The Advance Squad could only have been a day or two ahead at most, right?
"What about Kumogakure's main force?"
Uchiha Fugaku pressed.
"And where's the Commander-in-Chief?"
"The captain wiped out all those bastards from Kumogakure and Woods Hidden all by himself!"
Inuzuka Gaku laughed heartily, and the other ninja sitting beside him joined in.
"And the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, too!
"That Two-Tails Jinchūriki had it even worse. The Commander-in-Chief beat her into a sickly kitten! She's locked up in the back right now!"
One man...
Wiped them all out...
And the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, too...
What had happened to this world?
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the border ninja casting admiring glances their way, then at Inuzuka Gaku, whose face practically said "easy as could be." A complicated mix of feelings immediately welled up in his heart.
"Really?"
This time, Inuzuka Gaku did not need to answer.
The other border ninja all chimed in.
"Of course it's true!"
"Lord Minamoto is incredible!"
"Just what you'd expect of an Uchiha! He's so strong-and you too, Clan Head Fugaku."
As for how Uchiha Fugaku felt right then...
How should he put it...
It was complicated.
He was happy, certainly.
But he truly felt helpless, too.
The Uchiha Clan had finally put together an organized Mobile Combat Team, ready to show what they could do on the battlefield.
Yet before they could get so much as a sip of hot soup, their own Commander-in-Chief had devoured the enemy without leaving even a scrap of bone.
Their own man was simply too strong. He had given them no chance at all to demonstrate their abilities.
Who could they blame for that?
"Damn those Kumogakure ninja!"
Uchiha Fugaku was so angry that he activated his [Sharingan].
"It's all their fault!"
Having received word, Uchiha Minamoto hurried over.