By the time the eastern sky began to pale, Yushu had already rested with his eyes closed for a while.
The tally had come in by then. It had to be said that the Byakugan was indeed enormously useful in war.
The first two waves of surprise attacks last night had achieved little, but the final wave had secured some results.
Yushu read the battle report while making notes on a scroll.
'Killed 36 Kirigakure chunin.' Hmm, that was a little too few. Yushu promptly added a note after it: (236).
'Killed 165 Kirigakure genin.' Hmm, that was unacceptable too. He similarly added: (665).
Finally, he drew a large pair of parentheses: (Killed 32 Kirigakure jonin).
Then he wrote,
"Mitsuba, remember to tell Qiyue the numbers in the parentheses. The Hokage News should calculate enemy casualties according to those numbers."
After thinking it over, he added another note.
"If the Third Hokage or anyone else disagrees, tell them this is my order. Also explain that the numbers are mainly intended to boost Konoha villagers' confidence."
"The other purpose is to confuse Konoha's spies. If we announce the real figures, it will undermine the villagers' trust in Konoha!"
Once he felt there were no issues, Yushu put away the scroll.
He then used the Summoning Technique to call forth a ninja cat. After handing her the catnip he had prepared beforehand,
he attached the scroll and the photos taken last night of Kirigakure ninja corpses.
"Riko, when Mitsuba summons you, remember to give these things to her. I'm counting on you!"
"Meow? Meow, meow!"
Yushu nodded. "Thanks for your hard work, Riko."
Yushu then released the Summoning Technique.
At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was seeing off Konoha's main force. When he saw the draft prepared according to Yushu's instructions,
the pipe