Konoha frontline base camp.
Command tent.
Orochimaru looked at the intelligence in his hand and fell into slight thought.
Sunagakure had actually transported another batch of explosive tags toward the Land of Rain battlefield! And this time, the number of explosive tags was even greater!
Of course, in order to prevent Konoha from intercepting and killing them again, Sunagakure had deployed even more combat power to guard them this time.
A total of two quasi-Kage-level experts had been sent to protect the transport, and a large number of reconnaissance ninjas had also been dispatched to scout an extremely wide area. Once they discovered anyone from Konoha coming to intercept Sunagakure's supplies, they would immediately react.
Because so many reconnaissance ninjas had appeared on the battlefield, even Konoha's operational plans had been affected.
Many Konoha squads, while carrying out missions, had been discovered by Sunagakure's reconnaissance ninjas, resulting in failed missions and even heavy losses.
Of course, the losses suffered by Sunagakure's reconnaissance ninjas could also be described as terrifying.
Thoughts flickered in Orochimaru's snake-like eyes.
Reconnaissance ninjas required a great deal of resources and effort to train.
After all, their role was simply far too important. They needed to master powerful concealment methods and also undergo training related to intelligence sealing.
It could be said that the resources required to train a single reconnaissance ninja could train five ordinary Chunin!
And the more powerful ace reconnaissance ninjas were even more terrifying. Reconnaissance ninjas of that level had a status comparable to peak Jonin-level experts.
The role they played on the battlefield was enormous. Countless valuable pieces of intelligence were obtained by these ace reconnaissance ninjas.
Of course, even among the great hidden villages, there were not many reconnaissance ninjas of that level.
Was it worth it?
This was the biggest doubt in Orochimaru's mind right now.
Although Sunagakure had indeed disrupted many of Konoha's operations and wiped out quite a few Konoha squads, compared to the losses suffered by Sunagakure's reconnaissance ninjas, no matter how one looked at it, Konoha did not seem to be losing out.
Could it be that the destruction of the previous batch of resources has caused Sunagakure's frontline explosive tag reserves to become severely insufficient?
Orochimaru thought inwardly.
It was not impossible. Recently, Sunagakure's forces had been pulling back quite significantly. If their explosive tag reserves were seriously lacking, then such a possibility truly existed.
After all, in battlefield combat, explosive tags played a tremendous role.
Even Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure, who was known as the Demigod of the Shinobi World, would use explosive tags as a war resource in battle. From this alone, one could see the destructive power and importance of explosive tags.
After thinking for a while, Orochimaru still decided to swallow this batch of supplies.
After all, if this batch of explosive tags could be completely destroyed again, then on the frontal battlefield, Konoha's advantage would become far too great!
So he quickly ordered someone to invite Yoru over.
"Lord Yoru…"
A messenger ninja cautiously called out from outside Yoru's tent. Looking at the figure standing by the entrance of Yoru's tent, shackled with handcuffs and ankle chains, his heart felt a little afraid.
This ninja had never come into close contact with Yoru before, but he had heard that Lord Yoru was still very gentle toward Konoha ninjas like them.
However, after arriving outside Lord Yoru's tent and seeing Uzumaki Yamon undergoing punishment, the ninja's heart still felt waves of unease.
He had heard that this descendant of the Uzumaki clan had been imprisoned here because he had angered Lord Yoru
The ninja thought secretly to himself.
At the same time, he became even more cautious inside, afraid that he might anger this important figure. With one sentence from this great person, his head might fall to the ground.
"What is it?"
A calm, undisturbed voice came from inside the tent.
The ninja hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and respectfully said, "Lord Yoru, Lord Orochimaru asked me to invite you to the command headquarters for a discussion."
Inside the tent, Yoru opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them.
Over the past few days, Yoru had been controlling his rapidly increased power within the state of "Zen." Not only had his control over the magma devil increased, even his Armament Haki and Observation Haki had undergone a major surge.
And this growth had not yet reached its end.
After all, after the magma transformed, Yoru's physical strength and mental strength had also experienced a major increase.
While continuously mastering this explosive increase in power, his Armament Haki and Observation Haki would naturally grow rapidly along with Yoru's excavation of his own potential.
According to Yoru's estimate, when he completely mastered this rapidly increased power, his third physical limit breakthrough would arrive.
"Looks like he has something urgent to find me for."
Yoru thought silently.
After all, he had already informed Orochimaru in advance that he needed to train for the next few days. Furthermore, the Kage-level expert Sakumo Hatake was also in the base camp.
If it were not something that absolutely required him, Orochimaru would not disturb him.
Crack! Crack!
Yoru stood up and moved his body. His entire body released crisp sounds like beans being fried. Then, he walked out of the tent.
"Lord Yoru"
When the ninja saw Yoru walk out of the tent, he lowered his head even further, becoming even more respectful. Even his voice trembled slightly.
Yoru looked at the nervous ninja and smiled faintly.
"Sorry to trouble you. Please take me to the command tent."
Hearing Lord Yoru's gentle voice, the ninja let out a great sigh of relief inwardly.
It seemed he really was the same as the rumors said. Lord Yoru was truly a very good person.
At the same time, his respect for Yoru grew even deeper.
Then he glanced at Uzumaki Yamon with a slightly different look.
This person must have committed some unforgivable crime! He must have offended Lord Yoru!
After that, he respectfully bowed to Yoru again, turned around, and led Yoru toward the command tent.
Along the way, the Konoha ninjas all looked at Yoru with awe.
If before, they had only respected Yoru, then after the incident with Uzumaki Yamon, Konoha's ninjas had begun to fear Yoru
They had realized that for a powerhouse like Lord Yoru, he only needed to give a single order, and everything they had could be stripped away! They could even be reduced to prisoners!
As for whether Yoru had been too cruel to Uzumaki Yamon, Konoha's ninjas had no objections at all.
This was the privilege of the strong!
Yoru was also happy to see this change.
As a leader, it was not enough to simply mingle with subordinates and treat everyone kindly.
Instead, one had to make these subordinates fear them!
That way, if he treated them even slightly more gently in the future, they would feel deeply grateful!
Step. Step.
"Lord Orochimaru, Lord Yoru has arrived," the messenger ninja said respectfully.
Orochimaru looked at the arriving Yoru and smiled faintly.
"Yoru-kun, I'll have to trouble you again this time."
The messenger ninja cast another awed glance at Yoru, bowed, and walked out of the tent.
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