As Kazemori Masaki hurried over, the battle elsewhere was also nearing its end. A little earlier, the two squads had eliminated the people on the perimeter and closed in on the center. By then, the Evil God Worshippers knew intruders had arrived. After witnessing their strength, they chose to defend their position rather than attack.
Hyuga Qi's squad and Inuzuka Shigeru's squad had not met up—they had entered along different routes—but Yamanaka Takuma's mental secret technique kept the two sides in contact. They exchanged information, keeping their own positions, the enemy's positions and conditions, and everything else firmly in mind.
Hyuga Qi surveyed the situation. The Evil God Worshippers were extremely cautious, and he could tell that their defense was focused on the rear. A strange design had been drawn there in blood, and the official's child stood trembling within it. Another Evil God Worshipper stood beside him, apparently their leader.
Judging from Hyuga Qi's experience, the enemy's defensive formation was not particularly good. If he could take a straightforward, heavy-handed approach, he could think of plenty of ways to wipe them out. But protecting the official's child meant abandoning those simple, brutal plans.
—This kid really is getting in the way.
—What can we do? The client asked us to do this, so we have to follow through.
—Besides, we let the kid get captured and ended up in this situation. We bear some responsibility, don't we?
—That may be true, but protecting him wasn't even our job to begin with. Now we're stuck holding back.
—Like I said, the client asked us to do it. Instead of complaining, hurry up and think of something.
Apart from Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, and Heizo Hattori, everyone grumbled at one another through the Mind Link. Fortunately, those three were not connected. If