"Everyone, look here, here, and here. These three routes are the ones Minato gave us." Shikaku Nara glanced up at everyone, then marked three routes on the map.
"We know the Land of Fire better than anyone. There are only five routes in total, and these three can be ruled out. The real route must be one of the remaining two."
Shikaku Nara marked the other two routes on the map again. The red ink stood out sharply.
"This route is called White Leaf River. It's a river route—the fastest, but also the most likely place for something to go wrong. In the past, we basically never chose this route when transporting large quantities of supplies."
Jiraiya and Tsunade nodded unconsciously. Back when they were still in Konoha, they had transported supplies as well. This route could only be used as a last resort.
The Allied Shinobi Forces weren't desperate enough yet to risk it.
So...
"So... this should be their only route for transporting supplies to the front line." Shikaku Nara pressed his finger firmly onto one of the lines on the map, a trace of smugness appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Clever people often gained tremendous psychological satisfaction from seeing through their enemies' plans.
"This is..." Tsunade widened her eyes and blurted out the place's name.
"Kannabi Bridge."
Shikaku Nara nodded with a chuckle and said with certainty,
"That's right. It's Kannabi Bridge, which held an important strategic position during the Third Shinobi World War. The person in charge of transporting supplies back then was Minato."
Hyuga Rishu asked curiously, "I remember that this place was destroyed during the Third Shinobi World War, wasn't it?"
Some of the people transporting supplies at the time had been members of the Hyuga Branch Family. As the clan head,