to Naruto -sama."
Watergate slightly arranged the matters, although the war is very urgent, after all, these hundreds of ninjas have just experienced a battle, in any case, they have to recover their Chakra and physical strength.
After that, he disappeared in an instant.
The next moment, he appeared in Wood Leaf's war room.
When he suddenly appeared, Sandaime and several senior Wood Leaf ninjas looked at him at the same time.
Under this kind of pressure, these old ninjas didn't have much time to rest and directly lived in the war room.
The sudden appearance of Watergate made several people look at him with surprise, but except for Sandaime, the rest of the ninjas were shocked.
After all, from yesterday to now, Watergate and the 500 ninjas left for only ten hours, but the appearance of the former means that the war on the border of the country of River has already ended.
"What's the situation?" Even the calm Sandaime couldn't help but tremble and asked.
"We won," Facing several Wood Leaf ninjas, Watergate said with joy.
Several people heard this and couldn't help but be overjoyed. At the same time, Danzo's eyes were smeared with deep fear.
The key of this battle was to quickly defeat the Kazekage, and in such a short time, Watergate did it.
So … this kid, who he was afraid of, has grown to a level that no one can control at all.
Next, Watergate concisely reported the process of the battle to Sandaime and others.
After listening, Sandaime's eyes couldn't help but sink, and then he said: "I didn't expect that the Sand Village would be so desperate, even willing to bring the Ichibi Jinchuriki to the battlefield …"
Watergate nodded, and then said: "But … I chose to send Shukaku back to the Wind Country without authorization. Overall, the Sand Village didn't suffer too much loss."
"No, your approach is the wisest."
Sandaime immediately said. The Bijuu is undoubtedly extremely important for a ninja country.
Watergate previously had the opportunity to bring Shukaku back to Wood Leaf, and even sealed it again, so that Wood Leaf has another Jinchuriki.
This will undoubtedly be a huge improvement for the village.
However, the power of the Bijuu is a double-edged sword, and as mentioned before, it's not so easy to find a suitable Jinchuriki.
Putting aside the fact that if the Jinchuriki is not suitable, it's tantamount to disregard human life. If the Bijuu goes berserk in the village, Konoha won't be able to deal with the Ichibi.
At that time, the berserk Bijuu will be a disaster for the entire Wood Leaf.
In this war, what Wood Leaf lacks the most is manpower and time, and the war on the border of the Country of River will temporarily cool down after this battle.
For the current Wood Leaf, nothing is more precious than this.
"How are the casualties?" Sandaime asked.
"Sixty-three people died on the spot, and six were seriously injured, but the injuries were immediately controlled by medical ninjas, and now they have been sent to the Wood Leaf Hospital."
Watergate replied, the medical system established by Tsunade will greatly reduce the death rate of Wood Leaf in the war for Wood Leaf.
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