Startled awake by the whistling of a kunai cutting through the air, Aozora instinctively flung out a kunai and shouted, "Enemy attack!"
The moment the words left his mouth, Aozora regretted them.
He realized that the kunai had merely been aimed at the front of the procession.
Clang!
Aozora's kunai precisely knocked down the other kunai. The sharp ring of metal striking metal instantly made the situation tense.
The Uchiha ninja at the front could not help drawing their swords and gripping their kunai.
"Does the Uchiha clan consider me an enemy?"
Utatane Koharu slowly approached from the far end of the street with two ANBU agents.
Uchiha Yashiro said calmly, "Advisor Koharu must be joking. It was merely an emergency response from the clan members."
Then he changed the subject. "But since when have village ninja begun attacking unarmed villagers?"
Utatane Koharu replied, "The Uchiha charged the Hokage Building without cause. I was only issuing a warning."
"Without cause?" Uchiha Yashiro retorted.
His voice gradually rose. "The village has canceled the relocation compensation it promised our clan. Are our people not even allowed to come and ask why?"
Hearing this, the clan members waved their arms and loudly echoed him.
"That's right! Why should we relocate without compensation?"
"The village owes us an explanation!"
"..."
Utatane Koharu could not help frowning at the sight.
Uchiha Yashiro's influence was too strong, and the Uchiha clan members were already furious. It seemed impossible to stop them with words alone.
"An explanation?"
At that moment, a gloomy voice sounded beside everyone's ears.
Before the voice had faded, Danzo had already appeared before Utatane Koharu. "Koharu, you are far too indecisive."
After saying that, he turned to face Uchiha Yashiro.
"Konoha is currently locked in a standoff with Cloud. Yet instead of serving