This was...
As he looked at the scroll in his hand, Kitsuchi's hand trembled slightly. His originally impatient expression slowly turned to surprise, then into wild delight.
I never expected it... to go this smoothly! As he read through the scroll, sharp glints flashed through Kitsuchi's eyes.
There had just been a major battle with the Konoha forces. Neither side had gained the upper hand, and both had suffered considerable losses. But that was the usual state of affairs on this section of the front. There was nothing suspicious about it.
Hmm...
The Konoha forces were making some covert moves, but there was no obvious strengthening of their rear defenses. Everything in the rear remained as usual, aside from a few additional supply shipments.
There was nothing suspicious about that either.
If Konoha had discovered them, they would either reinforce their defenses and make preparations to meet an attack, or start arranging sacrificial pawns to preserve their strength. Yet there had been no movement among Konoha's elite troops. Instead, some elite troops stationed farther back appeared to be moving toward the frontal battlefield. Not only did this not look like they had discovered them, it even seemed they were preparing a surprise attack on the main front. That made it even less likely that they had found them.
As for the movement of supplies, if they were preparing a surprise attack, an increase in supplies was perfectly normal.
If they looked as though they were preparing a surprise attack but had not increased their supplies, that would have been truly suspicious! Kitsuchi ran through a string of analyses as he studied the intelligence sent from Iwa's front lines.
The information written above could be considered normal. Ever since the front lines had begun coordinating with Kumogakure to suppress Konoha, and