"Father, what are you looking at?"
Itachi noticed his father standing at the doorway, staring absently at the road outside, and could not help asking.
"Nothing. Are you heading out?"
"Shisui and I agreed to train together," Itachi said.
"Mm, go on. Don't come back too late."
"Got it."
Watching his son's briskly departing figure, Fugaku's thoughts drifted far away once more.
It should be time for him to return...
Just as he turned to head back inside, a figure suddenly appeared at the entrance using the Body Flicker Technique. It was an Anbu.
"Mr. Fugaku, the Hokage requests your presence."
When Fugaku arrived at the Hokage's Office, he saw Obito there. But judging by Obito's expression, he seemed to have gone through something unpleasant.
"Senior Fugaku, sorry to call you here, but there's something I need to discuss with you," Shin said at this moment.
"Please speak, Lord Hokage." Fugaku remained respectful, though he kept Obito in the corner of his eye as he considered the situation.
After a brief pause, Shin said, "Obito, you tell him."
Obito's eyes filled with grief. "Lord Fugaku, why did Brother Tekka and Brother Inaho... why did they attack us?"
Fugaku was initially startled by this. His thoughts raced, and he asked, "What did you say?"
"When Rin, Anko, and I were in the Land of Birds, we were suddenly attacked by Brother Tekka and Brother Inaho. Rin and Anko, they... they..."
Seeing Obito look as if he were about to break down in tears, Fugaku put on an expression of utter shock. "Something like that happened?! Where are Tekka and Inaho?!"
At that moment, an Anbu suddenly appeared with the Body Flicker Technique. He took out a sealing scroll and spread it across the floor. As he formed hand seals, five corpses