After the third batch of Ninja was captured, Xie and Kakuzu prepared to return.
When they parted, Xie called Anyo aside alone, "Kurotsuchi, among these Ninja, I will select some special Ninja and let them continue to return to their respective villages."
Anyo heard what Xie meant. "Are you planning to place undercover agents in each village?"
"Yes." Xie nodded and said, "After these Ninjas are installed, I will send their information to you using Puppet to facilitate our future contact."
"Okay." Anyo agreed. With the expansion of Zero Organization, it was time to put intelligence work on the agenda.
When Anyo brought Bai back to Konoha's Hideout, Tsunade, who was waiting anxiously, finally let go of his hanging heart and showed a long-lost smile.
This battle attracted almost the entire Shinobi World's attention. Konoha's defeat was beyond everyone's expectation. The alliance between Iwagakure and Kirigakure was also announced by Konoha, which aroused constant speculation from Shinobi World countries.
However, both sides of the alliance seemed to have won. In fact, only those involved knew how tragic this victory was.
Anbu who went to Support's Kirigakure suffered most of the casualties, Six-Tails was missing, Three-Tails Jinchūriki was seriously injured and almost died. The surviving Kirigakure Ninja knew exactly who was responsible. After they returned to Kirigakure, the alliance between the two sides would definitely exist in name only.
Iwagakure was even worse. He was beaten to the doorstep by Konoha. The number of casualties of Ninja was actually higher than that of Konoha. All the Hideouts built were destroyed, and there were even some Iwagakure Ninja Zs. disappeared inexplicably and his body could not be found. This debt could only be recorded on Konoha's head, so he could no longer fight in a short period of time. Tsuchikage was so angry that his liver hurt when he learned about this result. What was even worse was that along with the anger, the two knife wounds on his chest would hurt, always reminding him how dangerous this war was.
Kumogakure, who originally gained from this battle, suffered heavy losses from Sunagakure.
One is that Kumogakure cannot adapt to the harsh climate and environment of Sunagakure. Once it falls into a protracted war, Sunagakure, which has a geographical advantage, has already begun to organize a counterattack.
Secondly, the battle line is stretched too long and supplies cannot keep up. No matter how powerful Kumogakure and Ninja are, they cannot fight on an empty stomach every day.
Thirdly, and most importantly, Sunagakure finally elected a new helmsman. A strong Kage Level named Rasa emerged. Through the Magnet Release taught by Third Kazekage, combined with his own Kekkei Genkai, he developed brand new Ninjutsu, Kekkei Genkai, and Magnet Release: Gold Dust.
With this Ninjutsu, he shined in the battle with Kumogakure, causing Kumogakure's troops to retreat one after another, firmly guarding Sunagakure's last line of defense. Since then, Five Great Shinobi Villages has simultaneously entered the dormant period of Third Shinobi World War.
Looking at the overall situation, Sunagakure is undoubtedly the one with the heaviest losses. First, the so-called strongest Third Kazekage never appeared and was suspected of death. Secondly, it was beaten to the door of the house. Five Great Nations was almost destroyed and became history. In the end, although it successfully defended, it was only able to protect itself in a short time.
The one with the second highest loss was undoubtedly Iwagakure, who was also beaten to his doorstep. It seemed that he had won the war, but in fact, the casualties were far higher than Konoha. Moreover, he also turned against Kirigakure. The gain outweighed the loss. He did not enjoy the fruits of victory at all and could only lick his wounds.
Kirigakure, who also won, had a hard time. For Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, which was of great strategic significance, one was missing, one was seriously injured and was on the verge of death, and most of Anbu was killed or injured. The key point was that he did not get any benefits. It can be said that he lost his wife and lost his troops.
The ones who suffered the least losses were Konoha and Kumogakure who were also defeated.
Kumogakure has been fighting with Sunagakure for a long time, and they learned that Iwagakure, who had always been at odds with themselves, had an alliance partner, so they took the initiative to withdraw Sunagakure Battlefield's army retained its strength, but in the process of capturing Nine-Tails from another Battlefield, they encountered Yellow Flash from Konoha. During the fight, they didn't realize how terrifying the angry Minato was. None of the Kumogakure survived, which shocked the entire Shinobi World, Yellow Flash's Daimyo has since become known to all Shinobi World, and they have issued the same orders as Iwagakure. When encountering him, they can directly abandon the mission without being punished.
Konoha experienced this disastrous defeat. Half of Ninja's Iwagakure Battlefield were killed and injured, and some were missing and their lives were unknown. As for the survivors, everyone was injured, their morale dropped to the bottom, and they were completely unable to fight anymore. As the commander-in-chief, Tsunade would undoubtedly take the blame, and would most likely lose his command position from now on.
At present, it seems that the biggest profit from this war is undoubtedly Zero Organization founded by Anyo. Not only did it receive a huge sum of money from Tsuchikage, but the members of the organization also expanded rapidly and silently.
Inside Mizukage's Office of Kirigakure, the always mysterious Third Mizukage was sitting in the shadows. No one could see his face clearly, and few Mist Ninjas had even seen him. At this moment, there was a person standing opposite him, it was Genji who was leaning on a snake-shaped crutch.
I saw Genji handed a piece of information to Mizukage's table, and slowly said, "Third Hokage, you have always been obsessed with cultivation and ignored the affairs of the village, but this time you deliberately avoided Elder Council and sent out so many high-end combat forces. Do you want to prove your leadership ability? Now that you have received such a result, do you have anything to say?"
After Mizukage silently read the information, he said in a hoarse voice that had not spoken for a long time, "This time it was my dereliction of duty, Elder, please figure out how to save it."
Hearing Mizukage take the initiative to admit his mistake, Genji did not continue to blame, and said in a heavy tone, "Kirigakure has always been serious about internal conflicts. It is impossible to defeat other major countries with hard power alone. Now that a war is over, the hatred between countries has deepened. I believe that there will only be more wars in the future, and our time for war will eventually come."
Mizukage nodded in agreement. "Elder still sees it profoundly, by the way, Three-Tails Jinchūriki, how is it?"
"Hey, it can't be done." Genji sighed. One of the two strategic weapons in the village was missing and the other was dying, which made him very heartbroken.
Mizukage said coldly, "Then extract Three-Tails and seal it, and then unseal it after selecting the suitable Jinchūriki."
"That's all." After saying this, Genji disappeared into the office on crutches.
Mizukage under the shadow revealed a pale face through some light. If you look carefully, you can find that his pupils have no focus at all. His whole body is lifeless, without any aura of agility that belongs to a living person.
At this time, a voice sounded very suddenly in the office, "Hey, it's really fun to pretend to be a shadow of a village, and no one noticed it at all."
"Don't be careless." A gloomy voice rang out. "Don't forget the intelligence from last time. Someone has already guessed that Third Mizukage is controlled by someone. Fortunately, I issued an order for Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to chase him back. Otherwise, once the information falls into the hands of Konoha, the consequences will be serious, and even that person may be exposed."
After the conversation was over, a black and white figure with a branch above his head disappeared silently into Mizukage's Office.