Just as Sarutobi Toru and the others easily captured most of Kirigakure's ninja, with only a few Mist Ninja guarding the ships escaping back to sea, they achieved a sweeping victory.
Land of Frost, Kumogakure front.
Jiraiya, Might Duy, and Hatake Sakumo had been brought by Namikaze Minato to Konoha's main camp.
Namikaze Minato's Chakra reserves were far inferior to Sarutobi Toru's. Normally, using Flying Thunder God while bringing three people would have taken him an entire day to get here.
But shortening Namikaze Minato's Chakra recovery time was actually quite simple. As long as they had money for potions, wouldn't that solve it?
After buying twenty or thirty bottles of Light Healing Potion, he took a swig whenever his Chakra ran low. In just over ten minutes, Namikaze Minato brought the three of them to the Land of Frost front.
Afterward, Namikaze Minato did not linger at the front lines. Instead, he returned to Konoha Village. With the incredible mobility of Flying Thunder God, rather than fighting enemies at the front, he was better off returning to Konoha Village and acting as a dedicated transporter of combat power.
Before the reinforcements arrived, Konoha Village had maintained a defensive posture. After all, Konoha Village only had two Kage-level powerhouses: Hiruko and Uzumaki Kushina. And Uzumaki Kushina was merely a sixteen-year-old girl, so the burden of command naturally fell upon Hiruko.
As a result, Hiruko was captured by the Third Raikage due to a moment of carelessness. Konoha Village immediately had no one left who could make the decisions.
Although Uzumaki Kushina was quite capable in a fight, asking her to command a battle was another matter entirely. Fortunately, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio was also in the camp. Thus, Konoha Village's operations during this period had all been directed by the strategist