After swiftly clearing the battlefield where they had wiped out the first Hidden Mist squad and erasing the most obvious traces, the Blue Bird Squad did not immediately flee.
Hyuga Tianyi maintained his Wide-Area Magnet Release Sensing.
He carefully distinguished the conditions of the four remaining Hidden Mist squads accelerating toward them from different directions to complete the encirclement.
Within his sensory field, there were subtle differences in the strength and density of their chakra, as well as their coordination while moving.
"Captain," Tianyi reported quickly, his voice still calm through his mask.
"The squad approaching from the northeast, roughly five kilometers away-judging by its chakra fluctuations,
"it's the weakest of the four. Their overall strength is low, and their formation is somewhat loose.
"They were probably assembled on the fly during the encirclement maneuvers, or they were a reserve unit to begin with.
"If we can take this squad out as quickly as possible before the other three close in completely,
"then even if the remaining three arrive, their numerical advantage will be severely reduced, and they'll pose much less of a threat.
"There'll be a huge gap in this company's tracking net.
"We might even be able to exploit that gap to put a considerable distance between us."
This proposal was just as bold, even somewhat aggressive.
They had only just finished an ambush, yet they were about to charge straight at another enemy unit. The window of opportunity was extremely narrow.
Captain Blue Bird barely hesitated. He knew how important it was to launch consecutive counterattacks and disrupt the enemy's rhythm when they were at a disadvantage.
The enemy had just received the signal flare's warning and was converging on this position at full speed. Mentally, they were prepared to surround and capture their quarry, not face