Sure enough, Makoto's face turned cold - the genius of the family had always had two diametrically opposed evaluations in the family, and there were as many people who hated him as there were those who liked him, and it was only after he had really spent some time with him that he understood the reason for this strange phenomenon.

Undoubtedly, Makoto Uchiha is impeccable in his politeness and gentleness, but when he occasionally shows this cold as a blade, it always makes people involuntarily suspect that the previous gentleness was just an illusion.

Makoto shook his head and spoke, "No, cultivators, we're not fishing nets. ”

Hearing the unexpected words, Yoshiro, who was originally worried about his friend's reproach, couldn't help but be stunned, but Shuto didn't seem to care about it and asked, "Captain, what does this mean?" ”

Makoto was silent for a moment, and organized his words: "We don't know how many people there are in the troops of the rain ninja and the sand ninja, but, based on the available information, the number will definitely be more than three times ours - in order to intercept the enemy with an unknown route, our front is very open, like this 10-kilometer-long mountain range, there are only 7 teams.

"This means that hordes of enemies pass through this area, and when they spot our tracks, there may be ten times as many enemies as they gather from all sides - like a fishing net that catches a carp."

In the old days, samurai led armoured soldiers to move in a legional manner on the chessboard of the land, and thousands of people gathered into some regular formation to march, and a whole battle may only involve a few fronts and a few troops.

"Shogi", a game in which the legion is condensed into chess pieces, is a very vivid representation of this characteristic.

However, ninjas are different, with too few people and unconventional mobility and concealment abilities, and ninjas often have embarrassing consequences if they adopt a centralized battle mode.

- With both sides trying to hide their tracks and try their best to avoid the other's detection, two groups of ninja gathered in the shape of "chess pieces" are likely to pass by on the "big map" and then break into each other's hinterland to slaughter.

In terms of the ninja's lethal ability, this is a consequence that is difficult for both sides to bear.

Therefore, using the "squad" as a unit, trying to spread out the formation, preemptively detect the enemy and concentrate superior forces, this is the "optimal" battle mode chosen by the ninjas after following a certain balance.

It's like two big nets that open to each other.

With White Fang's team as the front, the Cheng team is in the second echelon of the pyramid formation, and it is the group that bears the most pressure except for the White Fang team.

Makoto looked at the two calmly, seeing the shadows of the clouds slowly moving, covering the sunlight above their heads, and spoke, his voice a little louder as if to remind the two of them to pay attention: "The White Fang senior will definitely attract the attention of the most enemies, but the commander of the opposing force is unlikely to delay the entire march plan because of a small team, so after mobilizing enough strength to surround the white Fang senior, they will carefully send relatively elite ninjas as the vanguard to come to us."

"After discovering us, this batch of vanguards will also shrink, trying to annihilate us with superior forces."

He straightened up and glanced at the expressions of the two.

"So, we're not fishing nets, our job is to pull enough space before we get trapped in this net.

"And this should be the intention of the White Fang seniors to choose us."

Just like the other party will inevitably send elites to carry out the next batch of tests, the 7 squads distributed in this mountain range are also the teams with relatively stronger mobility and propulsion in the Konoha army.

Even the White Fang was not able to break through a hundredfold enemy siege without reinforcements. Therefore, ensuring the smooth implementation of the overall plan is the best way to ensure survival.

"In an area where the enemy's strength is superior, the greater the movement, the more attention the enemy will have.

"However, the consequence of passive operations is that there is no room for follow-up reinforcements, which ultimately leads to the overall failure of the battle plan."

The cold meaning in Makoto's eyes made both of them feel a pang in their hearts, and Yoshiro secretly shouted "here" in his heart.

"The more we struggle, the tighter the net becomes – but we have to struggle, and we have to."

The clouds finally completely overshadowed the col, and the shadows stretched to the other side of the hillside.

After waiting for a long time and finding that there was no follow-up, Shuren and Yoshiro glanced at each other and looked at each other a little.

There is no high-sounding rebuke, no ebullient encouragement - if anything, to lay out all the unfavorable truths in front of them, and then to tell them that there is only one way to go?

The cultivator muttered twice and did not speak, while Yoshiro hesitated and said loudly, "Yes! Captain - Obey ......"

Cheng looked at it with a calm gaze, and his voice that he couldn't say how generous he was was also lowered.

Cheng was embarrassed in his heart, counting the time he took Qingxi and Li before, this was the first time he led the team to participate in the mission independently, neither White Fang could obey orders, nor did he have the experienced Du Feng to assist him, although up to now, Cheng this captain deserved to be privately raised, but there is no doubt that this morale-boosting operation was a failure.

Feeling the atmosphere that was gradually becoming uneasy, Makoto simply broke the jar, stood up, tensed and then relaxed the muscles of his whole body, imitating the water gate, so that the whole body was in an optimal state like a bowstring, and then forced to look into the eyes of the two, and did not deliberately control the volume: "In short, follow behind me!" Then fight! ”

The concise and clear command seemed to have a better effect, and the two young Uchiha men lowered their heads and replied in unison, "Yes! ”

It was a little darker again, and there were rains as thin as cow's hair.

Snort, sneer.

The sound of kunai dragging on the rocks came from far and near, and a purple figure landed on the mouth of the mountain pass.

"Sincerely."

The red-robed boy showed his eyes, making a slight contact with the same strange pattern of the visitor's pupils, and Chakra passed along the gaze in some mysterious form.

A slight pinprick pain immediately came from his nerves, and after confirming the identity of the person who came, Makoto nodded at him.

Standing up, Yoshiro and the Cultivator each put away their weapons and checked their equipment and medicine one last time.

Fu Yue's face had no other superfluous elements except for seriousness, and he lowered his voice and said, "Enemy, it's already here." ”

A gust of wind blew, and in the air, in addition to the rain, there was also a trace of cold killing intent.