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Chapter 75: Aftermath of the Battle
The bitter winter arrived in the Fire Kingdom several months early.

When the Kirigakure position was bombarded by the Nine-tailed Beast Ball, thousands of Konoha ninjas were frozen in the position, all hope of survival was lost.

The ferocity, bloodiness and casualties of the battle that broke out between the two sides were unprecedented in the several major wars in the ninja world in the past few decades. The names of Mizunoe Tsukiyori and Namikaze Minato once again resounded throughout the ninja world with this war!
And when the battle report was passed on and fell into the hands of each ninja village leader, everyone showed a wonderful look.

"Well done! Well done!"

Iwagakure Village.

In the Tsuchikage's office, Ōnoki's loud laughter echoed in the room. The elders around him all showed curious expressions. After seeing the information scroll in Ōnoki's hand, they all showed surprise and shock on their faces, and then they were as ecstatic as Ōnoki.

"I didn't expect Konoha to fight Kirigakure to this extent. Both sides are fighting to the death. It's simply stupid!"

"Danzo is still getting old. The former Yami Ninja actually made such a stupid decision. No wonder the Third Hokage is Sarutobi Hiruzen instead of him."

"That's right. Even if Kirigakure has lost all its troops, the worst that can happen is that they can retreat overseas. But Konoha has exhausted its troops... hehehe."

Sinister laughs came from the mouths of the elders of the Iwagakure. They seemed to have seen the scene of Konoha, whose strength had been greatly weakened, trembling in fear and even surrendering under the attack of the Iwagakure.

"This should be a strategic mistake by Danzo. He probably didn't expect that Mizunoe Tsukiyomi could actually do that."

The smile on Ohnoki's face gradually faded, and he said in a deep voice: "With his own strength, he has achieved the destructive power comparable to the combined power of Minato Namikaze and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and forcibly annihilated the entire Konoha army..."

"That boy may be young, but he is a terrifying monster capable of challenging the entire military force of a country all by himself!"

"Well, Mizunoe Tsukiyomi is indeed a guy who deserves attention, but it's not us who are at war with Kirigakure."

"Hahahaha, that's true. Now that Konoha and Kirigakure have fought to this extent, it looks like we're the only ones who can reap the fruits of victory in this war!"

Ōnoki and the elders looked at each other, their eyes filled with happy smiles.

And the same scene happened on the Yunyin side.

The Raikage Ai, who successfully succeeded to the throne as the Fourth Hokage, convened a high-level meeting as soon as he received the battle report from the front line.

"I didn't expect that the war would develop to this extent after we withdrew." The Fourth Raikage Ai looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Do you think now is the time for us to re-enter the battlefield?"

"Now the entire Iwagakure army has launched an attack on Konoha, and the Kirigakure army has fought Konoha to a draw. It is clear that Konoha no longer has any more troops."

Troy, who had short purple hair and three lower eyelashes on each eye, said excitedly: "In my opinion, this is indeed the best time for us to take action, Fourth Generation."

"Kumogakure really needs a big victory to announce your presence to the ninja world."

Dodai, who had one eye covered by a wooden eye patch and a black hat on his head, said in a deep voice: "But we must figure out something, that is, to what extent will this life-and-death battle between Kirigakure and Konoha last."

"The combined combat power of Minato Namikaze and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is simply too exaggerated. If the battle between Kirigakure and Konoha ends quickly, leaving this duo free... I'm afraid there will be no need for us to declare war on Konoha."

The war between Kirigakure and Konoha made everyone in the ninja world once again realize the power of the tailed beasts, creatures that are like natural disasters. Especially when combined with time and space ninjutsu, the operational space of this power will be infinitely elevated!
Now there is Mizuno Tsukiyo in Kirigakure, who can balance this power to a certain extent. But if the war between the two sides ends soon, leaving Minato Namikaze and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki free...

Then don't fight. There's no need to deliberately give away heads.

"What are you afraid of? It's just a tailed beast. Isn't there one in our village?"

"That's right. We also have the Two-Tails and the Eight-Tails. We can fight them head-on. How can we be afraid of Konoha?!"

"That's right! Let's go to war with Konoha directly, Lord Raikage!"

"Silence!" Everyone spoke up, the Raikage's eyes flashed, and Ma Buyi at the side immediately shouted in a cold voice, returning the noisy Raikage's office to silence.

Ai looked around and finally shook his head: "Yumujin can't fully master the power of the two-tailed beast yet, and Bi has already gone to Yunlei Gorge to practice. We don't really have the power of the tailed beast to compete with the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki..."

"Forget it, let them fight first this time. The war is far from over. Iwagakure, Kirigakure, Konoha, it won't be too late for us to take the stage again when they are both really defeated, right?"

Everyone looked at each other. They didn't expect that Ai, who had a hot temper, would choose to calm down at this time. This really surprised them.

However, they were not disappointed, but instead showed joy.

Thinking about things from multiple angles is more like a 'shadow', isn't it?

"Yes, Raikage-sama!"

……

"Why is it like this, Danzo, why did things turn out like this!!"

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were filled with rage as he looked at Danzo, whose most body was wrapped in bandages.

Thousands of Konoha ninjas were wiped out, and countless elites from various bloodline and mystic families died in the battle.

Even his son...

"I have no choice. Hiruzen and Kirigakure have deployed the Three-Tails, and Mizunotsuki has directly frozen the entire Higashinazan position. I can only..."

Danzo whispered, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Sarutobi Hiruzen's sharp voice.

"So what if it's the Three-Tails? So what if Mizunotsuki uses Ice Release? You can use other methods, or even negotiate with them directly!"

"Aren't resources scarce for them? We can definitely give them to them! Don't we have captured ninja swords? We can give them to them! Why use such a stupid method!"

"Yes, Kirigakure has a small population and scarce combat power. We did use this method to repel Kirigakure, but what about us? Since the outbreak of the Third World War, how many troops do we have available? Kirigakure cannot bear this level of loss, so how can we bear it?!"

"Kirigakure has suffered a defeat, so they can just retreat overseas, but what about us?!"

"Now Ohnoki has sent out his entire army. We only have the troops from the Iwagakure battlefield left. The remaining troops from the Sunagakure battlefield have also been sent up. Now, the only ones left are the children from the village's ninja school!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed his pipe hard on the table, with such force that it shattered it and wood chips flew everywhere.

His anger was beyond words, but he did not mention his child who died in the battle.

Danzo lowered his head deeply. After all, all the responsibility was on him.

The entire Hokage office was silent for a long time before Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice slowly rang out.

“How many people are still alive on the front line?”

"...less than a hundred people, but the situation in Kirigakure is not much different from ours..."

"boom!!!"

(End of this chapter)