"Yes, that really is a very good idea, but it's still only a guess. We can't be certain exactly how many of them there are!" Kakashi, who had been sitting there quietly, frowned and spoke softly after hearing what Ruri had just said.
"The main problem is that we don't know where the enemy reinforcements are right now! If they're close to us, we have a way to deal with it, but right now we don't even know how many enemies are around us!" After pausing for a moment, Kakashi continued.
When Kakashi finished speaking, everyone else fell silent. They were all wondering what they should do next.
After thinking for a while, Ruri said with a smile, "That's easy enough to solve. I'll use my Byakugan to check our surroundings and see whether there's anyone else's chakra! But if they're too far away from us, it won't do any good!"
When Ruri finished speaking, Kakashi nodded slightly and said, "Yes, if you take a look with your Byakugan, we'll at least know whether there are enemies around us. That'll make things much easier going forward!"
After seeing Kashii nod, Ruri immediately smiled, then stood up, activated his Byakugan, and checked their surroundings.
Ruri stood there looking around them. After observing for a while, he crouched down and quietly said to Kakashi and the others, "Captain, I just took a careful look. There's no one else's chakra around us!"
"That means there are no enemies within my Byakugan's range. If those enemies are beyond the range of my Byakugan, then there's really nothing I can do!" Ruri continued.
From what they could tell now, there really were no other enemies around Ruri and the others. That meant the enemy reinforcements were very far away from them.
There was now only