On the side, Shizuko Mizutani was not stupid either. When she heard Haruki Mori asked them to rush to the E3 area immediately, she knew that something was probably wrong, so she said worriedly: "Qingming?" Qingming gave her a reassuring look and said: "Let's go." After that, he packed up his equipment and ran to the E3 area. Seeing this, Shizuko Mizutani did not delay and hurriedly followed. Accompanying them were several Konoha Chunin who had just received the order. The so-called E3 area is actually a section of another mountain path from the Rock Ninja Headquarters to the logistics base. It is not too far from this river valley corridor, and the straight-line distance is no more than one kilometer. Qingming and others went straight from the mountainside, and it took only a few minutes in total. When they arrived, there were no less than fifty Konoha ninjas gathered here.
Among them, most of them were middle and upper ninjas, and there were only a few Genin, and there were even fewer young people like Qingming and Shizuko Mizutani. Therefore, their arrival still attracted some people's attention. However, Qingming had long been accustomed to this. As he continued to participate in wars and survived wars again and again, such attention became more and more. At first, he was still a little uncomfortable, but after seeing more, he gradually got used to it. Ignoring these people, Qingming took Mizutani Shizuko and went straight to an open space, and then sat down by himself. Seeing him close his eyes, everyone stopped paying attention. Time passed by minute by minute, and the leader of the team did not speak, and everyone did not speak, just resting silently to recover the physical strength consumed in the battle just now. As time went by, more and more people gathered here. Five minutes later. The number of people in the field officially exceeded 100. Qingming opened his eyes and looked at the ninjas who were seriously injured, frowning, thinking that the situation might be more troublesome than he expected. Otherwise, these ninjas with greatly reduced combat power would not be transferred here. "Is there no one available?" Qingming thought. Before the battle, they had 300 people. In the battle of the valley corridor, although the losses were smaller than those of the Rock Ninja because of the superiority in numbers, dozens of people still died after the battle. Now, the battle over there has not ended yet, and people must be left to continue fighting. It is estimated that only about 100 people can be transferred over. And now, there are more than 100 people in the field. Obviously, Konoha has transferred all the people that can be mobilized.
It can be seen from this that the enemy must be not simple. 'Hey, I hope the battle over there can end soon, otherwise.' With a sigh, Qingming stopped thinking about it and turned his eyes to the captain of the second team. Others also focused their eyes on each other like him. He stood up, clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said directly: "Okay, it's almost time. I believe you have guessed it. Yes, in the near future, a team of Iwagakure support troops will pass by here. And our task is to stop them and buy as much time as possible for Team 3 to eliminate the target base." Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued: "Next, I will divide you into six teams, each responsible for a defense zone, to ensure that the reinforcements of the Iwagakure cannot pass through." After that, regardless of how everyone reacted, he began to divide them into groups. Qingming and Mizutani Shizuko were divided into four teams, and the defense zone they were responsible for was in the middle section, so it was highly likely that they would not be the first to engage in battle with the enemy. However, there was no need to expect the enemy to bypass them. In order to prevent being broken one by one, the six defense zones were almost next to each other, so it was highly likely that one move would affect the whole body. The reason why the captain of the second team made such an arrangement was just to extend the battle line and delay the enemy's advance. After the grouping was completed, everyone began to act. Hiding in the dense forest, Qingming felt depressed. All signs showed that the enemy coming this time was very unusual, otherwise the captain of the second team would not have used this delaying tactic. And this also made him feel insecure. In this depressing atmosphere, ten minutes passed quietly. At this time, almost forty-five minutes had passed since the start of the blocking battle. And if we count from the beginning of the plan, more than three hours have passed. According to the instructions they received at the beginning, if the plan is not successful within four hours after the start, then the plan will be terminated and all troops must evacuate immediately. In other words, they can evacuate after holding on for a few dozen minutes at most. If possible, Qingming hopes that the enemy will come as late as possible, because the longer the time is delayed, the greater the possibility of their safe retreat. Of course, it would be better if the enemy did not come. But Qingming knew that this was impossible. Since the leader of the team hurriedly transferred them here, it means that he has obtained accurate information, otherwise he will definitely not miss the opportunity to eat the previous batch of rock ninjas. Transferring them halfway would only allow more rock ninjas on the other side of the valley to survive, while their losses would increase accordingly.
The loss from this one is not a small one. Therefore, the leader of the team would not make such an arrangement unless it was absolutely necessary. But once such an arrangement was made, it meant that the situation was extremely urgent, so urgent that someone had to make a sacrifice for it. That's why Qingming was so uneasy. Just as Qingming was thinking about it, there was a commotion in the forest ahead. Before Qingming could figure out what was going on, he saw a long river of yellow sand rushing from the front. The land along the way was quickly assimilated by it, and the trees on it were also tilted, pushed by the sand river, rushing forward rapidly. Qingming quickly jumped to avoid it, climbed up a big tree in three or two steps, and looked forward. I saw a river of sand running through the dense forest where they were hiding, clearing a large area, forcing the Konoha ninja inside to show up. And at the source of the sand river, a sturdy young rock ninja slowly stood up. He wore a red ninja hat, had a big nose, and a face full of beard. He was the son of the third generation Tsuchikage, Onoki - Huangtu. As a well-known figure in the ninja world, his portrait was widely circulated, and Qingming recognized him at a glance. Huang Tu at this moment may not be as strong as he was during the Fourth Ninja World War, but he is over 20 years old and his strength has almost reached the level of an elite jonin. This can be seen from the ninjutsu he just released. The simple "Earth Style: Earth and Rock Flow" he performed has already reached the level of changing the terrain. Looking at the rock ninjas behind him, although there are less than 100 of them, the lowest level is Chunin. Obviously, this is a team of elite ninjas. Seeing these people, Qingming's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. It can be imagined that the next battle must be very difficult.