Early the next morning, Yugao Gekko took Higashino Makoto to the Command Room for a meeting.
The Jonin had already met the previous afternoon to review the details of the battle. The main purpose of today's meeting was to assign missions.
The reason a Genin like Higashino Makoto needed to attend was that he was a top-tier Perception Ninja.
Because of the nature of Chakra, most powerful Ninja had some degree of Perception Ability. But it was more like a sixth sense or battle instinct, with a range limited to the area around them.
True specialists in Perception, especially top-tier long-range Perception Ninjas, were extremely rare.
Inside the Command Room, Orochimaru was sitting at the head of the table for once, but he didn't look particularly interested. By contrast, Fugaku Uchiha, seated beside him, was deeply engrossed in studying the Military Map on the table with Nara Suzaku.
Besides them, Makoto spotted the Hyuga Clan Jonin who had come to the front lines with him, as well as Aoba Yamashiro, who wore Sunglasses.
The Hyuga Jonin was named Hyuga Terai. At the time, Makoto had thought he was Hizashi Hyuga, but later learned he wasn't. Hizashi had taken most of the Branch Family north with Hiashi to protect his beloved Main Family brother.
There weren't many Hyuga Ninja on the Kirigakure Battlefield. Aside from Hyuga Terai and a handful of adult Ninja, the rest were newcomers. For instance, Hyuga Tokuma was Makoto's classmate, Hyuga Iroha was in the same year as him, and Hyuga Kamon and Mitaraishi Anko were classmates two years ahead of Makoto.
They were all from the Branch Family; there were no members of the Main Family. This was a place of shame for the Hyuga Main Family. Just months after the war with Kirigakure began, an