"Who?"
Shikaku Nara had been asleep, but the moment he noticed someone had barged in, he woke up.
"Senior, it's me. Orochimaru and the others were ambushed by Iwagakure and suffered heavy losses. Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Hatake Sakumo are currently being pursued. They're in bad shape, and I need to go rescue them."
"Wait..."
His raised hand was still suspended in the air when Jingyi vanished from the command center.
Still a little groggy, Shikaku Nara desperately wanted to ask, How did you know they were ambushed and being pursued?
How did you know?
Say something!!
What was with running off after only saying half of it?
Having successfully contacted the camp and learned that reinforcements were coming, Jiraiya finally snapped out of it and said happily:
"So that means we don't have to die? Wait, Jingyi is just a medical ninja. How is he supposed to rescue us?"
"Idiot."
Orochimaru could not be bothered to explain.
He did not even want to acknowledge Jiraiya.
Seeing this, Hatake Sakumo could only smile wryly and speak up:
"Orochimaru, I'm actually curious too. Why don't you explain?"
There was nothing else to do, so they might as well chat.
Orochimaru opened his mouth, but in the end, he decided to give Hatake Sakumo some face.
"Jingyi is not merely a medical ninja. He's very strong. My instincts are not wrong. Also, he has made a large number of puppets. Hmm... at least five hundred of them possess Jonin-level strength, and there are over a thousand puppets in total."
For the sake of the mission, Orochimaru had hunted a large number of creatures comparable to Jonin-level fighters for Jingyi to use as materials.
He believed Jingyi could turn those corpses into powerful puppets.
"Hiss~~~"
He had over a thousand puppets, and at least