The Hyuga Clan was given no room to question it. News of Konoha's defeat quickly spread through the village and was immediately delivered to the major clans, ordering them to send representatives at once to discuss what came next.
Many people were still in a daze. They had sensed that Konoha might lose, but when that day truly arrived, waves surged through their hearts.
"I never thought we'd really lose. How are we supposed to live from now on...?"
"We're just ordinary people. At worst, we can leave Konoha and sell everything we can. Otherwise, if Konoha is destroyed by the enemy's wrath, we'll be caught in the crossfire."
"We should pack up and leave. Konoha is going to become a place of chaos..."
Just as Uchiha Yū had expected, the news of defeat caused an enormous uproar as it spread through the village. The turmoil left everyone terrified, while large amounts of property were sold off in a short period as people tried to flee Konoha.
As for why Uchiha Yū had not stopped this, it was because someone had already entered the game.
Shan Juhua had arrived in Konoha ahead of time. Watching the ordinary merchants frantically dump their real estate, she sighed softly.
"What a pitiful bunch. Since you chose to play both sides and even helped Konoha resist us during the war, even if Uchiha Yū has no intention of settling scores with you, I won't make things easy for you."
One could imagine that after this upheaval, once those merchants who had sold off their assets learned the truth, they would probably feel like dying.
That was the effect of an information gap. If they had received useful information, they could have avoided financial losses in advance and remained firmly in Konoha.
After dispatching people