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Chapter 226 Three Things After the War

Chapter 226 A Few Things After the War

Faced with the expectant gazes of everyone present, Taiyi did not hesitate at all and gave the answer that everyone was most looking forward to.

"Victory! A resounding victory!"

A moment of silence was followed by deafening cheers. In just a few moments, the cheers spread rapidly in all directions, and the entire camp was gradually engulfed in a sea of ​​joy.

Several sentimental girls around them hugged each other and jumped for joy. Some of the ninjas even secretly wiped away tears from the corners of their eyes, but no one laughed at them because everyone felt the same way.

After more than ten minutes, once everyone had calmed down, Taiichi finally gave Jiraiya's order: to have the logistics and medical units return to camp immediately to prepare for the selection of a new camp and the treatment of the wounded.

Upon receiving the order, Director Fujita and several logistics managers immediately sprang into action, calling out to their subordinates and distributing instructions one by one. Soon, everyone in the temporary camp was mobilized, and they were determined to return to their previous camp as quickly as possible.

After such a fierce battle on the front lines, there must have been many wounded, some even seriously wounded. They couldn't let the wounded wait too long. Otherwise, if they didn't die at the hands of the Sand Ninja but instead died from their injuries due to lack of timely treatment, their sins would be enormous.

After delivering the order, Taiichi couldn't leave immediately; he still needed to escort them back to camp. The battle at the front had just ended, and the defeated Sand Ninja were running around in all directions. Who knew if any of the confused Sand Ninja might have wandered into the rear of Konoha?

Therefore, just to be on the safe side, Taiyi should stay with the team.

Director Fujita and his team acted swiftly, or rather, they were always ready to return to the front lines. In less than half an hour, everyone in the temporary camp was fully prepared to go.

After Taiyi confirmed everyone's condition, he gave the order, and the entire team began to move.

As evening approached, the group finally arrived at the previous camp. The journey was uneventful; no fools came to cause trouble, and no Sand Ninja who had taken a wrong turn recklessly crashed into them.

At this time, there were already people moving around inside the camp. When Taiyi led the logistics team closer, he realized that these were all ninjas who had been wounded on the front lines.

Since the battle situation had stabilized, Jiraiya and other high-ranking officers had those with minor injuries escort the seriously wounded back to the camp ahead of time, so that they could receive medical treatment as soon as the medical personnel returned.

"Quickly, all medical team members, half go to set up equipment, and half go to treat the seriously wounded. Hurry, hurry, hurry, get moving!"

As the head of the medical team, Director Fujita stepped forward immediately and directed his subordinates to participate in the rescue work. The medical team, being seasoned veterans, began operating without any delay.

Some were moving the wounded, some were setting up camps, and some were using medical ninjutsu to provide emergency treatment.

Taiyi, of course, couldn't just stand by and watch; he also had a job as a medical ninja. He formed a hand seal, and four shadow clones immediately appeared beside him. Without uttering a word, they immediately joined the treatment.

The other logistics staff were also busy at this time, first helping to restore all the functions of the medical camp. After that, the various functional tents also needed to be rearranged, such as the central command tent. We couldn't let the high-ranking officers return from the battle without a place to hold meetings.

Then there are various protective barriers. Many barriers were removed before because of the evacuation of personnel, and now they need to be redone.

With everyone's joint efforts, the camp was restored to its original functions at a very fast pace. During this period, ninjas continued to retreat from the front line, most of them due to injuries, but some were ordered to return specifically to defend the camp.

This also shows that Jiraiya and other high-ranking officials at the front line were still very clear-headed and were not blinded by the victory. They even knew to send people back to prevent malicious people from raiding their base.

Let's move back a few hours.

In fact, the battle on the front lines was not as smooth as expected. Sunagakure did indeed retreat, but after the initial chaos, under the leadership of Chiyo and Ebizo, their Jonin quickly regrouped. Although the defeat was irreversible, most of their Jonin fighting strength was still preserved.

