At night, many jonin from the ninja forces gathered inside a hastily erected temporary tent.
There were no chairs inside the simple tent, only a large stone table created with Earth Release. Spread across it was a map of the Land of Grass and its surrounding regions.
Mu Yue and Jiraiya stood side by side on the north side of the table, while Minato Namikaze and Kakashi stood behind them respectively. The remaining jonin stood around the other sides of the large stone table.
"I'm sure you all have quite a few questions. Why did we reunite so quickly after splitting up? Why is Mu Yue here?" Jiraiya began slowly.
Several jonin nodded. With such a major sudden change and so little intelligence, it was difficult for them to make sense of everything.
"First, Mu Yue has brought reinforcements to join us in dealing with Iwagakure," Jiraiya explained.
"Because the situation at the front was urgent, Mu Yue selected elite members from the reinforcements and rushed to the Land of Grass as quickly as possible. The main force has not arrived yet; only fifty elite ninja from the vanguard have reached us."
One jonin looked delighted and could not help asking, "Lord Mu Yue, how many ninja are there in the reinforcement force?"
Since the elite unit had already arrived, the main force could not be far behind no matter how slowly it traveled. He could hardly wait to erase the shame of their previous defeat.
"Including the elite unit, there are a total of one thousand ninja," Mu Yue answered with a straight face.
"That's great! With the reinforcements, our numbers won't be inferior to Iwagakure's forces. We definitely won't lose again this time!" The jonin who had asked grew even more excited.
This was reinforcements of a thousand