Konoha.
Obito stood atop a tall building, observing the situation below.
This was in front of the civilian district in southeastern Konoha. Konoha's people had formed ranks and were continuously fending off the Corpse Puppets' attacks.
They were buying time for the civilians behind them to retreat.
Orochimaru had anticipated this attack, but he had not expected the attackers to strike outward from Konoha's center.
This caused some problems with the deployment of personnel.
They had now temporarily redirected forces here to stop this group of Corpse Puppets from charging into the civilian district.
The commander here was Hyuga Yuto. Under him were more than ten Chunin and around thirty Genin, a force of roughly fifty people.
The team sounded large, but what if they were facing an army of several thousand zombies?
More than ten of those fifty ninja had to be assigned to protect the fleeing civilians.
That left Hyuga Yuto with only thirty usable men.
The corpses before them were puppets revived through Earth Release. Their movements were simple and repetitive, and their bodies were constructed from things like earth particles.
Thus, they could be dealt with in a single strike.
But the problem was that Chunin and Genin had very little Chakra and could not use ninjutsu too frequently.
Most of the time, they still had to rely on taijutsu.
A single slash could finish off a puppet, but there were simply too many Corpse Puppets.
They could only keep swinging their blades, fending off the Corpse Puppets' attacks.
After some time, the Genin were panting heavily from exhaustion.
Fortunately, most of the civilians had already evacuated, and the remaining Military Police Force members were fighting as they retreated.
"Everyone, withdraw! Don't get tied down! These Corpse Puppets are endless!"
Hyuga Yuto's face was full of