Things Are Not What They Used To Be

Having resolved to turn the Land of Water upside down, Uchiha Yue no longer paid attention to the Konoha ninja units arriving under his command as reinforcements.

Thus, with Uchiha Yue's tacit approval, command of the three rookie Konoha units sent as reinforcements was handed over to the three members of Team "Yue"—Uchiha Dust, Uchiha Tiger, and Uchiha Abandon. As for the elite Uchiha Clan unit under Uchiha Yue's command, its command was temporarily entrusted to Uchiha Fugaku, allowing him to lead them in defending Konoha's front line.

However, before leaving Konoha's camp for the Land of Water, Uchiha Yue still had some matters to handle. Thus, over the next few days, Uchiha Yue discussed with Uchiha Fugaku and the three members of Team "Yue," including Uchiha Dust, how to hold the front line they occupied.

For Uchiha Yue and the others, breaking through a defensive line might have been relatively easy, but holding one was far more difficult. Especially since Uchiha Yue's current location was already within the Land of Water. If Kirigakure's ninjas launched an attack, they might directly surround the troops under Uchiha Yue's command here and wipe them out completely.

Therefore, when discussing how to hold the front line before them, Uchiha Yue decided to have the elite Uchiha Clan unit under his command focus primarily on gathering intelligence from the surrounding area. So long as the members of that elite Uchiha Clan unit discovered even the slightest unusual movement from Kirigakure's ninjas, Uchiha Yue instructed Uchiha Fugaku and the three members of Team "Yue," including Uchiha Dust, not to cling to this hard-won breach in the line and to retreat directly to the Land of Fire's front line.

As for the three rookie ninja units sent by Konoha, Uchiha Yue naturally could not let them