What did he mean? Hearing Uchiha Nobuhiko's abrupt interruption, even people like Kabuto Yakushi and Baki failed to react for a moment.
"What did you say?!"
However, they were figures capable of taking charge of a massive wartime operation like the Konoha Crush Plan. After that brief moment of incomprehension, they immediately understood.
And once they understood, even though they were capable of handling an operation as vast as the Konoha Crush Plan, their faces changed drastically, and an uncontrollable cry burst from their mouths.
"Didn't you already understand? Do I need to say more?"
Uchiha Nobuhiko seemed quite satisfied with their reactions. He spoke with a half-smile.
As soon as those words fell, both Kabuto Yakushi, who had emerged much like Orochimaru and was equally unfathomable, and Baki, who had not made a single misstep since taking command of Sunagakure's front-line strategy, turned deathly pale.
Those Wood Release clones...
I actually let those Wood Release clones go...
At this moment, aside from an emotion called despair, their hearts were filled with overwhelming self-reproach.
At this point, or rather, now that they had realized it, they understood perfectly what Uchiha Nobuhiko meant.
Clearly, the five clones he had sent out just now had been deployed to guard five directions. Together with Uchiha Nobuhiko himself, that made six directions. Considering Konoha's military layout, those six directions were the only routes through which they could evade Konoha's pursuit.
In other words, Uchiha Nobuhiko and his clones had already blocked off every possible route of retreat.
Moreover, the clones Uchiha Nobuhiko used were Wood Release clones. From what they knew, Uchiha Nobuhiko's clones possessed special traits similar to Taki Chiba's. First was their duration. At the very least, Uchiha Nobuhiko's Wood Release clones could exist for a long time. When they had contacted