Before long, the Konoha Ninja withdrew in an orderly fashion. Seeing this, the Rock Ninja made no attempt to stop them.
That was because their main concern now was the Four-Tails Jinchūriki losing control, and how they were going to deal with him.
With such a commotion up here, there was no way the Rock Ninja at the foot of the mountain would fail to notice.
So orders soon came up, telling them to withdraw as quickly as possible.
Some Jonin, however, had to stay behind to cooperate with the reinforcements that would follow.
Indeed, once Iwagakure's Chunin and Genin withdrew, a large contingent of Sealing Rock Ninja would arrive to handle the aftermath.
Since they dared to send a Jinchūriki onto the battlefield, they naturally had the means to deal with one.
This unit of Rock Ninja was coming to deal with the rampaging Four-Tails.
The Five-Tails Jinchuriki had been killed last time only because everything happened so suddenly. He had died before they could send reinforcements.
This time, they would not make the same mistake.
Likewise, Konoha noticed the Rock Ninja's movements.
Without any hesitation, Tanaka Erito also dispatched an elite unit. His goal, however, was not to capture the Four-Tails, but to disrupt the operation and make the enemy lose as many men as possible.
And so a tug-of-war over the out-of-control Four-Tails Jinchūriki began.
Both sides fought from dawn until dark, then from dark until dawn. For nearly a full day and night, neither side rested.
The main battlefield was the struggle over the Four-Tails, but in terms of brutality, the fighting within the surrounding five-kilometer radius was worse.
They slaughtered and ambushed one another, staking their lives on a single goal: creating relatively fair conditions for the fighting on the main battlefield.
As a result,