After the War

Fugaku Uchiha and Hizashi Hyuga stepped forward at the same time.

Hatake Sakumo looked at the two of them.

"Each of you will lead your clansmen and strengthen reconnaissance around the perimeter."

"Focus on checking for traces of Kirigakure ninja Chakra, underground passages, and water sources."

"Once you discover an infiltration squad, do not let them approach the Camp."

"Intercept them immediately."

Fugaku Uchiha looked solemn.

"Understood."

Hizashi Hyuga lowered his head as well.

"We guarantee the mission will be completed."

The two accepted their orders.

The others in the tent had also risen to their feet.

The military meeting had come to an end.

Before Fugaku Uchiha left with his clansmen, his gaze lingered on Fang Xu for a moment.

Hizashi Hyuga looked at him a few more times as well.

They had all heard of Fang Xu's achievements, but this was still the first time they had sensed the child's presence up close.

He was only eight or nine years old.

Yet his build was close to that of a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy.

There was not the slightest trace of a child's timidity on that face that had yet to completely lose its youthful innocence.

Standing inside the Commander's Tent, Fang Xu seemed to be facing not a group of battle-hardened Jonin, but an ordinary meeting.

Yashiro Uchiha walked at the back of the group.

After leaving the Commander's Tent, he lowered his voice.

"Why does such a peerless genius not belong to the Uchiha?"

Fugaku Uchiha paused slightly.

"Yashiro."

Yashiro Uchiha did not stop.

"Can't you see it?"

"Konoha's higher-ups deliberately sent us to the Hidden Mist Battlefield."

"Water Release counters Fire Release, and the Hidden Mist Technique restricts the Sharingan."

"The Uchiha's two greatest strengths are both suppressed here."

His voice grew lower and lower,