The Fifth Mizukage—Mei Terumi—had been killed in action.
Kirigakure had been destroyed.
Under pressure from the Snow Ninja, the Daimyo of the Land of Water had been forced to publicly announce his abdication, merging the entire Land of Water into the Land of Snow.
Kumogakure had suffered a crushing defeat. More than half of its tens of thousands of Cloud Ninja had been killed or wounded. Dodai, acting Raikage, had been killed outright by the Snow Ninja Neji Hyuga. Kumogakure was surrounded, and most of the Land of Lightning had already fallen.
The First Snow Shadow, Namikaze Naruto, had personally led his forces to land in the Land of Hot Water and the northeastern region of the Land of Lightning.
It was fair to say that every time one of these reports came in,
Jiraiya on the front lines, along with Shikaku Nara, who had just arrived early with a contingent of reinforcements, found themselves facing an increasingly difficult and troubling situation. Neither of them had imagined that a mere Snow Ninja Village could unleash such overwhelming strength. And the most frightening part was that Naruto wasn't the only exceptionally powerful person in Snow Ninja Village. Karin and Utakata, the two Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, went without saying. Then there was Neji Hyuga, once a member of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family, who had now grown to such a formidable level. It was hard to overstate how shocking that was.
Even without having faced Neji directly, making it impossible to accurately gauge his strength,
the battle reports were enough to make it clear that Neji was at least a Kage Level fighter now, and might even have reached Naruto's level. Then there was Sasuke Uchiha, who had fought three opponents at once. Jiraiya had entered Sage Mode that day, alongside Might