After Shikaku Nara dropped those meaningful words, he really turned away like a shopkeeper, minding his own business Earth Flow went to a recliner in the corner that looked particularly comfortable, closed his eyes, and said, "Don't call me even if the sky falls."
The entire command headquarters once again resumed its tense and orderly operation, but there was a hint of commotion in the air. Dozens of pairs of eyes would glance at the new, excessively young deputy commander at the door from time to time, seemingly unintentionally.
They were curious about what the legendary "Chen Zhi" would do next.
Will he patrol around and say a few words like a real leader? Or will he find a place to sit down, observe silently, and familiarize himself with the environment first?
Senju Chen didn't keep them waiting too long.
He was neither polite nor reserved, just calmly Earth Flow entered the Uzumaki center of this information. He did not look at the busy ninjas, nor paid attention to the "cuckoo" birds, but walked straight to the huge map that covered the entire wall.
The map is densely marked with various symbols and lines. The red arrows represent the enemy's movements, the blue flags are the garrison of Konoha, the dotted lines are supply routes, and the pushpins of various colors represent intelligence events of different levels.
Here is the epitome of the entire Shinobi World.
Senju Chen's gaze, like a scanner with the highest precision, quickly passed over the map. Battle of Kikyo Pass has ended, the Kumogakure and Iwagakure defense lines in the north have retreated, and the territory of Land of Rain has also stabilized, leaving only sporadic friction.
Everything seems to be evolving towards peace.
However, his eyes stopped at an inconspicuous place in the northeast corner of the map.
There is the Land of Grass border that borders Iwagakure. Compared with the main battlefield of Land of Rain, the situation map here is particularly "clean", with only a few regular patrol route markers.
"Please, can you show me the recent status reports of the Land of Grass border, Iwagakure patrol teams 7 and 9, as well as the material consumption records of the A3 and A5 posts we deployed there?"
The sound of Senju Chen is not loud, but in this room that is extremely sensitive to sound, it appears extremely clear.
Not far from him, a middle-aged ninja who was responsible for sorting out intelligence was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some uncertainty, "Chen... Deputy Commander, do you mean the Land of Grass border? There... there have been no abnormal reports recently."
In his opinion, shouldn't the newly appointed leader's focus be on the construction of defense lines for Kumogakure and Iwagakure after the war, or on the penetration and control of Land of Rain, these major strategic directions? Why would he suddenly care about an insignificant border patrol?
"I know there is no abnormality report." Senju Chen's eyes still did not leave the map, "That's why I have to look."
Although the ninja was confused, he immediately turned around, quickly pulled out several files from the stacked scroll rack, and handed them over respectfully.
Senju Chen took the scroll and browsed it quickly.
His reading speed was extremely fast, his fingers lightly crossed the scroll, and his eyes seemed to absorb every word on it instantly into his mind.
Several ninjas around stopped what they were doing and looked over curiously. Even Shikaku Nara, who was resting in the corner with his eyes closed, moved his eyelids imperceptibly.
After a while, Senju Chen put down the scroll.
"Iwagakure's 7th Patrol, in the past week, the turnaround point of the patrol route has shifted 300 meters eastward than the regular route. The 9th Patrol's nighttime defense change has been delayed by an average of eight minutes compared to last week."
He raised his head and looked at the middle-aged ninja. "And at our A3 post, the consumption of Explosive Tag and Bingliang pills has dropped by 12% compared to the same period last month. At the A5 post, the number of applications for medical bandages is zero."
A series of extremely accurate data flowed out of his mouth.
The expression on the middle-aged ninja's face slowly turned from confusion to shock.
These data are all recorded in scrolls, but they are scattered in different reports, making them inconspicuous. Not to mention him, even the intelligence analysts who are responsible for this area may not necessarily connect these unrelated information together.
But the new deputy commander connected them all with just a few glances!
"This... what does this mean?" Another younger ninja couldn't help but asked in a low voice.
"The slight deviation of the patrol route shows that they are exploring new terrain. The delay in the change of defense time shows that their vigilance at night is declining, or that their energy is being used elsewhere." Senju Chen's voice was calm and clear, as if he was explaining the simplest truth.
"And on our side, the consumption of Explosive Tag and Bingliang Pills has dropped, and the bandage applications are zero. What does it mean? It means that our patrol team over there has lost even the most basic friction and encounters. This is abnormal."
He paused, stretched out his finger, and tapped the point on the map.
"Iwagakure is shrinking their regular patrol force and putting their energy into secret exploration of new areas. If I were the commander of Iwagakure, I would assemble an elite team within three days to pass through their newly explored route and take down our most laxly defended A5 post."
"Hiss--"
There was a gasp of air all around.
Everyone, including the middle-aged ninja, felt a chill running down their backs.
They are all experts in playing intelligence. With Senju Chen's little input, they figured out the joints in an instant. Each individual piece of information seems insignificant, but when combined together, it outlines a frightening picture!
"Immediately! Send an order to Land of Grass border troops to raise the alert level! Order the patrols around the A5 post to immediately arrange a cross trap, use the A5 post as a bait, and lay a pocket for me!"
The middle-aged ninja almost shouted the order before. The look he looked at Senju Chen had changed from the initial respect to complete awe and fanaticism.
In the corner, Shikaku Nara slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Senju Chen, who was surrounded by a group of analysts and calmly pointed out several other "doubtful points" on the map. A heartfelt, brilliant smile finally appeared on his face that was always filled with "trouble".
Shikaku Nara stood up and walked to the huge map to stand side by side with Senju Chen. After taking a look at the place pointed out by Senju Chen, he turned to Senju Chen and asked.
"How did you notice the anomaly here?" He was not asking Senju Chen why he felt there was something wrong after reading the report.
But I want to know why Senju Chen thought there would be a problem here without reading the report.
The first is based on data analysis, which is what the entire Strategic Command is doing.
But Senju Chen is obviously not.
"It's just intuition. After all, I just came back from that place, so I'm more sensitive to it." Senju Chen replied jokingly.
"And war is never supported by data alone. War is supported by people. But as long as it is people, it will be full of uncertainty."
"In a war, when the gap between the two sides is not large, the competition is about who makes fewer mistakes. Any strategy is to make the opponent make mistakes. The more mistakes the opponent makes, the greater our chance of winning."
Looking at the admiring looks from around him, Senju Chen was almost convinced by himself. Looking at the group of "fans" with admiration in their eyes, Senju Chen felt "good to be a teacher" for the first time.
"Of course, sometimes even if you try everything, you may end up in vain, just like..."
"Like those woods you planted?" Shikaku Nara interjected at an inappropriate time, catching Senju Chen off guard.
"Uh, hahaha, that's right..." Senju Chen was choked by Shikaku Nara and almost rolled his eyes.
Shikaku Nara choked, and Senju Chen had no intention of continuing the "lecture".
After walking around for a while, I turned around and went home.
After all, what I told him was that if you want to come, come and hang out. It doesn't matter if you don't come, right?
Besides, there are still many days to come.