Konoha had established two positions along the Grass Wave Coast.
Besides the medical camp where the Medical Team was stationed, the largest and most important camp lay behind the landing point on the sea route to the Land of Waves.
This was Konoha's main position for distributing supplies, deploying personnel, and maintaining communications and transportation.
During wartime, roughly five hundred ninja were permanently stationed here, mainly composed of ninja from the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan.
At that moment, Furobuki hurried to the main camp's command tent, lifted the flap, and entered. The first thing she saw was—
A square cloth bearing the crests of the Uchiha and Hyuga hung in the center of the tent. Beneath it, two rows of ninja in different uniforms sat kneeling.
Judging by the seating arrangement, aside from Fugaku Uchiha, the commander-in-chief and head of the First Division, and Hizashi Hyuga, the deputy commander and head of the Second Division, who sat side by side, The tent seated, in descending order, the respective leaders of the surprise attack unit, mid- and short-range support unit, special operations unit, and reconnaissance unit. One conspicuously vacant seat belonged to the head of the medical logistics unit under Furobuki's command.
There were seven seats in total, corresponding to Konoha's seven main forces on the eastern front.
This was all of Konoha's strength resisting Kirigakure's attacks in the eastern Land of Fire: around two thousand ninja in total.
According to intelligence estimates, Kirigakure's ninja numbered four times that amount.
"Everyone's here—"
Fugaku Uchiha, seated at the head of the gathering, frowned and swept his gaze around the tent. Once Furobuki had taken her seat, he immediately said:
"Then let's keep this brief."
"The Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Waves have fallen one after another. The sea