Elsewhere.
After Konan and the other two dealt with Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and the Third Raikage, the flanking route was completely cleared.
Members of the 11th Division and the Twelfth Division had pushed deeper toward Kumogakure, while its ninja continued to resist with all their might.
Until the moment their lives ended.
"Lord Raikage has fallen in battle!"
Grief-stricken wails echoed through the mountains. Countless Kumogakure ninja wore expressions of sorrow, but this instead stirred their desire for revenge. They fought desperately, as though venting their rage.
Of course, mindless fury made them no different from rabid dogs by the roadside. This was especially true for ninja, who absolutely could not lose their composure in battle, their awareness of the situation, or their grasp of opportunities.
Otherwise, they were lambs to the slaughter.
Thus, Kumogakure rapidly collapsed.
The fighting reached all the way to Kumogakure's gates, leaving devastation and corpses everywhere, with blood flowing in rivers.
Kumogakure was the most stubbornly resistant ninja village the Land of Grass had encountered, showing considerable resolve to die rather than surrender.
But in the face of an absolute disparity in fighting strength, none of it was any use.
Moreover, because of Kumogakure's behavior, the Land of Grass would certainly conduct a thorough purge of the entire Land of Lightning afterward. Otherwise, they would inevitably remain a destabilizing factor.
The world of the future had no need for destabilizing factors.
Clang, clang!
Scattered fighting was still taking place. Kunai clashed, and the past Raikage and Mizukage brought back through Impure World Reincarnation were surrounded by layer upon layer of over ten thousand ninja.
They were steadily weakened through continuous attrition, until they were finally sealed one after another.
"I'm out of moves! Out of moves!"
The Second Mizukage shook his head as he was stuffed