"Then I hope you'll put on an even more active performance in this battle, Feiyu-kun."
Orochimaru spoke with a smile, but Uchiha Feiyu's response was rather amusing:
"Uh... I'll do my best, but I'm invisible during combat. You probably won't be able to see my active figure!"
"After all, safety comes first on the battlefield... Whether I'm active or not can wait until after I survive!"
The moment he said that, not only Orochimaru but all the other Jonin in the command post wore speechless expressions. Sitting beside Orochimaru, Torifu Akimichi, who looked like a mountain, patted his belly and burst out laughing.
"You brat really don't seem like an Uchiha! Hahaha, you're more like one of us Akimichi!"
The Akimichi Clan had always been broad-minded and stout, with honest, straightforward personalities. Even when they feared death, they made it rather obvious.
Back when he had served as the Second Hokage's guard, during that famous moment when the Second Hokage proposed the rear guard mission, Torifu Akimichi had foolishly asked, "Then wouldn't whoever stayed behind be as good as dead?"
Of course, the Akimichi Clan was still one of Konoha's ninja clans. When it truly came time to risk their lives, they would do so. In that regard, they were completely different from Uchiha Feiyu.
As one of Konoha's veteran warriors, Torifu Akimichi had seen countless normal and abnormal Uchiha ninja. He had even been teammates with Kagami Uchiha, so he could be considered exceptionally well-informed.
Yet whether they were Uchiha close to the village or clan-oriented Uchiha, they all possessed a certain pride. Some displayed it openly and were arrogant by nature, while others were smooth on the outside but proud to the bone. He had never seen one so openly afraid of death.
"I never wanted to be