"Is this...real?"
In a room in the Uchiha Clan compound, Uchiha Nobutada looked over the document in his hands, frowning slightly as he raised his head to face the elders before him.
Just as Sarutobi Hiruzen had expected, the Uchiha Clan had certainly received the news.
The document in Uchiha Nobutada's hands detailed Uchiha Sou's achievements on the battlefield!
After the battle ended, Uchiha Sou had withdrawn from the Kirigakure-controlled area and returned directly to the Konoha camp.
Given his personality, he probably wouldn't go around telling everyone what he had done behind enemy lines. But his teammates would!
Uchiha Sou didn't have to say a word. Might Duy and the others had already revealed plenty, and Shisui had told the other Uchiha in the camp as well.
On top of that, to boost morale, Orochimaru had held a mobilization meeting before the army set out, and publicly commended Uchiha Sou and the others.
Their deeds would naturally reach Konoha through various channels. By now, all the major clans in Konoha had probably heard about it.
"I don't think they'd choose to lie to us." An elder slowly nodded. "Besides, I've heard that the other clans received much the same information. I suspect..."
The elder was named Uchiha Manaka. He was the First Elder of the Uchiha Clan, and also the spokesman for the family's Hawk Faction.
The Uchiha Clan was a land of opportunity, to say the least. Back then, in their quest for peace, they had firmly opposed Uchiha Madara, that destabilizing element.
I got down on my knees of my own accord. What right did anyone have to make me stand up?
But after Uchiha Madara left, they gradually realized something was off—hold on. Why was life now worse than it had been when Uchiha Madara was