The relentless slander and extremist acts of resistance secretly orchestrated by foreign forces dealt a tremendous blow to the newly established air defense combat group. Their blood-and-tears ordeal made these young backbones, full of ambition and sworn to defend their homes and country, experience for the first time the enormous gulf between reality and ideals.
Thus, within just a few days, both sides of youthful passion were given their finest expression.
On one hand, they sincerely wished to shed their blood and lay down their lives for the rise of Kirigakure;
But on the other hand, the members of the air defense combat group had made absolutely no preparation to endure prolonged torment...
Or perhaps, while "drawing the blade for a swift end" and "willingly serving as an ox for the people" were equally noble, these impatient patriots clearly lacked the necessary understanding of the latter!
This directly led to those noble yet fragile souls quickly collapsing under their own weight when the surging public sentiment, mixed with the malicious smears of interested parties, swept over them like a tidal wave!
Some of them could not bear the crushing psychological pressure and chose to leave quietly amid the criticism...
Others were even worse—they chose the misguided path of fighting violence with violence within the village itself!
—On the night of January 27, Year 33 of Konoha, a bloody conflict broke out at the water-release chakra energy-gathering anti-aircraft battery still under construction.
A female technician was attacked by extremists, after which the other staff of the air defense combat group engaged in an armed brawl with the crowd at the scene!
By the time Kirigakure's police authorities and Anbu arrived to restore order, this sudden internal conflict had left more than ten seriously injured and two dead of their wounds. The