Even without being there in person, they could sense how dangerous the situation had been. What did an elite force of nearly thirty people represent? Everyone present knew perfectly well.
Especially Danzo.
His Root had, at present, trained at most around sixty true elites. Most of the others were still undergoing training and could not be considered elite. In other words, Danzo could only field two such units.
Among the major clans, only the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan possessed roughly that level of strength. The smaller clans would have no way of resisting such an elite force.
Even so.
Forget about those clans—even most of the smaller shinobi villages in the Shinobi World could not assemble an elite force like that even if they gathered every bit of combat power in the village.
"..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly.
Under those circumstances, Might Duy's power had likely been used to turn the tide. Once Might Duy used the Eight Gates Released Formation, the caster was certain to die. Trading the loss of such a special shinobi, along with more than a dozen deaths, for over half the Stone Shinobi casualties... although it was still a victory, it could not be called a great one.
"The ambush by Iwagakure's elite force placed our side in a difficult situation. Casualties rapidly mounted. At the critical moment, Feng Ye used some self-created Lightning Release Forbidden Jutsu, repeatedly inflicting heavy damage and killing more than thirty Iwagakure Chunin and Jonin in total, causing the Stone Shinobi's ambush plan to fail completely..."
At that point.
The voice gradually faded away.
The entire conference room fell silent.
Even Jiraiya, whose temperament was usually restless, revealed a trace of stunned disbelief.
Danzo, who had remained calm and composed all along, looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with uncertainty