Following close behind him were Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha.
The jonin's gazes converged on the three Uchiha, especially the young man in the lead.
For a moment, everyone's thoughts stirred.
The Uchiha are here...
The Commander-in-Chief of the Konoha Military Police Force...
The village's newly risen super genius...?
Uchiha Minamoto walked straight to the conference table without looking aside, found a seat, and sat down.
Seated beside him were two people.
One was Princess Tsunade-the boss of the Konoha Medical Department.
The other was Inoichi Yamanaka-the class leader of the Analysis Division.
This section was where the heads of Konoha's various departments gathered in the first place.
There was nothing improper about Uchiha Minamoto sitting here as Commander-in-Chief of the Konoha Military Police Force.
Only Princess Tsunade, sitting beside him, pursed her lips slightly.
This brat. If he has time to attend a big meeting, he'd be better off helping me look after the children...
Everyone had arrived.
Hiruzen Sarutobi cleared his throat and, without wasting words, laid out all the intelligence from the border.
"Early this morning, Kumogakure tore up the ceasefire agreement. Several elite units crossed the Land of Fire's northern border and launched surprise attacks on our patrols and border outposts."
The conference room erupted.
"Kumogakure again?!"
"How many years has it even been since we signed the ceasefire? Those savages!"
"What are the border troops' casualties? Did the lines hold??"
Hiruzen Sarutobi raised a hand and pressed it down, quieting the commotion.
"What we can currently confirm is that at least three breaches have been opened in our border defenses. Estimated casualties exceed fifty."
At those words, the conference room fell briefly into deathly silence.
Fifty people.
In wartime, that naturally would not have been a staggering figure.
The Yellow Flash was said to have