When Jiraiya and the others returned to camp, the Konoha jonin immediately came forward to ask about the battle.
"Our fight against the Jinchuriki was a minor victory. Only the Five-Tails Jinchuriki was seriously injured; the Four-Tails Jinchuriki was largely unharmed." Jiraiya did not exaggerate his accomplishments and stated the outcome of the battle on the highest-level battlefield.
"But overall, we won a major victory!" Jiraiya then said with a smile. It was still necessary to boost morale.
When the jonin heard that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had been injured, they all looked relieved. If they had suffered losses on the highest-level battlefield, the advantage they had gained earlier would have been erased.
The news that Jiraiya and the others had gained the upper hand against the Jinchuriki quickly spread throughout the Konoha camp. The Konoha ninja who heard it were all extremely excited, feeling as though they could see the dawn of victory in the war.
Even after deploying two Jinchuriki, the enemy had failed to gain any advantage over Konoha. It gave them the feeling that Konoha had merely made a slight move, yet Iwagakure had already reached its limit.
Of course, those this optimistic were generally genin or younger chunin. Jonin and experienced chunin knew that neither Iwagakure nor Konoha had yet revealed their full strength.
Of the Konoha Sannin, only Jiraiya had come to the battlefield, and no other famous powerhouses had been sent over.
Although Iwagakure had deployed two Jinchuriki, it was still only two Jinchuriki. Other than them, their strongest fighter was Kari, the Explosion Release jonin, and they had not dispatched too many ordinary ninja either.
Mu Yue, who knew the plot well, knew even more clearly that Iwagakure was holding back something big. The military strength they had displayed so far was very