"So, you've already made all the necessary arrangements, even for Uchiha Nobuhiko being involved among the hostile forces in these Chunin Exams."
After listening to Chiba's account, Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy remained silent for quite some time before responding in Kakashi's voice.
Over the past hour, Chiba had told them about all the village's arrangements, especially those concerning Uchiha Nobuhiko.
Although none of them had asked about Uchiha Nobuhiko, Chiba had still placed special emphasis on the arrangements concerning him.
The plan was also very simple. When Uchiha Nobuhiko showed himself, Chiba would set aside every ongoing arrangement and confront this opponent who could be called his rival, an existence no one in the village but him could match.
Though the plan was simple, it was also the only and most effective option at this stage.
King against king.
For an existence like Uchiha Nobuhiko, one who had already surpassed the common sense of the Shinobi World, only a once-in-a-thousand-years figure like Chiba could contend with him. Only Chiba could draw Uchiha Nobuhiko's attention and hold him in check.
After all, judging from the battle during the Nine-Tails' Rampage, even though they had not witnessed it personally, they had all investigated its traces. Kakashi had even come into contact with some intelligence regarding Uchiha Nobuhiko. This man known as "the second Madara Uchiha" possessed strength worthy of that title.
At the very least, in the current Shinobi World, no matter who faced him, even piling up an entire army would likely achieve very little.
He was an existence beyond the era, beyond common understanding, one who had shattered every system for comparing the strength of shinobi.
To any shinobi, his existence might as well have meant one word: invincible.
Just as Madara Uchiha had once forced every