May 10th, night.
After Team 7 had eaten and drunk their fill, they prepared to "launch a surprise attack" on the Hidden Mist Village!
The Hidden Mist Village had left no ships in the Land of Whirlpools. Ships would certainly come later to meet them there, and they might have to face even more enemies then. It was better to strike first.
Minato and Ranwu had originally been reluctant to clash head-on, but after Akaseki provided a piece of information, the three members of Team 7 reached an agreement...
The three first met up with Minato's Shadow Clone. Rather than dispelling it, Minato high-fived his clone—the clone was running low on Chakra, so Minato redistributed his own Chakra evenly to replenish it.
At the same time, the Shadow Clone directly synchronized its memories with him.
"One piece of good news, and one piece of bad news..." Minato said.
"Tell us the good news first!" Akaseki cut in immediately.
"What's the bad news?" Ranwu asked at the same time.
Minato: ...
"The good news is that seven of the enemy's eight 'wounded' are probably genuinely severely injured. And from what I can tell, they don't have any Medical Ninja who can be of use. Before Hidden Mist Village reinforcements arrive, we don't need to worry about them recovering their strength," Minato said, giving the good news first.
"One fewer wounded person? Did one die?" Akaseki asked curiously.
"No. One Chunin recovered his Chakra, and afterward, they began setting up trap-type Sealing Techniques around their temporary base... I suspect that recovered Chunin was one of the people sealed by Tanuki Treasure. Since their Sealing Technique Jonin has started constructing a base, everyone who could be unsealed should already have been unsealed. The rest must be the injured," Minato explained.
Judging from the