Their withdrawal went astonishingly smoothly. When they looked back, there were no pursuers in sight. At first, they thought the enemy was lying in ambush, but several of them observed with their Sharingan. Uchiha Fugaku in particular could see everything hidden even in the darkness. In the end, they confirmed that Kumogakure's troops had not pursued them.
When they reached the gathering area where they had planned to discuss matters, Uchiha Fugaku stopped. Yugito Nii's furious roars could still be heard from here. He frowned slightly and said to the Uchiha ninjas beside him,
"Trust him. The power of a tailed beast isn't that terrifying."
During the battle, Uchiha Fugaku had also kept an eye on Yū's area. Uchiha Yū's fight had been nothing more than complete mockery.
Sure enough, after waiting a short while, Uchiha Yū appeared at the edge of the desert. Noticing that the group had already assembled, he flashed over to them. One look was enough to tell him that there had been no casualties on this mission.
It had been a fairly good mission.
"According to the plan we made, Kumogakure definitely won't announce how many of us died."
Uchiha Yū was certain they would not publicize it. Their commander had been severely wounded and rendered unconscious, while their camp had been destroyed—an utterly humiliating matter. Besides, they and Konoha had already become irreconcilable enemies.
When they met again, they would not exchange information. They would draw kunai and stab each other.
"Yū, we won't be able to help you from here on. If anything urgent happens, we can only act from the shadows."
The Uchiha ninjas who had escaped through faking their deaths could no longer appear openly. Otherwise, Uchiha Yū's plan would suffer a major setback, and the Hokage would become wary of