Chapter 237: Reinforcements Arrive
"I'm back, lunch is ready."
Uchiha's temporary residence, Uchiha Mikoto heard the sound of the door opening outside, wiped her wet jade hand on her apron, leaned out half of her body, looked at Fuyue who entered the door, and said with a smile.
Uchiha Fugaku nodded and asked, "What about Itachi and Sasuke?" β
"Itachi went to learn ninjutsu with Zhishui, and I don't know if I will come back at noon."
Fu Yue nodded, his serious face softened a little: "I have time to call Zhishui to come to the house for dinner." β
Shisui is the hope of the family, not to say that it is the hope of the village, he has already touched the threshold of Susanoo at a young age, and when he grows up, whether it is a war with Konoha or a peace, the voice of the Uchiha Ninja Village can be much louder.
Even now, his attitude towards Konoha is still complicated.
As Fugaku, who has been cultivated as the next patriarch of Uchiha since he was a child, he has no goals in life, everything is arranged. Became the patriarch and worked hard for the prosperity of the family, and then wanted to succeed the Hokage because of the growing tension with the village, and then became the first leader of the Uchiha Ninja Village by mistake.
Putting aside these identities, he who has experienced the prosperity and crisis of Konoha is no different from most of the children who grew up in Konoha.
Therefore, his heart still longs to return to Konoha one day.
Of course, the premise is that there is no discrimination and hostile attitude, and it is like at the beginning of the village to integrate into Konoha again.
At the long dining table, Fugaku and Mikoto sat opposite each other, and although they were husband and wife, the atmosphere seemed to be a little too respectful.
Fu Yue put a chopstick fish in his mouth, thought about it, and said, "Did anything happen in the village today?" β
Mai Koto thought for a moment and said softly, "It's the same as usual, but everyone is happy to know that they are about to move to a new home." β
To be honest, the environment of the temporary residence is no worse than what they used to live in, and even because of the deep pockets of the Shinobi, their quality of life is even better than when they were in Konoha. However, as the inheritance of agricultural civilization, a fixed and long-term residence can make them feel at ease.
Fuyue nodded: "It's soon, the time is tentatively scheduled for next week, and then the Wind Shadow will attend the completion ceremony and hope everything goes well." β
Fu Yue paused in his words and said the second half of the sentence.
If he was the Hokage, even if he was in a hurry now, he would have made some moves that day, otherwise Konoha's face would really be muddy.
After speaking, the two of them were silent at the same time, bowing their heads and eating silently.
The dining table, which is not very long, separates the two from each other.
Suddenly, there was the sound of unlocking the door.
"I'm back~"
The voice of the weasel broke the oppressive atmosphere, and Mai Trin raised her head, looked at the little head that poked in, and suddenly bloomed with a smile as happy as a stamen: "I thought you weren't coming back, and the water stop is also coming?" Sit down, there is food left in the pot. β
Seeing the Uchiha Shisui who came in with him, Mikoto got up with a smile and went to the kitchen to serve food.
"Excuse me."
The Uchiha Shisui bowed slightly towards the patriarch and his wife, and greeted him respectfully.
"Father-sama"
Itachi saw his father's back, and suddenly put a smile on his face, and his attitude became respectful, hugging little Sasuke Masatsu.
Fu Yue turned around and looked at the two of them, his unsmiling face also had a faint smile, and at this moment, this house had a little popularity.
"Sit down."
Uchiha Fugaku motioned for the two to sit down, and Itachi took the child seat first and put his younger brother in place before he sat on the side.
"How's your training going?"
Fugaku asked, looking at Uchiha Shisui.
"Thank you" Zhishui first got up to take the food brought by Mai Trin, and then replied: "It's okay, I guess I can get a preliminary grasp of it in a month at most." β
Fu Yue nodded: "That's good, although the matter of security is important, don't delay your cultivation." If you say something inappropriate at the moment, don't take it to heart. β
The radical faction was in charge of the security of the completion ceremony, and Fuyue sent Zhishui over as well, allowing him to accumulate some management experience.
Uchiha Shisui shook his head and said, "Instantaneous adults didn't have any opinions about me, and the other adults also had a good attitude towards me. β
Hearing this, Fu Yue nodded and did not continue the topic.
Shisui's attitude is obviously dovish, and even if the Uchiha builds a village independently, he advocates not having a head-on conflict with Konoha.
This will naturally be squeezed out by the hawks, but Zhishui is just like he thinks, he is a very mature child, knows how to back down, does not conflict with those who only have war in his head, and does not do things that make it difficult for him.
