So Rasa did not want to call for a retreat.
Besides, he was still clinging to a sliver of hope.
If they kept fighting, what if—what if the tide turned?
But Ebizo, who saw the situation clearly, knew there was no chance left.
For Sunagakure, the best course now was to retreat, regroup, and wait for a chance to settle the score.
This battle was already lost.
So despite his reluctance and hatred, Ebizo gave the order to retreat. He pulled the red Signal Smoke from his pocket.
Bang!
Without hesitation, Ebizo pulled the cord. A streak of red light shot upward and bloomed in the sky.
It was the signal to retreat.
Tsunade, Uchiha Yin... Just you wait.
Ebizo glared viciously at Tsunade before withdrawing.
Tsunade did not try to stop him.
More than a thousand corpses lay across the battlefield, and most were Sand Ninja.
The Sand Ninja had tried to gain an advantage, only to suffer a crushing loss.
Despite Sunagakure's heavy losses, it still had more fighters than Konoha.
If Konoha pursued them now, the cornered Sand Ninja would likely fight back to the death.
Konoha would suffer for it.
Tsunade could overpower most Sand Ninja, but if they launched a desperate counterattack, Konoha's ninja might not be able to hold them off.
Konoha would take heavy casualties too. It was not worth it.
Besides, Ebizo was a Kage Level fighter himself, with so many elite Sand Ninja at his side. Keeping them there would not be easy.
Better to let Sunagakure's forces go.
So when Sunagakure's forces retreated, neither Hatake Sakumo nor Kushina tried to stop them.
Hatake Sakumo even breathed a sigh of relief.
"We won?"
"We won."
"We won!"
As they watched Sunagakure's ninja flee, the people of Konoha slowly realized what had