Not long after Minato Namikaze left, Kakashi received a notice that all Ninja supporting from the Land of Hot Springs to the Land of Grass were to gather.
Kakashi took Obito, Rin Nohara, and Kannazuki, and headed to the open ground of the base to gather.
Because Kannazuki had lived in the Land of Hot Springs's base for quite some time, and the incident where Tsunade beat up Jiraiya and Kannazuki made Kannazuki quite famous, many people recognized Kannazuki, who followed Minato Namikaze and had a good relationship with both Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze.
Kannazuki felt uncomfortable being watched by so many people; he stood behind Obito, pressing a little closer to him.
Feeling Kannazuki pressing against him from behind, Obito felt uncomfortable all over: "Hey, Kannazuki, don't stick so close to me! It's super hot today!"
Kannazuki pouted and said, "I don't care, I'm sticking to you!"
Kakashi and Rin Nohara looked at the strange Kannazuki with some confusion, not knowing what was wrong with him now.
Obito turned to glance at Kannazuki and saw that he was very nervous, his eyes darting around, and he looked at a loss, so he immediately knew why.
Obito asked in surprise, "Did your social anxiety act up?"
Kannazuki retorted stubbornly, "Be careful, I'll sue you for defamation! I'm not socially anxious; I just... I just don't like crowded places."
Obito sighed helplessly, "If they cremated you, only your mouth would be left."
Although he complained, Obito didn't say anything more and let Kannazuki continue to stick to him.
Not long after, Nara Shikaku appeared in front of them.
Nara Shikaku spoke a few official words, then roughly described the situation of the Konoha Ninja in the Land of Grass.
In summary, it was very grim.
"Next, you will be dispersed among various positions. I will now announce which position each of you is assigned to, and then you must depart immediately for your assigned position in one hour."
Nara Shikaku began to announce the list.
"...Kakashi Hatake, Uchiha Obito, Rin Nohara, Kannazuki, the four of you are to go to the logistical position in the northwest direction!"
Kannazuki didn't expect Nara Shikaku to call his name. Does this mean he is a Konoha Ninja now?
But, Minato Namikaze had just said he hoped Kannazuki would give him an answer when he returned, hadn't he?
Was this considered acting first and reporting later?
Kannazuki quietly asked, "What does 'logistical position' mean? Are we just going to stay here and do logistics?"
Obito explained to Kannazuki, "How could that be? If that were the case, they wouldn't have called our names. A logistical position is behind the front-line positions, which means our next mission will most likely be to transport equipment and supplies from the logistical position to the front-line positions."
Kannazuki thought about it; it was better than fighting directly on the front lines.
After Nara Shikaku finished his announcement, he finally said, "In one hour, everyone will proceed to their respective positions. Do not delay. Dismissed now!"
Kannazuki and the other three, Kakashi, returned to their tents to pack their belongings.
Looking at the bed in his tent, Kannazuki felt a bit regretful.
It was all for nothing.
But then he thought, at least he slept for one night, so it wasn't entirely for nothing.
If he had made it and not even slept on it for one night, that would have been truly for nothing.
Kannazuki patted his bed: "I'll sleep on you again when I get back. Bye-bye~"
After packing his things, Kannazuki reunited with Kakashi and the other two.
Their leader now was Kakashi, who asked, "Do you have all your things? Check again. Once we leave, we can't come back."
Obito and Rin Nohara both began to check their backpacks.
Kannazuki patted his backpack confidently and said, "Mine's all good~"
Kakashi helplessly emphasized again, "Whether it's good or not, check it again!"
Kannazuki grumbled as he opened his backpack and checked everything one by one.
"How could I miss anything? I just brought everything I could... Hey, where's my Kannazuki scroll? Oh, right, it's by my pillow!"
Kakashi's dead-fish eyes, though delayed, arrived, and he looked speechlessly at Kannazuki, who had turned and run back to his tent.
Kannazuki successfully found the scroll under his pillow.
He had fiddled with Kannazuki a bit last night and then just casually tucked it under his pillow after sealing it into a scroll.
Kannazuki returned with the scroll, put it in his bag, patted the backpack again, and was still as confident as ever: "It's all good~"
Kakashi rolled his eyes, ignored Kannazuki, and asked Obito and Rin Nohara, "How about it? Do you have everything?"
Obito and Rin Nohara both nodded simultaneously: "Yes, we have everything."
"Then let's depart now!"
Kakashi led Obito, Rin Nohara, and Kannazuki according to the map to their assigned logistical position.
After traveling until late at night, the four of them finally arrived at the logistical position.
There were many supplies in the logistical position, and it was impossible for them to be openly established on the surface, as this would easily make them a target for enemy attacks.
Because if logistics were lost and the front-line positions had no supplies, they could very likely be paralyzed.
The battlefield changes rapidly, and if supplies had to be transported from the main base to the front lines, the battle might already be over by the time the supplies arrived.
The existence of the logistical position was essentially a transit station, designed to provide immediate resupply to the front lines.
The base of the logistical position assigned to Kannazuki and his team was built underground.
It was an underground base excavated by Konoha's Earth Release Ninja.
On the surface, a Konoha Ninja squad was on alert and patrolling the surroundings.
Kakashi led Kannazuki and his team to contact the patrolling Ninja squad, and after their identities were verified, a Konoha Ninja led them into the underground base.
Upon entering the base, the first thing they saw were large wooden crates.
These wooden crates contained supplies, including Kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, and various medical items for first aid.
The captain of this position was a Special Jonin, Takei Katsuhiko.
Takei Katsuhiko was very happy to see the four of them: "Finally, reinforcements have arrived, this is truly excellent."
Obito asked curiously, "Is it very understaffed here?"
Takei Katsuhiko nodded and replied, "Of course, it's very understaffed. Because we are responsible for logistics, we don't have many Ninja, only 20 people in total. Since Sand Ninja and Stone Ninja sometimes send people to cut off our supply lines to the front, we might be attacked.
Last time, a five-person team transporting supplies was attacked, and no one returned. We've also experienced several other attacks before, so out of the original 20 people, only 11 are left now."
Kannazuki's mouth was slightly agape, and he looked at Takei Katsuhiko in shock.
At first, he thought logistics would be safer than the front lines, but it seemed quite high-risk as well.
Kakashi said to Takei Katsuhiko, "Captain Takei, the four of us will be acting under your command from now on."
Takei Katsuhiko said sternly, "Yes, with you here, we can relieve a lot of pressure. Otherwise, there would be no one left to deliver supplies. Coincidentally, there's a batch of equipment and supplies that you need to deliver to the front lines. After you've finished inventorying them, you should depart immediately."
Kannazuki's small face wrinkled up. They had just arrived; weren't they even going to get a rest?
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