In the Ninja Cemetery, many people placed flowers before tombstones engraved with names, silently praying for the dead.
"Why did they start a war? So many people died. Is this what the village wanted?"
"Chiyo can't let go of the hatred over her son and daughter-in-law's deaths, so she wants to avenge them with the lives of our sons and daughters-in-law?"
"People are dead, and the village lost the war. Life will probably get even harder from now on."
"We clearly had the finest ninjas in the entire Shinobi World, yet we ended up like this. Chiyo is the sinner of our village!"
"Shh... Speaking so loudly, do you have a death wish?"
"I'm the only one left in my family. If they want to kill me, let them come."
"I'm not afraid either. We lost the Third Kazekage, and now even Lord Rasa died on the battlefield. Chiyo caused all of this."
Listening to the villagers' discussions, the ninjas who had personally fought in the war and returned alive all wore bitter expressions.
As those who had experienced it firsthand, they understood that Chiyo could not shoulder all the blame for the defeat.
On the contrary, the poisons and puppets Chiyo had developed had helped them greatly during the war, forcing Konoha's ninjas to pay a tremendous price.
But...
Whenever they thought of Uchiha Mirai, who had summoned a giant demonic god dozens of meters tall to fight on the battlefield, despair welled up in the hearts of those Sand ninjas.
What terrifying power that had been. With a single blow, he had torn their battle line to pieces.
Every ninja who had stayed behind to cover the retreat had been easily slain by him, while the power they excelled in could not even break through his defenses.
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