Promotion and Arrangement

A hastily erupted war came to an abrupt end just like that.

It seemed almost absurd, but it actually fit the way ninjas operated in this world: ninja battles rarely lasted very long, especially large-scale melees like this. Every ninja either did everything possible to kill the enemy in the shortest time possible or was killed by the enemy.

The result of fighting without holding anything back was that most ninjas could not sustain prolonged combat. Chakra simply did not allow ninjas to fight for extended periods.

So, if they could not completely wipe out or rout the Hidden Leaf's ninjas within a certain amount of time, the outcome of this war had already been decided.

The Sound ninjas and Sand ninjas had long since broken through and retreated. Only a few enemies who had pushed too deeply in or become trapped remained to be eliminated. After carrying out a suitable amount of pursuit, the remaining Hidden Leaf ninjas turned to support their other comrades.

As the situation became clear, the Hidden Leaf's jonin no longer needed to race constantly between battlefields and instead gathered around the Hokage.

However, things differed somewhat from what they had initially expected. They had thought they would need to assemble most of their elite forces, break the barrier, and support the Hokage in killing Orochimaru.

What they had not expected was that, by the time most of them arrived, the battle between the Third Hokage and Orochimaru had already been decided. Orochimaru had fled wounded, while the Hokage was completely unharmed.

"As expected of the Third Hokage!"

Those who arrived later did not know what had happened. They thought the Hokage was still as formidable as ever, and that no matter how strong Orochimaru was, he still could not defeat his own teacher.

But