After leaving the Hokage's Office, Chiba headed straight for Konoha's personnel department—the Mission Assignment Office.
This time, he did not walk very quickly. As he walked, he observed the situation around him.
The pedestrians on the road, the patrol teams out in the open, and the hidden sentries concealed in corners—he took it all in as he thought.
Indeed, stationing hidden sentries throughout the village required a great deal of manpower. Most of the village's Anbu and elite forces were tied up here, while the remaining portion had to carry out missions related to the front lines, such as transporting supplies. The ninjas at the village's front lines were now basically at wartime levels, perhaps even exceeding them. With such a long Border Line, transporting supplies to every defensive line also required a tremendous number of transport teams, consuming another considerable portion of their manpower...
Some of these personnel could not be deployed elsewhere at all. They could only be arranged this way.
Moreover, in order to maintain the village's normal operations, the personnel of every institution could not be excessively reassigned. Some institutions could not spare more than a few people at all.
After thinking as he walked, Chiba could only sigh.
Based on the number of people the Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan could spare, they could probably provide around ten people to the Ninja Engineering Corps. And neither the Hyuga Clan nor the Uchiha Clan could possibly enter the Ninja Engineering Corps as a whole.
The former was, after all, one of the ancient clans the village protected most closely. The Byakugan's versatility and practicality as a Kekkei Genkai sometimes surpassed even the Sharingan. The village could not possibly send them somewhere surrounded by spies from enemy villages.
The Hyuga Clan could likely only carry out duties