Knowing his friends for many years, Torifu knew that there was something hidden that made them willing to give up, even if it was just a few benefits, to the Uchiha clan.
Since the war has not reached a dangerous point for the village, it is impossible for those 4 to agree to benefit the Uchiha clan for the next few years through tax reductions and other resources.
Shrugging his shoulders, Torifu didn't think about the matter anymore because he didn't care.
Torifu didn't care about politics, and that's why he didn't accept a high position within the village when Hiruzen started working as Hokage.
He only chose to come out of retirement when this war started, and his clan would receive benefits if he led the front in the land of grass and prevented the Rock Village from invading the land of fire.
That's why he was also eager to return and assess the losses at the camp.
If the war in the land of grass starts to go badly, the benefits that his clan and the Ino-Shika-Cho alliance will receive will be reduced to the extreme and may even disappear.
This is a policy implemented by the Second Hokage and approved by the Daimyo to encourage ninja clans to contribute to a war.
After all, clan ninjas are stronger than the regular ninjas in charge of the village and need benefits so that the strongest ninjas can fight at full power during a war.
Of course, in addition to benefits, the clans will also have to assume responsibilities in this war.
Although their side has not lost the battle, the loss of the medical team will be their responsibility, and the later stage of the war will be more difficult with fewer doctors in their camp.
Even if the village sends more medical ninjas, they will be very few compared to the number of doctors they had before.
To decrease losses in the later stage of the war, Torifu would have to become active during the war.
Very different from how he led his camp during the initial stage of the war.
Since the village wouldn't gain much by invading the land of earth, and his clan would receive benefits anyway as long as they kept things good in the land of grass, Torifu hadn't wanted to lead the charge.
But if the medical ninjas in his camp were eliminated, Torifu had no choice but to lead the fight and secure contributions if he didn't want his clan's profits to be reduced.
As long as Onoki is not present, Torifu is confident that he can gain the upper hand on this battlefield.
Of course, it now appears that he didn't lose much during this sneak attack by the Rock ninjas.
While several supplies were destroyed and many ninjas died, it is little compared to the loss of all the medical ninjas and the subsequent wounded and dead who could not be saved due to the lack of these same medical ninjas.
Of course, he would still have to lead the charge in this war and interrupt his rest because it seems that the Rock ninjas are going to escalate the conflicts during this war.
To eliminate their medical ninjas, the Rock Village has spent many resources and key spies to achieve their goal.
Almost a year has been enough time for the Rock village to gather sufficient supplies, and Torifu must be on the lookout for their next attacks.
With so many resources and spies spent, it would be very strange if the Rock ninjas did not restart the war that has been semi-paused for almost a year.
Meanwhile, she decided to go see Natsuo and check on him.
According to what he saw through Inoshin's Genjutsu, the boy had created a new Jutsu capable of penetrating the defense of an earth armor Jutsu.
In addition to that, although he fell exhausted after launching that jutsu of dozens of fireballs, he stopped Gari for a second and forced him to retreat before his nephews arrived and caught him.
"Let's go see the child," Torifu said, and the three clan leaders followed him.
But the best part?
The boy was willing to sacrifice himself for his companions so that they could escape.
That was very welcome to Torifu and reminded him of his friend Kagami.
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In the medical tent, the camp's medical ninjas were treating several injured ninjas.
For this sneak attack on the medical ninjas, the Rock ninjas deployed a large number of ninja squads on the battlefield to attract attention and fought against the ninja squads of the Leaf Village.
During the last few days, more injured ninjas arrived every day needing treatment, and only yesterday did the number drop to almost zero.
At first they thought it was a day with little conflict on the battlefield, but they didn't suspect that it was a trick by the Rock ninjas to keep the number of ninjas in the medical tent low.
If a powerful ninja were receiving treatment during the surprise attack, it's very possible the attack would fail and they would have to retreat before reinforcements from the Leaf ninja arrived.
That is why the Rock ninjas avoided fighting during those days so as not to send powerful ninjas back to the Leaf camp and potentially jeopardize the mission.
Of course, the rock ninjas couldn't imagine that Natsuo would hide as a normal medical ninja and Gari would underestimate the mission.
If Gari had personally entered the tent or attacked directly from outside with his explosion release, there was little Natsuo could have done to protect the medical ninjas if Gari launched a powerful jutsu.
Knowing that he couldn't do much in such a short time, Natsuo would have chosen to save himself, and most of these medical ninjas and other patients would have died in Gari's surprise attack.
That's why Natsuo is now in a clean bed and any reasonable request could be fulfilled if he needs it.
As someone passed by, whether a medical ninja or a patient, they would always nod and greet him.
While Natsuo was previously known for his medical skills, he is now recognized for his strength at a young age and his ability to sacrifice himself for his comrades.
Even if it was just for a second, Natsuo was able to stop Gari.
And who is Gari?
A powerful elite ninja capable of unleashing powerful explosions with his bloodline, and few ninjas are able to survive an encounter with him.
The fact that Natsuo stayed behind so his companions could escape would have already won everyone's goodwill. But the fact that he was able to stop someone like Gari earned everyone's admiration because he was incredibly strong for a 13-year-old.
While eating a piece of apple that a medical Kunoichi brought and cut for him, Natsuo felt his chakra pathway system gradually recover.
Of course, this was a cover-up because Natsuo could recover quickly thanks to the amount of chakra his sealed clone had.
With a thought, Natsuo could quickly refill his chakra reserves and only kept his reserves slowly recovering to disguise appearances.
The decision to confront Gari so that his companions could escape underground was a decision he made with the certainty that he could escape whenever he wanted.
At most, he will use the Seven Heavens breathing technique to its full capacity to increase his escape velocity.
Anyway, at some point he will demonstrate his ability, and what better way than to 'sacrifice' himself for his teammates?
In any case, he was never in danger and could easily gain the recognition of his colleagues.
The fire jutsu he launched to stop Gari wasn't enough to use up all his chakra, but he decided to show weakness when Gari left and reinforcements arrived.
His sealed clone inside his body was able to quickly absorb his remaining chakra, making it easy to disguise his chakra depletion.
Since he had already shown 'his full strength' and Gari had withdrawn, Natsuo decided at the last second to disguise his ability again and show a limit.
If any foreign ninja or enemy within the village wanted to attack him, they would come with false information about his true abilities and underestimate him.
It had already been shown that other villages had the intention and ability to attack within the ranks of the Leaf Village, so Natsuo was not wrong to be careful.
What about enemies within t
he village?
Danzo Shimura was still alive, and the Uchiha will never be safe as long as that remains the case.
Especially when it seems to have already caught their attention.
In another bed not far from his position, a ninja with orange lights around him was catching his attention.