As soon as Orochimaru left, the meeting room grew lively again.
They rarely had the chance to gather, so naturally, they took this opportunity to get better acquainted.
This was Yechen's first Jonin meeting, and leaving right away would have seemed rude, so he rose and greeted everyone in turn.
Of course, there was little small talk. He was simply letting them get familiar with his face.
Although the Uchiha were known for producing madmen, most of them were perfectly normal. They might have been somewhat proud, but they were certainly not arrogant egomaniacs.
On the contrary, they were deeply emotional, and sometimes their feelings for their comrades mattered more to them than their own lives.
This bore out something the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju had once said: no clan loved more deeply than the Uchiha Clan.
Yet that love often had two sides. Precisely because they loved so deeply, once they lost that love, it would turn into hatred.
At that point, without proper guidance, an Uchiha ninja's temperament would change drastically. In more severe cases, darkness would consume them, and they would act without any restraint. This was why they were called madmen.
That was why many ninja in the village disliked dealing with Uchiha ninja. With certain people maliciously fanning the flames, misunderstandings about the Uchiha only grew.
Although Yechen was a young prodigy and a rare Title-bearing Ninja, the people here merely exchanged a few polite words with him. None showed any interest in a deeper conversation.
Yechen was not surprised in the slightest. In fact, he preferred it this way. Once he had made the introductions, he left without lingering. Rather than trying to build connections with these people, he would be better off returning to his training.
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