Compared with the tense Konoha ninja, Anyo was perfectly calm. He was the only person who knew the true state of both sides, so he could easily determine the outcome of this battle: Sunagakure was bound to lose.
From the beginning, Sunagakure had intended to launch a feint attack. The best result they had envisioned was taking Kikyo Mountain, but victory had come so easily that Rasa had grown blinded by it. Unable to resist the temptation, he had made the same mistake as Tsunade, imagining he could destroy the enemy's headquarters outright.
Sunagakure had only made it this far not because it was particularly powerful, but because Konoha's interior was undermanned. Once its headquarters was destroyed, the many Konoha ninja fighting at the front would inevitably retaliate against Sunagakure, leaving it facing the threat of destruction as well. This alone showed that Rasa was focused solely on earning merit rather than considering the situation from a Kage's perspective. He had lost heaven's favor.
Second, Konoha was fighting on its home ground, dividing the puppet army's advantage and fighting in familiar surroundings. It held the advantage of earth.
Finally, to protect their home, Konoha's ninja would inevitably fight with everything they had, down to their last breath. They had human harmony.
Of heaven, earth, and human harmony, Rasa possessed none. Unless he could display Super Kage strength, his defeat was certain.
At the very front, members of the Hyuga Clan unleashed one Rotation after another. With help from the ninja around them, they stopped the so-called puppet army from advancing an inch. Kunai, shuriken, throwing stars, poison senbon, and everything else were blocked completely, achieving nothing.
This result was undoubtedly a bucket of cold water over the exhilarated Rasa. He gritted his teeth as he watched, then finally hardened his