They fought and retreated, eventually joining up with the Fourth Kazekage who was retreating from the sky. If Shikaku hadn't sent out a considerable number of skilled fighters to keep an eye on the Sand Ninja and prevent them from causing trouble, they might have been wiped out in a counterattack. In the sky, looking at the Sand Ninja who were retreating in an orderly manner not far away, Rasa's expression finally improved a little. But thinking that there were only a little over 300 people left out of the original nearly 2,000 troops, his expression darkened again. He wondered how many Sand Ninja would perish in this battle.

Rasa shook his head, clearing his mind of these negative thoughts. He controlled the sand beneath his feet, slowly lowering the ground, letting the Sand Ninja, who was in a sensitive state, know that it was he, the Kazekage, who had returned.

As expected, his actions were not in vain; the Sand Village below quickly spotted the Kazekage flying in the sky. Immediately, cheers erupted one after another, significantly boosting the morale of the Sand Village ninja below.

When Rasa landed, he immediately saw Chiyo and Ebizo who had come to greet him. Seeing that they were both safe and sound, a great weight was lifted from Rasa's heart.

It's not that Luo Sha doesn't care about others, but these two are indeed too important.

For the village, they were important members of the elders' council, and elders standing behind him. Although Ebizo is no longer the same person, his influence is still very real.

For him personally, this battle was a terrible defeat. If anything were to happen to either of them, the first thing he would do upon returning to the village would be to be dismissed from his position as Kazekage. He would be lucky to have a chance to redeem himself through meritorious service.

"Elder Chiyo, Elder Ebizo, what happened on the main battlefield? How could we have been defeated so suddenly?"

This was something Rasa couldn't understand. When the two battlefields separated, Sunagakure was at a disadvantage, but it wasn't obvious. How could it suddenly collapse?

Chiyo and Ebizo looked at each other, unsure how to answer the Kazekage's question. This was a matter that couldn't be explained in a short time, and with so many people around, it wasn't appropriate to discuss this topic here.

"Lord Kazekage, let's retreat first. There are many Konoha ninja hiding nearby. If we stay any longer, we might be surrounded and attacked by them," Ebizo advised, emphasizing that preserving our strength should be our top priority.

Rasa then realized that not only were they being besieged by Konoha, but he himself was also being hunted. Sensing his surroundings, although no Konoha ninja were attacking, he could clearly sense that they were being constantly monitored.

As for why they didn't attack, it was simply because they didn't want to take on any tough opponents. With so many Sand Ninjas scattering and fleeing around, dealing with them was much easier than dealing with these people who were obviously difficult to handle.

"Let's go, send the signal directly, and withdraw from the Land of Returning Winds."

Rasa was decisive. Since he had lost, there was no point in struggling. He simply retreated to the Land of Wind to redeploy his defenses. It was better than dragging things out with Konoha.

He was convinced that Konoha would not invade the Land of Wind, as it offered neither benefit nor goodwill to them, but was the best operational environment for Sunagakure.

Chiyo and Ebizo stared in shock at the Fourth Kazekage. They hadn't expected him to be so decisive, and they had to admire his courage. Making a choice at this time was no easy task; it required taking responsibility. But without a doubt, this decision would minimize the losses for the Sand Village.

"Okay, I'll get on it right away!"

Soon, three scarlet signal flares rose into the sky, conspicuous even in daylight. Upon seeing these flares, the Sand Village ninja no longer had any concerns, focusing solely on how to escape to the Land of Wind.

Five hundred meters away from this Sand Village team, four Konoha Jonin and fifteen Chunin were gathered, including Minato, who was the one in charge here.

This is not because he is Jiraiya's disciple, but because he is the strongest here.

"Jonin Namikaze, what should we do now? Wasn't that the Fourth Kazekage who just flew over there? Should we gather our forces and attack?"

Minato glanced helplessly at the Jonin, who was clearly blinded by his previous victories and didn't even understand who he was facing.

Jiraiya could withstand the Kazekage's attacks and beat him up, but that doesn't mean they could. Besides, the Kazekage specializes in large-scale attacks. Sending a huge group of people up there would just be suicide missions!

"No, our mission is to keep an eye on these Sand Ninja and prevent them from having a chance to support the others. As for launching an attack, forget it; our strength is not superior to theirs!"

Minato's words were quite earnest. In fact, Konoha had already won a great victory at this stage of the battle, and there was absolutely no need to push Sunagakure into a desperate situation. That would have caused great losses to Konoha itself, since Sunagakure was not Konoha's only enemy.

