Punishment

Ōnoki had made two preparations in advance, knowing that the Poison Ninja would come to the battlefield.

If Uchiha Yuu were killed, there would be no need to worry about the threat of poison, and the clash between the two sides would become a true decisive battle.

The other was to deal with the current situation. If Yuu survived and the Poison Ninja entered the battlefield, the main force hidden in the shadows would immediately withdraw, minimizing casualties.

That was the importance of possessing intelligence.

Ninjas had never been a group of brainless fools. Aside from a few exceptions, their profession involved assassination, planning, and gathering intelligence.

Just as when Uchiha Yuu fought the Iwagakure Jonin, the other side already knew the Poison Ninja's methods. As long as they did not engage him in close combat, they could reduce the threat of poison to a minimum.

Their understanding of Uchiha Yuu gave that ninja the upper hand.

The two sides battling on the front lines had fallen into a stalemate. Konoha gradually increased its manpower, and the situation began to tilt heavily in its favor, but the Iwagakure ninjas fought to the death and refused to retreat, making it difficult to drive them away in a short time.

At the edge of the battlefield, the Sarutobi Jonin arrived as quickly as possible and reported on the spread of the poison, warning the Konoha ninjas to remain alert.

Just as they were preparing to commit more manpower and force the battlefield to shift, they discovered that the enemy was retreating at high speed.

"Strange. Did they discover our plan? Why did they retreat ahead of time? And their direction of retreat is completely opposite to what we expected."

The Iwagakure ninjas retreated quickly, even abandoning some severely injured ninjas, as though