Losses on Both Sides in the First Battle

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The battle between Konoha and Sand Ninja, the Battle of Kikyo Pass.

On the first day of the battle, the losses on both sides were as follows:

Total Konoha Ninja casualties: 848

Major losses: Commander-in-Chief Uchiha Kyosho was injured, and the intelligence system was nearly paralyzed.

Total number of Sand Ninja casualties: 1689

Major losses: More than half of the siege ballistae were lost, and less than one-third of the elite puppeteer force remained.

Battle result: Draw, Konoha.

Sand Ninja Camp.

"Grandma Chiyo, what's wrong with you? How come you still couldn't take down that Uchiha Kyosho!" In order to win this war, Rasa paid a huge price to persuade Chiyo to participate, but the latter failed to achieve the results he wanted, which made Rasa deeply disappointed.

"You make it sound so easy! Fighting Sharingan one-on-one is incredibly easy to get overwhelmed, don't you know that?" Chiyo retorted angrily. "Besides, I've warned you countless times not to mess with my puppeteer unit. They're a vital trump card for our Sand Ninja! Look, they've fallen into the enemy's trap, and the losses are quite severe!"

Rasa's face stiffened. This was indeed his mistake. In his eagerness for quick success, he wanted to take the opportunity to hunt down Uchiha Kyosho and rashly deployed the Sand Ninja's elite forces, which led to an ambush and caused huge losses to the puppeteer unit. But this was not surprising. Who would have thought that Uchiha Kyosho, as the commander of an army, would use himself as bait?

"But rest assured, during the daytime battle, I secretly injected poison into Uchiha Kyosho's body. He will be paralyzed in less than three days, and will completely lose his Chakra in five days. If the poison is not controlled, he will surely die in ten days!" Old foxes are indeed cunning. Uchiha Kyosho luring the Sand Ninja's puppeteer force into a trap while also dealing with Chiyo; how could he not pay a price?

Upon hearing this, Rasa was overjoyed and nodded, saying, "It would be best if we could poison him to death. Even if we can't, if he wants to return to Konoha to heal, the fact that Konoha changes commanders during wartime will inevitably shake the morale of its troops!"

"Lord Kazekage, have you forgotten I exist?" Pakura, dressed in a black cloak, appeared at the Sand Ninja meeting. No, she had been there all along, but Rasa had deliberately left her out.

"How could that be? Who in the Shinobi World doesn't know the name of Pakura, the Sand Ninja Village's Scorch Release user?" Rasa's smile remained unchanged as he turned his gaze to the latter, looking her up and down before adopting a concerned expression. "Pakura, are you injured?"

"Smack!"

Pakura slammed her hand heavily on the table, angrily shouting, "Nonsense! You sent our Jonin to Jonin their Chakra and infiltrate the barrier, only to be surrounded and attacked by hundreds of Konoha ninjas from Konoha rear, resulting in the sacrifice of over a hundred young children! Is this your so-called battle plan?!"

"I am the Fourth Kazekage of Sand Ninja, and I have the duty and responsibility to guide Sand Ninja to victory in this war! For this, I will spare no sacrifice!" Rasa frowned and said coldly, "And Pakura, I haven't even held you accountable for your mission failure yet! With your strength, if you were to risk your life, you should be able to destroy all of the enemy's intelligence outposts, unless you're a coward..."

Before Rasa could finish speaking, Pakura unleashed a torrent of Chakra, her eyes fixed intently on him. She spoke each word with a chilling intensity, "You... while I was fighting tooth and nail for the village, you were busy spreading your twisted doctrines throughout the village, trying to further consolidate your power!"

Rasa's face darkened, and he was about to lash out when Pakura interrupted him again.

"Rasa, I don't want to hear your nonsense. I'm here now just to tell you one thing: Don't touch the Maki!" Pakura unleashed her killing intent at Kazekage without any restraint.

She practically screamed through gritted teeth, "If you dare sacrifice that child, I'll never forgive you!" Everyone has their own Achilles' heel, Maki was Pakura's Achilles' heel. Pakura could tolerate being used by the village, but she absolutely could not allow anyone to sacrifice her beloved disciple in the name of sacrifice!

Konoha Camp

"I'm sorry... Please forgive my incompetence, but I cannot Kyosho the poison on Lord Keshō's hand." The Konoha medical-nin sighed helplessly.

"Damn Chiyo!" Fugaku roared, "Next! Isn't there a single medical-nin here who can cure this poison?"

The nearly twenty medical-nin on the field all lowered their heads in shame.

"Alright, Fugaku." Despite the anger around him, the aged face of the man named Kyosho remained unchanged. He simply said calmly, "The poison Chiyo by Sand Ninja's number one puppeteer, is not something just anyone can cure."

Fugaku, his face grim, said, "Clan Chief, you should get some rest. Tomorrow's battle..."

"No need to bother." Kyosho rolled up his sleeves, revealing his right hand, which had turned completely purple. He picked up a Kunai with his left hand and, without even blinking, began to slash it!

"Thud~" The severed arm fell heavily to the ground.

"Chieftain!"

"Lord Kyosho!"

Everyone on the field was deeply moved by the ruthlessness and decisiveness displayed by Jusong. He chopped off the hand without Kyosho, as if it were a useless tool, and he did so without any anesthesia from medical-nin. What was even more admirable was that the excruciating pain that would make most people tremble did not even make him wince.

Fugaku was the first to react, and immediately shouted to the group of medical-nin, "What are you all standing there for! Come over here and stop the bleeding and bandage the clan leader!"

"Yes... yes!"

The medical-nin couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines, and then tiptoed closer to begin their Medical Ninjutsu treatments.

"We don't need that many people. Leave one behind, the rest of you can leave." Kyosho the medical-nin. "Fugaku, call the rest in and continue our strategy meeting."