Fortunately, there were some sensible people in Sunagakure. When the Fourth Kazekage arrived and fired a signal flare, he stopped entangled with the Konoha ninja and the entire team's retreat speed increased dramatically.

This is the tacit understanding between the two sides. If you have the ability, you can kill as many ninjas as you can on the periphery. But if you come to fight the elites here again, then it's a fight to the death!

Minato led a large group of ninjas, following the group all the way until they left the Land of Rivers and entered the Land of Winds. Only then did they return to their own camp, but that's another story.

During this period, the main force of Konoha relentlessly slaughtered the other ninjas of Sunagakure. There was no mercy, no sympathy, only expressionless killing. Anyone who stood in their way, as long as they were a ninja from Sunagakure, was mercilessly killed. This is war, where human life is treated like dirt, and everything is for the sake of victory.

At this point, Jiraiya, having finished his battle with the Kazekage, hadn't participated in any other battles, except for casually dealing with minor enemies along the way. During this great battle, aside from initially holding the line and later restraining the Kazekage, Jiraiya truly acted as the commander.

Just like now, he did not pursue the Kazekage. Instead, he joined up with Shikaku and other advisor ninjas, and orderly commanded all the Konoha ninjas to either pursue or encircle them.

For those Konoha ninjas injured in battle, personnel were arranged to provide immediate assistance, especially for those who were seriously wounded. After receiving first aid, they were first sent back to the rear camp, because he believed that Taiichi would return in time with medical ninjas.

His efforts were effective. With the direct orders from the commander-in-chief, the wounded ninjas received emergency treatment immediately. Although these were just simple hemostasis and bandaging, in actual warfare, one of the leading causes of death is blood loss.

But now, with this simple treatment, the post-war mortality rate can be reduced by at least 10%. This is already a huge benefit, especially now that Konoha is in a state of manpower shortage everywhere. This 10% reduction in casualties can alleviate the personnel shortage to some extent.

Behind the battlefield, at the Konoha camp.

More and more wounded soldiers were escorted back to the camp, and the medical camp was short-handed. Taiyi had no choice but to summon his last two shadow clones to help treat the wounded.

His true form sat upright in the center of the camp, facing the camp gate, his chakra perception fully activated, enveloping the entire camp and alerting him to any potential enemies.

At the gate, the Konoha ninja coming and going could all see him sitting in the center, but seeing that his eyes were slightly closed and his chakra fluctuations were obvious, they knew that Taiichi was investigating the surrounding situation.

A sense of security washed over them for no apparent reason. This was a ninja capable of defeating Shukaku. With such a powerful ninja protecting them, what was there to worry about?

When the bright moon was high in the sky, Taiichi did not see the return of Jiraiya and the other high-ranking officials, but instead saw Yangping and Kakashi.

This startled him. Returning at this time was not a good thing. Judging from the fact that there were only five of them, someone must have been seriously injured, and the others must also be wounded to some extent, which was why they were all able to return.

Thinking of this, Taiyi stopped sitting and got up to go over to greet them.

Sure enough, from afar they could see Yangping carrying Obito on his back, with Kakashi and Rin supporting him on either side, both to reduce the pressure on Yangping and to maintain his stability. Obito, however, was coughing up blood every now and then, clearly indicating a problem with his lungs.

When the five saw Taiichi come out to greet them, Rin, who was most concerned about Obito, burst into tears of joy. Wiping away her tears, she leaned close to Obito and said, "Obito, don't worry, everything will be alright. Taiichi is here, and he will definitely be able to heal you."

Obito managed a weak smile and tried to say something to comfort Rin, but when he opened his mouth, he coughed up another mouthful of blood, scaring Rin so much that she dared not speak again.

At this moment, Taiichi also came to the side of the group. He glanced at them and found that, apart from Obito, the other four people also had injuries, but they were all minor superficial wounds. Even Rin only had her arm cut. How come Obito was so badly injured?

Seeing that this guy looked like he was about to die, Taichi no longer hesitated. He created a temporary shadow clone to keep watch, while his main body placed one hand on Obito, enveloping him with dense Yang attribute chakra, to ensure that he didn't die first.