As for the Third's little schemes, they were harmless enough. Yan could not be bothered to interfere as long as the old man did not completely lose control of himself.
News of the war spread quickly.
The first to arrive at the battlefield was Iwagakure's shinobi army. Ōnoki personally led the force, and these several thousand shinobi were only the first batch. More troops were still being assembled and could be sent to the battlefield at any time.
It was clear that Ōnoki had no intention of holding anything back.
He truly regarded Akatsuki as the public enemy of the shinobi world.
Ōnoki went to meet the Third, but unfortunately, the two could not get along in conversation, because Konoha's decision-making power rested in Yan's hands.
At most, the Third was merely the unpopular commander of the vanguard force.
"Why is Uchiha Yan, the Hokage, cowering in the village at such an important time instead of staying at the frontline camp?"
Inside the command center, Ōnoki complained unhappily.
With Yan absent, both he and the Third were old men with an intense desire for control. Once Konoha's shinobi and Iwagakure's shinobi were mixed together, all sorts of problems followed.
Yet neither of them could convince the other.
And this was only the beginning. Once the shinobi armies of Kirigakure and Sunagakure arrived, the situation would likely become even more chaotic.
The camp urgently needed someone like Yan, a heavyweight who could keep things under control.
Not someone hiding away in the village at the rear.
Would it not have been enough to send a few capable aides from the village to coordinate things? Why did he need to personally remain there?
The Third wore a dark expression and did not want to speak. He had just argued with Ōnoki and