The disappearance of the eldest daughter of the Oda family became the biggest news at the end of Konoha's thirty-third year.
Overnight, hundreds of warriors and wave ninjas were dispatched, rushing in all directions, just to catch this woman who was so crazy that she was running away from her marriage.
But no one could have imagined that Oda City had fled towards Konoha three days ago under the cover of Mikoto and Himeji, and the one who stayed in the room was just a puppet transformed from Uchiha Tatsukage's clone .
Oda Nobuhide naturally asked the daimyo to send the twelve guardian ninjas to help catch this daring daughter.
However, there was no ninja with super tracking ability in the team, so in the end they could only return without success.
As one of the parties involved, Uchiha Tatsu just sent a letter to the Third Hokage and Sakumo and stopped paying attention to this matter.
Everyone is gone anyway, and no matter how reluctant Sakumo is, he still has to protect their safety.
When someone leaves, someone will naturally come.
In the evening, after completing his mission, Uchiha Tatsu came to the lobby after being notified, and was stunned when he saw Fugaku sitting on the chair.
At this time, Fugaku had been chatting with the daimyo for a while.
Seeing the young man walking in, the daimyo stood up with a smile on his face and said, "I won't disturb you anymore. You can chat slowly. I will prepare a banquet for you in the evening, so be sure to show your appreciation."
After the daimyo left, the young man asked in surprise, "Brother Fugaku, why are you here?"
The young patriarch had a smile on his face, "I was just passing by, and I came here specifically to see you. Seeing that you are okay, I feel relieved."
The two of them were talking as they walked outside.
Because it was already November, it was already stormy and snowy outside, and the goose feathers were falling heavily. When they walked to a pavilion by the lake, the two of them sat opposite each other.
Fugaku looked at the lake that was already covered with thin ice and said softly: "The scenery of the castle tower is still so beautiful."
"Have you been here before?"
"Yeah, wasn't he stationed here for those two years? It was boring and cruel to stay in the castle tower every day when there were no Suna ninjas.
So what? It’s not as interesting as the village, right? "
The young man laughed dumbly, "It's really not as interesting as the village."
"Then why did you become a guardian nin?"
"I don't want to either, the daimyo asked for it." The young man said carelessly.
Fugaku sighed, "I was originally waiting for you to join the police force, but we happen to be in the same team, and you will be the captain."
Chen narrowed his eyes and smiled, "That's okay, you are the young patriarch."
Hearing the young man's refusal, Fugaku didn't take it to heart, but asked about an unrelated matter: "When I entered the Daming Mansion, I saw that the guard was very strict. What's going on?"
"The eldest lady of the Oda family is missing..." Chen said half of the sentence, and then asked in surprise: "Have you met her?"
Fugaku nodded, "Yes, I met her on the road. We have dealt with her before, so I probably remember her appearance. Is she going to Konoha?"
Uchiha Tatsumi sighed.
Now that he has been seen, he has nothing to hide, and everyone will know about it in the future anyway.
The young patriarch frowned and said: "This matter is big or small. If it is not handled well, it may affect the relationship between Konoha and the daimyo."
Chen stretched out his hand, accumulated a palm full of snowflakes, held out a small round snowball, and said casually: "It's okay, although the Hatake clan is not too big, it is also a famous ninja clan, plus Sakumo With the senior's strength, the Oda family is eager to get married.
At most, it offends the Asai clan, which is not that serious. "
In fact, this was not what Fugaku was thinking about, but the future battle for the Fourth Hokage.
Compared with Orochimaru, Sakumo lacks a good teacher to pave the way in front of him, but his contribution to the neutralization of the war is greater than Orochimaru. Now if there are forces from the Daming Prefecture to recruit, he may not be able to overpower Orochimaru.
Thinking of this, he felt a little bored and took out a seal scroll from his ninja bag. When he opened it, he found several bottles of sake.
Chen's eyelids twitched and said: "I thought you were going to give me ninjutsu, why is this?"
Fugaku chuckled, "You were very drunk the night you left. The whole village knows that Konoha Raikou likes to drink the most, so I brought you some."
"Whoever is mentioning what happened that day is the one I am worried about!"
That night was truly a dark history for Uchiha Tatsu. Not only was he drunk, but he actually acted drunkenly on the street and almost attracted the police.
"It's okay, just take a sip and treat it as farewell." Fugaku opened the bottle and handed it over.
After the young man took it, he asked: "By the way, I haven't asked you what you want to do."
After Fugaku took a full sip, he smiled and said: "I have nothing to say to you. I have accepted a mission and am going to the Kingdom of Rainbow."
The young man took a cold breath and said, "So far?"
"Yeah, it's been a year since I came back. It's possible that the next time I come back, you'll have already returned to Konoha."
"Then why are you alone?"
Fugaku smiled and said: "If I can't even do this kind of task well, how can I be the leader of the Uchiha clan in the future?"
After saying that, he took another sip, shook the bottle, and said with a smile: "I've already bottomed out, why don't you drink."
The young man smiled and said, "What's the bottom? There's obviously still half a bottle left. If you can't drink enough, just say so."
Fugaku laughed and said: "It's not that I can't drink enough, I'm just a little reluctant to part with it. I've been going back and forth for more than a year. I brought a lot of Konoha's specialties, so I have to use them sparingly."
"I didn't see that you were so reluctant to leave the village."
"That is, during the Second Ninja War, although I was stationed in Damingfu, I could go back occasionally, but this time I have to spend the whole time at sea."
Fugaku said with emotion: "You may not believe it when I tell you. When I came out, I was a little scared. After all, I have never done a difficult task alone.
In the past, I always had my family's ninjas protecting me. The biggest loss I suffered was when I went to kill the Suna ninja negotiating team, and then I became blind.
Fortunately, I gritted my teeth and persevered. I have never forgotten it since then, so I always thought about going out alone to perform tasks without being taken care of by others. "
The young man was silent for a moment, then gently threw the snowball into the distance and asked: "Then what do you think is more important, the village or the family?"
Fugaku was stunned, raised his hand to lift the wine bottle, and said with a smile: "They are all important."
"What if you were asked to choose one one day?"
"How could such a day happen?"
Uchiha Tatsu looked at the lake and said calmly: "I hope there won't be such a day."
Fugaku was silent, and then said: "Chen, when I leave, I will bury a few jars of wine in the yard. When we all return to Konoha, we can have a good drink like today. How about it?"
"Okay, I won't be drunk by then."