So, you like giving orders?
You like being high-profile?
Well, this is the price you pay.
The short combat meeting came to an end. As Danzo watched Yukika's back disappear from view, he was inwardly overjoyed.
Even though Yukika had formed a unit composed entirely of the Senju clan and had taken the position of squad captain, he still had to follow orders from the supreme commander—Danzo himself.
As long as that control stayed in his hands, Danzo was confident: with his intellect and cunning, playing a teenager like a fiddle wouldn't be difficult at all.
Having finally assumed the role of supreme commander, Danzo was feeling more inflated than ever. But what he didn't know was what kind of consequences were waiting for him in the future.
Senju Camp.
Inside Yukika's tent.
He plopped down into the chair. The atmosphere was heavy, quiet.
After a long silence, Tsunade walked over to his side. Her face bore the look of someone trying to offer comfort and encouragement, as though she wanted to say something.
"You trying to comfort me?" Yukika smiled faintly, lifting a hand to gently caress her cheek.
"There'll be chances in the future."
Tsunade let out a sigh.
Coming to the battlefield and not getting a single chance to fight—it meant they had no opportunity to demonstrate the kind of dominance a unified Senju force could bring.
This… this was also one of the downsides of finally consolidating the Senju clan.
If they had no opportunity to enter battle, they wouldn't be able to earn any military merits. And once the Second Great Ninja War ended, the village would start dividing the spoils—meaning the Senju would be left with less and less.
That was the tradition of every ninja village.
Victory in war was rewarded with titles, power, and resources. And those who contributed little during the conflict? They were neither respected nor remembered.
But what could they do?
Danzo was the commanding officer on the front lines. Everything Yukika did since arriving at camp—no matter how flashy it seemed, from invoking the Senju name to unifying the clan under one banner—hadn't actually violated a single battlefield order.
Family matters within the Senju were one thing.
Battlefield insubordination was another.
And during wartime, the Senju couldn't afford to give others any excuse to find fault or exploit loopholes.
"Tsunade-nee, you're misunderstanding," Yukika shook his head. "On the contrary, this is exactly what I wanted."
What?
Tsunade froze. Was Yukika unaware of what laying low on the battlefield could cost him in the long term?
"Yukika, you don't actually think that just because the Senju aren't participating in battle, we're safe, do you?"
True.
Staying behind did seem safer, and it helped preserve the clan's strength.
But the same problem lingered—Senju couldn't defy Danzo's orders. This time it was "stand by." Next time, it might be "go up and die."
This was just the beginning of Danzo's schemes.
If even Tsunade could see through it, how could Yukika not?
And yet… he wasn't the least bit panicked. In fact, he looked like he wanted to laugh.
During the Second Great Ninja War, Konoha never held the initiative. Not once. They never had the upper hand. Even when they threw all their forces into the fight, they still failed to take Amegakure.
As for what Konoha gained?
Aside from an empty, symbolic "victory," they got nothing. What they did get, however, was an enormous body count of fallen shinobi.
That… was the true outcome of the war.
And in that chaos, Danzo's incompetence was on full display. His leadership—or lack thereof—served as a painful lesson to all of Konoha's upper echelon. The contrast between him and someone like Sakumo Hatake, who had real command capability, was night and day.
And because of that, this Second Great Ninja War…
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