However, Minato Namikaze was somewhat bewildered.
Having hastily received Jiraiya's orders, he didn't know the specifics and won in a daze.
“Report!”
A Konoha ninja entered the camp, looking solemn.
“The battle damage report is here, let's hear it first.” Jiraiya gestured for Minato Namikaze to wait.
Minato nodded, looking at Qifeng sitting across from him, guessing some of what was going on.
“Reporting, Lord Jiraiya! In this Battle of Kurosawa, our side suffered a total of six hundred and seventy-four ninja casualties, including thirty-one Jonin!”
Konoha sent a total of three thousand ninjas, and such losses have reached one-fifth, which is quite significant.
Hearing this report, the joy on the faces of everyone present subsided. Even if they won, it was a pyrrhic victory...
Jiraiya nodded with a serious face, “Continue.”
The Konoha ninja reporting the situation looked at the report in his hand, his hand trembling slightly, and his expression couldn't suppress the excitement.
He shouted with great momentum: “According to incomplete statistics, the enemy Cloud ninjas suffered a total of one thousand four hundred and fifty-six casualties, including seventy-five Jonin. The Cloud ninjas killed by the tailed beast are not included in the statistics! It is estimated that the number of enemy casualties may be as high as one thousand six hundred!”
One thousand six hundred people!
A large part of them were killed by Konoha taking the opportunity to kill a large number of Cloud ninjas when the Cloud ninjas retreated in panic.
That's a whole thousand more people than Konoha!
This is undoubtedly a greater loss than Konoha for the Cloud ninjas, who had as many as five thousand participants.
However, hearing this, Minato Namikaze became even more puzzled.
The Cloud ninjas even used a tailed beast?
Then how did we win?
The reporting ninja then added: “In addition, Cloud Ninja's Shadow Assistant, Dodai, is dead! The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, is dead!”
This time, Minato couldn't help it and looked at Jiraiya, “Jiraiya-sensei...”
Jiraiya waved his hand, signaling the intelligence ninja to leave.
The latter nodded respectfully, and before leaving, gave the somewhat decadent and tired Qifeng a fanatical look.
“Minato, you don’t understand the situation on the front lines.”
At this time, Fugaku Uchiha, who was sitting below Minato Namikaze, spoke, looking at Qifeng with some strangeness and even some apprehension, before continuing: “Jonin Nikkan single-handedly fought Cloud Ninja's Shadow Assistant Dodai and Magnet Release Toroi, successively beheading both of them.
Subsequently, the Cloud ninjas sent out the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, and directly activated the tailed beast transformation, summoning the terrifying tailed beast.
And our Jonin Nikkan, alone faced the enemy, first attracting the tailed beast's attention, and using its power to kill hundreds of Cloud ninjas with one blow, and then using a terrifying Super S-Rank forbidden technique, directly suppressing and beheading the Two-Tails, breaking the Cloud ninjas' courage, which directly led to the victory of this war.”
Hearing this information, Minato Namikaze was slightly lost in thought.
From Qifeng's position and the strange gazes everyone gave him, he vaguely guessed something.
But when Fugaku Uchiha said it himself, he was still somewhat uncontrollably shocked.
After understanding the general process of this battle, Minato Namikaze showed a slightly helpless wry smile.
Originally, he thought that he, who was entrusted with high expectations, would be the key to determining the victory or defeat.
Unexpectedly, it would end like this.
Immediately, he looked at Qifeng with a hint of admiration. Minato Namikaze never felt jealous or self-pity towards excellent and powerful companions. He would be happy and secretly spur himself on to do better.
“Nikkan, amazing!”
Minato gave a thumbs up, and didn't know what else to say.
Words could not express it.
Qifeng scratched the back of his head, “No, it's all thanks to Lord Jiraiya for containing the Third Raikage, and you, Minato, for containing the A and B combo of Cloud Ninja Village, otherwise we would definitely be in danger.”
“Minato, tell us what you encountered.” Jiraiya said.
Minato Namikaze nodded, and then briefly talked about the surprise attack team's encounters.
The Cloud ninjas did anticipate it in advance, so they specially dispatched the A and B combo to stay behind and prevent Minato Namikaze from disrupting their rear.
But even so, Minato knew the importance of their mission, so he tried his best.
While successfully resisting the A and B combo, he also caused some damage to the Cloud ninjas' rear.
In fact, what prompted the Third Raikage to order the retreat was not only the deterrent force caused by Qifeng, otherwise, with his speed and strength, he might have been able to kill the exhausted Qifeng at the cost of a huge price.
But after receiving the information transmitted by the A and B combo, the Cloud ninjas' rear had already been disrupted by Minato Namikaze, and if they didn't go back, their home would be gone.
Therefore, combined with the previous and subsequent conditions, the Third Raikage had no choice but to retreat.
It's just that the people on the front lines only saw the strength that Qifeng had displayed and failed to see the contribution made by Minato Namikaze.
But it is no exaggeration to say that the two are definitely the biggest contributors to Konoha's victory this time.
Fugaku Uchiha, Hizashi Hyuga, and the Hyuga twins, looking at the two people sitting on Jiraiya's left and right, couldn't help but sigh.
Living in the same era as such people, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.
This era is naturally for these two people, right?
Konoha's Twin Stars, worthy of the name!
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Chapter 139 Counting the Harvest [14/20]
While the puppet Qifeng was in a meeting, Qifeng's main body had already simply sorted and properly handled a large number of corpses.
This was a considerable project, and even his morgue camp had to be expanded several times.
The corpses of Konoha ninjas were neatly arranged one by one, with names attached to each corpse.
They were all heroes of Konoha, and after being sent back to Konoha, they would be buried in Konoha's Hero Cemetery, and would be worshiped as heroes by all Konoha ninjas in the future.
This was also the treatment that all Konoha ninjas who died in battle could enjoy.