Zhishui took a bite of rice, hesitated, and continued: "Patriarch, Sand Shinobu wants to participate in the arrangement of security, and it seems that he is a little unhappy with Lord Aki. β
He didn't know if the patriarch knew about it, but he still had to report it from his point of view.
Uchiha Fugaku's hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly, continued to pick up the fish, and said indifferently: "Got it, I'll deal with this matter." β
Some people settle down and are restless again.
Don't they know that the Uchiha seems to be independent, but now they are more dependent on the city than they were on the village before?
Are these people deliberately testing Hoshino Maki's bottom line, or can't let go of the arrogance brought by the Uchiha surname, or are they expressing their dissatisfaction with him being too tolerant?
Uchiha Fugaku didn't know, but he knew he had something to do again.
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"My lord, there is Yanyin Village ahead."
A shadow member stood at the front of the line of sand shinobi, pointing to a huge rock that looked like an upside-down bowl, and bowed to the cuttlefish roe.
"Iwakuin Village"
Squid Roe looked into the distance and muttered.
As the two ninja villages that are closest to each other and the disparity in strength is not too large, the friction and battles between the two sides are naturally extremely frequent.
It can be said that cuttlefish grew up listening to the various evil deeds of Iwa Shinobi, so naturally she doesn't have any good feelings for them, but she also has to admit that the other party is strong.
Especially after experiencing World War II, she has a particularly deep understanding of the top powerhouses.
She doesn't think that Sand Shinobi is worse than Iwa Shinobi, but she also doesn't think that there is anyone in Sand Shinobi who can compete with Onoki.
But today
Cuttlefish roe glanced around, looking around Ye Cang, who was full of curiosity here, and couldn't help but feel a little jealous of this stupid woman in his heart.
The smart self is still single, but this big-chested guy who sprinkles dog food on himself already has a happy life.
Ye Cang, who was curiously looking around, felt the resentful gaze, turned his head, and looked at the cuttlefish roe with some doubts.
"Ye Cang, we still have an hour to get to Yanyin Village."
Squid Roe squeezed out an ugly smile and said.
Ye Cang nodded a little excitedly and apprehensively.
Although she was active on the front line of the battle with Iwa Shinobi most of the time, she never came to the hinterland of the land of the earth.
After all, there was a gap in the strength of the two sides before, and there was less offense and more defense, so naturally there was no such opportunity.
But now, she finally had the opportunity to stand in the Tuying Building, the highest point in Iwain Village, looking condescendingly at the land she had always dreamed of conquering, and she couldn't close her legs with excitement at the thought of this.
The only pity is that Hoshino Mu didn't bring himself with him during the surprise attack, and this satisfaction is a little worse after all.
Ye Cang shook his head with some regret, and the cuttlefish roe next to him said coldly, "Have you figured out how to explain to the wind shadow?" β
"Ahh IβHe'll forgive me. Right? β
Ye Cang smiled weakly and said with some uncertainty.
Cuttlefish Roe felt that this topic could not be talked about anymore, and if he talked about it again, he would be fed dog food, so he stopped decisively, looked at the troops behind him, raised his hand and said: "Accelerate forward." β
"My lord, the troops are coming to the door."
Hoshino Mu put down the pen in his hand, looked up and said, "Let them be low-key when they come in." As he spoke, he pinched his eyebrows and sighed: "Try your best." β
Some of Hoshino's orders are incomprehensible to many sand ninja, even middle and high-level people.
In their opinion, the weak eat the strong, the strong is to humiliate the weak, and the winner is to bully the loser at will, otherwise why work hard?
What's more, the two sides have a blood feud for decades, and this idea is naturally the mainstream.
It's just that because of Hoshino Maki's personal prestige, these voices have been suppressed, but it doesn't mean that these voices don't exist.
Just last night, there was a murder in the street of Sand Shinobi.
The reason is actually very simple, the decades of struggle between the two sides have naturally formed a lot of grudges, and that sand shinobi found out that the enemy who killed his brother at sunset, and his mind was hot, so he directly took out the kunai and killed the other party on the street.
Things like fighting and snatching property have also happened because of quarrels, but the matter has been solved by the Council of Elders and Luo Sha before it can reach itself, and this time it is a big trouble, and it is really impossible to cover it up before coming to himself.
Hoshino Mu also had a headache, and was thinking about how to solve it, at this time, the entry of the Sand Ninja troops into the village would obviously stimulate the people of Iwain Village, but it was impossible for him not to let the troops enter.
