After receiving their orders, Aburame Daihi and the others left the scene and chased in the direction the Sand shinobi had fled.
Once they were gone, only nine Leaf shinobi remained in the field.
And among those nine, aside from Qian and Yamato, everyone had consumed quite a lot.
Uh.
Uchiha Shisui probably counted as an exception too.
Although he had used considerable effort to protect Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Yashiro from injury while also returning to the main battlefield as quickly as possible...
As long as he had not used the Mangekyō Sharingan, that consumption was not too serious.
Yamato swept his gaze over the people before him and saw the exhaustion his subordinates could hardly hide.
So, after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "Listen up. Everyone, take five minutes to rest and reorganize. After that, we move out."
Then he looked at Qian again and said, "Jōnin Qian, I remember you know Medical Ninjutsu, right?"
"Mm."
Qian nodded, swept his gaze around, and immediately understood what he meant.
Indeed, in the battle just now, because he and Uchiha Shisui had returned in time, and because everyone's strength was still decent, no one had died.
But that did not mean no one was injured. After all, they had been outnumbered, and it was perfectly normal for two fists to be unable to fend off four hands.
One of them had even been poisoned. If it was not dealt with quickly, it would probably affect the battles to come.
At a time like this, his Medical Ninjutsu was needed.
Qian did not refuse. In any case, with his current Chakra Amount of over forty million points, spending a bit of chakra to treat a few people was nothing at all.
He stepped forward and came