"Tokuma, you don't need to cross the canyon. Once the fighting starts, it'll draw all the enemy's attention here. Take the client down another trail. With just him along, you can move faster. Samurai will meet you at the Land of Iron Capital..."
"Understood, Captain Hayama." Tokuma Hyuga knew why Hayama Shirakumo had assigned him this task. With his Byakugan, avoiding enemy ambushes was easy. A party of two wouldn't be discovered at all.
"Lin Chuan, create a Shadow Clone and have it transform into Kuno. When the fighting starts, your part of the convoy will be at the rear, so you'll still have a chance to pull out of the canyon. Go with the four Land of Iron samurai guarding the third carriage and the client's two trusted samurai retainers. Together, escort his daughter back to the outpost on the Land of Fire border. Someone will be waiting for you there, too..."
"Understood, Captain Hayama." Lin Chuan nodded lightly. He'd known he wouldn't be given a dangerous assignment.
As long as they made it back to the outpost on the Land of Fire border, the client could reach the Land of Iron Capital safely once the fighting here ended, regardless of who won. They could come back for the Client's Daughter afterward and take her to the capital.
The enemy's primary target was definitely the client himself. His daughter was probably only a secondary target. If they couldn't even kill the client, their mission would fail, and killing the Client's Daughter afterward would be pointless.
"Move out when you're ready." Hayama Shirakumo gave his final deployment orders. Whether they succeeded or failed, lived or died, would now depend on their own luck.
Following the plan, Lin Chuan's Shadow Clone found a secluded spot and created another Shadow Clone, then