Of the sixty-four five-man teams, eight remained at the camp to prepare watchtowers and handle necessary sentry duty. The remaining fifty-eight teams built more than two hundred transfer stations, establishing two transportation networks that basically covered one percent of the forest...
Hmm, this is faster than I expected!
I thought the transportation network would only reach one-thousandth of the area. At this rate...
Everything was going far too smoothly.
Setting the report scroll aside, Chiba sorted through the large number of blank scrolls he had bought from the village, along with the scrolls already filled with Sealing Jutsu Formulae. Such a thought crossed his mind.
It was already late at night, and Chiba had returned to the camp from the small cabin.
After leaving the underground laboratory, Chiba had originally headed straight for the camp. However, he seemed to have remembered those Sealing Jutsu Formulae midway and doubled back. He took the formulae he had memorized earlier, then went to the village to buy a large amount of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, placing them all in the camp office. He was clearly preparing for a long-term battle.
"So, you're going to carry out some research you can't tell me about, hand everything at the camp over to me, and stay here to hold down the fort?"
Across from him, Kakashi narrowed his eyes, staring at him with a thoroughly displeased expression.
Just moments ago, after Kakashi had submitted the report he had spent a full three hours compiling, this guy had returned carrying armfuls of bags. After reading the report, he had apparently found it satisfactory and nodded, then said something that left Kakashi extremely dissatisfied.
This guy intended to hand command of the Ninja Engineering Corps over to him, then go do something he described as "something I