Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

Chapter 138 Jonin Meeting

Now, although he is old, he has a young man by his side who is among the top fighters in the clan and has unlimited potential.

If he were to explicitly declare that he would recognize Uchiha Gen as his successor, his faction would see hope and reunite.

"I will try my best, but after the Jonin Tournament, I will still need Elder to take care of these things for me. Just let me show up when you need me."

At other times, I will focus my energy on spiritual practice.

Before long, I should be able to fully master Uncle Jingtang's Phantom Instantaneous Movement Technique. At that time, my strength will not be inferior to Uncle Jingtang's current level, and I will be able to suppress the others in the clan.

Upon hearing this, the First Elder paused in his steps, his gaze towards Uchiha Gen filled with a hint of surprise.

"really?"

"That's right. Yesterday, I received guidance from the Third Hokage, and by sheer luck, I figured out the key to the Phantom Body Flicker Technique. All I need to do is skillfully apply my eye power to the clone technique, and that will be enough to succeed."

"If that's the case, then some things can be pushed forward sooner rather than later."

The elder stroked his beard and said to Uchiha Gen, "Gen, before becoming the clan leader, would you be interested in sitting in an elder's chair within the clan?"

33

The afternoon after the clan meeting ended, the Konoha Jonin Tournament was held as scheduled.

Apart from the Jonin who were still on the front lines and at the border, the remaining nearly one hundred Jonin in the village sat quietly in rows of long tables.

At the front table, the Third Hokage, accompanied by two Hokage advisors, was facing a group of Konoha Jonin.

Konoha is a formal military organization. Although it has its own internal political attributes, it is not a regime. The meeting room where the Jonin Tournament was held was not decorated in a particularly magnificent or solemn manner; it was just an ordinary meeting room that was spacious and large enough.

In Uchiha Gen's view, the Jonin Conference was not much different from the clan meetings he attended within his own clan. Perhaps the Jonin Conference itself evolved from the Senju clan meetings, only that after the founding of Konoha, its scope expanded from the Senju clan to the entire elite class of Konoha.

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From personnel deployments for war and border operations, to the handling of various potential dangers and crises within the village, to the appointment, removal, and replacement of the Hokage, elders, and heads of important departments, to the military budget allocations and mission revenues of the Daimyo, and the recent work summaries of the Hokage and various functional departments, all aspects are quite comprehensive.

These were all arrangements made by Tobirama Senju at the beginning of Konoha's founding, so the whole process looked quite professional, but it also sounded very complicated. Uchiha Gen sat in the back row and was getting a little sleepy, but he tried his best to calm down and carefully understand the current situation of Konoha.

Konoha Village is large and powerful, with a deep foundation. It is already nearing full capacity as it has to fight against multiple major ninja villages at the same time.

Although there are still funds and supplies left, these are reserves to prevent the war from escalating further, and not much can be mobilized.

Upon hearing this, Gen Uchiha knew that what Tsunade was planning would be difficult to get approved directly this time.

Konoha doesn't have much spare capacity to allocate a large amount of manpower and resources to build a new ninja department.

Fortunately, this was all within Orochimaru's expectations.

They also have backup plans.

"In conclusion, I believe that medical ninjas can significantly reduce war injuries and improve the village's long-term combat capability in war. Therefore, I propose to establish a relevant medical department and train medical ninjas on a large scale to supplement various teams."

Under the watchful eyes of nearly a hundred Jonin, Tsunade's first formal proposal at the Jonin Conference was rejected by the Third Hokage.

"I naturally acknowledge the value of medical ninjas, and I have also witnessed your actions in the Land of Rain."

However, the village is currently at war, and establishing a new ninja category and important department would require a long-term investment of manpower and resources.

We don't have enough time to wait for these medical ninjas to grow up, and we also need resources to deal with the war that could escalate again at any time.

Therefore, your proposal must be put on hold for now, until the war ends and the village has the resources to do these things.

Upon hearing the Third Hokage's voice, Tsunade turned her expectant gaze to Orochimaru.

The latter immediately stood up and, meeting the Third Hokage's gaze, said, "I agree with Tsunade's proposal. However, if the village does not have the extra resources to fully implement it, we can also use only some resources to train a group of medical ninjas first, to prevent the village's important forces from being lost due to insufficient timely treatment of injuries."

This will not only train future medical ninja personnel but also alleviate some of the war pressure on the village.

Not far away, Kato Dan, realizing he had fallen behind, withdrew his gaze from Tsunade and stood up to agree as well.

Next came Uchiha Gen, Mitarashi Shishou, Hiruko, and several other Uchiha Jonin, as well as some Jonin related to the Senju clan.

In an instant, nearly fifty Jonin rose up to support Tsunade.

In this Jonin meeting, which was attended by fewer than 100 people due to the war leaving nearly half of the Jonin away, the presence of so many Jonin had created quite a stir.

Among these many Jonin, the Uchiha Jonin, whose numbers exceed thirty, stand out in particular.

When did the Uchiha clan get involved with Tsunade, the current leader of the Senju clan?

Although the Senju clan has now retired and declined, and no longer has any conflict of interest with the Uchiha clan, it would be impossible to persuade so many Uchiha to stand up and support them without someone taking the lead.

There is only one person who could potentially be in charge of this matter.

The young figure of Uchiha Gen came into the view of the Third Hokage.

Has this young man, who amazed me during yesterday's guidance, already wielded such influence within the Uchiha clan?

Or did he achieve this with the help of others?

That should be the case. After all, this child has no direct relatives or powerful forces within the Uchiha clan to rely on. After awakening the single-tomoe Sharingan, he has been on the battlefield in the Land of Rain and has no time to cultivate relationships within the clan.

There aren't many people who can mobilize so many Jonin from the Uchiha clan to support them.

Is it the clan leader Nagasu, whom he saved according to the intelligence, or the elder Uchiha Gen, who has always been one of his supporters?

It seems like either is possible.

What was his plan? What price did he pay? What was the Uchiha clan thinking?

As a Hokage who had served for nearly twenty years, Hiruzen Sarutobi would immediately think of these schemes.