"Not a single person in the force we sent out was killed. Only 79 suffered minor injuries, and eight were seriously wounded," Tsunade said with a serious expression.
"However, three of those eight were accidentally wounded by our own people."
Tsunade had been delighted when she began her report. After all, no one had died; there had only been injuries, and not many at that.
But after she finished that sentence, the smile vanished from her face, replaced by a strange expression.
Being wounded by their own people, and seriously at that-what a joke!
Those seated below froze when they heard the news, then burst out laughing.
Before the war, their hearts had been heavy, but now it was time to enjoy the fruits of victory.
Their laughter filled the entire conference room, as though all their stress and tension had dissipated with it.
"Ahem. Minato, brief everyone on the intelligence you were responsible for." Seiichi covered his mouth, coughed a few times, then called on Minato to speak.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Shinobi World's Eight-Nation Alliance assembled an army of 300,000 to attack us." Minato stood, handed the documents he held to Seiichi, and began reporting what he knew to everyone.
"Now, according to my careful tally, we have successfully wiped out over 99.9 percent of their fighting forces.
"Across all seven battlefields, fewer than a hundred people escaped in the end. They pose no threat whatsoever.
"Not only that, but the Kage of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure-members of the Five Great Shinobi Villages that once stood alongside Konoha-along with their deputies, tailed beast Jinchūriki, and the mainstays of their villages, were all completely eliminated by us in this battle. This battle has crippled the greater part of those eight nations. They can no longer pose a threat