The Elder Visits

Uchiha Tunan had just arrived at home and placed a few sticks of incense on the row of wooden sculptures.

The Great Elder was like an old dog smelling the smell, searching for the door.

As soon as he entered, the Great Elder sized up Uchiha Tunan and then sat down in front of the tea table.

Uchiha Tunan made the Great Elder some good tea. He sat upright and said, "Great Elder, if you have anything you want to ask, just ask."

The Great Elder did not open his mouth to ask about the proper business. Instead, he chatted casually, "The matter of Fire Capital has already spread. Fortunately, you are fine."

Uchiha Tunan smiled and shook his head, "As long as I don't deliberately move forward, I won't be in any trouble."

The Great Elder nodded and stared at Uchiha Tunan.

He found that Uchiha Tunan was almost as tall as him and no longer had the childishness of the past. He couldn't help but sigh, "Tunan, you have grown up."

The corners of Uchiha Tunan's mouth curled up slightly. He took a sip of tea and said lightly, "My body has matured early, and my life in the Fire Capital is not bad."

The Great Elder nodded, his eyes staring at the tea leaves floating in the teacup in front of him. He said in a low voice,

"You have to be careful of that old man recently. His two sons are gone. Maybe he is looking for someone to vent his anger."

"It just so happens that you are the only survivor of this trip to Fire Capital."

Uchiha Tunan shook his head and said, "I think this is an opportunity."

The Great Elder heard this and said with a serious expression, "You don't want to be the next Hokage, do you?"

Uchiha Tunan raised his eyebrows and said, "Am I not worthy?"

The Great Elder was slightly startled. He shook his head and said, "Your surname is Uchiha. That's impossible."

Uchiha Tunan picked up the teacup and took a light sip. He narrowed his eyes and said,

"There are only a few competitors. What if I'm a dark horse?"

"After all, there are so many miracles in this world."

"Tunan."

The Great Elder suddenly said in a low voice,

"Will you really betray Uchiha one day?"

Uchiha Tunan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said,

"Great Elder, you don't trust me anymore?"

Great Elder lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and said slowly,

"It's not that I don't trust you, but after all, it has been several years. I think that some of the clansmen should know about your matter."

"Don't worry, I can see people very accurately. They definitely won't tell anyone."

As he spoke, the Great Elder had been staring at Uchiha Tunan, trying to grasp every detail on his face.

If Uchiha Tunan really showed signs of betraying his family, then the Great Elder would reveal the secrets he held to the public.

These secrets would not do anything to Uchiha Tunan, but they would definitely make Hiruzen Sarutobi alienated him.

In this case, Uchiha Tunan could only be tied to the family in the future.

However, Uchiha Tunan did not reply to the Great Elder. He only picked up the fruits on the table and tasted them carefully. His face was calm.

"Grandpa ---"

At this moment, a child in front of the door and kept knocking on it as he shouted.

The Great Elder was shocked and pulled back his thoughts. He immediately got up and ran to the door of the courtyard, opening it.

Then, he shouted at Uchiha Shishui, "Why are you running around every day? Have you finished all the hard homework I set up for you?"

When Uchiha Shishui saw that his grandfather was so fierce, he pouted and felt a little wronged.

He glanced at the Great Elder, then quickly lowered his head and said weakly, "It's all done."

The Great Elder felt slightly deflated. He coughed twice and pretended to be serious. "Go back and do it again."

"Okay" Uchiha Shishui reluctantly left.

After the Great Elder returned to the room, Uchiha Tunan filled the Elder's cup of tea and said with a smile,

"Actually, we can let Shisui come over to play more."

"I really like children."

The Great Elder picked up the tea and smiled stiffly. "No need. I don't want to trouble you."

The corners of Uchiha Tunan's mouth curled up slightly. He suddenly asked, "Great Elder, I have a question I want to ask you."

"Speak."

"Have your eyes awakened?"

The Great Elder naturally knew that Uchiha Tunan was asking if he had awakened the Mangekyou.

He immediately laughed at him and said,

"If I were to awaken, why would I place my hopes on you?"

Uchiha Tunan nodded and picked up the teacup.

"Great Elder, drink this cup of tea. In the future, try not to look for me."

"I am afraid that the Hokage sama will misunderstand."

The Great Elder raised the teacup, lowered his head and blew on it. A cold light flashed in his eyes. He calmly said,

"Then what I said just now."

Uchiha Tunan finished the tea in one gulp and gently placed it on the table. His face was filled with a warm smile as he said,

"Great Elder can arrange it."

After the First Elder left, Uchiha Tunan drank his tea while looking at the scenery in the courtyard.

In his heart, he began to summarize the shortcomings of this trip.

It was not difficult to kill Shinnosuke and Asuma. The main thing was that it was troublesome to deal with the aftermath, and he could not let Hiruzen Sarutobi vent his anger on him.

Uchiha Tunan believed that people were like the heavens watching.

All crimes in the world could not be hidden.

As long as they were determined to investigate the powerful investigation system of Konoha, it was very likely that they would find out about it.

That was why Uchiha Tunan had to go through so much trouble to transfer the conflict to the Eldest Prince.

Everyone knew that there were many doubts behind this matter, but no one was willing to investigate it.

Because the direct factor of this matter was the Eldest Prince, the only heir to the ruler of the Fire Country.

If you want to investigate the person behind the scenes, the first to find out is that His Highness killed his father.

Some things are actually clear to everyone, but for the sake of the big picture, we can only tacitly pretend that nothing happened.

In the next few days, Uchiha Tunan stayed at home.

He also used Wind Whisper to inquire about all kinds of gossip from the clan.

There was information about His Highness succeeding the throne, but the person who invited the audience this time was not Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Danzo.

Uchiha Tunan sat at the table and narrowed his eyes. If this situation continued, His Highness would definitely support Danzo.

Danzo would definitely be willing to be His Highness' shield.

If this continued, as long as Danzo did not fall, Hiruzen Sarutobi would never be able to find out the truth of the Fire Capital.

There was also some news about the new graduates of the Ninja School.

Uchiha Tunan heard a few familiar names, such as Might Guy, Uchiha Obito, and so on.

"Time flies. If the two of you are not dead, you should have graduated by now."

Uchiha Tunan murmured as he looked at the wooden carvings of Hyuga Chiryu and Uchiha Meinai, while carving a new wooden carving with Kunai.

However, this wooden carving only had the body and not the face to be carved.

Halfway through carving the wooden sculpture, Uchiha Tunan patted the wood shavings and got up to walk outside.

Arriving in the courtyard, Uchiha Tunan looked sideways at the residence of the Great Elder not far away.

After a full five minutes, Uchiha Tunan seemed to have thought of something funny. He suddenly laughed out loud and shook his head as he walked into the house.

"Do you really think I'm a soft persimmon? If you want to pinch me, just pinch me."