Chapter 138 - 138 (1/2)
After bidding farewell to Yugao, Ryo returned home and explained the situation to Chinse. Having nothing to say, she quietly packed her son's luggage.
The next day, Konoha Ninjas were assembled, with Orochimaru in the lead, and Minato and Ryo on his left and right. Kushina and Minato's team were right behind the three.
Orochimaru wasn't good with speeches; he was the type that showed everything with his actions. Even so, Konoha's Ninjas all had utmost respect to him.
With the ones mentioned taking the lead, Konoha's Ninjas started moving in a mighty spectacle towards their decisive battle.
In the Wind Country's battlefield, Sakumo and Jiraya noticed the movement of the Rock and Sand, and they immediately mobilized their troops to follow the two enemy camps to Kikyo Pass
The two Konoha troops arrived to there at the same time.
All of Konoha's Kage tiers gathered in a tent do discuss their following actions.
”Sakumo san, do you have any information to share with us?” Orochimaru asked.
Sakumo thought and said: ”The only thing worth noting is the danger of the Sand's Puppet division, which we all know. The Hidden Rock seemed to have some movement in their camp recently, and it seems they're plotting something big. Either way, we should be extra careful.”
After a brief exchange of information, everyone formed a general understanding on the enemy's overall strength. The next step was assigning opponents.
The six Kage tiers in the camp were not that far off each other in terms of strength, with Sakumo and Minato being the stronger ones.
Minato also suggested that he should handle Onoki. The others were then divided: Orochimaru was to face Bunpuku, Jiraya was to face Rasa, Ryo was facing Kitsuchi, and Kushina was to face Han.
After the meeting, Ryo went to see the medical team, and on the way, he went and took Shisui along. Sakumo on the other hand went to where Kakashi and his friends were at.
Minato and Kushina went to contact the heads of the main clans around, while Jiraya remained with his old pal Orochimaru.
Ryo was initially planning to arrange Shisui to remain with the medical team. However, the team was put off the battlefield.
It was because the Sand, after Ebizo's arrival, always sent Ninjas after Konoha's medical team. Sakumo was overwhelmed and couldn't defend them anymore, so he assigned all of them to remain behind and provide support from the backline.
Therefore, Ryo had to put Shisui with the Uchiha clan.
The Uchiha clan's representative on this battlefield was Fugaku Uchiha, an acquaintance of Ryo. The latter had no idea of how Fugaku's power evolved over the past few years.
Ryo's perception capabilities were far beyond those of most, he perceived danger well. Facing Fugaku, he could feel that this man in front of him was extremely dangerous.
As the man in front of him should be a quasi Kage tier by now, Ryo's feeling that he was so dangerous can be explained by one thing, and that is that Fugaku's Mangekyo had been awakened.
Fugaku's Mangekyo didn't get much attention in the Manga, and its specific power wasn't explained. However, it should at least have Amaterasu, which was already really powerful.