Following Tsunade back to her tent.
Tsunade plopped down on the chair, breathing heavily, her ample bosom heaving. Clearly, she understood what Danzo had come to do, and had been holding her breath the entire time.
Seeing Shizune and Qifeng enter the tent one after the other, her expression softened slightly.
"Are you... alright?"
Qifeng simply shook his head, while Shizune naturally spoke up, "Tsunade-sama, we're fine, but the Jonin like Kaen..."
"I know," Tsunade interrupted her.
Her face became somewhat grave.
"What are the losses?"
She looked towards Qifeng.
As part of the corpse disposal team, affiliated with the medical unit, Tsunade was nominally Qifeng's direct superior.
He pondered for a moment, then honestly replied, "...Haven't had time to tally them yet, but I estimate the number of deaths won't be less than five hundred."
Five hundred people!
For a war, this number might seem insignificant.
But this is a war of ninjas. A battle is essentially a fight between a few thousand ninjas, so a one-time loss of five hundred people is definitely a huge loss.
You must know that the first batch to go to the battlefield were all Konoha's elite.
Right now, those Genin are mostly just responsible for logistics.
Even if these five hundred people were all Chunin, Konoha would be heartbroken, let alone the fact that there were many Jonin and even elite Jonin among them.
"I understand. You can go back for now. Shizune, stay for a while."
"Yes," Qifeng responded, turning to leave, giving Shizune a subtle look before leaving.
Shizune understood.
Once Qifeng left, Tsunade relaxed her brow and rubbed her temples, "Tell me how you two got back."
She didn't need to worry about the situation of the main force. Caring about Shizune was all she could do now.
Shizune moved to stand in front of her.
She quietly recounted what she and Qifeng had experienced, subtly obscuring some of what Qifeng had told her, emphasizing her own presence.
After listening, Tsunade patted her head with satisfaction, "Good, little Shizune has finally become a qualified ninja."
Shizune stuck out her tongue.
'Squad Leader Qifeng is really a good person.'
She still remembered Qifeng emphasizing to her that when reporting to Tsunade, she should actively downplay Qifeng's presence and highlight her own role in the mission.
Although she reported everything truthfully, how she said it was also crucial.
To this end, Qifeng had even practiced the wording with her beforehand.
As expected, after listening, Shizune successfully gained Tsunade's approval.
This was their little secret, a senior supporting a junior.
Of course, that's what Qifeng said too.
...
"One Orochimaru already makes me tremble with fear, adding a Tsunade, even with those big... I can't handle it, better strive to be invisible."
As for Tsunade's side, it's better to let Shizune share a little more attention.
Fortunately, Tsunade isn't the type to get to the bottom of everything, unlike Orochimaru, that extreme, crazy scientist.
Qifeng was very relieved about Shizune.
The little girl is so pure, it's easy to fool her.
Of course, it's also a kind of well-intentioned fooling.
Returning to the corpse disposal camp, looking at the mountain of corpses, he didn't even know where to start for a moment.
He had never fought such a rich battle before.
However, before Qifeng could even begin, a tattered figure slowly emerged from the ground.
It was the Puppet Disciple.
"No one noticed, right?" After being attacked once, Konoha's vigilance has been greatly strengthened.
"Don't worry, I am you, don't you trust yourself?" The puppet calmly waved his hand.
The advantage of a Earth Release ninja is great, especially when this Earth Release ninja is extremely strong.
Moreover, the puppet has no breath, no heartbeat, the Root's methods are useless against him.
Qifeng nodded, "Since that's the case, end the Shadow Clone, let me see what you experienced this time."
"Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled sound came from inside the puppet, and the Shadow Clone was dispelled.
A large amount of memory swept in like a tide.
A moment later, Qifeng slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of shock and disbelief, murmuring, "Actually killed the Lava Release Yōkai, I'm..."
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He took a scroll from the puppet.
After unfolding it, Yōkai's heavily injured body was released.
The deep yellow light flickered dazzlingly.
"Yōkai's body..."
It must be said, this was extremely attractive to him.
He put away the Puppet Disciple.
