After a series of skirmishes, they had successfully routed the enemy, but the Mobile Unit had not emerged entirely unscathed.
Moreover, the Mist Ninja Army and the elite forces of Kumogakure and Iwagakure had likely learned that Konoha reinforcements had arrived. They were probably gathering their elites to encircle them.
Thus, the most pressing problem before Hatake Sakumo was how to identify weaknesses in the enemy's deployment and successfully break into Uzushiogakure to rendezvous with the Uzumaki Clan.
At this moment, Uchiha Tokimitsu had also entered a strange state.
Even with his Sharingan closed, everything before his eyes still carried a faint crimson hue, slightly lighter than when the Sharingan was active. Weak yet extraordinarily tenacious ocular power, imbued with destructive urges such as slaughter and devastation, continuously seeped from his eyes, blending with Yin Release Chakra and slowly but steadily strengthening the quality of his own Chakra.
Uchiha Tokimitsu glanced at the other Uchiha Jonin, who appeared to be in the same condition. He didn't know whether his own state was the same as theirs, much less what consequences it might bring.
The other Konoha ninja did not find it particularly strange. They merely assumed their warlike, arrogant, yet dependable Uchiha comrades had gone blood-crazed. In their eyes, it would not be unusual for bloodthirsty, battle-hungry, slightly neurotic Uchiha ninja to display any sort of abnormality.
After hesitating, Uchiha Tokimitsu decided not to immediately ask the other Uchiha Jonin. There were too many outsiders around at the moment.
He merely reached back during the march and tugged at the large scroll tied to his back, pulling out several more pages.
Hatake Sakumo noticed Uchiha Tokimitsu's movement from the corner of his eye. He slowed slightly and moved forward alongside him.
"Tokimitsu-kun..." Hatake Sakumo asked hesitantly, "How are you feeling