Yeah...
It was over. There was no need anymore.
It was over...
Hearing those words, which seemed to explode beside their ears, nearly everyone stiffened. In that instant, they suddenly came to their senses and, almost instinctively, turned slightly sideways as if preparing to retreat.
"Retreat!"
Almost at the exact moment the voice rang out, Kabuto Yakushi and Baki shouted the same word.
Great! That was the only thought in their minds.
To be honest, Taki Chiba's words might have been the sweetest sound they had ever heard. Even though there was not the slightest hint of politeness in them, only the threatening, commanding tone of a final declaration.
Normally, under any other circumstances, if someone had said something like that before their army, they would have made only one decision: rush forward and tear that person apart for disrupting morale, throwing the army into chaos before the coming battle, and being far too arrogant.
But at this moment, they felt as though they had been granted a pardon. They heaved a complete sigh of relief.
Of course, at their level—or rather, with the insight necessary to command an entire campaign—the reason they felt pardoned and relieved could not possibly be Taki Chiba's willingness to let them go. It was the signal conveyed by that attitude.
Taki Chiba's words, and his current attitude toward their returning to attack, clearly showed that he did not want to escalate this matter. He was merely defending passively, at most putting on a show of force with a few rounds of intimidation. Scaring them away would be enough.
On the surface, Taki Chiba appeared to be in a relatively passive position. It also gave people the impression that he still feared Uchiha Nobuhiko greatly, which was why he was only driving them back verbally,