After leading the Uchiha Clan's elite unit back to camp, Uchiha Yue ran into a troublesome problem.
Countless members of the Uchiha Clan's elite unit had been injured during their battle with the Kirigakure ninja. Yet there were no qualified medical ninja in Uchiha Yue's camp at all. Thus, he alone had to take responsibility for all the wounded members of that elite unit.
As a result, after returning to camp, Uchiha Yue had only just recovered a little of his spiritual energy and chakra before he had to begin treating the wounded. Otherwise, due to logistical issues, the injured members of the Uchiha Clan's elite unit might suffer even greater casualties.
Almost as soon as he returned to camp, Uchiha Yue became frantically busy.
Fortunately, the wounded members of the Uchiha Clan's elite unit had mostly suffered external injuries. Uchiha Yue only needed to use his formidable Medical Ninjutsu to treat them and save their lives. If most of them had sustained internal injuries, then no matter how skilled his Medical Ninjutsu was, he would have been unable to save them.
After all, treating injuries in the ninja world did not rely on Medical Ninjutsu alone. Medical herbs were equally important. If the wounded members of the Uchiha Clan's elite unit had all suffered internal injuries, then due to the lack of medical instruments, equipment, and herbs, many severely injured members would likely have died miserably on the battlefield.
However, even though those injuries were merely external wounds, Uchiha Yue still needed a long time to treat everyone.
With such a lengthy recovery period, Kirigakure would likely send another elite force to reinforce the Land of Water's second line of defense. After all, the Land of Water's second line of defense was like Kirigakure's shield. Once it was breached,