Meanwhile, news of the defeat at the front reached the Capital of the Land of Wind. When the young Daimyo of the Land of Wind heard it, he felt as though he had been struck by lightning. The world spun around him, and he swayed, nearly collapsing to the floor.
An attendant hurried forward to support him. After finally steadying himself, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered someone to bring him the report from the front. He accepted it with trembling hands, drew a deep breath, and opened it. The words seemed to sear his eyes.
Sunagakure Ninja Village had been very confident about this operation. To support them, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind had sent his own family's elite troops, never imagining that the result would be their complete annihilation. Sunagakure Ninja Village's forces had fallen to less than a fifth of their peak strength. Everything pointed to one conclusion: this had been a crushing defeat!
Even the ruler of a nation could not accept such an outcome. Losing his composure, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind hurled the report to the floor and cursed aloud, abandoning every trace of aristocratic decorum. No one beside him dared provoke him at a time like this. They tactfully stepped back and let His Highness vent his fury.
"Damn Sunagakure Ninja Village! Those bastards at Sunagakure Ninja Village! They made everything sound so promising, and now look at this!" The Daimyo of the Land of Wind still could not quell his anger. To his eyes, the objects around him seemed to turn into the people from Sunagakure Ninja Village. He snatched them up and smashed them against the floor.
The Daimyo of the Land of Wind was now like a cat bristling after someone stepped on its