The four Jonin each selected Chunin for their squads to fill out the combined formation—
Yangyong and Gongzhi Jiu recruited another four members of the Uchiha Clan, along with two Chunin from other clans who possessed special abilities. Without anyone needing to spell it out, the lineup gradually came together.
As for Akaseki—
"Captain Akimichi, let me see who's stationed here first. I'll get back to you in two hours."
After reporting in, Akaseki had been busy doing Akaseki things and had no idea who was in the Iwagakure Countermeasure Force—
"All right. We leave at four this afternoon. Just bring your people to the rendezvous." Torifu Akimichi nodded.
Since this was a surprise attack, they would naturally have to travel through the night.
They had agreed to launch their attacks together in the early hours of April 10, preventing the enemy forces from warning one another. Orochimaru's group could reach Lingering Rain Mountain in a day, so those five days were mainly to give the Uchiha-Akimichi squad time to travel.
Four and a half days to get from here to Kannabi Bridge—
The schedule wasn't tight, but it wasn't generous, either!
Akaseki went straight to the medical station and found Ranwu—
"A surprise attack? Great! I've been itching for this!" Ranwu had been nursing a grudge against Iwagakure, too.
The medical station wasn't particularly busy at the moment, so Ranwu agreed at once.
"Then let's go find Hizashi. He should be here, too," Akaseki said.
Akaseki wouldn't mistake the brothers for each other now—
As the Main Family's heir, Hyuga Hiashi would never come to the war zone.
"By the way, aren't we bringing Nonō?" Ranwu hesitated, looking toward Nonō, who was changing a wounded man's dressings.
"We're not bringing her!" Akaseki deliberately said it loudly.
Nonō: ...
Nonō