Sure enough, as one of the main combat forces in this operation, he had also gone over to recover the bodies. Li did not believe he was really trying to build good relations with those Genin and Chunin below, so he immediately had Chomei keep a close eye on him. Sure enough, Li discovered that while handling the bodies, the man took something from one of the corpses and hid it on himself.
Naturally, because of his status, no one paid attention to him at the time. He moved quickly, concealing the item at once before hoisting the Jonin's body onto his shoulder. "Let's go."
Minato then returned to the village like the other Chunin and Genin, carrying the bodies of the fallen from their unit. Ino-Shika-Cho had been unlucky as well. They had only joined the battlefield near the end, yet all they got was the job of dealing with the aftermath.
After returning to the village, although the Fourth had been overly careless during this mission, the village had no intention of punishing him. Instead, it gave him quite a few benefits. Chomei quickly relayed the information contained in the item the Fourth had taken to Li. It turned out to contain records of certain events currently taking place within the Land of Water.
Although the Land of Water appeared very peaceful at present, the Yuki Clan had actually already been destroyed. However, unlike the Hatake Clan, the Yuki Clan had been directly wiped out this time. This was because the Yuki Clan head and the Third Mizukage had clashed over political principles—the Third Mizukage's Kekkei Genkai Restriction Decree had been fiercely opposed by the Yuki Clan head. The two had broken into a fight right inside the Mizukage's office, and the Yuki Clan head was killed on