bookbashuk Chapter 463 Post-War News
Chapter 463 Post-War News
After Fugaku led Itachi back to a safe area, he immediately ordered everyone to rest and arranged for medical ninjas to do their best to treat their injured comrades.
This time, the Iwagakure side had a large number of people, but they did not launch a full-scale attack. Instead, they focused their attacks closely on the Jinchūriki.
Clearly, Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) understands the importance of Jinchūriki and regards them as the core force in this battle.
In contrast, while Konoha Village did not suffer too many losses, it also failed to achieve any substantial results.
In this fierce battle, both sides suffered casualties, with each side losing twenty to thirty men.
A closer look reveals that most of the casualties on the Iwagakure side were caused by Itachi Uchiha's powerful Susanoo.
As for Konoha Village, they were either surrounded and annihilated by Iwagakure Village, or unfortunately suffered a fierce bombardment from the Tailed Beast Ball.
If this trend continues, Konoha Village will eventually run out of people.
After all, Fugaku and Itachi both only had ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan, and their eye power was limited.
Susanoo cannot be used for extended periods of time.
Fortunately, this time Old Purple was overconfident and was caught off guard by Itachi's incredibly powerful Tsukuyomi, which successfully knocked Old Purple unconscious.
Old Purple came here this time as the battlefield commander for Iwagakure.
With his fall, Iwagakure had no choice but to temporarily halt their attack.
As Fugaku popped a soldier's ration into his mouth, he turned to Itachi beside him and asked:
"How is this battle different from the previous ones?"
Upon hearing his father's question, Itachi pondered for a moment, then took out a soldier's ration pill from his pocket and put it in his mouth to replenish his strength.
"I think the biggest difference is that the current large-scale group combat method greatly reduces the ability of individuals to exert their capabilities."
Looking back on my first time stepping onto the battlefield as a child, the warfare was relatively simple back then.
In most cases, battles are fought solo or in small squads.
Everyone dispersed and fought independently, with the most they could do was cooperate and coordinate with each other in small teams.
Even when they later joined the Dark Division to carry out missions, the number of enemies they had to deal with was usually not that many.
The battlefield situation this time is completely different from the past, and Iwagakure is protecting its Jinchūriki very tightly.
They knew that if the power of a Jinchūriki was used properly, it could have a revolutionary impact on the battle.
Therefore, the tactics of Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) revolve entirely around Jinchūriki (human jinchūriki).
Itachi and Fugaku encountered numerous obstacles when they tried to infiltrate the enemy team.
Each step forward consumes a significant amount of eye power to counter enemy attacks and defenses.
Fugaku sighed, "Our eye power and chakra are far inferior to the clan leader's. We are at a disadvantage with this kind of fighting style."
"But this method has an advantage, which is to conceal the drawback of the limited power of our Mangekyou Sharingan."
"If Iwagakure discovers our weakness of insufficient eye power, it may be uncertain whether we can escape successfully."
That's for sure. Given Onoki's personality, if he knew the Kaleidoscope had this fatal flaw...
Even if it costs him lives, he will fill the kaleidoscope to death.
After all, they used 10,000 men to work the Third Raikage to death.
In fact, Fugaku had awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan many years ago, but he had always used it very carefully, fearing that overuse of his eyes would lead to blindness.
However, he was acting so boldly at this moment. The main reason was that the Uchiha clan had finally produced a new generation of Mangekyou Sharingan users.
Another reason is the appearance of Chiyo and Orochimaru.
The pillar of the family has already been taken on, and he is also prepared to grant his son the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Just then, Mayumi and Shisui, who were sitting next to Fugaku, asked:
"Elder, do you need our help?" (After Qianyao became the clan leader, Fuyue became an elder.)
Fugaku shook his head slightly: "The strategic goal set by the clan chief this time is not as simple as just completing the decapitation operation."
"His intention is to use us to lure more enemies into the Land of Fire, and then concentrate his superior forces to annihilate them in one fell swoop."
"From this perspective, even if this decapitation operation fails, it will not have a significant impact on the overall war situation."
“If necessary, we can retreat strategically. As long as we slow down the advance of Iwagakure and prevent them from advancing too quickly, that will be fine.”
The eagle was blinking frequently, which clearly indicated that its eyes were uncomfortable.
Fugaku also took out a prepared eye mask from his person and handed it to Itachi.
This was made by Tsunade to help the Uchiha clan members take care of their eyes.
Although it won't restore pupil power, it can relieve pain.
"Fortunately, we have members of the Hyuga clan on our side, so we are able to keep a clear understanding of every move that Iwagakure makes."
"Go and get some rest first. You need to conserve your energy to prepare for the battles to come."
At that moment, Itachi suddenly asked, "Father, just how much has your eyesight deteriorated?"
Fugaku sighed and replied:
"Given my current condition, I can only participate in two more intense battles like this at most."
After he finished speaking, he added:
"Therefore, you must conserve your eye power as much as possible from now on. At the very least, we must survive this battle."
Everyone knew that if Fugaku's eyes could not hold on any longer, then they would probably have to rely on Shisui and Mayumi to come and help.
Itachi nodded, indicating that he understood the current situation, and then turned to leave to rest.
However, shortly after Itachi left, the tent flap was suddenly lifted, and an ANBU member appeared in the doorway, quickly reporting to Fugaku:
"Elder Fugaku, the Hyuga clan has sent the latest intelligence!"
Upon hearing this news, Fugaku immediately stood up and said urgently:
"Show me the intelligence right now!"
The members of the secret service dared not delay and quickly handed all the scrolls they were holding to Fugaku.
Fugaku had to hold the intelligence very close to see what was written on it.
These scrolls contain detailed records of information about the three major ninja villages: Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure.
After a quick glance, Fugaku was surprised to find that almost the entire village of Sunagakure had come out.
Their Kazekage, Rasa, personally led a massive force of approximately four to five thousand people, and had been departing from Sunagakure for some time.
Based on the information relayed by the messenger birds, this large army should be approaching the border of the Land of Wind.
On the Iwagakure side, in addition to the initial force, Iwagakure has gathered reinforcements of over 5,000 men, who are now almost at the border.
On the Cloud Village side, the total number of troops was around eight thousand, but the Cloud Village stopped moving after reaching the border.
However, the constant communication of intelligence with the outside world suggests an intention to reap the benefits without lifting a finger.
After reading it, Fugaku immediately handed the scroll to Shisui.
"Send a message to the clan leader and report the intelligence from here."
Shisui only glanced at it before knowing that this information was of utmost concern to Qianyao.
"Yes, Elder, I understand."
Shisui and Chiyo are both summoning beasts of the Ninja Crow clan, and they can transmit messages very quickly.
All you need to do is agree on a time.
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