This Is Reinforcement? So Stingy!

Hikaru shook his head and cast the unease from his mind, refusing to overthink it. He assumed it was merely a lingering aftereffect of the Rinnegan's evolution and focused on Sunagakure.

Sunagakure had begun seeking help and allies everywhere. Hikaru could not let them have it too easy. They could pull in allies wherever they wanted—he could not stop that—but he could beat them until they cried for their fathers and mothers.

Besides having Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo intensify their attacks, Hikaru directly requested reinforcements from the village, asking Konoha to send another contingent of ninja to assist him.

Hikaru did not want to experience another war where he was stretched thin. During the Second Ninja War, on the Land of Rain battlefield, he had naturally lived frugally in order to make a name for himself. He had no desire to taste that feeling again. He directly requested reinforcements from the village, asking it to send more people to assist in battle, inflict greater pressure and casualties on Sunagakure, and see how they would continue scheming in secret. Reinforcements?

Beat them until they cried!!!!

At present, the number of ninja on the front lines appeared sufficient, but the Third Hokage immediately approved Hikaru's request for aid and dispatched another three thousand ninja to the front-line battlefield.

Compared to the group Hikaru had taken with him, this batch was sizable, but it consisted mostly of ordinary ninja. There was a considerable gap in strength between them and Hikaru's original group.

The Third Hokage had his own considerations. He could not empty out the members of every major clan just because of the war and Hikaru's need for more subordinates. Clan ninja and ordinary ninja fighting together was unavoidable.

Thus, the Third Hokage assigned Hikaru three thousand ordinary ninja. Most of them