"Madara Uchiha should know I'm here. Will he still send troops here, then?"
He alone could now serve as an entire defensive line.
That was the freedom that came with wide-range Ninjutsu.
"Lord Akira." Several Shinobi appeared in the camp. They had been stationed here all along, responsible for monitoring Kirigakure's movements.
"Kirigakure has already sent people into the Land of Bears, and quite a few squads are preparing to land in the Land of Fire from other locations."
"In other words, they're planning to start an all-out war this time." Hyuga Akira chuckled.
"Yes!" A Shinobi looked up at Hyuga Akira and asked, "Lord Akira, do we need to request reinforcements? If the Mist Ninja launch a full-scale attack, we don't have nearly enough people here."
Konoha was already short on manpower, and it had transferred quite a few Uchiha away from here as well. Only a few hundred people remained here in total.
Still, the one thing Hiruzen Sarutobi had done right was sending Hyuga Akira here.
"No need for reinforcements." Hyuga Akira rolled his wrists and looked at Uchiha Fugaku, who had followed him inside. "From now on, everyone here is under your command. You only need to tell me where the enemy's main force is. Can you do that?"
Uchiha Fugaku stared at Hyuga Akira with wide eyes. Last time, he had handed over all command authority to him, and now he was doing it again, even during a battle.
Sensing Hyuga Akira's trust in him, he thumped his chest and said, "I guarantee I'll complete the mission."
"If there's nothing else, I'm going to get some sleep." Hyuga Akira waved a hand.
He had traveled nonstop and had not had a proper night's sleep.
"Uh..." Uchiha Fugaku kept feeling that Hyuga Akira was simply trying