As the saying went, the masses had keen eyes.
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, truly no longer had the will to keep fighting.
Even if he had the will, the Hidden Mist Front no longer had the strength to continue, because Mist's Genin had suffered grievous losses under the Tailed Beast Ball bombardments and subsequent pursuit.
Genin were the main source of a village's combat strength, like ordinary soldiers in an army. If the soldiers suffered massive losses, what could the surviving elite of the lower, middle, and upper officer ranks accomplish?
Unless Yagura hardened his heart and transferred Genin from Kirigakure to reinforce the front.
But the current Yagura was not yet the Yagura controlled by Obito. As a Kage, he would not disregard the village's actual circumstances and endlessly drain its potential at the cost of its future.
Thus, after gathering the Mist ninja in the eastern Land of Whirlpools, Yagura sent an envoy to the Konoha frontline camp to negotiate peace.
However, Yagura still clung to a fantasy, hoping to retain the territory Mist had occupied in the upper part of the Land of Whirlpools.
Naturally, that was impossible. Konoha forcefully and decisively shattered Yagura's hopes.
In the end, both sides agreed to return to the state before the Third Great Ninja War. Neither side would station troops in the Land of Whirlpools, and neither side needed to pay reparations.
When the negotiation results reached Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed without hesitation.
Cloud, Iwagakure, and Sand had already begun resting and recuperating. Konoha, which had also suffered severe losses, could not afford to drag things out any longer.
Once the peace treaty reached the front lines, Yagura signed his name and stamped his seal, and both sides began withdrawing their forces.
Thus, the Third Great Ninja War came to