The Senju Remnants Of The Uchiha Clan

In the big tent, Torifu Akimichi waved his hand and drove everyone out, leaving only Shisui by his side.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Torifu was in a bad mood at the moment.

"Torifu-sama…"

Torifu didn't reply but just sighed deeply.

There are some things that cannot be told to everyone.

[To prevent children from experiencing war, this was one of the original intentions of establishing Konoha. ]

He always kept these words of the first Hokage in his mind.

During the warring states period in the Shinobi World, the major ninja clans fought each other and would not even spare children. The reason why the Senju, Uchiha and other clans formed an alliance was that they did not want to be manipulated by the nobles on the one hand, and on the other hand, they could no longer tolerate innocent children being affected by the war.

Children represent the future of each clan, each village, and even the Shinobi World. Ninjas can participate in wars, but children must be protected.

The first and second Hokage, and even… Madara Uchiha, all took this as their responsibility.

"Do you know…" 

Torifu Akimichi spoke with a complicated tone: "Back then, Kinkaku and Ginkaku of Hidden Cloud Village led a large number of elite Jōnin to raid the negotiation site. The second Raikage was killed on the spot, and Tobirama-sama chose to cover the retreat, leaving us, the kids who were in our twenties, thirties, or even forties, to evacuate first…"

"In his opinion, we, useless guards who can't even guarantee the safety of the Hokage, are also the future that needs to be protected! Really, how can the Hokage personally cover the rear of the guards! Otherwise, with Tobirama-sama's Flying Thunder God Technique, how could he die in…"

Shisui remained silent as if he understood what Torifu meant.

Of course, Torifu Akimichi knew Hiruzen Sarutobi's difficulties. Although the title of professor was loud, how could he compare with the first and second Hokage in terms of deterrence? 

Konoha's overall strength was not as good as before, and there were undercurrents surging inside.

Internal and external troubles were like a sword hanging over Hiruzen Sarutobi's head. He tried every means to maintain the stability of the village. 

He even had to rely on the fact that the era of the previous two Hokage was long gone and fabricated a rumor of the strongest Hokage to deify himself…

Just seeing the children coming to the battlefield, especially the southeast front where the situation was the most dangerous, Torifu felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He understood Hiruzen Sarutobi's difficulties.

But it shouldn't be like this…

"Torifu-sama." 

A ninja entered the tent and reported: "An elder from the Hyuga clan wants to see you."

"Please ask him to come in."

Torifu pinched his nose and tried hard to forget all these messy things.

...…

Gen Hyūga is the oldest elder in the Hyuga clan and one of the few hawks in the Hyuga clan.

At this time, the Hyuga clan had not yet experienced the cruel baptism of the Hizashi's death incident and the Uchiha clan genocide incident. 

On weekdays, the clan members behaved a little ostentatiously. Although they did not have the arrogance of the Uchiha Clan, who looked down on everything, they also had a sense of arrogance.

Gen Hyūga's style of doing things is notoriously cold and tough.

Torifu understands this very well, and he wishes he could slap the chattering old man in front of him to death with one palm.

"Torifu boy, I have watched you grow up. Even your father would call me senior when he sees me. How dare you be so perfunctory in response to my request?"

Gen Hyūga didn't take the commander of the southeast camp, Torifu Akimichi, seriously at all, and his words and actions showed a condescending attitude towards his seniority.

The strategic abandonment of the southeastern front was a well-known fact in the Konoha Jōnin circle. Even if Torifu Akimichi managed to withstand the attack of Village Hidden in the Mist, he suffered heavy casualties. 

His reputation would inevitably plummet after this battle, which made Hyuga Gen, who already looked down on him, even more arrogant.

"Elder Gen, I've already said this…"

Torifu took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. "I'm sorry about the incident with Takeshi Hyuga. It's true that the southeast camp didn't react quickly enough and didn't give enough warning to the second batch of transport troops." 

"But now, the Village Hidden in the Mist is eyeing us covetously. We can't ignore the defense of the front line and send a large number of ninjas to search for Takeshi Hyuga."

"My son is missing for unknown reasons. Don't you, the southeast camp, want to take responsibility?"

"There is no such thing as a war without deaths! Takeshi Hyuga deserves respect. We have never given up the search, but we have sent out a large number of ninjas… I'm sorry, I can't give up the entire southeast front for just one person!" 

Torifu could no longer suppress his emotions.

Can't give up the southeastern front? Gen Hyūga sneered in his heart.

Is this a question of whether you are willing to give up? The Village Hidden in the Mist has dispatched 8,000 elite ninjas, and what do you have, Torifu Akimichi? Only 2,000 ninjas! It is impossible to hold the southeastern front!

Unless Village Hidden in the Mist doesn't launch a full-scale attack, but… How is that possible?

The best strategy now is for the southeast camp to fight and retreat at the same time, to hold back the Village Hidden in the Mist troops, and wait until the main force of Konoha defeats the Village Hidden in the Mist troops in the northeast and then moves south along the coastline, to surround the troops in the southeast and annihilate them in the heart of the Land of Fire.

However, given Torifu Akimichi's personality, he would never agree to this because this would be tantamount to allowing the Kirigakure ninja in the southeast to act recklessly in the Land of Fire, which would inevitably cause a large number of casualties among innocent civilians.

Theoretically, the best outcome for the southeast camp would be to perish together with the enemy. By then, even if Torifu Akimichi was not dead, he would be relieved of all his duties and would definitely bear the blame. 

Although the tragic ending of the southeast camp was due to the decision of the top leaders and the lack of support from the village, with the third Hokage and his group of consultants' skillful ability to pass the buck, this was nothing…

Since the southeast camp and Torifu are destined to withdraw from the stage of history, he might as well do something useful now!

After figuring out these things, Gen Hyūga's tone became even more impolite:

"Boy, I don't need to tell you how valuable the Byakugan is to Konoha. Don't forget, my son is from the main house of the Hyuga clan! Don't you know what a pair of Byakugan without the protection of a Curse Mark: Caged Bird means?"

"Understand, but… I must be responsible for the entire southeast front!"

At this moment, even the usually gentle Uchiha Shisui couldn't hold back and wanted to stand up and refute the other party but was stopped by his Torifu.

Facing Gen Hyūga's aggressiveness, Torifu Akimichi refused to give in and looked directly into the other party's eyes.

The two sides looked at each other for a long time.

Gen Hyūga finally backed off, looked away, and said gloomily: "I want to meet the other members of the transport team."

"Okay." 

Torifu turned to look at Shisui: "Call Shibi and the other Jōnin over."

Before leaving, Shisui glared at Gen Hyūga, who responded with a disdainful sneer.

What an impolite Uchiha brat, Gen Hyūga thought to himself.

He had no idea that there were many people in the Uchiha Clan who were even more rude than Shisui, and he would soon meet several of them…

A few minutes later.

Shiratori followed Shibi Aburame into the big tent.

After seeing the person coming, Gen Hyūga snorted coldly, and with his nose in the air, he deliberately put on an arrogant and domineering look, acting like he was in a great position.

Maybe Shiratori judges people by appearance, but when he first saw Gen Hyūga, he felt that he would not like this old man because he looked a bit like Danzo…

With the same gloomy and serious face and the same tendency to squint the eyes into a thin line, can you see things clearly with your eyes so narrowed? It's easy to bump into a tree when you go out…

What? Does the other person have Byakugan? Can he see through things?

Then that's okay.

Gen Hyūga also cooperated very well and said a powerful sentence as soon as he opened his mouth: "You deliberately abandoned my son and chose to run away?"