Yasu lay in the tent for almost a whole day before getting up.
After rubbing his throbbing temples, he left the tent, planning to meet Orochimaru and then find something to eat to fill his stomach.
On his way to find Orochimaru, Yasu encountered several ninjas.
The ninjas' gazes towards him were a mix of surprise and fear.
Yasu's achievements in the Hot Spring Village were already known to all the ninjas here.
Everyone felt incredulous that he could seriously injure the Hot Spring Village leader, Kuroyama Tatsuji.
The traitor who was once despised by everyone had now become so strong.
The fear stemmed from the scene where Yasu handed a detonating tag to the ninja named Daigo, which, besides Minato, others had also witnessed.
How could they not be afraid of such a ruthless 'companion'?
Moreover, some of them had also verbally abused him in the streets back then.
They were very worried that if they were injured in battle in the future, Yasu might give them detonating tags and send them to be cannon fodder.
Yasu turned a blind eye to these gazes and went straight to his teacher's tent.
However, Orochimaru was not there. Yasu guessed that he should be in the war command tent.
Heading back to the war command tent, he finally found Orochimaru, with Jiraiya also present.
"Teacher Orochimaru, Lord Jiraiya."
Yasu greeted the two.
Orochimaru silently nodded, while Jiraiya asked with a smile: "Yasu, how are you? Have you rested well?"
Yasu nodded: "I have rested enough."
At this time, Orochimaru said: "Yasu, prepare yourself. We plan to advance the front line tomorrow, pushing forward ten kilometers."
Yasu frowned slightly, then immediately relaxed, guessing: "Is it because you have already requested support from Konoha, so tomorrow we will advance the front line to ten kilometers, and then fight and retreat until we meet up with the ninjas coming to support us and hold the current front line? Is that right? Teacher Orochimaru?"
Jiraiya's mouth opened slightly, looking at him in shock: "Seriously? Orochimaru only said that the front line will advance ten kilometers tomorrow, and you guessed so much?"
Yasu explained: "It's actually easy to guess. Our surprise attack on the Hot Spring Village was a preparation for advancing the front line. Now that the plan has succeeded, we must start advancing the front line as soon as possible, otherwise, if the Cloud ninjas react, all our previous efforts will be in vain"
"Moreover, advancing ten kilometers, which is a distance of ten thousand meters, is something we cannot defend with our current remaining number of ninjas. Since Teacher Orochimaru still decided to advance ten kilometers, then he must have made arrangements for a backup plan."
"And what we lack most now is ninjas. Although Konoha doesn't have many ninjas available now, compared to other battle lines, the Cloud ninjas in the Land of Hot Water pose the greatest threat and pressure to Konoha, so if we request ninja support, the Hokage will definitely agree."
Jiraiya was already stunned.
Jiraiya stared blankly at Orochimaru and said: "Your disciple's brain is quite sharp."
Orochimaru praised his disciple without hesitation: "Yasu has always had a good grasp of the overall situation and judgment of the situation."
Jiraiya looked Yasu up and down, and asked again, unconvinced: "But the surprise attack on the Hot Spring Village was to drive the Cloud ninjas out of it. Now, the village has not driven the Cloud ninjas out. The plan has not yet succeeded. How can you say the plan has succeeded?"
Yasu's lips curled into a smile, and he replied: "Lord Jiraiya, the purpose of the surprise attack was never to drive the Cloud ninjas out of the Hot Spring Village. Whether the village restores its neutrality or not, whether the Cloud ninjas leave it or not, will not affect our advancement of the front line."
"Our purpose in the surprise attack on the Hot Spring Village was just to scare them, making them afraid to act rashly, so that the advancement of the front line would be smoother."
"Teacher Orochimaru and Lord Jiraiya, you killed so many Hot Spring ninjas and Cloud ninjas, the main effect has already been achieved, so how can the plan not have succeeded?"
Jiraiya was shocked then couldn't help but admired: "Orochimaru, your disciple's brain is really something."
At this time, Orochimaru raised a question: "Yasu, do you think the Cloud ninjas will take action when we advance the front line?"
Yasu thought for a while and then replied: "They will definitely take action, but at most they should only be probing our situation and harassing us, and will not directly conflict with us."
Orochimaru continued to test him: "Then, what is the solution? How can we advance the ten-kilometer front line at the smallest cost?"
Yasu had already thought about it when he was thinking just now, and said: "The method I can think of is to create momentum, creating the appearance that we currently have a large number of ninjas."
"Creating momentum should be based on Shadow Clones and Clones. All ninjas create a certain number of clones, and then surround these clones with Shadow Clones to advance, and then other ninjas guard the periphery of these Shadow Clones and Clones to prevent the Cloud ninjas from probing our situation."
"In this way, we can create the illusion that we have a large number of ninjas supporting us, making the Cloud ninjas even more afraid to act rashly."
Orochimaru nodded with satisfaction.
He then commented: "A very good idea. Shadow Clones surrounding Clones can confuse the enemy's sensory ninjas' vision and hearing. Coupled with the real ninjas on the periphery, it can indeed create the illusion that we have a large number of ninjas."
Jiraiya was stunned: "Isn't this method almost the same as the method you just said, Orochimaru?"
Yasu also looked at his teacher in surprise, not expecting that his idea coincided with his.
Orochimaru said calmly: "Jiraiya, there's no need to be surprised, because this method is the easiest for us to implement in the current situation."
Orochimaru said to Yasu: "I have already reported your achievements in this Hot Spring Village battle to Teacher Hiruzen, but you have only recently become a Chunin, so I am not sure if you can be promoted to Jonin, but there is a very high possibility of becoming a Special Jonin."
Yasu nodded: "Yes, thank you, Teacher Orochimaru."
Orochimaru waved his hand and said: "This is what you deserve. There is also one more thing, it's about the support from Konoha."
Yasu's eyes narrowed slightly. Orochimaru specifically mentioned the support from Konoha to him, so he guessed something.
So, he laid his guess: "Teacher Orochimaru, are the support from Konoha this time the ninjas from the ninja clans that are being dispatched?"
Jiraiya was already a little numb. The two, master and disciple, were both too cunning and smart.
Orochimaru hadn't even said anything yet, and Yasu had already guessed the following content.
Jiraiya was thinking about whether to let Minato stay away from this monster kid in the future.
His disciple was an honest person. Although Jiraiya had confidence in Minato's talent, he was a little worried that Minato would suffer at the hands of Yasu in other aspects.
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