Minato immediately saw what Mifune intended. He nodded solemnly to him and said, "I'll report what happened here exactly as it happened, including, of course, the support you gave us."
"Then you have my thanks."
Mifune breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look into the distance.
The commotion on Three Wolves Peak gradually died away completely.
The three wolf-headed peaks that had once stood back to back had collapsed entirely.
Three Wolves Castle, which had stood atop them, was gone.
The fate of the Land of Iron samurai who had failed to escape in time and remained trapped inside needed no explanation.
Even if they had withstood the initial Tailed Beast Ball, they could not have survived the catastrophe of the mountains collapsing.
Mifune's heart clenched at the thought.
He immediately led everyone back to Three Wolves Mountain, but what they ultimately found was far more horrific than he had imagined.
The Kumogakure party had already vanished.
The once-towering Three Wolves Castle lay buried beneath the collapsed mountains, without a single cry of pain or anguish coming from within.
There were only bloodstains everywhere, and flattened flesh scattered across the ground.
Deathly silence surrounded them.
The wind and snow still howled, striking their faces with a bone-piercing chill.
Yet the freezing wind, which should have left anyone shivering uncontrollably, only felt scorching to Mifune now.
A scorching heat, as though rage had set his entire body ablaze from within, threatened to consume him completely!
Chūkai, Rikaku, and the others also lowered their heads without a word, only the muscles in their cheeks bulging as they clenched their teeth too hard.
Minato and the others, who had returned with them, also fell into silent mourning at the sight.
Only after a long while did things change.
Minato finally stepped