Outside, what exactly is going on? Why does it sound like screams?
"Uh-oh, enemy attack!"
"Sound the alarm!"
In such a situation, it's absolutely better to sound the alarm even if it causes a false alarm rather than ignoring it.
Immediately, a piercing siren blared throughout the entire Hidden Mist Village.
"What is that? It's all black and blurry."
"Enemy? Where are the enemies?!"
The arriving Mist ninjas were all confused—they didn't see any enemies, so naturally, they didn't know who to attack.
At the same time, countless mutated rats finally broke through the outer defenses and surged into the village.
"Rats! It's rats!"
"Quick, use ninjutsu! Stop them!"
No one expected that the first wave of enemies would turn out to be a swarm of rats.
This scene was bizarre, with a hint of horror and absurdity intertwined!
It must be said that Mizukage Mei's pre-arranged alert line had played a role. Under the barrage of large-scale ninjutsu attacks, the rat tide's momentum was suppressed and struck a heavy blow.
If this place had been completely unprepared and the deadly disease-carrying rat tide had rushed into the village, the consequences would have been horrifying.
At this moment, Mizukage Mei arrived with her forces.
From the instant she heard the alarm, her heart sank. Now, seeing that these were clearly man-made rat tides, her bad premonition was confirmed.
The crisis had truly arrived!
"Everyone retreat. Preserve your chakra. This is just an enemy's probing attack."
After issuing the command, Mizukage Mei charged to the front and quickly performed hand seals.
"Routen: Dissolving Monster Technique!"
A terrifying, sticky, highly corrosive liquid spewed from her mouth, sealing off the entire path of the rat tide's advance.
Sizzle sizzle— A large number of rats were instantly melted away, leaving not even a speck of residue.
Even more terrifying was the large amount of acid residue left on the ground. The rats that hadn't been affected rushed in one after another, only to be melted away as if they were being continuously sacrificed.
Seeing this, many couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
They'd rather face fierce enemy ninjas than a swarm of blood-eyed rats that wanted to eat people.
Just looking at it was enough to send chills down their spines.
Meanwhile, behind the rat tide, the rat-headed man looked grim.
"Tuogen, does he not even know when the plan was leaked? Those damn humans were prepared long ago. I'll settle accounts with him sooner or later for letting my children go die for nothing!"
But despite the words, the rat-headed man didn't give up. Instead, he controlled the rat tide to instantly disperse into smaller groups, abandoning the overwhelming force of numbers and switching to harassment.
Anyway, this time, he wasn't the one leading the main attack.
His role as the vanguard was just to sow chaos among the human camp—nothing more.
"Then let's begin!"
Mizukage Mei suddenly noticed that the mutated rat swarm, which looked extremely creepy, suddenly stopped rushing to their deaths. In an instant, they dispersed, bypassing the acid residue, and tried to infiltrate from different directions.
Some of these mutated rats were incredibly fast, some were enormous, and others had astonishing biting force—able to bite through stones!
The architecture of Mist Village was mostly stone, so even though the walls were tall, these rats could quickly climb up through the gaps between stones.
Seeing this, Mizukage Mei immediately realized that her plan to conserve strength was doomed.
They had to deal with these annoying rats as quickly as possible.
"Ao, you lead the team to wipe out these rats. Hurry up—I suspect the enemy still has other tricks up their sleeve."
Although Ao was usually serious and verbose, he was reliable in critical moments.
Under his command, many Mist ninjas quickly set up layered defenses, systematically releasing ninjutsu to kill the rats, while also taking the opportunity to recover chakra during rest.
However, some people thought Mizukage Mei and Ao's tactics were too conservative.
"Just some rats. Let me handle them!"
Under the leadership of a fool, more than a dozen people wielded weapons and chose close combat.
To be fair, their taijutsu was quite good, and since they were just fighting rats, their results were quite impressive.
Every time a flash of cold light appeared, they dismembered a dozen rats.
After dispersing, the rat tide entered Mist Village but lost its terrifying momentum of relentless assault.
Ao initially wanted to call them back, but seeing their efficiency, he hesitated and didn't say more.
After all, they were just some rats.
But then, an unexpected event occurred.
Some of the rats with enormous biting force worked together to bite through several holes in the tall walls of Mist Village!
This drastically increased their entry speed, multiplying it several times.
The few who insisted on close combat were immediately surrounded by the rushing rats because they were too close.
"Retreat first!"
The leader wasn't stupid. Seeing the situation, he immediately turned and ran.
But these blood-eyed rats had no intention of letting them go. They jumped up and bit at them.
Though they could kill dozens or hundreds, there would always be moments they couldn't stop.
Getting bitten meant death!
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a scream echoed.
A Mist ninja was bitten hard by a rat on his hand. Although he immediately killed the rat, not long after, he spat out white foam, twitched, and collapsed to the ground—then everything went black, overwhelmed by countless rats.
Others faced similar fates—anyone bitten would quickly fall and be overwhelmed.
This scene sent a chilling wave through all the Mist ninjas present!
Ao immediately shouted sternly, "These rats carry deadly toxins! Do not get bitten! From now on, no close combat—use ranged ninjutsu! Follow my orders and release!"
A few people finally ran back, only two remaining.
The leader, just showing a look of relief, suddenly felt a sharp pain below. It turned out a rat had slipped into his pants unnoticed.
He immediately went berserk, crushing the rat, trying to escape, but then immediately collapsed headlong onto the ground.
No one had ever imagined that one day, Mist Ninja would be killed or injured by a swarm of rats!
"These rats must be controlled by someone. They're probably hiding nearby. I'll find and kill that person!"
The recently released Ghost Lantern Full Moon said with a grave expression.
Now, rats were everywhere outside, and it seemed no one was more suited for this task than him.
At least his water-based techniques could help him avoid rat attacks.
But at this moment, a red figure just over one meter tall suddenly appeared among the rat swarm—standing on the wall.
Then he opened his mouth wide, as if vomiting, and spat out the army of curse spirits hidden inside his body space!
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