Just as the mood inside the tent congealed, a voice suddenly came from outside.
"Hokage-sama, the intelligence room has been set up!"
Minato Namikaze's eyes lit up, and he immediately vanished in a blur.
The Fourth Raikage and the others hurried after him.
The intelligence room had been established inside a massive stone building. It contained all kinds of sophisticated equipment. At its center stood an enormous device, something resembling a sphere of water. Ripples periodically spread across its surface like waves on a pond. Several Intelligence Division shinobi sat around it, wearing machines resembling visors over their heads.
All of this equipment had been brought over sealed in scrolls. Once assembled, it could greatly expand the shinobi's sensory range!
"Inoichi, how is it?" Minato Namikaze asked as soon as he entered.
"Fourth, it's just as we suspected. The situation is not looking good."
Yamanaka Inoichi removed the device from his head and said grimly, "The Second Division is currently locked in a fierce battle with Akatsuki's clone army. Meanwhile, the clone armies emerging from the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers will encounter the Allied Forces' flanks—the First Division and Fifth Division—in half an hour at most!"
"How many are there?" The Fourth Raikage rushed in and asked solemnly.
"More than thirty thousand troops on each side, as well as... a large number of powerful Impure World Reincarnation fighters!" Yamanaka Inoichi said gravely. "We must reinforce them immediately!"
"So Akatsuki has already surrounded us?" Minato Namikaze asked with a slight frown. "Are there enemies in any other directions?"
Yamanaka Inoichi shook his head. "None have been discovered for the time being."
"How is the battle at the Second Division?" Ōnoki asked impatiently upon entering.
"The battle is intense, but please rest assured, Tsuchikage-sama. Houka is there as