Time passed swiftly. While Uchiha Chi and his forces were engaged in a fierce battle with the massive Iwagakure army, the enemy received a fresh batch of reinforcements. The addition of these fresh troops pushed the total number of Iwa forces on the front lines past the ten-thousand mark.
Faced with an enemy army twice the size of Konohagakure's, with the possibility of even more reinforcements on the way, Uchiha Chi felt his pressure multiply exponentially. Left with no choice, he repeatedly sent urgent requests for help to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was holding down the fort in Konohagakure.
Far away in Konohagakure, the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, received Uchiha Chi's distress signals. Through intelligence relayed by spies embedded on the front lines and operating within the Land of Fire, he gradually realized the gravity of the situation.
Chapter 228