Unlike normal meetings, the civilians were completely absent from the hall this evening, and their seats were occupied by two of the Hokage's three apprentices, an official from the hospital, and Ryo Nara, who had been invited separately.
All the other heavyweights of the village were present as it was - among the guards made up of Anbu fighters or around the table, with a few exceptions.
Finally, the door to the hall swung open and Sarutobi Hiruzen appeared, accompanied by three elders and the unchanged four guards, quickly dispersing among his colleagues. After answering the greetings, he took his seat and looked around the audience with a slightly tired look.
- I declare the Council meeting open, and the first thing we'll do is to hear a report on the casualties of the day's attack and then move on to the results of the investigation," the Hokage suggested, and turned to Elder Mitokado without waiting for any objections.
- As a result of the day's battle, eighteen enemy jonins were killed and three taken prisoner," the elderly shinobi, adjusting his glasses, picked up a paper with figures and in a steady, emotionless voice began to recite the statistics, "Konoha lost thirty-nine people, of whom only two had the rank of jonin, six tokubetsu-jonins, Homura looked up and looked around at the frowning faces of the village, adding, "Such a small loss against seven strong and cooperative teams from Kiri was only possible thanks to the timely help of Ryo Nara, who was quickly on the battlefield, and the efforts of the iryonins at the hospital.
The shinobi and kunoichi nodded, casting respectful glances at the said shinobi, quite aware of this nuance from direct participants or fellow clansmen who had come to the end of the battle, while Shenesu Nara and the heir standing behind him literally glowed with pride in their relative.
The effectiveness of preventing irrecoverable losses with even a single first-degree iryonin after the battle was over was beyond anyone's doubt, reminding many of Tsunade Senju during the battles against Sunagakure no Sato.
Even the Hokage and co didn't dare to downplay the merits of the half-breed Nara-Uzumaki. They wouldn't have.
- Nearly fifteen hundred chakra users were wounded to the point of incapacitation, eighty-four of them heavy," the elder continued, "civilian casualties totaled two hundred and thirty-two dead and one hundred and thirty-one wounded, thirty-nine residences were damaged during the battle, twelve of which had to be dismantled due to the impossibility of rebuilding.
- Takeshi-san, where are we on the wounded? - Sarutobi asked the head of the hospital.
- Seventy-four people are under observation, and although their lives are not in danger, their careers are in question due to the severity of their injuries, especially... uh, those who have been reanimated by Nara-sama and need additional treatment.
- The village will cover the cost of treating the wounded," Hiruzen made a broad gesture, earning approving looks from the clanless jonins.
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