Chapter 98 (1/2)

The defeat of Suna's central forces, of course, meant defeat in the entire battle.

When the news of what had happened reached the flanks, they immediately retreated.​​

Suna's losses on the southern battlefield were not too great, but the losses on the northern battlefield exceeded even the central one!

The reason for this is quite simple.

Minato was there!

On that day, the enemies of Konoha again felt the horror of Hiraishin on soy skin, in that battle Minato killed about a hundred Suna shinobi, among whom there were at least twenty Jounins!

The last time Hiraishin appeared in the world of shinobi, when Senju Tobirama was still alive, but in this battle, Minato showed amazing skill, surpassing Tobirama in terms of adaptation and activation speed of the technique!

”Ah ... ah...”

Kakashi was breathing heavily, clutching the short blade in his hands.

Blood dripped from the blade, his mask was damaged, wounds were visible on his body, his chakra and physical strength were on the verge of exhaustion.

Phew!!

Minato appeared next to Kakashi and gave the command to Konoha's forces.

”No need to continue the chase!”

Not only was Kakashi severely depleted, but Minato had also used up most of his chakra, and the rest of the Konoha shinobi were in far from the best condition, continuing the chase would inevitably lead to an increase in the number of victims on their part, so it didn't make much sense.

Initially, Minato's authority as a flank commander was not too high, but by the time the battle ended, his authority had risen to unprecedented heights, hearing the commander's order, Konoha's forces immediately stopped the pursuit and quickly gathered together.

”...is it over?”

Kakashi calmed his breathing and looked at Minato.

Minato nodded: ”Yes, it's over. It looks like Suna's central forces have been defeated and they no longer have any reason to hold us back on the flank.”

A light flashed in the depths of Minato's eyes, initially he had assumed that the situation on the flanks would have an impact on the central battlefield, but suddenly something went wrong with Suna's central forces.

You need to know that he did not face the strongest Shinobi of Suna here.

It turns out that the main striking power of the enemy should be concentrated on the central battlefield or on the other flank...Since the center collapsed so quickly, Suna must have focused on breaking through the other flank, but the early collapse of the central forces led to defeat in the entire battle.

After all, on the central battlefield there were Tsunade and Jiraiya, two legendary Sannin, as well as Yeruashi, such a quick defeat seemed quite normal, it's just not clear what impact Yeruashi had.

Minato ordered the Shinobi unit to start cleaning up the battlefield, and asked a special shinobi to contact the central battlefield to find out specific details.

”Reporting to the commander!”

”Our losses on the central battlefield are about seventy shinobi, the enemy's losses exceed three hundred Shinobi, Elder Sunagakure Puppet Master Chiyo fell on the battlefield, which provoked the retreat of the Kazekage Race along with the remnants of the forces.”

After listening to the report, Minato asked in surprise: ”Chiyo is dead?”

Elder Chiyo is known throughout the world of shinobi and is recognized as the strongest puppeteer who has reached the pinnacle of skill, her fame is not inferior and even surpasses the three legendary Sannins, unexpectedly so powerful Shinobi fell on the battlefield.

”Yes...”

The shinobi in charge of communication nodded: ”Puppet Master Chiyo was defeated by Tokubetsu Junin Hatake Yeruashi and was killed by him, during the battle he used some secret technique and is now sent for treatment.”