Uchiha Fucheng's sudden outburst made Utatane Koharu's face darken.
She and Homura Mitokado stared angrily at Uchiha Fucheng.
"Clan Head Uchiha Fucheng, watch your language. This is a decision made by the Village's higher-ups."
Fucheng looked at them calmly and clapped his hands lightly.
"Oh? Is it the Village's decision? Then I have quite a bit to say about that."
Without waiting for them to retort, Uchiha Fucheng directly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.
With an incomparably cold expression, he stared at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was sitting in the center, and the two Konoha elders.
Fucheng looked displeased. "During the last Sand Ninja campaign, the Uchiha Clan was supposed to send 192 Ninjas, with Jonin accounting for at least 25. In reality, the number of Ninjas our Uchiha Clan sent was 310, with over 37 Jonin. Even acting clan head Uchiha Fugaku and I, the current clan head, participated in frontline combat. Did the Village provide any compensation for this additional conscription?"
Utatane Koharu had just muttered, "The sacrifices of other clans were also great," when she was glared back by Fucheng using his Sharingan.
Fucheng calmly narrated more precise data.
"In the end, the Sand Ninjas surrendered. Out of the 310 Uchiha Ninjas, 116 died. During this battle, our Uchiha Clan's acting clan head Uchiha Fugaku was nearly killed, and I, the current clan head, also nearly lost my life twice. The mortality rate for the ordinary Genin additionally conscripted from the Uchiha Clan exceeded 50%."
Snap!
Fucheng crisply closed his folding fan and pointed the tip of the fan ribs at Utatane Koharu, shouting, "May I ask Elder Utatane, what was the casualty ratio of your Utatane Clan during the Sand Ninja war?"
"I? I?!" Utatane Koharu was covered in sweat, speechless.
...
Uchiha Fucheng's outburst on the spot made the atmosphere of the Konoha Ninja clan meeting strange.
But facing the strong-willed Uchiha Fucheng, Hiruzen Sarutobi eventually yielded.
The entire conscription quota was calculated at a 70% discount based on the previous standard of 190.
Furthermore, because Uchiha Ninjas had the highest number of Jonin kills in the previous Sand Ninja campaign, the quota was reduced by an additional 30 Ninjas.
The final number of dispatched personnel was set at 103, and Uchiha Fucheng's principle of centralized deployment was agreed upon.
It was agreed to establish a Uchiha unit commanded directly by Fucheng.
The other clans naturally had no objections.
Clans with a bit of insight naturally knew that Uchiha Fucheng's individual strength was likely greater than several dozen ordinary Jonin.
With Uchiha Fucheng personally in command, sending fewer Uchiha Ninjas was no big deal.
And for Uchiha Fucheng's side, this also allowed the Uchiha Clan to gain a rare period of rest and recuperation.
103 Ninjas—this was far smaller than the scale of 310 from last time.
It meant far fewer people would have to be sacrificed.
Because the scale of conscription became smaller, Uchiha Fucheng could operate internally.
First, he excluded Uchiha Obito's father. To protect Obito's healthy mental state, he first let his parents "survive for a while."
Second, Uchiha Kagami's son, Uchiha Shisui's father Uchiha Shinji, was also excluded from this combat list. After all, Uchiha Shisui should be born in three or four years, and his father's bloodline was quite pure, so he let him "survive for a while" too.
Third, there were those Uchiha ClanGenin who were too weak and too young. Fucheng decided that for this mission, he would "bring as few as possible," avoiding the terrifying tragedy of the last time where half of the UchihaGenin were wiped out.
As for the final number being slightly lower than the 103 requested by the Konoha high-ups, Fucheng had his own methods.
He directly counted the converted Misaka Sisters into the total.
The Misaka Sisters, who currently possessed the [Electromaster] lightning-style superpower, had decent combat strength.
At the very least, they were at the level of elite Chunin.
If one included their special stealth ability to tunnel underground, the sisters of the Misaka Network could each be considered special Jonin with reconnaissance specialties.
Even so, Fucheng was not satisfied.
The day before setting out, he took Mikoto and the Misaka Sisters to circle around Konoha Village, catching a whole round of White Zetsu.
This big sweep drove Black Zetsu into a dead end!
Except for the White Zetsu that had merged with him, the only three reconnaissance White Zetsu he had left were all converted into members of the Misaka Network during Fucheng's sweep.
Black Zetsu looked up to the sky and cursed, "Who did this? I'm vomiting, this is bullshit!"
Black Zetsu discovered that all three White Zetsu had lost contact and was so angry he was about to explode.
He smashed everything he could smash.
Misaka Sisters 0001~0013, a total of thirteen "Mikotos" who looked exactly the same.
Fucheng himself felt extremely shocked looking at them.
Fortunately, Mikoto no longer had that initial awkwardness; otherwise, staying with the Misaka Sisters every day, Mikoto would have felt a bit reserved.
...
Land of Rain, a remote Village.
Nearly four hundred Ninjas from the Land of Rain had just stationed themselves here.
They did not know that in a nearby mountain hollow, the Konoha Ninja vanguard was hiding there.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya had already returned to the base from the capital of the Land of Rain.
They had been monitoring the opposing troops near the Land of Rain for two weeks.
Based on current information, the troops sent by the Land of Rain really did treat Konoha as their main opponent.
On the side of the Sand Ninjas of the Land of Wind, there were only a small number of elite troops and the Land of Rain's high-end combat power deterring them.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya detected that Hanzou was likely lurking on the side of the Sand Ninjas.
He attempted to use a surprise attack to first defeat the Sand Ninjas with elites, then lead the army back to counterattack Konoha.
Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura had similar ideas: take advantage of the Land of Rain's lack of experts to launch a direct sneak attack on the capital of the Land of Rain.
Once they completed the internal destruction, even if Hanzou defeated the Sand Ninjas, he would have no supplies or funds to fight a protracted war with Konoha.
Unfortunately, this decision was rejected by their teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that excessive destruction of the Land of Rain would cause it to lose its function as a buffer for the great nations.
The Land of RainNinjas who lost their homes and wealth would likely be driven to desperation and become locked in a life-or-death struggle with Konoha.
Jiraiya agreed with this idea; after all, Konoha was the one wearing shoes right now.
Forcing the Land of Rain into becoming a "barefoot" person with no attachments would not benefit Konoha at all.
Not to mention, Hanzou, having lost his attachments and constraints, would be much harder to deal with than the Hanzou who was protecting the Land of Rain.
Wasn't there a legend of the "Top Ten Ninja World Phantom Gods" circulating before?
Fugaku with a condom, Itachi in good health.
Teuchi with eyes opened, Kaguya as a young girl.
Naruto drinking fresh milk, Jiraiya with full intelligence.
Chiyo in a swimsuit, Guy kicking heads.
Hidan raising mosquitoes, Deidara only doing aerial combat.
See, this is the public judgment that fits normal logic.
Applied to Hanzou.
That is, only Hanzou, who has the attachment of the Land of Rain, is the one with restricted combat power.
If there were no attachments and weaknesses of the Land of Rain, and he only wanted to kill and destroy, Hanzou's combat power would be much stronger than an average Kage-level.
The Konoha side did not want Sakumo Hatake to add any more meritorious deeds.
More war honors would make the White Fang of the Leaf the most prestigious Konoha hero.
Therefore, the commander of the troops attacking the Land of Rain this time became Tsunade!
This final battlefield of the Land of Rain would also become the place where Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade would make their names!
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