"Finally back. This time was seriously dangerous."
Dekai looked at Konoha's towering gates in the distance, a smile appearing on his dark, round face.
"Indeed. No major ninja village can be underestimated."
Ueyama Sokuhei nodded in deep agreement. Iwagakure had truly given them a terrifying shock this time.
If Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze had not been strong enough, their entire unit might have been wiped out there.
"Hopefully this lesson will make Iwagakure behave for a while. Jiraiya-sensei hasn't rested in a long time either," Minato Namikaze sighed.
Since Iwagakure had made no moves for the time being, the higher-ups rotated out ninja like them who had spent considerable time on the battlefield so they could rest.
As for Jiraiya, he should have returned to the village to rest as well. However, Iwagakure had nearly pushed into the Land of Fire itself earlier, making the higher-ups wary. They thus kept Jiraiya in the Land of Grass as the unit commander.
"Yeah." Dekai nodded. "But Iwagakure suffered heavy casualties this time. Even if they still have ideas, they probably won't dare send another large army against Konoha anytime soon."
"Otherwise, if the other major ninja villages take advantage of their weakness, wouldn't Iwagakure be finished?"
"That's hard to say. Not everything in reality follows logic," Ueyama Sokuhei said with a helpless sigh.
If a novel had no logic, readers could point it out. But if reality had no logic, it was not as if they could find the creator god and say, "What you did here is wrong."
The group chatted as they entered Konoha.
Out of habit, although Minato wanted badly to see Kushina and Mu Yue, he first went to report the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi as the representative.
Knock, knock.
Minato Namikaze knocked on the wooden door of