That very night, Shamu had Minato take Yahiko back to dye his hair overnight.
When they saw Yahiko early the next morning, he already had a head of black hair.
At that time, the scouting shinobi, including members of the Hyuga Clan, brought back the latest intelligence.
The Stone Golems had arrived, along with tens of thousands of White Zetsu.
Just as the earlier intelligence had indicated, a large number of White Zetsu were beneath the Stone Golems.
Some White Zetsu had already crawled out from underground.
They all followed behind the Stone Golems.
Whether it was Obito's or Black Zetsu's idea, it had a bit of that infantry-tank coordination feel to it.
In any case, the Stone Golems were the best shields. They had to separate them.
Fortunately, the terrain here had already been altered.
Since the White Zetsu were all underground, their exact numbers could not be seen. They could only estimate that there were around forty to fifty thousand.
They now had to hold the entrance to the Woye Plains and separate the Stone Golems from the White Zetsu.
Shamu had originally kept the Stone Golems around for target practice. It would be bad if the Allied Shinobi Forces suffered losses against them.
Ordinary shinobi had a hard time dealing with these Stone Golems. Earth Release could deepen the trenches, but it required a massive amount of Chakra.
There were tens of thousands of Stone Golems. For now, they only needed to keep them pinned here.
To play it safe, Shamu sent Jiraiya and his three disciples over together, just in case.
The rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces rotated in, using this battle as a warm-up.
As long as they made sure the Stone Golems did not cross the walls here, everything would be fine.
Nagato