Tamura Hiroshi did not pay much attention to the patrol team in this area, for the elites of all the major ninja clans in Konoha were currently on the frontline, or else stationed right inside Konoha. It was impossible for elite forces to be garrisoned in a place like this.
As for his own group, they only needed a single day to barely recover their strength. With four Jonin among them, even if they could only operate at half capacity, it would still be enough to contend with a Jonin squad.
There was just one thing Tamura Hiroshi had not expected: the major ninja clans had indeed dispatched their elites to the frontline, but not all of them.
As ninja clans within Konoha, they naturally possessed certain privileges. Their most outstanding juniors had not been sent to the very front, especially those skilled in reconnaissance.
For instance, Hyuga Hiashi, the young clan head of the Hyuga Clan, and as a member of the Hyuga Main Family, he naturally could not lack powerful guards by his side.
"Inuzuka Jin didn't return? Did they encounter the enemy?"
Upon receiving the report, Hyuga Hiashi instantly perked up.
In truth, he felt quite depressed about being assigned here. After all, this was the rear, not any sort of strategic location, and enemies were hardly going to come here.
This was a form of protection extended by the clan, but he did not need such protection.
At present, his own close-combat strength was completely no less inferior to a Jonin, and possessing such strength at the age of sixteen was considered exceptionally remarkable within the clan.
Having trained for so many years, he deeply craved a real battle, or even going to the frontline.
When he first arrived here, he had not held out any