Hoshiryu Uchiha stiffly turned his head little by little.
Mito Uzumaki, who had just been delivering her speech, had somehow appeared behind him and was staring at him expressionlessly.
Hoshiryu Uchiha gave a dry laugh and swallowed.
"Grandma Mito, you were so cool just now... Ow."
Before Hoshiryu Uchiha could finish, Mito Uzumaki had already flicked him on the head.
After being struck, Hoshiryu Uchiha was not upset.
Mito Uzumaki had not actually used any force. His cry of pain had merely been an act.
He rubbed the spot where he had been hit and chuckled foolishly, hoping to smooth things over.
Mito Uzumaki rolled her eyes at Hoshiryu Uchiha before saying,
"All right, stop pretending. I'll say what I just told you again, so listen carefully this time."
"Uchiha Ang came to see me just now. They want you to make a trip back to their place."
"Of course, if you don't want to go, I can refuse them for you."
Hearing Mito Uzumaki get down to business, Hoshiryu Uchiha straightened up as well.
He was not particularly surprised to hear that the Uchiha Clan wanted him to visit.
After all, when he had attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi, others might not have noticed anything unusual about the Mangekyo's Pupil Power, but there was no way he could hide it from the Uchiha Clan.
Even the Hyuga Clan might have sensed that something was off.
But the Hyuga Clan had one good trait: they did not meddle in other people's business.
As for their later claim that they were Konoha's number one shinobi clan, that only came after the Senju Clan vanished and the Uchiha Clan was sidelined.
There was, however, something that puzzled Hoshiryu Uchiha.
Why had the Uchiha Clan endured for so long before finally asking Mito Uzumaki to