As for Konoha...
To be honest, there were many talented, powerful, capable people within Konoha's upper circles. They simply had never been given the chance to step into the spotlight—in other words, they had never been given the opportunity to be put to good use.
"Send people to intercept those puppets immediately. Even if it means enormous sacrifices, stop them."
Ebizo did not panic. From his subordinates' reports, he knew that Konoha's attack this time was not meant to kill people, but to cause destruction.
Although the collapse of the Kazekage's office building pained him deeply, he was the one holding down the fort in the village. He needed to stabilize the situation.
The Third Kazekage had entrusted the village to him, Ebizo. He could not allow Sunagakure to descend into chaos.
Since the enemy had come to destroy, then they had to be stopped. Even if it required certain sacrifices, they had to be stopped.
Ebizo's thinking was simple: use the lives of shinobi to stop those puppets.
Compared to the cost of training shinobi, the cost of rebuilding and restoring all those structures would be greater.
Between the two, Ebizo could only choose what benefited the village.
Such an order was unfair to Sunagakure's shinobi, but unfortunately, there was no such thing as fairness in this world.
With Ebizo's orders issued, the hesitant Sunagakure shinobi could only grit their teeth and intercept the puppets that were self-destructing everywhere.
Even if it cost them their lives, they had to force themselves forward.
The casualties might be severe, but the interception plan proved effective. Before many puppets could select a target, Sunagakure's shinobi stopped them. After engaging in battle, the puppets that could not shake off their enemies had no choice but to self-destruct.
If they could not destroy important