Konoha In November of the thirty-fourth year, Land of Fire It had already snowed heavily in most areas. This sudden and continuous heavy snow made Daimyo's Capital covered in silver.
For Uchiha Chen, the news that Fugaku would come at this time was obviously unreasonable. Coupled with the strange circuit that was slightly persecuted and paranoid, he even felt that this was Ban Diao's bait to leave Daimyo's Capital.
It's just... the hook is straight and the bait is salty.
Fugaku happened at Land of Rainbows. What's going on when you suddenly appeared at the border of Land of Fire? Even if you travel across the ocean, you still have to comply with the Basic Law, right?
As for curiosity? Sorry, Chen said that he didn't have such a magical thing at all. After all, curiosity killed the cat.
What's more, he is not Fugaku. What does Young Clan Head's life and death have to do with him? Let's save his own life first.
If he really rushed to the border and was made dumplings by the ninja controlled by Madara, then there would be no place to cry.
The grass on the grave of the last one who jumped like this was more than two feet high. Chen believed that his strength was far inferior to Second Hokage, and his escape skills were also far inferior. He didn't want to be pointed at Loquat Tree in memory in the future.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Chen just ordered Anbu to start investigating, while he continued to live in Daimyo's Capital.
In this way, the peaceful time passed for another half a month. After patrolling this day, he was preparing to return to his room to rest when a Ninja Hawk appeared high in the sky again.
——Only this time it's a distress letter from Anbu.
After using a specific spell to open Scroll, he found that the person asking for help was Fujiwara Hide, a member of his Anbu team.
Judging from the content of Scroll, Fujiwara Hide encountered Rogue Ninja of Konoha during a mission. He was seriously injured in a sneak attack and then requested support.
Fujiwara Hide can be said to be the Anbu Ninja that Chen is most familiar with besides Shinnosuke. The two had fought side by side in Land of Rain, and it was precisely because of this that he was transferred over by Third Hokage.
Without much hesitation, the boy packed up his weapons, explained to Mikoto and Himeji, and rushed towards the scene of the accident.
Fujiwara Hide is now less than two hundred miles away from Daimyo's Capital. The two are not too far apart. As the captain of this team, Chen cannot sit idly by in any case.
As for whether it was a trap... In his opinion, no matter how powerful Madara was, it was impossible to completely extend his tentacles into Land of Fire.
Not to mention, there is a situation where a large number of ninjas are blocked in a corner and unable to escape.
Since it wasn't Madara's trap, why should he be afraid?
Again, there are only those who are thieves all day long, how can there be those who guard against thieves all day long?
If this happened outside Land of Fire, he would definitely not go there. But if it happened two hundred miles away from Daimyo's Capital, and he didn't dare to go, then he should stop being a ninja and go home to raise pigs.
With this in mind, Chen rushed to the rescue without hesitation, but out of caution, he sent a secret message to Shinnosuke through Ninja Hawk, asking him to take Anbu with him.
The distance of two hundred miles did not take much time under full strength, but when Chen arrived at the destination and saw Middle-aged Ninja sitting by the stream, he was also stunned.
——Uchiha Yama Why are you here?
Chen looked wary.
Uchiha Yama, who was sitting on the shore, drank a bottle of wine, threw it high into the stream, and then stood up.
"You're here."
The young man did not approach but kept a distance of 200 meters, and asked, "Why, from what the clan leader means, it seems that you have been waiting for me for a long time?"
While asking, Big White carried out a comprehensive reconnaissance of the surroundings, but found no other abnormalities.
As if aware of his movements, Uchiha Yama's deep voice came. "I am the only one here, and there is no barrier nearby, so... you can rest assured."
"So the clan leader is waiting here specifically for me?"
After confirming that there was indeed no danger around him, Chen relaxed a little. With his current strength, he really wasn't afraid of Uchiha Yama.
"That's right, I'm waiting for you." Uchiha Yama chuckled, "I originally thought that Fugaku's news would attract you, but I didn't expect you to ignore me at all... It seems that you still value your subordinates more."
Chen's pupils shrank, "Those messages came from you? I thought..."
"What do you think?"
"Nothing." Chen shook his head, "So where are my subordinates?"
"I used Genjutsu to control him before, but now... he's dead."
"It seems like someone is helping you behind the scenes."
"Oh?" Uchiha Yama asked with interest, "How can you see it?"
"With your penetration in Anbu, it is difficult to obtain information, let alone accurately find my subordinates and lure me out."
Not paying attention to the boy's ridicule, Uchiha Yama smiled and said, "Then you don't want to know who is helping me?"
"I don't want to know."
"What, are you afraid it's someone you know?"
"It's a clumsy counterintuitive plan." Chen sneered, "Tell me, what are you trying to do to find me so hard? You're not here to catch up with me, are you?"
"Of course not." Uchiha Yama was silent for a moment and then asked, "Chen, how have I treated you over the years?"
"It's pretty good. Except for being driven to a remote corner when I was little, and except for allowing my tribe to bully me... everything else is pretty good."
"But I also made amends. If I hadn't helped you, how could you have accepted Orochimaru as your teacher?"
Chen interrupted coldly, "What exactly do you want to say?"
"I'm inviting you to join me." Uchiha Yama leaned forward and stretched out his right hand, "Fugaku is dead, but you are still alive. You are the most outstanding genius in the family. I fully support you in becoming Fourth Hokage. How about it?"
"What about in exchange?"
"Become my adopted son and get rid of a few people for me... Of course, these people are also obstacles in your way. As long as you do it, the position of Young Clan Head will be yours."
Chen looked at the patriarch who had turned gray-haired overnight in astonishment, and then shook his head after a while.
"Patriarch, I am also... um... sad that your son has died, but you are obviously mentally disturbed now. Did you forget to take your medicine when you went out?"
"So you rejected me?"
"Obviously," Chen shrugged, "I'm not in the habit of recognizing my godfather yet."
"I knew you wouldn't agree, but I still wanted to ask. Unfortunately... in this case, don't blame me for not giving you a chance."
The young man laughed dumbly.
"Confidence is a good thing, but being too confident is arrogance. Are you sure you can kill me? You don't think I am the kid who was in your study eight years ago, do you?
Even if I want to leave now, can you stop me? "
"Of course I can't stop you, but..." Uchiha Yama squinted his eyes and smiled, "Now that we have left, if you want to know how Jing died, your chances will be very small."
"What did you say?"
"I'm sure you heard me clearly."
Chen was silent for a while.
"Take a closer look here..." Uchiha Yama looked around and asked, "Do you know where this is?"
After hearing his words, Chen noticed the surrounding environment.
There is a forest in the distance, and some open plains nearby. If you look carefully, you can still vaguely find some traces of human activities in the weeds.
"Those traces you see belong to a village that has long since disappeared."
"Land of Fire Countless villages disappear every year, but this village is special in that an ambush once occurred here."
"It was precisely because of the ambush fourteen years ago that the local villagers moved away from here one after another."
"Fourteen years ago?"
"Yes, your father Jing was ambushed and died here."
Uchiha Yama continued with a smile, "It's been fourteen years. It's been so long since I turned my glasses. At the moment, I should be the only one who knows more about this matter besides that person.
After all, I made some exchanges with him and exchanged your father's Sharingan, which is now on my left eye.
What, you don't want to leave? "
The young man nodded, "I really don't want to leave. I want to kill you first before leaving."
Uchiha Yama laughed and said, "Come on then, who was your father attacked back then, and who gave me this eye... As long as you can defeat me, I will tell you."