"You're right."
Tsunade composed herself and said sternly:
"Today, enemy traces appeared in many areas of our patrol zone. Many squads were ambushed, suffering heavy losses—a direct loss of seventy percent!!!"
At these words, the faces of those present changed.
They only knew that the losses were heavy, but they hadn't realized it reached seventy percent.
"Compared to the enemy's losses, ours are very severe this time. The enemy bypassed the Hyuga clan's reconnaissance and infiltrated our rear. I believe everyone understands what this means."
"This means the enemy can infiltrate our rear at any time and launch ambushes!!!"
Tsunade's voice struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, making their faces grow increasingly grim.
Especially the Hyuga clan, whose expressions were as if their parents had died.
Their Hyuga clan was responsible for reconnaissance, yet now the enemy had bypassed their detection and gotten behind them. With such heavy losses, the Hyuga clan could not escape responsibility.
Although no one spoke it directly, private complaints and curses were undoubtedly abundant, which was also why Hiashi Hyuga's face was so grim.
This was tantamount to slapping the Hyuga clan in the face, making Hiashi Hyuga clench his fists. How could they still boast about having Konoha's best ocular jutsu?
Konoha's top clan? They didn't even know how the enemy got in!
At this moment, Hiashi Hyuga was deeply depressed. His only relief was that Tsunade and the heads of the other clans hadn't blamed them.
The Uchiha also hadn't provoked them, and even Ronglin remained silent, neither provoking nor speaking disrespectfully.
"Hiashi Hyuga."
Others could keep silent, but Tsunade could not.
Because she was the general commander, she had to give an explanation to the others. At this time, even if Tsunade favored the Hyuga, she couldn't be too obvious.
Merits should be rewarded, and mistakes should bear responsibility.
"Here."
Hiashi Hyuga took a deep breath and calmly stood up.
"The enemy bypassed your Hyuga clan's reconnaissance and infiltrated our rear. Regarding this, I hope you can give everyone an explanation."
Tsunade also did not make things difficult for Hiashi Hyuga. They would need to rely heavily on the Hyuga clan in the future, and Tsunade didn't want to make everyone lose face. "It was our mistake. Starting today, the Hyuga clan will expand its reconnaissance range, and the Hyuga will bear the village's losses."
Anyone who could reach the position of clan head was not simple. Hiashi Hyuga knew how to appease the emotions of the others. Many people were lost today.
Seventy percent of the patrol team, a terrifyingly large number!
This meant that the personnel losses of the patrol team today alone exceeded three hundred people!
Although many enemies were killed, over a hundred, this three-fold disparity was something Konoha simply could not afford.
The Hyuga clan members were responsible for reconnaissance, and they needed to bear these responsibilities.
"Leaving these aside, starting today, we will expand the reconnaissance range. We must not allow the enemy to get behind us again. Does anyone have any countermeasures for this?"
The blame couldn't be entirely placed on the Hyuga clan. The border was too long, and everyone knew that even with the best Hyuga defense, enemies would still infiltrate from other areas.
After speaking, Tsunade scanned the assembled people, but the next second her face darkened. Ronglin, sitting beside her, was idly drawing on the table with his finger dipped in tea!
And he was drawing her!
This bastard!
If there weren't so many people present, Tsunade would definitely fight him to the death. At a time like this, how could he be fooling around?!
"I think we should increase the number of patrol teams, and also correspondingly improve the team's strength."
The Uchiha suffered considerable losses today. Fugaku Uchiha didn't want his clan members to die so inexplicably; it was too frustrating!
The Uchiha also couldn't endure too much consumption, especially under the cover of the mist, where the Uchiha's Sharingan couldn't play a significant role, and would be suppressed during combat.
Most of Kirigakure's people had Water Release chakra, while the Uchiha mostly had Fire Release. The suppression in combat was severe.
In fact, sending the Uchiha here was a mistake!
If they were swapped with others, the Uchiha could unleash their greatest advantages, whether on the Land of Wind battlefield or the Land of Earth battlefield.
But the first two battlefields were also difficult to allocate.
On the Land of Wind battlefield, Uchiha Ronglin was recalled. From any perspective, it wasn't suitable to send Uchiha there again. The Uchiha supported Ronglin, after all.
The Land of Earth was even more impossible. If Ronglin and Danzo were together, the Third Hokage couldn't imagine what might happen.
The only remaining option was the Land of Water battlefield, where Madara's genjutsu could suppress the enemy, but even that wasn't a perfect solution.
"Anything else?"
Increasing the number of patrol teams and their corresponding strength was inevitable. Tsunade looked at everyone again, hoping someone could propose appropriate countermeasures, otherwise Konoha would be too passive, and that was not good news.
"…"
The command center fell silent. Tsunade sighed in disappointment. Faced with Kirigakure's rogue-like fighting style, everyone found it troublesome. Where could they find a better solution at such short notice?
Since no one else had any good suggestions, Tsunade could only look to Shikaku Nara, wanting to know his strategist's opinion.
"I believe we can form a powerful squad to deeply disrupt the enemy's strategy. The surroundings are shrouded in mist, and Kirigakure's ninja fight with ease in such an environment, while we must be cautious and constantly guard against potential dangers, making us very passive."
"The enemy has their countermeasures, and we have our own methods to fend them off. Based on my analysis, the enemy must be infiltrating from areas outside the Hyuga reconnaissance range. We can form a powerful squad to operate in these areas. Once they encounter infiltrating enemies, they can eliminate them immediately."
"This squad, in addition to having a strong leader, also needs very strong sensory abilities. Therefore, sensory ninja are indispensable."
"Mist can obscure our vision, but it cannot obscure our perception. I believe this way, we can disrupt the enemy's formation."
"Oh, why didn't we think of that before?"
"This way, we can continuously eliminate infiltrating enemies quickly, reducing our casualties."
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