Tsunade's next words instantly silenced every voice in the room.
"Among these nearly two hundred people, more than thirty have already been confirmed as Kage Level."
Crack!
A Jonin's teacup fell from his hand and shattered on the floor.
Yet he did not even lower his head to look at it.
Everyone stared blankly at Tsunade, doubting they had heard her correctly.
"More than thirty Kage-Level warriors?"
"How is that possible?!"
Someone cried out on the spot.
"How many Kage-Level shinobi does all of Konoha even have combined?"
"The Uchiha Shrine is only a private force. How could it possibly have more than thirty Kage-Level warriors?"
"If they truly have that many people, why has there not been a single word about it in the Shinobi World?"
Tsunade said coldly, "Because they rarely leave the Inner Court."
"Because the Uchiha are under no obligation to report the strength of the Shrine's members to anyone."
"And because all of you have continued to look at them through the lens of the past!"
No one could refute her.
Had anyone else said those words, they would never have believed them.
But Tsunade had personally entered the Uchiha Inner Courtyard.
She was also Konoha's Fifth Hokage. There was no reason for her to fabricate intelligence over something like this.
More than thirty Kage-Level warriors!
Only heavy breathing remained in the entire office.
Hyuga Hiashi slowly clenched his fists.
The Hyuga clan was also one of Konoha's great clans, yet even with the strength of the entire clan, they could not find more than a few shinobi who could truly reach the Kage Level.
And the Uchiha Shrine, a force of fewer than two hundred people, actually possessed more than thirty Kage-Level warriors!
This was no longer a gap.
It was utter domination!
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