After the Mist Ninja and Cloud Shinobi retreated, Konoha and the Uzumaki Clan waited another day. Only after confirming that there were no other fleets at sea did everyone board the ships and head for the Land of Fire.
During this time, Shimura Danzō also received intelligence. As expected, the two major shinobi villages of the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning had directly declared war on Konoha. Though they had not formed an alliance, they launched simultaneous attacks on Konoha from the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Grass.
However, the forces from the Land of Earth were firmly intercepted by Tsunade. Tsunade's army-wide Medical Ninjutsu was simply absurd. The Rock Shinobi felt as if Konoha's ninja were cockroaches that could not be killed no matter what. If Ōnoki had not decisively taken action himself, the Rock Shinobi's morale would likely have fallen to rock bottom.
However, Ōnoki's ninjutsu loadout happened to perfectly counter Tsunade's close combat and Medical Ninjutsu. Tsunade could not hit the flying Ōnoki in close quarters, and no matter how quickly Medical Ninjutsu restored health, it was useless against Dust Release, which killed in a single strike.
That was why the Rock Shinobi could barely contend with Konoha. Although their casualty ratio still looked terrible, in battles between top experts, Ōnoki chased Tsunade all over the place. Though he failed to inflict any real damage, the humiliation was considerable.
The Rock Shinobi's situation was still fairly good. Although Ōnoki had recovered a little face on the surface, Konoha had actually been suppressing the Rock Shinobi under the support of Tsunade's healing ninjutsu. Their casualty ratio had remained around two to one.
The Land of Lightning front was much more difficult. Jiraiya's current strength was still some distance from that of the