Chapter 135: Situation.

"Deliver these medications to the rear hospital and hand them over to Senior Tsunade~," Uchiha Mika instructed her assistant while walking.

This was the frontline hospital, where preliminary treatments were provided to the wounded from the battlefield. Minor injuries were treated on-site, and patients were given some medicine to recover on their own. Those with serious injuries, involving bones or tendons, received emergency care before being transferred to the rear hospital. With this batch of supplies, the pressure over there could be greatly alleviated.

In times of war, medications were always scarce. Leveraging her past connections, Uchiha Mika didn't mind contributing her share.

"Tsunade...?" Hearing this, Toshirou couldn't help but recall a striking figure in his mind. One couldn't deny Tsunade's beauty, though it was unfortunate...

If memory served, Tsunade's boyfriend, Dan Katō, passed away during the last Great Ninja War. He wondered how she was coping now and whether she had developed her phobia of blood.

Since she could still remain at the rear hospital, it seemed her condition hadn't become too severe yet—not to the extent where mere sight of blood would paralyze her. Psychological issues often needed slow incubation, and at this point, she might barely be able to control it. However, with the passage of time, things could change.

"Mika-nee, did the clan leader look at the report I summarized last time?"

"Yes! It has been submitted to Clan Leader Juuzan. He discussed it with the elders in the camp, and everyone took it very seriously~ We have already informed the clan to enhance medical investment and start selecting suitable candidates for training~"

The report referred to was one that Toshirou compiled during his spare time after arriving here. It was a survey report that tallied the causes of death of clan members at the frontline hospital since he came.

The statistics were shocking: a significant portion of the clan members died due to the lack of medical resources. If they had better treatment, many could have been saved. The proportion reached a staggering 41%. When Clan Leader Juuzan received the report, he was horrified and personally confirmed the causes of death with his men. Only then did he resolve to start training a large number of medical personnel.

The high casualty rate wasn't due to neglect on the part of Uchiha Mika and her assistants. This was a battlefield, and not on some fringe; it was the main battle zone. Any disturbance led to large-scale ninja battles, often involving thousands on each side. When wars commenced, the number of wounded surged dramatically, and their few medical staff, even if they worked tirelessly, wouldn't be enough.

This led to many wounded losing their lives gradually as they lost the chance to be saved. Clan Leader Juuzan vaguely knew of the situation, but he hadn't realized the severity until he saw Toshirou's detailed data. This led to a painful reevaluation and subsequent reforms.

These lost lives were clan members, which forced the clan's senior members to confront the issue.

Currently, the frontline was still within the Land of Fire. At the start of the war, the Land of Wind, with the advantage of a surprise attack, broke through the buffer zone between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind and invaded the Land of Fire. They pushed all the way to Kikyo Castle before Konoha stabilized its position. Both sides then began a tug-of-war around the Kikyo Mountain defense line.

It's not that Konoha didn't want to drive out the Sand Ninja in one go, but the situation didn't permit it. Since the surprise attack, Sand Ninja held some initial advantages. However, Konoha, with its economic strength, numbers, and other advantages, had the capability to defeat Sand Village. While it wasn't a done deal, it was achievable.

The problem lay in Konoha's geographical position. With Sand Village's actions, countries like the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water began to act restlessly. Spies frequently infiltrated their borders, probing Konoha's strength, forcing the village's high command to allocate significant forces to these borders to prevent another surprise attack. This indirectly caused a severe shortage of forces at the Kikyo Mountain frontline.

Facing Sand Ninja's massive force, Konoha could only muster about four thousand troops in response. Sand Village, on the other hand, had mobilized everything—drafting some students still in ninja academy into the battlefield, gathering over eight thousand troops. Konoha's advantages in logistics, geographics, and elemental strengths were the only factors helping them hold the line.

"To think Kabuto was a victim of this battle," Toshirou pondered, as he continued walking into his tent.

He didn't know the future course of events, but he knew that Konoha suffered heavy casualties during the Third Shinobi World War. First, they fought the Sand Ninja, then the Rock Ninja, followed by battles against the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water... Konoha ended up fighting every major nation.

Midway through, to catch a breather, they even had to sign a humiliating peace treaty with the Rock Ninja, which brought no benefits. Despite having the upper hand back then, the deteriorating situation forced the Third Hokage to make concessions to prevent future disasters.

Dismissing these unrelated matters from his mind, Toshirou created two shadow clones in his tent to assist with his training.

Thanks to his summoning beast, he had his private tent in the camp. Otherwise, sharing a tent with others would have been quite inconvenient. This favor was a result of being considered special talent, urgently needed medical personnel, under Mika-nee's care...