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In a short amount of time, Haori realized he was about to take a tumble.
Then there was good news and bad news.
The bad news was that his judgment was correct. He was about to hit the ground.
The good news was that he could at least guarantee he wouldn't land face-first…
Thankfully, he had already consciously lowered the Eight-legged Crow's altitude. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a gentle fall. If he had been at that original height, he would have been flattened.
In those 0.0001 seconds, all Haori could do was instinctively coat his body with a layer of defensive chakra for self-protection. As for more advanced techniques, it wasn't that he didn't have time, but that it wasn't appropriate to show them in front of everyone at this time.
So, in this war, Shiraishi Haori, who was attracting attention, first flew low over the battlefield in a very cool way. Then, abruptly, the summoning beast under him suddenly disappeared. Then, he flailed his limbs and fell from the air.
He was attracting even more attention.
Fortunately, he wasn't afraid of heights and didn't make any cowardly screams. Objectively speaking, he was quite calm. Because a vertical drop of seven or eight meters wouldn't cause any serious damage to an ordinary ninja. Ninjas, from a classification standpoint, are the kind of humans who are relatively tough.
"Thump!"
The sound wasn't at all thrilling. It was more like a piece of pork being slammed onto a chopping board by two people. Haori fell to the ground, and a small cloud of dust rose from the ground where he had rolled.
He tightened his legs, protected his head, and curled up his body. After completing these movements according to the technical requirements, Haori fell to the ground. Then, he rolled a few times, covered in dust, before stopping.
Haori grimaced. If he had just fallen, it wouldn't have been that painful. The key was that the fall had pulled on his previous injuries.
After a whirlwind of facial expressions, Haori finally raised his head.
As he looked up, he saw a foot extending in front of him… It was a good thing he had stopped after rolling that distance. Otherwise, he would have needed help from a "kind person" to stop.
Although she would have stepped on him without hesitation, or kicked him towards the opposite direction like a ball.
Because the owner of this foot was Tsunade, the highest commander on the battlefield, in her mission gear.
The location Haori chose to land was actually very good. It was probably where they were summarizing the battle. Key figures like Tsunade, Minato, and the Third Hokage were all gathered here.
Seeing Haori stop, Tsunade, as if nothing had happened, withdrew her foot.
Because of the blocking of certain female key features below her shoulders and above her waist, Haori, lying under Tsunade's foot, couldn't see Tsunade's facial expression no matter how he looked up. But he was genuinely wondering if Tsunade had just shown a look of regret, as if some wish hadn't been fulfilled.
Well, Haori stopped well. If he hadn't braked in time, he would have definitely been kicked away by Tsunade, right?
(ShixT9: lucky)
"How was the effect of the infiltration attack?"
Although these key figures were currently discussing some crucial matters, Tsunade still asked him about the effect of the attack after Haori landed in this way.
The Third Hokage and Minato didn't quite understand what Tsunade meant.
"He just flew to Sunagakure and carried out a destruction mission using that bird that can fly and bomb." Tsunade explained.
She was also covering for Haori. Although Tsunade didn't say it explicitly, the fact that she said it made it seem like Haori had actually gone to Suna to carry out an order given by Tsunade, not on his own initiative.
Otherwise, Haori might have been accused of disobeying orders on the battlefield.
"Speaking of which, we didn't see him in the latter half of the war." Minato responded to the situation on the battlefield at that time.
Indeed, from the latter half of the war, Haori and his summoning beast were gone from the sky. He originally thought that Haori's summoning jutsu had been forcibly dispelled for some reason. Hearing Tsunade's explanation, it turned out that he had gone to carry out a dangerous infiltration and destruction mission.
To dare to carry out such a mission, Haori's courage was indeed commendable for his age. So, was he successful?
Tsunade and Minato explained Haori's actions in a few words. Hearing them say this, although the Third Hokage didn't speak immediately, his eyes also showed a hint of anticipation when he looked at Haori.
Haori didn't answer Tsunade's question immediately, nor did he respond to the Hokage's anticipation. Because he had something more important to do first: get up from the ground.
Although everyone was talking about serious topics, their eyes betrayed their thoughts… Were they all looking at him with the eyes of a rare animal? He didn't want to play the aerial acrobat. Was there a need to look at him like that?
Haori first got up from the ground, then expressionlessly brushed off the dust on his clothes. Then, he observed the few people.
Tsunade had been staying in the rear to command and hadn't engaged in combat with the enemy, so she was very clean. Minato had been charging at the front, but with his fighting style, he hadn't been stained with the enemy's blood.
As for the Third Hokage… well, he had already changed out of his mission gear and returned to his original attire. If he hadn't, with all that blood on him, he wouldn't have been able to appear in front of Tsunade.
Although there were significant casualties, the Leaf Village had won the war. So, their facial expressions were all pretty good.
"Haori?"
Tsunade called out to Haori again. He finally snapped out of it and immediately said, "Generally speaking, the attack was successful. Because they didn't have any effective anti-air measures, my main goal was to destroy the enemy's key facilities. But I don't have detailed intelligence, so I could only rely on my impression and subjective judgment at the time to carry out the attack. So, I can't be sure about the specific effects."
Haori didn't make his words too strong. What if he had bombed unimportant places?
Unexpectedly, after hearing Haori's words, the Hokage immediately called over a ninja from the intelligence unit. Then, after giving a few instructions, the ninja quickly left. Then, he returned with a map.
The Hokage personally unfolded the map and handed a pen to Haori. "This is a spy map of the Suna ninjas. It's not very detailed, but it's basically correct. Haori, mark the places you destroyed."
Haori took the map. At this moment, he felt quite depressed. If they had given me this map earlier, I could have carried out a more precise bombing.
He had already forgotten that his trip to Suna was completely impulsive.
After circling the places he had destroyed with his hand, the Hokage's face broke into a smile.
"It's done. Although some of them were unimportant places, quite a few key facilities were destroyed. Considering the losses the Suna ninjas suffered on the battlefield, and after the Kazekage saw that some of the village's key facilities were destroyed, he has only one path left: to sue for peace with the Leaf Village."
The Third Hokage said happily. Then, he immediately restrained his smile and said in a somewhat ambiguous tone:
"The battle on this front is about to end."
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