Before reaching the Land of Grass, Mu Yue used Konoha's special communication method to contact the Land of Grass ninja forces.
Out of caution, Mu Yue did not tell the Land of Grass ninja forces detailed information about the reinforcement force's strength. Instead, he directly discussed a rendezvous.
Learning that reinforcements were coming, Jiraiya was delighted. However, he refused Mu Yue's request to meet up and told Mu Yue about their current situation.
After regrouping his forces, Jiraiya's ninja unit still had six hundred and seventy ninja remaining.
Jiraiya suspected that there were still undiscovered spies within his ninja forces, so he broke the main force into smaller squads to obstruct the Iwagakure forces.
After two tests, Jiraiya confirmed that spies still existed within the ninja forces, but he had no way of determining who they were or how many spies there were.
Jiraiya believed they could not rendezvous before finding the spies, or they would repeat their previous failure.
"Commander Mu Yue, how should we reply?" Nara Suzaku asked Mu Yue.
Before asking Mu Yue, Nara Suzaku had already thought it over carefully, but he could not come up with a good solution.
The best and most straightforward method was definitely to find the spies, but Jiraiya's ninja forces were stronger than the reinforcement force and had more outstanding talent of every kind.
If Jiraiya's ninja forces had been unable to find the spies, there was no guarantee the reinforcement force would be of any use after arriving.
Mu Yue showed a thoughtful expression and did not reply immediately.
Finding the White Zetsu hidden within the forces would not be difficult for him. He would merely need to spend time appraising them one by one.
What Mu Yue was considering was how to turn the tables and use the