"Naruto: Ice God"Chapter 182: Aftermath
At the strong insistence of the medical ninja, Feng Bai also followed Kushina and the others to Konoha Hospital.
On the way, after seeing the devastated streets, Feng Bai and the others finally understood why reinforcements had been so delayed.
The enemy had actually launched a two-pronged attack on Konoha.
This was troublesome. In the original story, it was only Obito constantly causing trouble, but now there were two groups eyeing Konoha with hostile intent.
After completing his examination, Feng Bai lay on his hospital bed, staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.
The Uchiha who attacked Kushina possessed a dōjutsu that could alter others' perception and invert their vision—a first-encounter kill-type technique.
Though troublesome, once you adapted to the new visual perspective, you could barely maintain normal movement. Hadn't Kakashi managed to launch a surprise attack on the enemy using exactly this principle?
Speaking of which, he could completely utilize the enhanced sensory abilities of Sage Mode to block out his vision and rely entirely on sensing for movement.
Next time, that's exactly what he'd do!
After reviewing the previous battle, Feng Bai felt there were many areas for improvement.
Well, if he could remember next time he encountered that opponent, that's what he'd do!
Imagining countless scenarios of counterattacking his enemy, Feng Bai grinned and let out an ominous laugh, determined to avenge his stabbing in the future.
This laughter startled Obito, who was standing guard outside the hospital room.
"What's going on? Is the hospital haunted?"
Feeling somewhat unnerved by the laughter, Obito widened his eyes, staring at the dim corridor and instinctively moving closer to Kakashi.
"Stay away from me."
Kakashi rolled his eyes and pushed him away, patiently waiting for Feng Bai's examination report.
"Obito, Kakashi."
Soon, he was greeted by Rin Nohara, who had been called in for emergency overtime.
Waving to the two of them, Rin smiled as she handed Kakashi Feng Bai's report: "Feng Bai's body is very healthy—no problems at all. Your reports will be ready shortly."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Kakashi looked through the report in his hands, and only after confirming there were no abnormalities did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"What about you two? Are you staying at the hospital tonight, or...?"
Seeing Kakashi fall silent, Rin asked curiously.
"The hospital rooms are pretty tight, aren't they? I saw the entire second-floor corridor filled with injured ninja."
Carefully storing Feng Bai's report, Kakashi looked up at Rin.
"Yes, both single and multi-person rooms are completely full. That's even with ninja from major clans returning to their compounds for treatment—there are already quite a few people lying in the corridors."
This was Rin's first time witnessing such a scene, and her voice was filled with amazement.
"I'll just sleep in this corridor for the night. Dawn's almost here anyway." Checking the time, Kakashi was unconcerned.
"Then I'll stay too." Obito quickly followed suit, also expressing his intention to remain.
Hearing their responses, Rin nodded with a smile: "In that case, don't sleep in the corridor. I'll go find two folding chairs—you can rest in Feng Bai's room."
Without waiting for their reply, Rin turned to search for folding chairs.
...
At dawn, Hiruzen, who hadn't slept all night, arrived at the Hokage Building.
In the main seat, Sakumo, who had fought Sasori, hadn't even had time to remove his battle gear. After receiving simple treatment, he had immediately returned to his post.
Not far away on a long bench, Jiraiya lay sprawled on his back, snoring loudly.
It wasn't until Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado entered the office that Jiraiya leisurely awakened.
"The Sunagakure ninja who attacked the main gate escaped."
Seeing everyone had assembled, Sakumo finally explained why he couldn't provide timely support, while also revealing the puppet Sasori had controlled:
"The puppet the enemy controlled should be the missing Third Kazekage."
"The Third Kazekage? Actually turned into a puppet, yet Sunagakure dares to claim we killed him."
Homura was somewhat indignant.
"Yawn... That guy with the immortal body escaped, rescued by an Uchiha." Jiraiya yawned as he shared his intelligence.
"So not a single attacker was captured—they all escaped?"
Koharu frowned deeply, extremely dissatisfied with this outcome.
Before coming here, she had visited Konoha Hospital to assess the losses. The massive casualties among chūnin and jōnin promoted during the war had once again left Konoha, which had only just recovered some strength, in a position where there were no available personnel.
Not to mention the buildings destroyed by Susanoo.
"The one who attacked Kushina's birthing cave was also an Uchiha." Minato, standing behind Sakumo, spoke gravely.
"Uchiha? There were actually two of them? Where did they come from?"
Homura's face showed displeasure, clearly upset about the Uchiha betrayal.
"Should we investigate the Uchiha clan?"
Koharu asked tentatively.
"That's inappropriate."
Sakumo was the first to object.
"This time, it was thanks to the Uchiha clan stepping forward to fight that we didn't suffer even greater losses. If we investigate them now, it would break the Uchiha clan's hearts."
Hiruzen nodded in agreement: "Exactly."
Without Fugaku, he probably would have been crushed to death by Susanoo long ago.
"But Fugaku concealed the fact that he possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan..."
Homura held a different opinion on this matter.
"That's also because the previous environment didn't allow him to reveal this." Hiruzen understood Fugaku's mindset perfectly—after all, the Uchiha had indeed faced suspicion from the higher-ups before.
Especially Danzō—he practically wore his discrimination against the Uchiha on his face.
"What puzzles me more now is how the enemy learned the date and location of Kushina's delivery."
Firmly rejecting the proposal to investigate the Uchiha, Hiruzen steered the conversation in another direction.
"Those who knew the location, besides us here, were only the Third Hokage—that is, your personal ANBU—and the three guards: Feng Bai, Obito, and Kakashi."
"Feng Bai and Kakashi clearly wouldn't leak information, and your personal ANBU all died in the attack. I really can't think of how the enemy obtained this information."
Homura and Koharu looked serious as they expressed their views.
"Yes, how exactly did they find out..." Sakumo and the others all began pondering.
After continuing the discussion for another half hour, unable to figure out where the problem lay, Sakumo and the others decided to set this matter aside for now.
The urgent priority was to assess the losses from this incident and rebuild the damaged buildings.
Additionally, they needed to conceal the fact that Konoha had been attacked, preventing other hidden villages from developing covetous intentions again.
To achieve this goal, after discussion, they decided to mobilize chūnin and jōnin with minor injuries and dispatch them to various locations for missions.
This method would disguise the fact that Konoha's ninja had suffered casualties.,
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