So, though the battle had barely begun, Konoha had already suffered heavy losses.
"Kill them! Kill those despicable Konoha bastards!"
"Avenge the Third Kazekage!"
Shouting slogans more furious than the last, the Sand Ninja surged forward like a tide, throwing themselves at the Konoha Ninja.
Faced with such ferocity, the Konoha Ninja could only give ground.
"Damn it! Let's fight the Sand Ninja to the death!"
"We're already inside the Land of Fire. We can't retreat! If we fall back any farther, we'll be too ashamed to return to Konoha!"
At the Elite Jonin's cry, the Konoha Ninja rallied and fought desperately to hold off Sunagakure's assault.
The battle gradually settled into a stalemate.
Konoha was showing signs of defeat, but the battle would not end so quickly.
Good. Everything was going according to plan.
A faint smile touched Ebizo's perpetually grim face.
So far, the battle had unfolded exactly as he had planned.
It was Ebizo's plan that had caught the Konoha Ninja completely unprepared and put them on the back foot from the start.
Bunpuku, it's almost time for you to make your entrance.
Ebizo repeated the words silently to himself.
Yes. While Konoha's forces were fighting desperately, they would release the One-Tail and send him against them. The stalemate would soon be broken.
Why were Tailed Beasts called weapons of war?
In terms of sheer strength, many people could stand against a Tailed Beast, or even defeat one.
But on a battlefield, those same people could not necessarily match a Tailed Beast's impact.
A Tailed Beast's enormous body alone could devastate the rank-and-file fighters on a battlefield.
Tailed Beasts had always been called weapons of war because of their immense size, vast Chakra, and overwhelming destructive power.
Against ordinary fighters, a Tailed Beast was terrifyingly devastating.
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