Tactical Explanation!

This new tactic, with its ridiculously low casualty rate, left the assembled ninja with little experience or lessons to share, only feeling that it was already incredible.

Besides a lack of coordination and some issues with large-scale deployment, the feedback provided boiled down to two points:

1. A lack of direct countermeasures against the Rock Ninja's Earth Mound Ball and Splitting Earth Palm jutsu. It's recommended to incorporate Earth Style and Water Style coordination.

2. It would be best to have Wind Release ninja, as wind aids fire, enhancing the power of Fire Style jutsu and allowing for a larger combat area.

Yakushi Nonō stood up and looked at Uchiha Kin, saying, "I believe this battle also demonstrated the role of Medical Ninja in warfare... Ordinary Medical Ninja, without your abilities, can still allow lightly wounded soldiers to re-enter combat."

Minato said, "I think this tactic is very worth promoting." He couldn't offer much advice himself, as he had been using the Flying Thunder God Technique throughout the battlefield.

Flash, flash, flash, and the Rock Ninja fell one after another. In that brief interval, however, he didn't have much time to observe the battlefield.

"Alright, everyone has spoken, so I'll say my piece too." Uchiha Kin took out his notebook and began to speak.

Something entirely new, in a forceful manner, opened their minds. So, hand seals weren't necessarily about speed? Hand seals could have coordination, delays, and predictions...

"The duration a hand seal can be held is 1.3 seconds, and after the jutsu is completed, its waiting release delay is 0.8 seconds.

"Group combat is fundamentally different from individual or small-team combat. Deception and concealment between ninja are not needed in large-scale army combat. Therefore, you don't need to hide your hand seal intentions, nor do you need to hide which jutsu you're using.

"Speed and slowness have another meaning in this process. If we are a hundred meters away from the enemy and begin forming hand seals, what is the time difference between the first and second seals? You need to judge based on yourself and your teammates.

"Upon contact, within the final 0.8 seconds of release, you must create a time difference to make the opponent misjudge.

"For example, after you complete your hand seals and briefly delay the jutsu, the opponent uses an Earth Flow Wall. This is equivalent to you tricking the opponent into using a jutsu, and they won't be able to use another. Your teammate beside you can then use Phoenix Sage Fire at this moment to kill the enemy.

"As for you? You continue to delay and charge forward—there are only two outcomes: either the enemy is eliminated, or within the delay time, you discover a new target and release the jutsu on them.

"I believe this concept shouldn't be difficult to understand, right?"

However, seeing everyone's expressions, it was clear they didn't find it "not difficult to understand." Uchiha Kin had to resort to a more intuitive method—using stones as pieces for one side and shuriken as pieces for the other to conduct a visual deduction.

He even created characters named A, B, C, and D, and simulated a battlefield of about fifteen people.

Starting from the "charge," Uchiha Kin demonstrated when to begin forming hand seals, what each character saw, how to judge the situation, and how to release jutsu, deducing it step by step.

"So that's how it is!" "Lord Kin can come up with such a marvelous tactic, it's incredible." "Heavens, facing such a tactic is a nightmare!"

The ninja couldn't help but exclaim.

With Uchiha Kin breaking it down, dissecting it, guiding them step by step to analyze and think from each character's perspective, they finally understood the tactic. The enemy and ally pieces seemed to come alive, battling in their minds.

This tactic, like art, where the wisdom, jutsu, and stamina of each individual were maximized, was simply intoxicating.

Minato Namikaze looked from the pieces on the ground to Uchiha Kin, his surprise at Uchiha Kin's capabilities exceeding his expectations, and he felt even happier: "Fortunately, we had this opportunity to discover such a great talent.

"In terms of strategy and tactics, he surpasses this era!" Thinking this, he glanced at Uchiha Kin again.

He understood Uchiha Kin's "unhesitating" reason: he didn't want these people to sacrifice themselves in vain under the old tactics!

Before witnessing Uchiha Kin's tactic, Minato, like all the other ninja, didn't see anything wrong with the old ways.

But after seeing this battle, he suddenly realized the foolishness of that tactic...

Compared to small-team combat, large-scale army combat was simply useless.

It discarded all the advantages of being a ninja.

It was more akin to being samurai.

"If the commander wasn't Kin, but someone else... then Kin would have no choice but to follow orders and foolishly throw shuriken or engage in close combat. Kin's strength would naturally be fine, but these people... perhaps less than one in ten would survive." Minato couldn't imagine how many Konoha ninja would die in such a battle.

Would even a tenth of these wounded soldiers truly survive? They might all be wiped out here.

And behind these people, how many families would be broken? How many fathers would lose their sons, how many wives would lose their husbands...

He also thought of the many families where fathers and sons fought side-by-side, and in ninja clans like the Ino-Shika-Cho and Uchiha, even grandfathers, sons, and grandsons, wives and husbands fought together. Perhaps after this battle, no one would be left to mourn. Minato's azure eyes dimmed.

War...

Why must there be war? This damned war!

He thought, "Wouldn't it be better for everyone to live in peace and harmony?" This question was too complex for him.

His experience and knowledge were insufficient to comprehend it; he only felt that the hatred in the ninja world was too deep—he couldn't imagine anything grander or more significant.

And this was the greatest tragedy of the ninja world:

Those with foresight lacked the corresponding power. Those who wielded power lacked the foresight to understand; the cries of the powerless were merely buzzing barks in the ears of those in power. While power couldn't define "right," it could execute "wrong."

After Uchiha Kin finished speaking, he looked up and saw Minato looking at him, his azure eyes reflecting Uchiha Kin's figure—

He was squatting on the ground, looking up with a somewhat inscrutable expression.

Uchiha Kin clapped his hands and stood up.

"Meeting adjourned—our time is tight. To prepare for the upcoming negotiations, everyone must familiarize themselves with this system as quickly as possible and cooperate proficiently." He didn't mention anything about Qingshi Town. These were not things they needed to know at this time.

Secrets kept achieve success; secrets revealed lead to failure.

Minato, Nonō, Dai, and Qingshan Yi must know because their cooperation is needed. The rest do not.