In an instant, everything within a ten-kilometer radius came into view.
Yechen focused, expanding his field of vision little by little.
He had activated the Byakugan not only to find the Six-Tails, but also to locate Konoha's surviving ninja.
A moment later, he spotted a battlefield.
Over a kilometer away, nearly a hundred Konoha ninja were locked in combat with a similar number of Kirigakure ninja.
The fighting was fierce, but something puzzled Yechen. The number of survivors seemed wrong. Hundreds of Konoha ninja had been stationed at the Red Leaf Stronghold. Were these really all that remained?
Soon, he discovered another battlefield in a different direction, roughly two kilometers away.
There were even fewer Konoha ninja on this battlefield. Both sides combined numbered fewer than two hundred.
That was far fewer than Nara Yue Guang had told them.
At first, Yechen did not understand. But after taking a closer look at the fighting on the ground, he realized why.
Kirigakure had deployed far fewer ninja than Konoha, but theirs were clearly stronger. There were almost no Genin among them; even the weakest were Chunin.
By contrast, although Konoha's stronghold in Red Leaf Town held clear political significance, it lay behind the front lines, so the ninja stationed there were not particularly strong.
Genin alone made up nearly half their forces, and that was after some had already died in the tailed beast's surprise attack.
Under these circumstances, holding out for so long was already impressive.
Yechen kept concentrating and looked farther afield. Soon, he found the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
Several Konoha Jonin were keeping the jinchuriki occupied, and the Sealing Squad was also present. Clearly, Konoha intended to seal the Six-Tails as well.
Deactivating his Byakugan, Yechen did not immediately head toward the Six-Tails. He would let them play a