Meanwhile, at the Konoha Border Army command post.
"How is it? Is everything ready?"
Orochimaru slowly rose to his feet, looking at the intelligence courier before him, one of the elite forces, as he spoke in a grave tone.
At this moment, his pale, almost sickly handsome face was already filled with solemnity.
It had to be said that the young Orochimaru, before he had undergone reincarnation, still carried a trace of sinister air about him. Yet when he became serious, he possessed a striking beauty that commanded respect.
"Yes, everyone has been deployed."
The intelligence courier glanced at Orochimaru and answered truthfully.
What's going on?
When was the last time Lord Orochimaru wore such an expression? I remember... it seemed to be when Iwa and Kumogakure launched their sudden attack, and the battle situation turned completely dire...
Could something like that have happened again?
The thought startled him.
As expected, this can't be kept hidden for long! At the same time, seeing the flicker of alarm in the intelligence courier's eyes, such a thought crossed Orochimaru's mind.
Orochimaru had naturally kept secret the sudden appearance of Iwa's four-thousand-man army in the rear. If news of something so serious spread to everyone, then no matter how well-trained the Konoha shinobi were, panic would be unavoidable.
And the current situation did not allow them to panic.
According to Orochimaru's plan, they needed to launch a surprise attack on an important Iwa logistics supply camp at the front, coordinating with the Kannabi Bridge mission to crush Iwa's confidence and force them to abandon their current plan.
If the Konoha frontline forces fell into disarray now, they would miss their best opportunity. For the moment, they could only keep it hidden.
Besides, with four thousand Iwa shinobi in the rear like a blade