When Kohinata Mukai returned to the Underground Base...
He was already carrying Ox-Head and Horse-Face... the two subordinates of Shimura Danzō.
As his pledge of allegiance.
This would be the exchange for his loyalty to Hyuga Sho... and for his survival.
In the dark passageway...
Kohinata Mukai patiently concealed himself.
He heard some voices.
It was Hyuga Sho... and a young girl.
Uchiha Izumi.
As the White Devil's disciple, Uchiha Izumi had displayed extraordinary talent.
During last year's Chunin Exams.
She defeated Uchiha Itachi and claimed the championship in one fell swoop.
Naturally, she became the center of everyone's attention.
After becoming a Chunin.
Uchiha Fugaku made no arrangements for Uchiha Izumi.
Uchiha Izumi neither joined the Police Force.
Nor did she enter ANBU.
She was even less carefree than Uchiha Shisui.
Uchiha Izumi continued to act as the bridge between the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan, as Hyuga Sho's disciple.
Uchiha Izumi reported every detail of tonight's gathering to Hyuga Sho.
It was clear... how much she trusted... and admired her master.
After Uchiha Izumi left.
Hyuga Sho stared straight ahead. "You can come out now, Kohinata Mukai..."
His cold tone was completely unlike the gentleness he had shown the Uchiha girl just moments ago.
Was it because their identities were different?
Kohinata Mukai didn't think so.
That White Devil... he even toys with a girl's feelings without restraint...
At thirty-five.
Kohinata Mukai was already a middle-aged man.
A middle-aged man with a wealth of experience could see through many things at a glance.
He raised his brows, and soon emerged from the shadows.
He placed Ox-Head and Horse-Face...
In other words, the two men who had taken Uchiha Hewan's place, before Hyuga Sho.
"Gentle Fist!"
Kohinata Mukai tapped the two men once, and they immediately woke up.