Decisive Battle

Chapter 261: Decisive Battle

The Allied Shinobi Forces captured the first strategic town in this battle, though the process had been far from smooth.

Under the dying counterattack of those cultists, the Sand Shinobi at the front had suffered most of the casualties, losing over a hundred combatants.

And those losses had been entirely avoidable.

As long as Jiraiya had cast aside his ridiculous mercy, stopped trying to awaken them, and used ninjutsu to kill all those civilian cultists from the very beginning, none of this would have happened.

Thus, when Kakashi and Might Guy arrived at the camp, they happened to hear an argument erupting inside the command center.

"Enough, Jiraiya! Your indecisiveness is exactly what caused such enormous losses!"

"I hope you remember that this is war! People die in war!"

Baki roared at Jiraiya, his face flushed red. Ebizo stood silently behind him, making it clear that Baki represented Ebizo's will, as well as the will of every Sand Village ninja.

If Jiraiya had not salvaged the situation in time afterward, the Sand Shinobi and Konoha might already have split apart in internal conflict.

Jiraiya lowered his head. He truly had no grounds to argue over this matter.

Baki was right. This was a war.

Ten minutes later, Jiraiya silently walked out of the command center and ran into Kakashi and Might Guy head-on.

"Ah, Kakashi and Guy."

Jiraiya tried his best to look unconcerned, but the loneliness in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Senior Jiraiya, I understand how you feel. Please don't blame yourself too much," Kakashi tried to comfort him.

Might Guy flashed his gleaming white teeth as well and gave Jiraiya a thumbs-up. "Senior Jiraiya, you've already done very well. Next, let us fiercely burn our youth and make the Jashin Cult feel