"Toru, you're here!" The Third Hokage greeted Sarutobi Toru with a wry smile. "How is the situation with the Cloud Shinobi?"
Seeing no anxious expression on Sarutobi Toru's face, the Third Hokage let go of most of his worries.
Sure enough, after hearing Sarutobi Toru describe the battles against the Cloud Shinobi and Mist Ninja, learning that they had not only suffered no losses but had won a resounding victory, the Third Hokage finally smiled.
As for the situation on their side, all that could be said was that the Third Mizukage was ruthless!
Although Sarutobi Toru did not know about the conversation between the Third Mizukage and Yagura, he understood that the Mist Ninja would not clash with Konoha at great cost. Still, he had never imagined just how ruthless the Third Mizukage's method of reducing losses would be!
It was simple enough. First, they sent small units to engage Konoha. Once they had drawn in Konoha's main force, they used a Tailed Beast Ball to blast both Konoha and the Mist Ninja bait into the sky!
Using this tactic, the Mist Ninja killed over a thousand Konoha shinobi while suffering fewer than a hundred casualties. The number of wounded Konoha shinobi was no less than the death toll.
Compared to the Rock Shinobi and Cloud Shinobi, the Mist Ninja's cold-bloodedness was even more chilling.
Fortunately, even after catching Konoha off guard, the Mist Ninja had no desire to pursue. They merely used the Three-Tails' Tailed Beast Balls to intimidate Konoha into staying away.
"Ah! Compared to youngsters like you, us old-timers have truly embarrassed ourselves. Danzo led a squad to surround and suppress the Mist Ninja, and he's still in the Medical Room now." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed.
*No wonder I hadn't seen Teacher Danzo. So he got beaten