Shisui Uchiha could manage it.
As for the elite ninja from the other groups...
Who could stop the Fourth Mizukage?
When Uchiha Minamoto finished speaking, he even added a humble remark.
"I'm just a lowly Hokage Advisor. How could I be qualified to decide the village's strategic deployments?"
Everyone present could hear the sarcasm in Uchiha Minamoto's words.
The Advisor was plainly mocking the Third Hokage right to his face!
Weren't you the one who refused to let me go to the eastern front?
Now something's gone wrong, and you're coming to me?
Yesterday, you wouldn't give me the time of day. Today, I'm out of your league!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's aged face alternated between green and white.
A slap in the face!
A blatant slap in the face!
One slap after another, forehand and backhand!
Seeing this, Utatane Koharu, who was sitting to the side, finally could not hold back.
"Advisor Minamoto..."
Utatane Koharu forced herself to speak, trying to help Hiruzen Sarutobi out of his predicament.
"Now isn't the time to assign blame. The village needs your strength. Our immediate priority is-"
"Advisor Utatane, I understand."
Uchiha Minamoto interrupted Utatane Koharu, but his gaze remained fixed on Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"But it isn't Advisor Utatane's words I want to hear. It's Lord Third's.
"Lord Third, where do you think I should go next?
"As you said before, Lord Third, although I'm still in the village, I remain the supreme commander of the Northern Border. If I go to the eastern front, what happens to the northern front?
"We can't let the Kumogakure Forces march straight through and fight their way to Konoha's gates, can we?"
Where should you go?
To the Eastern Front Battlefield, of course!
In the Land of Woods, the Kumogakure Forces were still assembling and had not