Kumogakure, the Third Raikage's office.
The captain of the Allied Forces had just returned from the Land of Whirlpools. Grim-faced, he reported everything that had happened there to the Third Raikage.
"Were all two thousand of you useless? One ninja drove you back? You could have worn him down through sheer numbers. Tell me exactly what happened."
The Third Raikage suppressed his anger. Ever since intelligence from Konoha revealed that Fugaku Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, he had regarded the man as a grave threat.
As a member of the older generation, he had never escaped the shadow Madara Uchiha had cast over him.
"It was the terrain. The Land of Whirlpools is surrounded by sea. Once he used Susanoo, he was as large as a Tailed Beast.
"Any attack he made could raise towering waves. Tactics that worked on land only put us at a greater disadvantage at sea."
The Third Raikage brought his anger under control and waved a hand. "Go back for now. Write me a detailed report on your battles in the Land of Whirlpools over the next few days."
"Yes."
The sea was certainly no place to fight. After the news from Konoha arrived, he had studied the Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo closely.
Anyone who looked hard enough could learn what Susanoo was capable of. After all, it had accounted for at least half of Madara Uchiha's domination of the Shinobi World.
That massive form possessed defenses comparable to a Tailed Beast's, sometimes even stronger. Until its user was exhausted, a shattered Susanoo could simply form again.
A Tailed Beast facing the same sort of attack could be sealed away. That was the main reason the Third Raikage had taken the intelligence about Fugaku Uchiha's awakening so seriously.
He took out a blank scroll