The Daimyo Mansion's refusal was hard for the Capital's officials and the Daimyo Mansion Army to accept. Defeat on the battlefield now seemed inevitable. In that case, why insist on protecting Tobi, who had made the wrong decisions, instead of bowing to Konoha Ninja Village?
Tobi could shoulder all the blame. As long as they shifted it properly, their sovereign could still save some face. But if they refused to back down under any circumstances, then once the Konoha Combat Unit reached the Capital, simply throwing Tobi to the wolves would no longer be enough.
The Daimyo Mansion's actions brought Konoha Ninja Village's rallying cry back to everyone's minds—Tobi, captain of the Guardian Ninja, had used genjutsu to control the Lord Daimyo and sought to manipulate the country. His crimes were unforgivable. They must Purge the Traitors and restore order to the Daimyo Mansion! They had harbored doubts before, but no one had dared consider the matter too deeply. Now that the situation on the battlefield had taken a sharp turn for the worse, the Local Lords had no choice but to consider that possibility.
"If the Lord Daimyo really is being controlled by genjutsu..."
"Then wouldn't we have to fight Konoha Ninja Village to the bitter end? How could we possibly do that? There isn't a single army capable of standing against them now. Even the Chakra Samurai in the Daimyo Mansion are useless!"
"Damn it! We must have lost our minds to get mixed up in this mess!"
The Local Lords could no longer see any hope of winning the Civil War, and thoughts of compromise gradually began to take root. They now strongly suspected that Tobi controlled the Daimyo Mansion, so they could make that decision with a clear conscience, without the slightest guilt—there was naturally no