Yuzhen's order went out through the Military Police Force. His subordinates served as messengers, carrying the command to assemble to those in his faction.
He didn't keep Uchiha Yuzhen waiting long.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea...
The Uchiha in Yuzhen's faction arrived one after another at the square in front of the Military Police Force headquarters.
Looking at his subordinates lined up in rows before him, Uchiha Yuzhen nodded in satisfaction.
He could command this force, and he wasn't playing the lone wolf in this world.
At this moment,
he finally felt that his wings had truly grown strong!
As for why he was assembling the shinobi army at the Military Police Force headquarters instead of outside Konoha Gate?
It was simple...
Having an independent armed force within the village and being able to expand its ranks at will was a privilege of the Uchiha, one of the clans that had founded Konoha.
After all, whenever the Uchiha deployed, they assembled their shinobi army at Konoha Gate.
Wouldn't that mean...
They had completely submitted, truly becoming the Senju of the Forest's watchdogs! That was something the proud Uchiha could never accept!
After all, even though Uchiha Madara had lost, he had agreed to found Konoha together with the others. But he would never have agreed to send out Uchiha troops without assembling them at their own shrine.
Besides, back then...
Madara and Hashirama's relationship had probably been so good that even Uzumaki Mito... would have been left with a knot in her stomach.
So claiming this small privilege had been a simple matter.
Actually, by rights...
For the Uchiha Clan, with its thousand-year legacy and adherence to the ways of the Ninja Sect,
whenever they deployed a shinobi army, they should have first prayed