Hakushi looked at Sakumo, and Sakumo nodded, so Hakushi followed the ninja to the camp where the medical unit was stationed.
"You guys rest here for a bit, I'll go find Orochimaru and get an update on the situation."
Ruri and Ayane nodded, listening to Sakumo's instructions.
——Camp where the medical unit was stationed.
Tragic!
Only the word tragic can describe it.
Dozens of Konoha ninja, their flesh and blood blurred, were lying inside the tents, and the painful cries that sounded like vengeful ghosts made Hakushi momentarily lose focus.
What's going on here?
These injuries should be recent... no, caused today, right?
What happened?
Hakushi did not inquire, immediately assisting a skilled medical ninja, as all these dozen of ninjas needed surgical emergency treatment.
Moreover, during the emergency treatment process, inevitably some critically injured individuals couldn't be attended to, directly dying from the unbearable pain.
Sniffling, wailing, mingled together.
Each medical ninja was busy with sweat on their foreheads, no time for extra communication.
The emergency rescue ended after two hours.
It wasn't because the rescue was successful, but because it ended early because many died before surgery could be performed.
Some were saved through surgery but still died.
Only a dozen were pulled back from the gates of hell.
"We tried our best."
The chief medical ninja patted Hakushi's shoulder, seemingly worried that this young medical ninja might feel a psychological burden, so offered a word of comfort.
"Um, senior, what exactly happened here? Why did it turn out like this?"
Hakushi eventually asked the question he wanted to ask the most.
The chief medical ninja knew that Hakushi was a medical ninja following Sakumo, so it was natural for him not to understand the situation here.
"Specifically, we're not clear either. We only know that the delegation signing the ceasefire agreement with Hidden Sand was ambushed by unknown individuals halfway, and when brought back, they were already in this condition."
The chief medical ninja said with a pained expression.
"What about the ceasefire agreement? Was it the Hidden Sand that made the move?"
"I'm not clear on that either. But we suffered heavy losses this time, I heard even Jonin Kato sacrificed himself."
"Jonin Kato?"
Hakushi was stunned. That surname, and also a Jonin, could it be...
"Lady Tsunade is very emotionally unstable right now, Jonin Kato's sacrifice hit her too hard."
The chief medical ninja sighed.
"Jonin Kato was so powerful, how could he..."
Hakushi was a bit unable to understand.
Jonin Kato was precisely Tsunade's current boyfriend, Katou Dan, although his fame couldn't compare to Sakumo with the name White Fang, he was also one of the few elite Jonin in Konoha, and in a one-on-one situation, might not pale in comparison to the Sannin.
After all, the power of Spirit Transformation Jutsu is terrifying.
And with a large range of perception ability, it should be very easy to break through and find a weak spot to escape.
"To cover the retreat of his comrades, he chose to fight the enemy alone, and by the time reinforcement arrived, he was... gone! Lady Tsunade tried everything, but couldn't save Jonin Kato's life."
"Is that so?"
Hakushi sighed.
Although unfamiliar with that Jonin Katou Dan, this selfless act to save his comrades, no matter from what position, would make one sincerely admire his spirit.
In this era, it's not cause for joy to be alive, nor is dying a sad thing.
This is the theorem of the Ninja Realm now.
He could understand Tsunade's pain, but couldn't personally experience it.
Human sorrows are not shared.
Because he wasn't familiar with Jonin Kato, his sigh was only for Tsunade.
The death of her brother Nawaki, the sacrifice of her boyfriend Katou Dan... consequently fell into a slump...
No, after all, she is one of the Sannin, it shouldn't be to that extent, right?
Hakushi thought this but didn't have much confidence in it.
Humans are ultimately emotionally fragile creatures.
Hakushi saw there was nothing more to do at the medical unit, so he left there to reunite with Sakumo and the others at their accommodation.
Sakumo and the others were already waiting there, talking about something.
"Teacher Sakumo, I'm back. What is the situation? I heard it was unknown individuals who attacked, the ninja delegation going to sign the ceasefire agreement with Hidden Sand."
"That's indeed the case. Moreover, Orochimaru was also seriously injured. If Jonin Kato hadn't resolutely chosen to cover the rear, very likely everyone who went to sign the ceasefire agreement would have been surrounded by the enemy and annihilated entirely."
Sakumo succinctly explained the situation he learned from Orochimaru.
"This is outrageous, regardless of anything, maintain the highest vigilance."
Ruri's face showed anger.
After all, such things had a precedent, during the First Ninja World War, the Second Hokage and Hidden Cloud's Second Raikage, when signing the ceasefire agreement, encountered Hidden Cloud's radical faction leaders, the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, leading a large number of Hidden Cloud Jonin in an assault.
The Second Raikage was killed on the spot by the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers during the ceasefire agreement ceremony, and the Second Hokage to cover his subordinate, finally perished together with the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers and their forces.
This was all due to excessive trust in the enemy.
With the precedent of the Second Hokage, signing ceasefire agreements should be done more cautiously.
Who knew that Orochimaru as the commander was heavily injured, and out of hundreds of Konoha ninja, only a small portion returned.