The castle had already been half-collapsed.
After a battle that ranked among the most intense in the Shinobi World, the remaining half of the castle had been completely reduced to rubble. The ordinary people inside, along with the samurai who had some measure of skill, had suffered the heaviest casualties. With the Six Kage Summit underway, Mifune had wanted to showcase the strength of the Land of Iron, so he had summoned nearly all of the country's finest and strongest samurai. He had never expected that this calamity, which they had been caught up in through no fault of their own, would leave the Land of Iron so badly damaged.
After Deva Path Pain and Obito had successfully retreated.
Only this scene of utter devastation remained.
Looking at the samurai lying in pools of blood, some groaning while many others were already cold, Mifune's expression grew terribly grim.
"Move faster! Hurry! Get the wounded treated immediately, and send word to the Crane District. Dispatch a rescue team at once!"
Looking disheveled and wearing a fiercely grim expression, Mifune shouted at the surviving samurai nearby.
"Yes, General Mifune!"
The samurai sprang into action.
They scattered through the ruins, rescuing their comrades.
Since the battle had ended,
and the Land of Iron had also taken part in it,
Tsunade, the only medical ninja present, went straight to work treating the wounded, also keeping the future in mind.
The others gathered around the bodies of the Six Paths of Pain, which the Kage had just defeated.
"Hmph! I thought they'd be much stronger. Turns out they just talk big!"
Crouching beside Asura Path Pain's corpse, Kurotsuchi seemed rather annoyed. She nudged the body with her foot and spoke with disdain.
Ōnoki, who had just descended from the sky, glanced helplessly at his granddaughter