Under Orochimaru's command, the Iwagakure Countermeasure Force quickly split into several groups—
Five Jonin, along with most of the Chunin, continued with their original task: protecting the supply lines, namely the strongholds marked out from the beginning.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, accompanied by a small number of Chunin, stood ready to launch a surprise attack on Lingering Rain Mountain at any moment.
Torifu Akimichi, along with three Uchiha and more than a dozen Chunin, headed straight for Kannabi Bridge—
To make it a "surprise attack," both sides agreed to strike together at dawn five days later.
Orochimaru's arrangements were not entirely satisfying on an emotional level, especially for Tsunade—of course, Tsunade wanted to go to Kannabi Bridge even more!
After all, Nawaki had died at the hands of Stone Ninja. Although Amegakure had also been an "accomplice," Iwagakure was ultimately the "mastermind."
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The next person to feel miserable was Torifu Akimichi. Where he went did not really matter, but—he had to lead three Uchiha Jonin by himself.
Family, who understands this?
Forget fighting; this alone was already an S-rank mission!
Fortunately, one of them was Akashi Uchiha—although he was the most famous of the three, he was also the youngest. Back when Akashi was still a Genin, he had served under Torifu Akimichi, so he was relatively easy to communicate with.
However—
Neither Tsunade nor Torifu Akimichi raised any objections to this, while Yangyong and Gongzhi Jiu merely grumbled a few times.
After all, this arrangement had been made out of rational consideration!
After the meeting, the team assigned to Kannabi Bridge held an internal discussion—Torifu Akimichi and the three Uchiha began discussing their next steps—
"Gentlemen, you should understand what Commander Orochimaru is worried about. Still, I would like to confirm something: roughly how much can you