After all, Sunagakure had come prepared, with several times Konoha's fighting strength.
Konoha's ninja had never expected to win. They had only hoped to defend their territory with as few losses as possible.
Now that they had won, they wept with joy.
"Have the Medical Team treat the critically wounded at once. As for the bodies of our fallen comrades..." Tsunade took a deep breath. "Give each of them a grave marker."
"Yes." The people around her came back to their senses.
They had won the war, but Konoha had suffered terrible casualties.
Far more Sand Ninja had died than Konoha ninja, but the Sand Ninja had started with far greater numbers.
Konoha had lost fewer people, but it had far fewer to lose.
Their strongest fighters had forced Sunagakure to retreat, yet Konoha's losses were still heavy.
The fighting on this front would likely grind to a stalemate.
Sunagakure had also suffered terrible casualties. It would be unable to mount another attack anytime soon.
"Wait, where did Lord Yin go?" At that moment, someone noticed that Uchiha Yin had vanished.
"That's right. Where did Lord Uchiha Yin go?"
"He deserves the most credit for this victory."
It was true that Uchiha Yin had not made another move after using Laser Firmament.
But everyone knew that without his intervention, Konoha might not have survived this battle.
None of them had spotted Sunagakure's plot at first. If the One-Tail, Shukaku, had been allowed to rampage even briefly, Konoha might still have suffered a crushing defeat, even if Tsunade and Kushina had used their trump cards.
After all, if all their lower- and mid-ranking ninja were gone and only the leaders remained to fight, could they really call that a victory?
And now Uchiha Yin had disappeared.
*The deed done, he brushed