In a full-scale war that mobilized over ninety percent of the village's primary fighting strength, an important officer of Hatake Sakumo's caliber obviously could not hide away in the Residency Training Center and take it easy.
As White Fang's current direct superior, all Yamada Soji could do was choose the most appropriate moment for him to enter the fray.
Thus, after weighing every factor and analyzing every detail of the operation against the Mist Ninja, Director Yamada finally decided to deploy him onto the battlefield as an airborne trooper during the very early stages of the war!
On one hand, this arrangement took White Fang's awkward personality and excessively lofty moral standards into account.
Rather than having him avoid the most dangerous first wave of assaults only to participate in the security operations afterward, where he would constantly face moral dilemmas, it was better to send him into the flames of war during the initial stage, when both sides' combatants displayed the highest degree of professionalism. At least that way, he would not have to bear the crushing psychological burden of massacring civilians.
On the other hand, it was also a matter of maximizing the Yamada Faction's own interests...
Although Director Yamada was willing to serve as the Uchiha and Hokage faction's door-opener and stepping stone this time, he could not offer himself up for free.
Erina, as Soji's key representative, had already joined the planning level of the air raid operation. Correspondingly, it would be best to place a piece closely connected to Director Yamada among the combat troops participating in the frontline operation as well.
However, since the Uchiha Clan had already claimed the main credit for this operation, whoever accompanied them needed not only sufficient strength, but also the restraint not to steal their spotlight when family