But no matter how they searched, the Sunagakure shinobi could not sense any pursuers.
Uchiha Yin... had he really come alone?!
Chapter 392: No Pursuers?
"The Third Kazekage? I killed him? No, no, no."
Uchiha Yin gave a contemptuous smile at Rasa's accusation.
Almost any Ninja with half a brain could see what was going on.
Rasa might fool ordinary people with that claim, but trying to use it to pressure Uchiha Yin on the battlefield was absurd.
"You won't admit you killed the Third Kazekage?"
Rasa spoke distractedly. After another look around confirmed there really were no pursuers, his eyes lit up.
No pursuers?!
Then what were they afraid of?!
True, Sunagakure had just suffered a crushing defeat and taken heavy losses.
But its elite forces were still here!
If there really were no pursuers, couldn't all of them take down one Uchiha Yin?
He admitted Uchiha Yin was strong, but apart from the forces with Karura and Pakura, nearly all of Sunagakure's strength was gathered here.
Why had Rasa agreed to retreat earlier?
Because never before had they mobilized so many Ninja.
They could afford a defeat. But if they lost a huge number of Ninja, Sunagakure might not even retain its place among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
As much as he hated to admit it, Sunagakure was remote and poor. With the Daimyo's restrictions on the village as well, it was probably the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
Otherwise, Konoha would not have stationed the fewest troops on the Sunagakure front.
But however weak Sunagakure's forces were, they still represented the strength of an entire village.
They might be weaker than the other four great villages, but against a single person, Sunagakure was overwhelmingly powerful.
Then Rasa remembered the contingency he had prepared, and