The Iwagakure Countermeasure Force headquarters conference room held twelve jonin.
This was also the entirety of the Iwagakure Countermeasure Force's current jonin roster—
Compared to the Land of Wind battlefield, their numbers were not large. They could even be called rather meager.
Yet their lineup was by no means weak.
There were four genuine elite jonin alone: Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Torifu Akimichi. At this point, fewer than twenty people in all of Konoha held the title of elite jonin!
Besides Akaseki and Yangyong, Gongzhi Jiu, two Clan Elders of the Uchiha Clan, were also present. In other words—there were no fewer than three holders of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
A long wooden table stood in the temporary conference room—
It was made of wood, not formed with Earth Style. In other words—it had likely come from one of Orochimaru's own "sealing scrolls."
And quite a few people found the table familiar—
Wasn't this the very table from the frontline command headquarters?
Rumor had it that Orochimaru had been extremely dissatisfied when he was replaced—apparently, it was true. Otherwise, he would not have refused to leave even a table behind for the White Fang.
Jiraiya and Tsunade both knew Orochimaru's personality. He was not the type to quarrel with people or openly display anger, but—he always showed his "awkwardness" in little ways.
However—
At this moment, there was something even more "awkward" than the table!
The other jonin looked at the three Uchiha seated in a neat row to Orochimaru's left and felt even more uncomfortable. Although it had not been officially announced, they had heard certain "rumors."
When they first heard them, none of them could believe it. Especially after receiving their reporting assignments and learning that Orochimaru had become the "Commander-in-Chief of the Iwagakure Countermeasure Force," they had become