- Commander!" a faint voice caught his attention from relatively close by.
One of the sensors had crawled out of the water, in much poorer condition than the older jonin, but that was a relief to the shinobi as well.
- Wataru-kun, it's a good thing you survived," Tinagi nodded tiredly, putting his sword into its back scabbard and checking the most serious wound on his arm.
- It wasn't just me, Irui-san," the shinobi grimaced.
- Someone else managed to survive⁈⁈
- Yes, and we should hurry while we're at it," the sensor was still able to stand on his feet despite the significant wounds from the sharp teeth, "there may be an iryonin among the survivors.
It took Iruya over ten minutes to gather and patch up the survivors - a staff iryonin was among the casualties, but the two jonin had enough skill to stop the blood. The wave had scattered the Kumovians several kilometers in different directions, and the subsequent battles with the chakro constructs had only increased that distance.
In total, out of three hundred people survived only forty-one, wounded, sagging reserves, but the stubbornly focused expression on their faces said that the fighters are ready to continue their duty, despite the terrible losses suffered.
Even if the enemy had elite shinobi on their side, even a jinchuriki would be forced to retreat after such an attack to avoid being easy prey, and the rest of the border guards were no match for them, despite their training, he was sure of that.
- Even if it costs us our lives, we must obey Raikage-sama's orders," Irui said, "go!
***
Uchiha Shigeru squinted his eyes, utilizing his dojutsu to its full potential and tracking the approaching enemies with ease in the moonlight.
Torn uniforms, blood soaked into the fabric, and slightly stiff movements showed that the nephews had been badly hurt, and despite the apparent medical attention they had received, the surviving jonin would not be at their peak form.
Given the need to move a quarter of a day's worth of water from the coast of Kaminari no Kuni, which also requires strength and chakra, the advantage is entirely on the side of Konoha's forces.
The border camp commander even fleetingly regretted that he had only two dozen inexperienced jonins under his command, and that he couldn't move out from their prepared positions to hunt down the wounded and disoriented Kumovians immediately after Ryo Nara's massive attack was over - the risk was too great.
But now it was clear that it was the right decision. All of the enemies - seasoned fighters that even in their wounded state could at least take an assassin with them and two dozen frankly lackluster jonins - could hardly handle all of them even under the most favorable conditions.
Even now, Shigeru wasn't sure he'd be able to fight back without losing most of his personnel, and that was with six S-rang clones behind him. Even though they were low on chakra, even now they had more chakra than any of the ninja present.
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