People's joys and sorrows were not shared.
This stood in complete contrast to Konoha's tense atmosphere.
The shinobi of Iwagakure and Kumogakure all wore the joy of a great victory on their faces.
They could hardly be blamed for being happy.
The entire Shinobi World had been caught off guard by how unexpectedly the war had developed.
First, Kumogakure launched a fierce offensive, breaking through two consecutive Konoha defensive lines.
Then, for no apparent reason, Konoha, which had only just managed to halt the offensive, suddenly retreated on its own, directly surrendering more than half of the Land of Fire.
There were no shortage of smart people in the Shinobi World.
It was not as though no one had seen through Danzo's scheme.
He simply wanted to deliberately stretch Kumogakure's lines, causing their supply line to collapse and forcing them to retreat.
But after reviewing it, they found the plan rather ugly.
It was not that it could not be carried out. Rather, to coordinate with this strategy, they would at least have to remove the supplies from the towns they intended to abandon, calm the refugees, and have the Daimyo keep the court officials in line.
In practice, it was complicated and nowhere near as simple as it appeared.
Thus, not only had Danzo's brilliant scheme failed to work, it had proactively supplied Kumogakure with a considerable amount of supplies. It was a complete mess.
But then the situation changed drastically once more.
Iwagakure, which had originally been watching from the sidelines, suddenly intervened. After taking a massive detour to finally reach the Land of Fire, it not only failed to help Konoha—it actually switched sides and joined forces with Kumogakure.
Now everyone understood. Konoha apparently thought one Kumogakure was not enough and had to drag Iwagakure into the