"Iwagakure really did arrive right after Shimura Danzō."
"Because Danzo had informed us beforehand, our defenses kept retreating again and again. Iwagakure's ninja encountered no resistance at all, and it wasn't convenient for us to keep them under surveillance."
"According to Danzo's original plan, Iwagakure's ninja were supposed to attack Kumogakure alongside us. But Lord Nara Shikaku at the front line waited for a long time without receiving any word from Iwagakure. Sensing that something was wrong, he hurriedly sent people to investigate."
After all, Nara Shikaku was Konoha's strategist. He had already felt that Danzo's scheme was somewhat unreliable, so it was only natural that he noticed something in advance.
But opportunities in battle vanished in an instant.
Even if he realized there was a problem, with Kumogakure and Iwagakure striking first, the collapse of the defensive line was inevitable.
"Without the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, by the time Kumogakure and Iwagakure's armies reached our borders, there was no time left to arrange any specific tactics. They're fighting desperately to hold them back now, but conservatively speaking, they won't last long."
That was an alliance between two major ninja villages!
No one would underestimate Ōnoki, the Third Tsuchikage, just because Iwagakure had been defeated after Kannabi Bridge was blown up during the Third Shinobi World War.
It was precisely because his supply line had been destroyed that he had been forced to withdraw. Thus, even after the Third Shinobi World War ended, Iwagakure had retained considerable strength and had not been seriously weakened at all.
As for the Third Raikage dying of exhaustion after facing ten thousand alone?
One person's strength was ultimately limited. Before his death, the Third Raikage had not depleted much of Iwagakure's military strength. He had mainly stayed behind to cover his subordinates' retreat.
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