The war was over!
The news spread through the village in no time.
Faced with this joyful news,
everyone in Konoha, from the ninja clans to the civilians,
celebrated with great enthusiasm!
They couldn't help being happy.
War was a terrifying thing.
It wasn't like an ordinary mission,
but a slaughter in which people fought one another regardless of the reason!
Hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of ninja fought each other in deadly combat!
Every surviving ninja felt that the scene had been like hell...
"Fantastic! I knew Lord Genmei was invincible!"
"The war is finally over. Thank you, Lord Genmei. My son can finally come home."
"I'm going to build a shrine to Uchiha Genmei! We owe him for everything he's done for Konoha."
Thanks to the Police Force's powerful grassroots propaganda network, everyone in Konoha knew who deserved the credit.
The clans listened to the civilians' excited chatter.
At that moment, they were all quietly making other plans.
After all...
They weren't fools.
The old guard from the Warring States era were old, not dead.
They knew what to do when the Uchiha had produced another invincible ninja and Konoha had no one who could match him.
More importantly, Uchiha Genmei's standing in the village was now at its peak.
At that moment,
even the cleverest among them, including those who had previously been staunch supporters of the Hokage faction,
began to dodge the subject when the Konoha High Command tried to win them over.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"What's that supposed to mean? I'm still the Hokage!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, could no longer hold back.
Furious, he pounded the table until it boomed.
What was wrong with those clans?
Never mind how Uchiha Genmei was doing—Hiruzen was still the Hokage, wasn't he?
Genmei had contributed more