"Mm, all right. I completely understand your thoughts, reasoning, and feelings now, so I'll arrange for you to enter the Royal Family with me as soon as possible."
"I vaguely understand what you want to do now. I know you may want a false identity, so how about this? I'll say that you're my personal guard."
"Although I've been out of court for several years, and I've always had a detached, non-contentious nature, they've long grown used to it. If I suddenly propose returning to work in the palace, they'll be very surprised."
"So we need a suitable, convincing reason. Otherwise, they'll think something is suspicious and investigate what is going on. Corrupt officials like them, as long as their own interests are involved, will stop at nothing to uncover the truth."
The old man's thinking was actually very clear when it came to such matters. His mind was sharp, something Uchiha Hiko could plainly see. Uchiha Hiko also greatly admired the old man for that.
Uchiha Hiko felt that he had become increasingly accurate in judging people. When he first saw the old man pushing that cart, he had known the old man was no ordinary person. Sure enough, things had turned out exactly as he had imagined.
Now that they had a relatively clear direction and knew what they needed to do, they only had to think of specific ways to move toward that goal.
"Why don't you lower your head? I'm guessing that when you left the court, you must have clashed with the ruler, right? The ruler saw that you were a high-ranking court official and did not dare say much, so he let you go."
"So I think that if you pretend to reconcile with him now, then make your plans from within, he probably