"Against absolute superiority in top-tier combat power, an advantage in numbers was not insurmountable.
"Just like the Third Shinobi World War back then."
During the Third Shinobi World War.
Konoha had likewise been at a disadvantage.
But the emergence of the Yellow Flash had turned the entire war around in one stroke.
And now.
A new flash had emerged.
And he shone even more brilliantly than the Yellow Flash of the past.
How could Konoha lose?
After Shikaku Nara finished speaking.
Uchiha Minamoto smoothly picked up where he left off and began presiding over the meeting.
As for how to govern a ninja village or command a war, he could only be said to have a superficial understanding-or even no understanding at all.
But that did not matter.
Just because Uchiha Minamoto could not do it did not mean others could not.
Shikaku Nara could, as could plenty of veteran ninja skilled at handling all sorts of affairs.
Uchiha Minamoto only needed to assign the right tasks to the right people and let the professionals handle their specialties.
Over the course of the meeting.
Uchiha Minamoto, the newly appointed "Advisor Minamoto," actually managed to keep everything running in perfect order.
He proposed almost no specific plans himself, merely letting everyone speak freely before making the final decisions at key points.
Everything else was left to those beneath him to carry out.
Before anyone realized it, Uchiha Minamoto had taken complete control of the meeting's direction.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat to one side without saying a word.
Utatane Koharu likewise remained silent.
By the latter half of the meeting, the two members of Konoha High Command had been reduced entirely to spectators.
The glory and excitement belonged to Uchiha Minamoto.
They had nothing to do with those two remnants of a bygone