Fugaku's Discovery

What are you two doing?

Filled with domineering and ferocious Chakra, Changhong forcefully intervened between Shunren and Yashiro.

Yashiro, who was thrusting his Kunai at Shunren, abruptly stopped, staring dumbfounded at the figure blocking his way, stammering, "Fugaku... Fugaku? What are you doing here...?"

With his scarlet eyes radiating a fierce light, and his Chakra and aura far surpassing Yashiro's, Uchiha Fugaku!

"I'm asking you, what are you doing?" Fugaku stared intently at Yashiro until the latter felt uneasy, then continued, "Yashiro, are you planning to stab Shunren with Kunai?"

"Gulp~" Yashiro swallowed hard, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He quickly shook his head and said, "No! It's a misunderstanding! It's just a misunderstanding!"

"Yes, it really was just a misunderstanding." Shunren suddenly spoke up, picking up where Yashiro, and at the same time quietly moved the tip of his sword away from his fingers, saying calmly, "Captain Yashiro was willing to teach a junior; what happened just now was merely a simple sparring match."

"Is that so?" Fugaku glanced at him, then said coldly, "Would you show any killing intent in a normal sparring match?"

"I was just disciplining a junior..." Yashiro's eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure as he looked at the other person, and he said in a deep voice, "Fugaku, aren't you meddling too much?"

However, Fugaku showed no mercy to Yashiro, coldly stating, "Three of our rear intelligence and communications outposts, including headquarters, have been destroyed. Yashiro, how do you explain this?"

"I..." Yashiro's voice faltered, a look of panic flashing across his face. He was about to try to defend himself when Fugaku interrupted him again.

"I think you should report to the clan chief yourself."

Yashiro sensed the gravity of the situation from Fugaku's cold demeanor and, disregarding his pride, asked, "Fugaku, how is the battle situation at the front?"

Fugaku glared at him.

Yashiro gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and said in a deep voice, "Fugaku... please!"

Seeing Yashiro lower his head, Fugaku's eyes flashed with satisfaction. He snorted coldly before slowly saying, "The battle plan went very smoothly. The clan leader lured the enemy alone, engaging in a Chiyo battle with Sand Ninja. Then, as expected, the Kazekage, eager for quick Kazekage, deployed a large number of puppeteers in an attempt to hunt down the clan leader. The clan leader fought and retreated, leading the enemy army to the mountainside. I led the clan's elite Fire Style masters to deliver a crushing blow to the Sand Ninja's puppeteers!"

Damn it! This huge credit has fallen on Fugaku's head again! Yashiro suppressed his burning jealousy and continued, "Then, didn't we win a great victory in this battle?"

"That was indeed the case." Fugaku fixed a stern gaze on the latter and said in a deep voice, "Just as our army was preparing to press our advantage against the Sand Ninja, the communications team's contact was suddenly cut off!"

Upon hearing this, Yashiro's face turned pale.

Deploying an entire army in combat requires a tight command system, because sometimes the various units are far apart, and the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. The intelligence group's task is to collect real-time battlefield intelligence and transmit it simultaneously to each combat unit. Its importance is self-evident, and for this reason, the intelligence group is assigned to the safest location behind the lines. To be on the safe side, Kyosho even assigned Yashiro, one of the key combatants, to the crucial task of guarding the rear.

The Sand Village was also well aware of this, which is why they were willing to sacrifice a large number of young Sand Village genin and deliberately deplete the chakra of their jonin to bypass the Uchiha's space-time restriction technique in order to carry out the sneak attack. Their goal was to destroy Konoha's intelligence base behind the scenes.

The intelligence headquarters under Yashiro's command was destroyed by the Sand Ninja first.

This threw Konoha's command on the front lines into chaos, allowing Sand Ninja to launch a fierce counterattack. Fortunately, Shunren and his team managed to hold onto the last two intelligence outposts, preventing the frontline troops from going completely "blind." Furthermore, with the two pillars, Kyosho and Fugaku, holding the line at the forefront, they were finally able to stabilize the situation on the battlefield.

Sand Ninja VS Konoha

In the end, the Sand Ninja Village was the first to withdraw, while the Konoha Village gained a slight advantage, but was unable to further expand their gains.

Yashiro knew he couldn't clear his name of the crime of losing the intelligence outpost, and his face turned ashen. He glanced at Fugaku with complicated emotions, and then said nothing more.

Although the unit missed an opportunity to severely damage the Sand Ninja due to Yashiro's actions, Fugaku showed no regret or disappointment on his face; instead, a subtle smile appeared on his lips.

Fugaku remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was overjoyed. He thought that after this incident, Yashiro had been left with a deep stain on his reputation, and Yashiro would probably no longer be able to compete with him for the position of clan leader!

Shunren witnessed all the open and covert struggles between Fugaku and Yashiro, yet he remained silent, observing quietly and coldly.

Shunren had no fondness for the Uchiha, nor did he have any interest in power. Knowing the future plot, he naturally knew the Uchiha's doom and was the only one who knew that there was an absolute power in this world that surpassed all power!

Yashiro left dejectedly, filled with despair and disappointment.

Shunren thought that now that the two armies had temporarily ceased hostilities, it was time for him to rest.

However, unexpectedly, Fugaku suddenly called out to him.

"Shunren."

"What is it, Captain Fugaku?"

Fugaku gave him a deep look, then said, "Were you trying to kill Yashiro just now?"

Shunren turned his head, his expression unchanged.

"There's no need to deny it," Fugaku said decisively. "I couldn't have been wrong about that killing intent."

"Captain Fugaku, are you regretting intervening now?" Since the other party had seen through his intentions, Shunren didn't bother to deny it and simply admitted it.

"How could that be?" Fugaku shook his head and continued, "Yashiro, although he's a bit impulsive, his personal abilities are an indispensable force for our Uchiha Clan."

"I see. No wonder Captain Fugaku didn't kill him." Shunren suddenly understood why someone like Yashiro, who was courting death, wasn't particularly strong, and liked to act recklessly, hadn't been killed by Fugaku.

"Shunren, aren't you imagining me in too extreme a way?" Fugaku smiled helplessly. "Actually, I didn't mean anything by it, I'm just a little curious about where your power comes from..."