He scanned the crowd below with his eyes, which had become increasingly cloudy over the past year.
Finally, he carefully examined the large cloth banner bearing the clan emblem behind the chief patriarch.
After a moment, he came to his senses.
After licking his lips, which were chapped from increasingly scarce saliva, Uchiha Yukito finally asked, "How many Senbon are needed to kill one person? And how many would it take to kill tens of thousands?"
"And do the Uchiha have that many people throwing those Senbon?"
"If it weren't for Sarutobi's intelligence reports from the Land of Grass, would you all be willing to sit here again today?"
The moment a few rhetorical questions were uttered, the arrogant, disdainful look on the other side froze.
He ignored the person opposite him and the changing expressions of others.
His old, weak voice continued, "I know you all hate me and think I'm in your way."
"But I'll be going to the Pure Land soon, so as an elder of the Uchiha, an elder still wearing this uniform!"
"I'll say a few more words to you all, and whether you want to listen or not is up to you!"
After he finished speaking, he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip to moisten his somewhat dry throat.
When I first heard those three questions, I couldn't think of a rebuttal at the time.
After a moment of surprise, the answer came to mind.
Just as Uchiha Setsuna was about to speak as usual, he heard the old man opposite him say these words!
Pure Land?
Looking at Uchiha Yukito's trembling arm as he picked up his teacup, she thought of the message she received early last year that had made her laugh out loud.
His right hand, which he habitually raised in rebuttal, slowly retracted.
The old man on the other side has a different stance from them; this is a difference in their perspectives.
But now that the old man has said so, and his son even saved his life!
With both factors combined, even if he disliked the opposing faction's ideology, he would have to shut up and listen attentively.
Because that old man Uchiha reminded him that the other side only had ideological differences with them, not mortal enemies.
The Uchiha today can no longer afford another... civil war!
And yet another pillar of the doves is about to fall.
In the following years, the opposing faction within the clan will be completely powerless to resist them.
So listen to what's useful, adopt what's useful, and discard what's not!
He put down his teacup and looked at the crowd waiting quietly for him.
Uchiha Yukito's aged voice finally rang out. "There's no need to bring up the first matter again. It's too late to intervene now; there's no time to lose."
"The second thing can be learned entirely from the Senju, and we can even learn more from them. This would also be a supplement to the Uchiha!"
"But the second thing alone isn't enough. You can contact the Hyūga and Ino- Ino-Shika-Cho neutral clans later. They'll be more concerned about those tens of thousands of people on both sides than we are."
"But don't talk too much, or they won't get on board. Just ask for one thing: that they work together to force both sides to start fighting and exhausting resources early, and then keep the total number of casualties within a range that you can accept!"
"What both sides want is time and attrition, so they will eventually agree that we can proceed without restraint."
Listen to the old man's words and his methods for solving the problems that everyone is worried about.
The clan head Uchiha Motohisa, nodded with approval.
This method is excellent and suitable. If the Clan doesn't want to participate in the training, then the two sides must be forced into a bloody battle.
In this way, the Clan will no longer have to worry about those tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of items!
The old man explained the method and the reasons clearly.
Having understood the meaning behind it Uchiha Setsuna couldn't help but agree with this method.
His support and cooperation with Sarutobi in fighting the Senju were all for the sake of Hokage Position.
In his view, cooperating with Sarutobi was merely a formality.
When it comes to the final battle, how much effort the Uchiha put in is something that needs to be discussed again!
If we stall for a little while, we can wipe out the Senju and also trap Sarutobi in the process.
In this way, there won't be any more problems with the future Hokage Position.
As for preventing his Clan from participating in the training program, it's because he genuinely looks down on those scumbags!
The Uchiha Clan suffered from Lord Madara's sudden death and the ensuing internal strife.
The series of major events consumed a large amount of resources within the Uchiha Clan.
Although the Clan still has money, it was all accumulated little by little in recent years.
Therefore, he felt from the bottom of his heart that those money and resources were being wasted on trash, and it would have been better to invest them all in the Clan!
Seeing the attitude of the two leaders, he knew that his suggestion had been approved.
I shut my mouth and breathed a sigh of relief.
Uchiha Yukito then lost interest in continuing the conversation.
However, when his gaze swept over the dark blue curtain behind the clan leader again...
Looking at the red and white family crest and the family members that appear and disappear below it.
His worries about the future of the Uchiha resurfaced.
Their side was already at a disadvantage, and now the Clan Meeting is a 2:2:3 situation!
But after his death, the person most qualified to succeed him was the one opposite him.
The score will be 1:2:4!
The relationships within the Clan will be out of balance from the outset.
Furthermore, the Uchiha has now sided with Sarutobi, but the opposing side only wants to take advantage and reap the benefits?
Instead of firmly choosing one side...!
This tightrope walking stunt could easily lead the Uchiha to fall into a trap.
Unfortunately, those idiots on the other side only possessed the arrogance of the Uchiha, but lacked the true essence of the Uchiha: "Strength"!
And they all refuse to listen to advice.
The future of this Clan...!
Thinking of all this, Uchiha Yukito turned his head slightly to look at the newly appointed successor on his side and the clan leader's supporter on the left.
He secretly resolved to meet tonight!
Inside the hall, the first and most contentious issue was decided: non-participation.
The second item was also based on Yukito's suggestion and referenced Senju.
It wasn't until the third item that different opinions were raised.
Ultimately, Setsuna and his side achieved their goal.
Starting today, the Uchiha will adopt the Senju's birth policy, but the related bonuses and punishments will be changed.
As the bonuses increased fivefold at each stage, the penalties also reached an amount that made it impossible not to have children.
Of course, various benefits within the clan also saw a significant improvement during this period.
After all, the Uchiha's manpower has decreased by more than half compared to the Warring States period!
After more than an hour of communication, all matters were finalized through discussions between the clan leader and Uchiha Setsuna.
He signed his name and affixed the seal belonging to the Uchiha Clan Head head to the Order.
Only then did the invisible burden in the heart of Uchiha Motohisa, the head of the group, finally lighten somewhat.
He handed the items to his waiting subordinates at the table, gesturing for them to leave, and said with a somewhat grim expression, "The tasks have all been assigned, so everyone, get to work as quickly as possible!"
As he finished speaking, the six people bowed.
He stood up, passed through the curtain, and left the council chamber!