The main battlefield.
"Kakashi Hatake should have taken his troops back to the village by now, right?" Tsunade asked, watching Shihōin Naraku pore over documents.
Naraku nodded without looking up. "Headquarters just sent word. Kakashi has reached Konoha."
"Did everything go smoothly?"
"Yes, very smoothly."
Indeed, under Naraku's orders, Kakashi Hatake had led the second wave of ten thousand Allied Shinobi Forces troops back to Konoha.
This had been Naraku's withdrawal plan all along.
Now that the war was over, there was no need to keep so many allied Ninja gathered at the main battlefield.
It wasted supplies and served no purpose.
Jiraiya had led the first wave of Allied Shinobi Forces, and Naraku had entrusted the second to Kakashi.
Mainly because, among the Allied Shinobi Forces' current senior officers, those two were the only ones who could even marginally be considered in good condition.
"That's good." Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief. "Then who will lead the next group back?"
"The next group..." Naraku thought for a moment, then looked at Tsunade. "You should lead the next group, Teacher."
"Me?" Tsunade was a little surprised.
"They still need me for medical care here at the main battlefield. The critically wounded aren't doing very well. We're barely keeping them stable. If I leave, wouldn't that..."
Tsunade did not finish, but her meaning was clear.
"Keeping them stable to this extent is already enough." Naraku set down his documents and said unhurriedly, "You know this is the main battlefield, after all. Fully treating the critically wounded here isn't really possible."
"So we'll have to bring them back for treatment eventually. There's no need for you to stay here, Teacher."
Naraku gestured with his eyes in a certain direction outside the tent. "Besides, I want Gaara and Mei Terumi to return with