The Hokage's Office.
The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Nara Shikaku sat together.
They began discussing how to handle the Uchiha.
"Sixty-three ANBU died at the scene, seventeen were seriously wounded, and six were disabled and removed from active duty."
"Two were Jōnin. The rest were Special Jōnin and Chunin."
Koharu's voice was grim. She oversaw the medical system, and she had ties to some of the ANBU in the hospital.
But now half of them were dead. Gathering intelligence would be even harder from now on.
The Third Hokage rubbed his brow. "Enma was burned. We don't know how badly Fukasaku and Shima were hurt on Jiraiya's side, either."
Homura added, "Judging by the scene, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi still had strength to spare."
Everyone fell silent.
The Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan had not appeared in decades.
They could only guess how powerful its wielders were. Who knew they would be this formidable?
Over a hundred fighters, plus Jiraiya, had faced two Mangekyō Sharingan wielders, and both opponents had escaped unscathed.
"Ahem..." Shikaku cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention.
He laid several documents on the table. "These are records of the First's battle against Uchiha Madara's Susanoo."
Madara had already left Konoha by the time the Third Hokage was old enough to remember anything, though he had returned once later.
But when Madara fought Hashirama that time, the Third Hokage had not even been qualified to watch.
The battle had shaken heaven and earth, but the Third Hokage had no idea exactly how strong Madara was.
He picked up the records from the Warring States period and skimmed them.
The descriptions were wildly exaggerated:
"Uchiha Madara's Susanoo stood over a hundred meters tall. Every strike could flatten mountains and sever rivers..."
"The wooden giant summoned by