You Uchiha want fifty percent? And Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hero of Shinobi, only gets twenty percent?
The Land of Waves' daimyō froze.
Konoha had won, yet Hiruzen Sarutobi and the defeated Kirigakure were given bowls of the same size? The same share of the meal?
Then hadn't Konoha won for nothing?
Years of survival instinct told the daimyō that this was absolutely not the time to say more.
"Deal!"
He would agree first and deal with the rest later. The people before him did not look like good men; they were the sort who killed without batting an eye. He could communicate with Konoha later.
Kawadera Uchiha said, "Good. At least you know what's good for you.
"I'm not some unreasonable brute. Tell me which people in Castle Keep are from Kumogakure and which are from Kirigakure, and tonight I'll clean them out for you."
"No!" The daimyō hurriedly waved his hands. "Leave them. If they stay, I might live a few more days. If they all die, I won't be far behind."
This daimyō had a pretty good head on his shoulders, so Kawadera Uchiha dropped the matter.
Ishiya Uchiha said, "When you go to Konoha to post the mission, just specify that Uchiha Clan shinobi are to carry it out."
"Understood, Ishiya Jonin."
Among the assault unit members waiting outside the main hall, one person's ears twitched.
When Ishiya Uchiha left with the assault unit, that person tossed down seven twigs—five short and two long.
A while later, a maid came to clean the courtyard and picked up the seven twigs.
After another while, a Ninja Hawk flew out of Castle Keep from the shadows.
Konoha. Having returned to the village from the Land of Grass front lines, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the seven twigs on the