Two Places

By the time Mabui, Atsui, and Samui arrived, they found Yugito unconscious in a crater.

She looked as if she were asleep, and her clothes were somewhat tattered, but judging by the experience of Mabui and the other ninja, she should not have been seriously hurt.

Nor had she suffered any major physical injuries. Perhaps the worst of it was to her soul—or rather, her mind.

But there was nothing they could do about that. After all, it was the tailed beast that had been injured. Although the Jinchuriki herself had not suffered much harm, the Jinchuriki had been beaten directly back into her body.

No matter what, anyone connected to the Jinchuriki would inevitably be affected.

Mabui personally stepped forward, picked Yugito up, and said to the Cloud Ninja, "Let's go."

All things considered, aside from the Artisan Ninja Village suffering enormous losses this time, Kumogakure had firmly taken second place.

That was not surprising at all.

Not only had Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki gone berserk this time, but what pained them even more was that

several Cloud Ninja had also been lost at the hands of the rampaging tailed beast, Matatabi.

As for the Stone Ninja and Konoha, although some people had likely been injured, they were only lightly wounded. Their losses could not compare to Kumogakure's at all.

And there was also what the Dawn Organization had done in the end. She gritted her teeth and remembered it. This matter truly could not end just like that.

Although they could do nothing at the moment, once they returned to Kumogakure, their grudge with the Dawn Organization would not end so easily.

Did Kumogakure not have any pride? Especially with the kind of temperament the Cloud Ninja had.

Strictly speaking, it was not a major matter. They had merely