"In this battle, the combined forces of Kumogakure and Woods Hidden were completely annihilated!
"The Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, was captured alive by Captain Uchiha Minamoto!
"In this battle! Our forces!! Suffered not a single casualty!!!"
Shikaku Nara finished speaking.
The entire Jonin office conference room fell deathly silent.
But that silence lasted less than three seconds.
Then the atmosphere in the conference room exploded!
Boom-
"W-we won?!"
"The Two-Tails Jinchūriki was captured alive?! How is that possible?!"
"That's a Jinchūriki! How could a Jinchūriki possibly be captured alive?!"
The Jonin's cries of astonishment rose one after another as all kinds of emotions erupted at once.
But as Shikaku Nara took the initiative to pass around the battle report scroll,
more people saw what was recorded on it.
The atmosphere of shock in the conference room changed once again.
"Long live the Commander-in-Chief!!!"
No one knew which Uchiha shouted it first.
Then the Jonin's cheers erupted like a tsunami.
"They wiped out the enemy! Captured a Jinchūriki alive! Heaven bless Konoha!!"
"Uchiha Minamoto did what even the Yellow Flash couldn't!!"
"I choose Uchiha Minamoto! I choose the Light of Konoha! He's the one everyone wants!"
The oppressive atmosphere that had hung over the conference room was swept away completely.
Seated in the corner with her arms folded, Princess Tsunade's tightly knitted brows eased without her noticing.
She watched the wildly celebrating Jonin, then glanced at the Uchiha Clan's Jonin representatives, who were finally smiling. A trace of relief and admiration flashed in her eyes.
"That brat really is capable..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up, bracing both hands against the table, his aged body trembling slightly.
They had won!
They really had won!
And it was a glorious victory unlike any before!
How long had it been since Konoha had received such