Ōnoki explained the changing war situation and its priorities to Kurotsuchi, half admonishing her and half teaching her.
He would not pass up such a good opportunity to teach his granddaughter.
After all, he had already entrusted Iwagakure's future to Kurotsuchi.
While he was still around, he naturally had to pave the way for Kurotsuchi as quickly as possible, lest he lose the chance later.
Iwagakure had quite a few elite ninja, and they were not weak, but very few were truly suited to becoming Tsuchikage.
That was also why Ōnoki kept finding ways to train his granddaughter, despite knowing she was still far too inexperienced.
A sense of urgency always lingered in his heart.
This Shinobi World War was simply too dangerous. The Ten-Tails, Madara Uchiha, and the rest were names that sounded intimidating enough on their own.
Amid such raging waves, even Ōnoki could not guarantee he would survive until the war ended.
That was why he had to hurry and train his granddaughter Kurotsuchi, so Iwagakure could weather the crisis and continue to develop.
Ōnoki shook his head, temporarily casting aside his tangled thoughts, and looked at his granddaughter gravely. "Kurotsuchi, next, I want you to arrange and reorganize the troops. Split off two combat units."
"Once headquarters gives the order, I'll lead one unit to reinforce Kakashi and the others."
"You'll command the remaining ninja. When the time comes, you'll lead them to reinforce the First Division."
Kurotsuchi nodded solemnly at his words, but soon frowned and objected. "Old man, let me lead the reinforcements to the main battlefield instead. You can stay here and hold this position."
Kurotsuchi understood that her grandfather had made these arrangements for her sake.
After all, no matter how dangerous the battlefield along the eastern coastline became, there was a