Although he was on the battlefield, Mu Yue's life had actually become a little easier.
Here, he did not have to divide his attention between the Ninja Academy and his disciples, and Orochimaru had not assigned him any combat missions for the time being.
It was not just Mu Yue. Aside from Orochimaru himself, many of the jōnin who had recently arrived as reinforcements had not been assigned combat missions either.
Without a doubt, Orochimaru wanted to hit the Hidden Mist Village hard and catch them off guard.
To make the disguise more convincing, Orochimaru had only restricted most jōnin. A small number of jōnin, along with all chūnin and genin, had not been restricted.
After all, the Hidden Mist Village had already invaded the Land of Fire. It would have been unreasonable for Konoha not to send reinforcements.
Orochimaru created the illusion that Konoha wanted to strengthen its forces on the Hidden Mist battlefield, but due to the situation on the other fronts, the forces it could deploy were limited.
To stir up the Hidden Mist Village's desire to launch a major offensive, Orochimaru even deliberately exposed information about the troops' encampments bit by bit to lure them in.
It had to be said that Orochimaru's plan was excellent. In the eyes of many Hidden Mist ninja, the Konoha ninja forces fighting them were merely a paper tiger that looked strong.
That was right—a paper tiger.
On the surface, Konoha was still the strongest Ninja Village, fighting on multiple fronts and winning battle after battle. But in actual combat, it had already begun to show signs of decline. Many ninja were active in the field, but their quality was low.
If Konoha truly still had the strength to deal with the Hidden Mist Village, would it need to specifically