After all, no matter how you looked at it...
The eastern front had fallen, and the village's interests had suffered serious damage. As a Konoha ninja, Uchiha Setsuna ought to have felt that way.
Although Uchiha Setsuna was a radical, plotted coups, and cursed the Hokage...
He was still a good Uchiha who loved Konoha.
But now, as Uchiha Setsuna looked at his commander-in-chief, every bit of tension in his heart vanished.
The commander-in-chief was here, and peace would follow!
"Mm."
Uchiha Minamoto's expression was calm. Uchiha Setsuna's words had not surprised him in the slightest.
"Tell me the details."
Influenced by the commander-in-chief's mood, Uchiha Setsuna slowly calmed down as well and gave a full account of the situation on the eastern front.
But as he spoke, Uchiha Setsuna could not help growing agitated again.
"...That's the situation!"
Now, just thinking of that old geezer Hiruzen Sarutobi filled Uchiha Setsuna with grievances.
"If they'd sent you to the eastern front in the first place, Commander-in-Chief, how could anything like this have happened?!"
"...He ran into Karatachi Yagura as soon as he reached the battlefield?"
Uchiha Minamoto's attention, however, was focused on the battle report from the eastern front.
He did not even know what to say about Kakashi Hatake's luck.
Could the bonds between ninja really draw them to one another?
"What did Lord Third say?"
"Lord Third has already summoned the Jonin Commander and is preparing to hold an emergency war meeting!"
Uchiha Setsuna answered quickly.
"He sent me to invite you to the Hokage Building for the meeting, Commander-in-Chief."
"Then let's go."
Uchiha Minamoto set down the calico cat in his arms.
"Let's see what 'brilliant insights' Lord Third has this time."
The Hokage Building.
Only a few days later, the Jonin Commander's conference room was