After the shadow was gone, Hoshino Maki let out a sigh of relief and muttered, "If I had known, I might as well go to the fog and forbearance." β
After a while, Hoshino Mu raised his pen, made a comment, and called the dark part outside the door: "Copy a copy and paste it on the bulletin board." β
The Shadow Department then went to the next room and handed over the documents to the Shadow Division, which specializes in handling paperwork.
The dark part opened the file with a puzzled gaze: "Schizophrenia. Depression. Transferred to the Military Court of Sandy Hidden City. β
He looked at these unfamiliar terms, a little confused, and suddenly realized when he saw the final explanation.
Although he didn't see anything wrong with that Shinobi's mental state, Kazekage-sama, as an authority in the medical field, must have said something very credible.
Well. Whether those people in Yanyin Village believe it or not, he believes it.
"What do you say?"
The dark part turned around suddenly, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Luo Sha, and told Luo Sha about the matter, Luo Sha took the document, looked it up and down, thought about it, took out a list from his sleeve and handed it back together: "Just now, the elders of Yanyin Village will send the first batch of lists sent to Shayin City, and you will sort it out." β
With that, he turned around and came to Kazekage's temporary office.
After Luo Sha entered the door, he looked at Lord Kazekage, who was leaning on the chair and 'Ge You was lying', pursed his lips and said, "You care too much about the feelings of those people in Yanyin Village, it will make Sand Shinobi feel cold." β
He could understand Hoshino Maki's desire to restrain hatred and indulgence in order to maintain stability, but this seemed to him to be a bit excessive.
It's just that Iwa Shinobi was killed, is it necessary to make a special announcement?
When Hoshino Mu heard this, he cheered up, sat up, looked at Luo Sha and said, "It's not that I care, but for discipline." β
Hoshino Mu motioned for him to sit down and continued, "As a ninja from Sand Hidden City, the orders I give will be completed for me first, no matter what his opinion is. If he violates discipline and is not punished severely, then my authority will be challenged, you understand? β
Hoshino Mu poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and continued: "Now in Iwain Village, for the sake of Sand Ninja's face, he will not be punished immediately, and when he returns to Sand Hidden City, his merits and demerits will be offset and his ninja status will be relieved." β
Luo Sha shook his head: "Okay, maybe you're right, but I think you should understand that no matter what you do, those people will see us as invaders, and Sand Shinobi is our foundation." β
Luo Sha still sensed his kindness to the people of Iwain Village from Hoshino Mu's somewhat evasive attitude, so he reminded him.
Hoshino Mu nodded, this is a difference in concept, it is difficult to convince the other party only by words without actual results.
For a moment, the two fell silent at the same time.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, and a dark man spoke: "My lord, the advance troops are almost at the door. β
Hoshino stood up and walked outside.
Rosa shook his head and got up to follow.
The gate still has the sign of Iwakuin Village hanging from it, and Hoshino Maki did not choose to erase it.
Cuttlefish Roe came to the door with a few people, and looked at Hoshino Mu standing at the door, and invariably breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they had known for a long time that the troops had taken Iwain Village, it wasn't until they saw Hoshino Mu that everyone's hearts were relieved.
"Kazekage-sama! Rasha-sama! β
Several people quickly landed in front of the two and bowed.
"It's been a hard journey."
Hoshino Mu had a gentle smile on his face, and his gaze swept over everyone's faces, until he saw Ye Cang, who was shrinking his head and his steps were slightly backwards, and he rolled his eyes angrily.
"Hide~ Keep hiding~ I'll see where you can hide."
Hoshino said helplessly.
It stands to reason that this stupid woman is older than herself, she should be very mature, how is it wrong, she was originally very mature, as if she was with herself
It can't be your own fault, right?
Hoshino Mu supported his forehead, shook his head slightly, and said, "Let's go back and talk about it, everyone come in with me first." β
Hoshino led everyone in, and as he walked, he introduced the current situation in the village.
"Looks like they're really not very friendly~"
Squid Roe could feel the unkind gazes coming from the shadows, and she couldn't help but clench the kunai in her sleeve.
Most of the surrounding sand ninjas also reacted like this, like Ye Cang's muscles were tense all over his body, and he was ready to make a move at any time.
But Hoshino Maki didn't seem to feel it, looked ahead, and said softly, "Don't worry, two generations at most, what greets us is cheers." β
(End of chapter)