"Hatake-senpai!"
Out of respect for the strong, Uchiha Yū casually greeted him.
However, neither of them invited Hatake Sakumo over. They were discussing village politics, and although Hatake Sakumo was one of the village's strongest, he had never involved himself in anything related to politics.
He was a standard neutralist. Even though Uchiha Yū knew that Danzo would scheme against him and lead him to his death in the future, now was not the time to pull him into his own camp. He would have to wait until Hatake Sakumo was at his most desperate.
"Now that Ōnoki is no longer directing the war, there's no need for us to escalate things. We should wait and see."
Uchiha Yū only paid a little attention to the course of the war. Konoha was still the strongest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. It had endured even the far more difficult Third Shinobi World War, let alone the Second Shinobi World War during its prime.
After seeing Sarutobi S mōkū off, the war remained under control and did not cause many casualties. Ordinary medical ninjas were enough to handle it.
He began working hard to improve his own strength, deliberately trying to control the power brought by nuclear fission.
"Improving one's strength cannot be achieved overnight."
"If I want to rapidly increase my strength, I'll still need external resources."
Uchiha Yū thought of something in the shinobi world that contained radioactive power, but taking it from those people would be somewhat difficult.
"Hoshigakure in the Land of Bears has a meteorite from outer space that can continuously release energy."
A faint starlight flickered in his eyes as Uchiha Yū weighed the gains and losses. Though it was only a small village, he could not openly borrow it with his current standing.
After