The things in this world are most afraid of ifs.

If Makoto hadn't cultivated far away from the village at this point in time, then Uchiha Mitsushige wouldn't have passed by here at all.

If, it was Uchiha Masato who met this person instead of Uchiha Mitsushige, who took seriousness as a principle, and with the identity of "him", he would not be suspected at all.

If the person who did this confidential thing was not "him", but any other strong person of the patriarchal lineage, he would not be exposed because of the ridiculous reason of "being too serious".

If the person who "hooked" the troops had not just been replaced with a miniature electronic device obtained from Yun Yin's secret transaction, then with the strength of "his", Man Mao would have no time to pass on any news if he was killed.

However, all this is only if, the young man who killed the Uchiha Mitsugeru supported the body that had lost his breath from behind, and sensed it carefully for a moment to make sure that there was no one else around, before taking out the scroll and collecting the body of Mitsumo.

His speed was too fast, and Man Mao didn't have the slightest wariness of him, so in this surprise attack, there was not even the slightest trace of blood falling to the ground, let alone a trace of battle.

But he still examined it carefully for a moment before he went into a stealth state again, heading somewhere in Konoha.

An extremely secret cave, when he arrived, there was already a person leaning outside the cave and waiting impatiently: "Zhishui-kun, it's been a lot more than the agreed time, right?" It's rare that you'll be late. ”

With long hair and a shawl, a neat and tidy Konoha uniform, and a pair of snake-like cold eyes, it was Orochimaru.

"I'm sorry, Orochimaru-san, I'm late." Zhishui immediately apologized with a straight look, although he was extremely jealous of this man who was one of the "three forbearances", Zhishui still would not lose his manners.

"Okay," for Orochimaru, the young man in front of him, who had to follow the rules no matter what he did, was undoubtedly the most boring kind of existence: "Did you bring something?" ”

"Brought, please." Shisui opened the ninja bag, pulled out one of the scrolls, and handed it to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru took it, staring at the other scroll in the ninja bag of Zhishui with considerable interest, and hissed: "Zhishui-kun, if I'm not mistaken, that scroll is the same thing, why don't you give it to me together?" ”

Zhishui slowly closed the ninja bag, separated the curious gaze, and his hands drooped: "This is not something that was handed over to Orochimaru-san. ”

"Huh," Orochimaru put away the scroll in his hand with a bored expression, turned around and waved his hand: "Okay, since that's the case, you can go." ”

Zhishui stood still, not moving.

After taking a few steps and sensing the reaction of stopping the water behind him, Orochimaru finally gave up the idea of teasing this boring young man completely, pulled out a roll of paper out of nowhere, and threw it backwards with a "whoosh".

Zhishui raised his hand to take it, unfolded, and after a few meaningless codes, there was a distinct Hokage seal.

Carefully re-rolled up the piece of paper, put it away, and said politely to Orochimaru, who was getting farther and farther away: "Then Orochimaru-san, I'll take my leave." ”

Orochimaru waved his hand, and the figure disappeared into the depths of the cave.

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The Great Elder's Mansion, a side hall for office use.

Tomoo Uchiha and Kang Jing were sitting facing each other in the hall.

Tomoo buried his head in a stack of papers on the table, while Kang Jing leisurely sipped tea on the side.

As the seventh elder of the family, Kang Jing has an extremely close relationship with the Great Elder, and his status in the family is not lower than that of the captain of the garrison, Uchiha Sa, who is the same as Tomoo, and can be called the right hand man of the Great Elder.

"You're idle." Kang Jing's expression was too hateful, and Tomoo processed a document, put it down, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and say jealously.

"There is no war in the family...... Isn't that a good thing? Kang Jing smiled, shaking his head.

"Tsk." Tomoo shook his head helplessly and continued to bury his head in official business.

"Ha," Kang Jing was aroused to talk, he didn't care about his old friend at work, and said: "Speaking of which, you guy has a grandson, how about it, I remember that I have passed the age of one, have you taken an official name?" Do you need a favor from me, an old fellow? ”

Tomoo signed his name on the document, put it aside, and said proudly: "It's been taken a long time ago, it's called 'Itachi', Uchiha Itachi, how about this name?" ”

"'Itachi'," Kang Jing smacked his lips and commented, "It's okay, it's much better than the name Fuyue." ”

"You." Tomoo shook his head helplessly, ignoring Kangjing.

"Report." Someone called in, and Tomoo glanced at it and recognized it as the captain of the family's secret unit, "Goo".

The man walked in and whispered something in Kang Jing's ear, it was none of his business, and Tomoo continued to bow his head and deal with his work.

When he raised his head again, Captain Gou had already left quietly, but Kang Jing's expression was obviously serious.

"What's wrong?"

"Hey," Uchiha Yasukei frowned and said, "Old man, I have a hunch that I may not be able to be idle now." ”

Saying that, this strong man who can rank in the top five in the clan in terms of force stood up, hurriedly said hello and said, "Don't say it, I'll go and report to the Great Elder, this time, if you investigate it, it may not be simple." ”

Zhifu raised his eyebrows and saw Kang Jing leave in an instant.

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"Check, you must check." The Great Elder knelt down in the hall with his burly body and said to the people below.

"Yes." Uchiha Zo walked and bowed his head respectfully, and next to him Kang Jing said thoughtfully:

"Great Elder, do you think it will be Cheng ......?"

"No matter what, if you find out the truth, I want to see who is so bold as to dare to attack the people of the 'hook' troops in our clan's station, and the eyes full of Mao, no matter what, we must recover it!"

"We get it." Zuo Go and Kang Jing saluted together, the Great Elder waved his hand, and the two of them disappeared together with the other clansmen.

A voice came from the empty room: "No, it shouldn't be Makoto. ”

The Great Elder sat straight and did not answer.

"With Manmao's strength, even if it's me, if I don't sneak attack, it's impossible not to even leave him with the opportunity to send a call signal to warn, I went to check, when Manmao was alone, Makoto was still under the surveillance of the Gou Department.

"But if it's a sneak attack...... There are many ninjas in the family and village who can do this. ”

"It doesn't matter," the Great Elder said in a low voice, "The majesty of the family cannot be provoked, and whoever it is, must pay for it. ”

As he spoke, he made a handprint, took out a heavy book of materials from the secret compartment that suddenly appeared next to him, opened it, lightly crossed the page with the name "Uchiha Mitsushige", and then wrote two words on the remarks column.

Lost.