After the battlefield was cleared, there were only more than 600 combatants left in the camp, and nearly half of them were killed or injured after this battle.
Although they won the battle, these numbers also reminded everyone that Konoha was at the end of its rope. Although more Kumo ninjas died, they still had thousands of troops. If they attacked again, Konoha would definitely be unable to resist it.
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Lu Jiu racked his brains and couldn't figure out how to deal with the next situation. The only way was to resist desperately.
Suddenly a ninja came to report that someone had suddenly arrived in the village.
Shikaku thought about it for a while. There were very few ninjas left in the village. Even if they were all sent over, it would be a drop in the bucket. He thought the Hokage had some new instructions.
He walked out of the room and found that hundreds of ninjas had appeared in the camp out of thin air, and the leader was Kushina.
"Ku...Kushina!"
Lu Jiu was so surprised that he quickly walked over.
Jiraiya and others also came over.
"Why are you here?" Jiraiya couldn't help but ask.
Kushina smiled and said: "Of course I'm here to fight and protect the village."
"You..." Jiraiya didn't know what to say. Kushina is the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails. Once she loses control on the battlefield, she will hurt the enemy and herself. And at the moment, besides Minato, there may not be anyone who can.
The Kyuubi was subdued.
Is this what Orochimaru meant...
Shikaku turned his attention to the hundreds of ninjas again.
"these people……"
Most of the faces were familiar to him now, and he knew many of them, but he remembered that these people were probably seriously injured and were recuperating in the village.
Kushina said: "It was Hokage-sama who cured them and helped many people reattach their severed limbs. They came here with me to fight the enemy."
Everyone found it incredible, how could this be connected, and there were so many of them, even Tsunade couldn't do it!
But the scene at the moment was indeed like this. Some people took the initiative to say hello to Lu Jiu. Lu Jiu saw that some of them had bandages on their arms, and some had their arms with abnormal skin color exposed.
Is it really okay...?
Lu Jiu was shocked and suspicious.
"Where is Minato, isn't he in the camp?" Kushina finally asked.
Silence, this sudden silence made Kushina's heart sink instantly.
"What's going on? Talk!"
Jiraiya said with a deep look: "When the army retreated, Minato went alone to stop the enemy, and he has not returned yet."
Kushina's eyes widened when she heard the sound: "You said...what?"
Shikaku said quickly: "Don't think too much. Minato will definitely be fine. Otherwise, the Kumo ninja will spread the news of Minato's death everywhere to shake our military morale! If they don't do this, it means that Minato has safely evacuated. It may be
I was injured, or maybe I didn’t come back because I was delayed due to some things.”
Jiraiya nodded and said: "Everyone thinks so. Shinya went out to look for Minato. He is very good at sensing and searching, so he will definitely be able to find him!"
Kushina finally calmed down, but her breathing was somewhat tight.
She whispered to herself: "He must be fine, he is so strong, he still wants to be Hokage, and he still wants to marry me..."
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The Land of Fire is so huge that trying to find a person in this vast area by relying solely on true sensory ninjutsu is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, Bai Zetsu was there, and although it took some effort, Minato was finally found in a house in a border town.
As expected, Minato was seriously injured, with a huge gash in his waist and abdomen. It was difficult to even get out of bed while lying on the bed. Fortunately, the family was kind-hearted and took good care of Minato.
Minato was relieved after seeing Zhen and asked: "How is the battle going?"
Zhen said: "The cloud ninja attacked Mount Kikyo yesterday, but we were repulsed."
Minato asked again: "Where are the casualties?"
"Half the people died."
"..."
Minato lay motionless on the bed, stopped making any sound and just stared at the ceiling quietly.
Seeing this, Zhen asked calmly: "Why, does Minato-senpai feel that there is no hope of winning?"
Hearing the sarcasm in Shin's words, Minato knew in his heart that he was trying to motivate himself.
But he was not so decadent that he needed encouragement. He asked Zhen, "Zhen, do you think I am strong?"
Zhen responded: "You are very strong. There are few people in the current ninja world who are your opponents."
Minato said: "But there is a limit to how powerful a person can be. There are so many powerful people in the world who want to fight on their own and be hostile to each other."
He probably thought about a lot of things while lying on the bed, cut off information from the outside world, and probably prepared for the worst.
I really didn't want to talk about human nature with him, so I said directly: "Then you just find a way to become stronger. Like the first Hokage, one person is strong enough to influence the situation of the ninja world. When you stand at the top
, you will find that there are no enemies around you, only friends.”
Minato was silent for a while, then suddenly chuckled: "You're right."
When Zhen came, he didn't bring any coins, so he left a letter for this family, asking them to use this letter to go to Konoha Village to find him after the war, and he would give them a heavy thank you.
Minato looked at his behavior and couldn't help but said: "You seem to be sure that we will win this war, or are you just making promises to them casually?"
Zhen asked: "Does Minato-senpai think we will lose?"
If you lose, you will perish. Minato said slowly: "At least after my death."
I really took Minato back towards the Platycodon Mountain Castle, but Minato couldn't move. Fortunately I could really take him flying.
On the way, Minato asked Kumo-nin who led the team when they attacked Mount Kikyo, and he said he didn't know him, but it wasn't the Raikage.
Minato said that the Raikage was also injured and it looked like he hadn't recovered yet.
Really strange: "Are Brother Raikage so strong that they can actually hurt you?"
Minato was a little speechless. One of the opponents was the Fourth Raikage and the other was the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki. Which of them were not at the pinnacle of the ninja world? How come they were like trash on the roadside?
Minato said: "I harassed them many times before. They already know my abilities well, and Raikage is stronger than when I first fought against him."
There were more than 7,000 enemies, and Minato was only defeated when he was almost exhausted, and almost died there.
They returned to Platycodon Mountain and everyone in Konoha was overjoyed when they learned that Minato was back.
However, Minato's injuries were too serious and he refused to be visited by anyone except some close people. He only called medical ninjas to come and treat his injuries.
Minato was surprised that Kushina was on the front line, and even frowned after hearing that she was going to participate in the battle.
"Is this what Hokage-sama means?" he asked.
"That's what I meant." Zhen said suddenly.
"I asked Hokage-sama to do this."
Minato lay on the hospital bed and stared at Shin, as if waiting for his explanation.