--5 hours until the main force of Kirigakure arrives.
On Konoha's side.
The sea was calm.
Hyuga Mami activated her Byakugan. The flat surface of the sea allowed its maximum observation range of ten kilometers to be fully utilized.
The ruins of the Land of Whirlpools were on an island nation.
They were surrounded by sea on all sides.
The north was near the coastline of the Land of Hot Water.
The west was close to the coast of the Land of Fire.
The other two sides faced the open sea.
After scouting for a while and finding nothing unusual, Hyuga Mami deactivated her Byakugan.
She scouted once every hour.
This was the task Lord Orochimaru, the battlefield commander, had assigned to Hyuga Mami.
A Main Family member? Not much combat power? In need of protection?
Heh heh... not a problem.
She just had to be a mascot and a Sensor Ninja.
With the Byakugan's outstanding capabilities, discovering the enemy's movements in advance counted as completing the mission perfectly.
But.
Neither Hyuga Mami nor Orochimaru, nor even anyone else,
would ever imagine
that Nakayoshi, the Sensor Ninja of Kirigakure,
this extremely low-profile and voluptuous ninja, had a terrifying sensing range of dozens of kilometers!
Konoha's side knew nothing about it.
Their every movement was entirely under the enemy's control!
Orochimaru was still considering how to do Hyuga Sho a favor without making things too difficult for him.
They had no idea that protecting Hyuga Mami properly and tossing any enemies who arrived into the rear
was completely unnecessary.
Kirigakure had already mobilized its entire force. At least two thousand ninja were already charging toward this place.
And Konoha's position...
had only a mere eight hundred people.
It wasn't that Konoha did not want to send more people.
They genuinely could