Naruto Uzumaki circled the position several times but failed to find the person he wanted to see-Sakura Haruno.
He did not know that Sakura Haruno was actually with another unit, not here.
At the time, Kakashi Hatake had considered that he was taking too many ninja and leaving too few for Tatami Iwashi, so he had not taken powerful combatants like Might Guy or an excellent medical ninja like Sakura Haruno.
According to their earlier estimates, Tatami Iwashi would have to rely on seven thousand ninja to fight more than twenty thousand enemies, including some powerful Impure World Reincarnation ninja.
Since he was taking fifteen thousand men away, he would leave Tatami Iwashi and the others some skilled fighters to help them deal with the enemy.
That was how Kakashi had reasoned it out.
Besides, he knew the other divisions would soon arrive as reinforcements, which gave him the confidence to leave some powerful fighters with Tatami Iwashi.
But no one had expected that Tatami Iwashi's detachment would only have to face a little over ten thousand enemies, rather than the overwhelming numbers they had anticipated.
Instead, his larger force ended up facing more enemies.
So after several searches, Naruto naturally failed to find Sakura Haruno, who was not even there.
Earlier, because he needed to discuss combat plans with his teacher, Kakashi had not had time to tell Naruto before he ran off.
"Ah, Naruto. Sakura isn't here!" Kakashi said somewhat helplessly.
"Huh?"
Naruto scratched his head of blond hair, puzzled.
"Didn't you say Sakura was in the unit you were leading, Kakashi-sensei?"
"That was true before, but she was later assigned to another unit." Kakashi spread his hands as he explained. "But don't worry. Sakura will soon be coming with the main force to reinforce the main battlefield."