When Qian returned to Xishan Outpost, he looked at the mountain's drastically altered terrain and could easily infer just how fierce last night's great battle had been.
By now, nearly all the trees on the entire mountain had vanished, replaced by all kinds of bizarrely shaped lava crystals.
There were also many ruptures in the mountain caused by powerful Earth Release Ninjutsu.
In short, this could already be considered an entirely new place.
And when stationed in a place like this, the first thing to do was naturally to scout out the surrounding environment.
With that thought, Qian turned directly to Yamanaka Kiku behind him and ordered, "Kiku, take some people at once and get a clear picture of the surroundings, then draw up a new defensive strategy."
"Yes, Captain!"
Hearing this, Yamanaka Kiku answered at once without the slightest hesitation.
However, no matter how one listened, his voice sounded somewhat weak, as if he had suffered a serious illness.
In fact, it was more or less the same.
Yesterday, although they had withdrawn from the main battlefield in time and had not taken part in the later "battle for the Four-Tails" here, they had not avoided the fighting on the outer battlefield.
Yamanaka Kiku had injured his internal organs in that great battle. Although Qian had already treated him with Medical Ninjutsu, too little time had passed, so he still had not fully recovered.
In the past, for an injury like this, the higher-ups would have set aside at least a few days for recovery no matter what.
But not this time.
Konoha's losses in yesterday's battle had been too heavy, and the defenses at each position could not be relaxed, so they could only send out these lightly wounded personnel.
Watching everyone leave, Qian flickered several times and