The ongoing war had led to ever-increasing friction between the ninja villages.
Not every battle could be fought solely by top-tier forces.
In the vast majority of wars, it was king against king, general against general.
This placed enormous pressure on Konoha in the face of these allied ninja villages.
Konoha's situation was still somewhat grim. Some jonin had begun leaving their regular duties one after another to join the fight to defend their homes and country.
They did not need to do anything else—just lead genin on patrols and guard duty as they normally did.
By now, Konoha's younger generation had also begun entering the battlefield one after another.
It was not that Uchiha Yato did not want to protect Konoha's fresh blood.
It was simply that Uchiha Yato, along with the other higher-ups and clan heads, largely believed that Konoha's new generation needed to see blood.
With the war already underway, Konoha genin who were old enough and willing could go to the battlefield to gain experience.
Konoha's move also prompted several other ninja villages to do the same.
While waging war to seize benefits, they were also tempering the next generation of their own villages.
It was precisely because of this seemingly righteous purpose that this massive melee remained stable and controllable.
Of course, those playing their games behind the scenes understood very well that the situation could remain stable only because no one was causing trouble.
What they feared was that if something went wrong on either side, the relatively stable situation would turn into a one-sided rout.
If one had to ask who was the busiest during this time—
Uchiha Yato had essentially delegated much of his authority. While he had turned into little more than a stamping machine, he still retained some decision-making and