A Lone Man

Kurenai Yuhi was listening intently to Uchiha Ling's analysis with her head tilted to the side.

Namiashi Raidō asked Uchiha Ling what role the reconnaissance squad infiltrating the Land of Waterfalls served.

Uchiha Ling said, "In wars between the Five Great Shinobi Villages, both sides try to avoid decisive battles between large armies.

"If Hidden Leaf Village gathered more than a thousand people, and Iwagakure sent over a Jinchūriki, one Tailed Beast Bomb would wipe them all out.

"Not to mention a Tailed Beast Bomb. If a thousand people stood clustered together, a few Uchiha Clan ninjas like Senior Uchiha Hono could burn most of them to ashes with a few Majestic Destroyer Flames.

"To protect the national borders, the front line of the war in the Land of Waterfalls stretches for nearly a thousand kilometers.

"Nearly a hundred Defense Squads aren't the main characters of the war, nor are the Support Squadrons behind the Defense Zones. The true main characters are the Assault Battalions on both sides.

"Our squad and Senior Hono's squad discovered an Iwagakure Assault Battalion in the Land of Waterfalls. Our direct role is to provide intelligence to our side's Assault Battalion.

"The indirect role is that if there are more Assault Battalions here, it proves there are fewer Assault Battalions in other directions.

"The Hidden Leaf Assault Battalions in those other directions will then have a better chance of organizing a surprise attack.

"The tug-of-war and probing between both sides are all based on the intelligence gathered by individual squads.

"Even a squad's death is intelligence. It proves that there are a large number of Stone Ninja in this direction, giving the other directions an opportunity."

Namiashi Raidō said, "In other words, only by becoming a Battalion Commander of an Assault Battalion can someone decide