In the distance there was a powerful explosion, followed by another one, which shook the ground under our feet even though the epicenters should have been tens of kilometers away from us. Leaving the clone behind to pick up the wounded man's treatment, I sprinted out of the hospital into the street and leapt onto the flat roof in one leap, peering in the direction the sound had come from.
The forest was blocking my view, even from this position, allowing me to see only the orange-red glow of the distance, and a moment later, thanks to my sensorics, I felt the wave of unstructured chakra that came from the other side in a residual wave. A very familiar evil chakra - Kyuubi! Since Kushina couldn't be here, only the Kingin brothers were left!
But then my attention was drawn to a young shinobi waving at me as he strode toward the hospital.
- Nara-sama, you are being summoned to the headquarters," the chunin shouted to me from afar.
Nodding, I jumped down and, maneuvering among the few agitated ninja who had also jumped outside, rushed to the headquarters, arriving a minute later. The guard let me in without question, and it appeared that all the members of the war council were gathered inside, including Orochimaru.
- Ryo-kun, you're just in time," Togari-san nodded, "our forces have finally located Kingin Kyodai.
- Everyone who has at least a couple twists in their head has discovered them," Orochimaru rolled his eyes irritably, "the use of two consecutive bijudas is hard to miss! The question is, why didn't the byakugan wielders detect them before using a large-scale attack?
Hyuga frowned and pressed his lips together in frustration, but did not say anything in response to the sannin's attack, only turning back to his superiors.
- As I began to say before Ryo-kun showed up," he sighed tiredly, "the report of both pseudo-jinchuriki's appearance on the battlefield was delivered just a few minutes ago, and it's obvious that the brothers had time not only to engage, but also to use their main calibers.
- Most likely, having been ambushed in the fourteenth square," Yamanaka nodded, pointing his finger at the corresponding spot on the map, "the men there can be counted as casualties - it's a rare jonin, let alone chunin, who can resist two bijudas in a row.
- I had hoped that Kumogakure would hold his trump cards until later, but we have what we have," the commander grimaced, "Now our main task is to minimize losses from the jinchuriki and prevent the destruction of our defensive belts....
- And that falls on Orochimaru-san and me," I nodded understandingly, looking at the map.
From the main camp, the contact point with the S-rank fighters was a good thirty or so kilometers away from the main camp, and Kinkaku and Ginkaku could be in another place by the time we got there. We'll need a good sensor escort to find the targets.
- Exactly," he nodded, "the Uchiha team that was selected to confront the brothers won't arrive until 24 hours later, as well as the main force, so your job is to make them retreat, ideally with at least one of them seriously wounded.
- What about an escort? - Orochimaru asked, "I doubt the jinchuriki would let them go alone - they'd probably have a large support force with them, which would get in the way.
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