The next day, just as Uchiha Fugaku had expected, the village meeting was convened.
They learned that the twelve-man Elite Jonin squad had been almost entirely wiped out. Only Uchiha Shisui had survived, and the mission had failed—they had not managed to kill the Wood Style Kekkei Genkai Ninja.
Everyone attending the meeting was deeply shocked and furious.
Some proposed avenging the eleven fallen Elite Jonin by assembling an even stronger ninja squad to assassinate the Wood Style Kekkei Genkai Ninja.
Others believed the Wood Style Kekkei Genkai Ninja was too powerful and that operations against him should be suspended.
The two sides argued endlessly, neither able to convince the other.
"Once feared throughout the ninja world, Konoha has actually declined to such a state!"
During the meeting, Uchiha Fugaku sighed inwardly, keenly feeling Konoha's decline.
Konoha had naturally been at its strongest when the village was founded. With Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara, they had been capable of crushing the other four great ninja villages and leaving them unable to breathe.
The eras that followed had also seen times of prosperity.
At its peak, it had the Sannin, Konoha's White Fang, and the Yellow Flash. It had not feared fighting all four great ninja villages at once.
But that kind of strength made the Konoha High Command led by the Third Hokage feel that their own positions were threatened.
To consolidate their positions and interests, the Konoha High Command led by the Third Hokage employed masterful political tactics.
The result was that Konoha's White Fang committed suicide, the Sannin fell apart, with one defecting and the other two leaving Konoha.
The Yellow Flash, who had become the Fourth Hokage, had also been forced to use his own life as the price to perform the Reaper Death Seal and seal