News of Iwagakure's village-wide surrender to Konoha spread on the very day Uzumaki Kuming arrived in Iwagakure.
Although the order had come from the acting Tsuchikage, Kitsuchi, there were far more than just one or two people in Iwagakure who refused to accept it. Large numbers of Iwa shinobi rejected Kitsuchi's decision, deserting the village in groups. Some even formed assassination squads and came looking for trouble with Uzumaki Kuming. As a result, Kuming's Heavenly Feather Blade inevitably became stained with Iwa shinobi blood.
After Uzumaki Kuming's purge, aside from the shinobi who had fled, those remaining in Iwagakure finally recognized reality. They sensibly stayed within the village, waiting for Konoha's main force to arrive and absorb them.
By the time Uchiha Fugaku received intelligence concerning Iwagakure, a day had already passed. From the moment Fugaku had broken through Iwa's border forces and crossed the border, he had encountered very little resistance along the way. At first, Fugaku had assumed the Iwa shinobi were immersed in the joy of the day and had lowered their guard.
It was not until he received Uzumaki Kuming's message that he learned it was not that Iwagakure had failed to notice Konoha's surprise attack, but that Uzumaki Kuming had already taken their headquarters.
Once Fugaku realized this, he simply stopped having his troops conceal their tracks and began racing toward Iwagakure at full speed.
As large numbers of Iwa deserters flowed out of Iwagakure, public order throughout the Land of Earth fell into enormous turmoil. The deserters either claimed mountain strongholds as their own or seized control of towns and villages, setting themselves up as local tyrants. For a time, the civilians of the Land of Earth were plunged into misery and suffering.
A huge number of mission requests were sent to Iwagakure, nearly