Konoha.
The Tobitake Tonbo household.
"Dad, I heard the Fourth Shinobi World War is about to begin. Is that true?"
Tobitake Tenyu asked.
"Yeah, it's about to start."
Tobitake Tonbo said.
"Then can I become a squad captain and... um, who are we fighting?"
Tenyu thought for a moment and realized he did not even know who the enemy was.
"Madara Uchiha."
Tobitake Tonbo glanced at him.
"Madara Uchiha? One of Konoha's founders, that powerful Uchiha ninja?
He isn't dead yet!"
"In a few days, he will be. It doesn't matter."
"Why? Isn't he incredibly strong? I really want to fight him!"
Tobitake Tenyu's eyes burned with passion.
"Sure, beat Konohamaru first. You could beat him back then, but now he can beat you.
And you still have the nerve to ask for a squad captain position, and to fight Madara Uchiha?
Where's your shame?"
Tobitake Tonbo mocked.
"What? I can't go to the battlefield?"
Tobitake Tenyu's face filled with shock.
He was such a powerful ninja. He had killed someone who had threatened a powerful Konoha ninja.
"Lord Hokage gave the order. Children under fourteen will remain in Konoha
to defend Konoha. The other ninja will go to the battlefield."
Tobitake Tonbo explained.
The Shinobi Alliance would soon assemble. Konoha would leave only a portion of its ninja behind and send out the rest of its forces.
The younger generation had not been required to go to the battlefield.
There were also pregnant ninja, such as Kurenai Yuhi.
"Ah, why? We're strong too."
"That's why you need to protect Konoha itself. Leave Madara Uchiha to me."
"Dad, can you really handle him?"
Tobitake Tenyu asked suspiciously.
In the legends, Madara Uchiha was a terrifying existence.
Together with the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, he had crushed every force within the