When You're All Dead, Who Will Revive the Clan?

After saying that, Uchiha Daiki swept his gaze over the Uchiha clansmen before him.

At present, aside from the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and pregnant members who had remained in Konoha Village, every Uchiha clansman participating in the fighting was here.

There were fewer than two hundred of them.

It looked like a lot, but in truth, the vast majority of them were Chunin or below in strength.

Only a small number possessed Jonin-level combat power or above.

Without targeted arrangements, continuing to send these lower-level fighters to the front lines against enemy Jonin or even Anbu would be no different from sending them to their deaths.

As soon as Uchiha Daiki finished speaking, Uchiha Tekka immediately said, "Are you saying that most of our clansmen should stay in the rear and not take part in the fighting?"

"That's right. That is exactly what I mean."

Uchiha Daiki nodded without hesitation.

His words immediately sparked discussion among all the Uchiha clansmen.

"Wouldn't that mean we're avoiding battle?"

"But the village has ordered everyone to give their all and stop the enemy at any cost, inflicting even greater damage on them!"

"I don't want to be a weakling or a deserter. I'm not afraid of sacrifice either!"

"Is this really appropriate? Will the village hold us accountable for it?"

"..."

The clansmen murmured among themselves.

It was clear that their worries came from every direction.

Aside from the matter of the proud Uchiha Clan's honor, their own unyielding will to fight was also shaping their thoughts.

Some clansmen were also worried about the village's orders and punishments.

If most of the clansmen hid in the rear instead of going to the front lines, it would amount to openly defying the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's combat orders.

While everyone discussed it in hushed voices, Uchiha Fugaku remained silent in thought.

Elite powerhouses such as Uchiha Tekka, Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Yashiro, and Uchiha Shisui waited for their Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku, to speak.

At that moment, Uchiha Daiki spoke again. "Kirigakure previously deployed a large number of Jonin and sent out Anbu. Even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were specifically tasked with hunting down our lower-level fighters."

"Encountering them almost always means certain death."

"If you fall on the battlefield, who will revive the Uchiha Clan?"

Those words instantly rendered every clansman speechless. They looked at one another, unsure how to answer that question.

At that moment, Uchiha Tekka could not help speaking up as well. "When we encountered powerful enemies before, our clansmen suffered heavy casualties whenever our Jonin were stretched too thin."

"I think Daiki does have a point, but..."

He looked at Uchiha Fugaku. "How are we supposed to explain this to the village?"

"If you don't say anything, I don't say anything, and they don't say anything, who will know?"

Uchiha Daiki asked again.

Once more, everyone was left speechless.

"Of course, you are the Clan Head. The decision is yours, Lord Fugaku."

Uchiha Daiki said this to Uchiha Fugaku again.

After remaining silent for a moment, Uchiha Fugaku finally nodded and made his decision.

He raised his head and looked at the fewer than two hundred Uchiha clansmen before him.

"All clansmen under eighteen whose strength is below Chunin are to remain here and await orders."

"Tekka, Inabi, Yashiro, the three of you will stay behind with everyone as well. If the front lines need support, I'll send you a request for assistance!"

After saying that, he looked toward Uchiha Daiki, Uchiha Shisui, and several other elite Uchiha clansmen.

"As for us, we'll head to the front lines and work with the other units to stop the enemy!"

After speaking, he gave Uchiha Daiki a long look.

At that moment, Uchiha Fugaku felt deeply gratified.

Rising talents and clan geniuses like Uchiha Daiki and Uchiha Shisui had the Uchiha Clan's interests at heart and bore the responsibility and mission of reviving it.

The Uchiha Clan's hopes of revival in the future had greatly increased.

"Move out!"

At Uchiha Fugaku's command, more than a dozen figures flashed away in an instant.

The fighting on the northeastern, northwestern, and western fronts was actually even more severe and brutal than the intelligence reports indicated.

That was because intelligence took time to travel, while the situation on the battlefield could change in an instant.

In truth, Konoha Village was fighting one against four, forced to withstand pressure from Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure at the same time.

This had cost them a great deal of their active fighting force.

When Uchiha Daiki arrived at the battlefield, he happened to come across a team transporting wounded personnel and recovering the bodies of fallen ninja.

More than twenty medical ninja were transporting nearly forty severely wounded people, along with sixty or seventy corpses.

Konoha's casualties were clearly far from optimistic.

And this once again proved that Uchiha Daiki's decision had been correct.

If ordinary Uchiha clansmen had been sent to such a brutal battlefield, their fate would not have been any better than these dead or severely wounded ninja.

"They're Uchiha ninja! Why has only one person come to reinforce us?"

"Hey!! Don't keep going forward! It's dangerous ahead! The enemy's Jonin are very active in that area!"

"We don't even know where the surprise attack units might be lying in ambush!"

"..."

When those medical ninja saw Uchiha Daiki arrive at the battlefield, they began discussing it among themselves and calling out warnings.

Upon hearing them, Uchiha Daiki immediately leaped over and asked them for the details.

At the same time, his sensory ability rapidly spread outward.

Very soon, Uchiha Daiki grasped the general situation here.

Iwagakure of the Land of Earth had dispatched a large number of elite ninja to attack Konoha's forces.

The battlefield was now in complete chaos. Even the medical ninja who had just received the severely wounded did not know any more specific details.

They only knew that the enemy outnumbered them and that their side had suffered grievous casualties. That was all.

"A request for reinforcements was already sent out, but I didn't expect only you to come. It looks like the situation on the other battlefields isn't optimistic either..."

A medical ninja interrupted Uchiha Daiki's thoughts.

Uchiha Daiki gave him an unconcerned glance. "Fall back. Leave this place to me."

His sensory ability had already locked onto the enemy's positions.

There were only a few of them.

But the enemies did not speak. They merely advanced in silence.

Uchiha Daiki vanished from everyone's sight in a flash.

Seeing that this Uchiha clansman was so fast, the Konoha medical ninja were instantly dumbfounded.

"Hey, that guy's speed... isn't that way too fast?"

"Who is he?"

"A Body Flicker Technique that surpasses even Body Flicker Shisui's? Could he be... that person?"

"Ah, there's probably no mistake. Uchiha Daiki has recently risen to fame on the battlefield. I heard even the enemies from Kirigakure are incredibly wary of him..."

"But isn't it too dangerous for one person to head to the front lines against so many enemies?"

"..."