"I don't understand!"
Hizashi roared, "We already have the Three-Tails, so why do they still have to use Shinkō? After everything we've done, doesn't the Third Hokage know?
We've brought Sunagakure and Hoshigakure over to our side, and even the Uzumaki Clan is ready. All we have to do is wait for the Three-Tails to revive, and we can win the war. Why do all this?"
"Because Danzo wants me dead, the Third Hokage and Advisor Koharu don't want too many casualties, and Elder Mitokado Homura doesn't know about this plan."
"No! Shinkō has to live. Even if Konoha loses, I want Shinkō alive. If it comes to it, I'll die in his place.
I'll write to my older brother right now and have him bring people over to take Shinkō back by force. Let's see if the Third Hokage really dares to stop him."
"Do you think you can take him back?"
Uchiha Yan spoke quietly. "The Uchiha can die, the Ino-Shika-Cho can die, every Konoha ninja can die, so why can't Hyūga Shinkō?
Don't you know how many Konoha ninja died along the way to get this intelligence to Kirigakure?
The only thing you can do is find a way to transfer Hyūga Shinkō to the Land of Rivers, make this the battlefield for the decisive battle, and use Hoshigakure and Sunagakure's forces to protect him as best you can."
"Once a major battle starts, how can anyone protect one person, especially when everyone is targeting him?"
"That's the only way. It's all you can do!"
"Impossible! I have to discuss this with my older brother. Hyūga Shinkō is tied to the Hyuga Clan's future. Nothing can happen to him!"
Uchiha Yan fixed Hizashi with a piercing stare, his expression darkening terribly.
"Captain Hizashi, do you think you