I'm Telling You, That's Slander!

Hiashi left with Hinata in his arms, and Ye Wuyue revealed a satisfied smile.

This way, the Uchiha Clan—or rather, our family—would no longer be completely isolated and helpless in Konoha.

Ye Wuyue returned home, only to find that the lights were on. Fugaku and Mikoto had finally finished the clan meeting and come back.

"Why are you back so late?" Fugaku asked.

"I went out to train. I ran into a problem with the Body Flicker Technique recently and couldn't figure it out, so I trained a little longer than usual. Before I knew it, it was already this late." Ye Wuyue answered.

"It's good that you know training is important, but you still need to take care of your health," Fugaku reminded him.

"Mm, I understand."

At that moment, Mikoto brought three bowls of noodles out of the kitchen. The two of them had not eaten dinner yet because of the clan meeting.

"Have some with us. You must be tired after training for so long." Mikoto spoke with some concern.

"Mm, thank you, Mother." Ye Wuyue placed the bowl in front of himself, then said hesitantly, "Um... something happened after I finished training. It might cause a little trouble."

"What happened?" Fugaku asked, looking up.

"I saw some Kumogakure shinobi kidnap the little princess of the Hyuga Clan's Main House, so I stepped in and rescued her. Uncle Hiashi arrived afterward and killed all those Cloud shinobi."

Clatter.

As soon as Ye Wuyue finished speaking, the chopsticks in Fugaku's hand fell onto the table, while Mikoto's face filled with worry.

"Sasuke, you weren't injured anywhere, were you?"

"No. Uncle Hiashi arrived very quickly, and my strength isn't weak either." Ye Wuyue answered. Only then did Mikoto relax slightly.

"You're saying you rescued Hyuga Hiashi's daughter from a squad of Kumogakure shinobi?" Fugaku asked in shock. He had been frightened by the speed of his son's improvement, while also realizing the benefits this incident could bring.

"Won't this cause any problems?" Ye Wuyue asked cautiously.

"Of course not! Even if it causes trouble, the Uchiha Clan will bear it. We won't make you shoulder it. Besides, you didn't do anything wrong. Not only did you do nothing wrong, you even did something extremely beneficial for our family." Fugaku answered.

Fugaku then praised Sasuke for about an hour, only stopping when Ye Wuyue said he wanted to go to sleep.

At the same time, the Kumogakure envoy group also learned of the news, and a negotiation that was absurd from the very beginning was about to begin.

The next day, Fugaku received the Hokage's order to participate in negotiations with the Kumogakure envoy group. At Ye Wuyue's insistence, he went along with Fugaku, claiming that he was going to serve as a witness. On the way, they also encountered Hiashi, and the three of them chatted for a while.

When they arrived at the negotiation room, the atmosphere was tense and solemn. Minato Namikaze sat at the head of Konoha's side, followed by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, then Danzo and Orochimaru, with several more seats behind them.

The Kumogakure envoy group had yet to arrive.

Fugaku was just about to go to his seat when Danzo spoke.

"Fugaku, what do you mean by bringing your son to such an important meeting?"

Ye Wuyue noticed the disgust in Danzo's eyes as he looked at the two Uchiha. Clearly, he had inherited the mantle of his teacher, the Second Hokage, quite well.

Fugaku ignored Danzo and spoke directly to Minato.

"Hokage-sama, before the negotiations begin, I would like to report something important that happened last night."

Minato was slightly taken aback, then said with a smile,

"Fugaku, please go ahead."

Ye Wuyue sized up Minato from the side. This was the first time he had seen Minato since inhabiting Sasuke's body.

After seeing him in person, Ye Wuyue found that Minato was somewhat different from the impression he had gotten while watching the anime. Although he did indeed look extremely gentle and gave off a sunny impression,

Ye Wuyue noticed that the killing intent around Minato was extremely strong, even surpassing Orochimaru's.

But after thinking about it, he understood. Minato was only gentle toward his allies. His reputation in the other shinobi villages had been forged through bloodshed during the shinobi wars.

Otherwise, the other shinobi villages would never have established the rule that one could simply flee upon encountering the Yellow Flash.

"Last night, while my son was training in the village, he saw Kumogakure shinobi abducting Hyuga Hiashi's daughter. He was then discovered by the Kumogakure shinobi and almost lost his life. If Hiashi had not arrived in time, he would likely have met with disaster. I hope, Hokage-sama, that you can investigate this matter."

After receiving Minato's signal, Fugaku spoke. His words were true, but he had glossed over the fact that Sasuke had rescued Hinata.

"My daughter was almost kidnapped by those Cloud shinobi last night. They clearly didn't take Konoha seriously at all!" Hiashi added angrily.

This statement was something they had discussed and agreed upon beforehand. Since Hiashi owed Sasuke a favor, he had agreed to help conceal Sasuke's true strength.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, took two puffs of his cigarette, and said, "We're here today to negotiate a ceasefire agreement. Since nothing happened to your daughter, Hiashi, why don't we set this matter aside for now? After all, peace between the villages must come first."

"Fugaku, the same goes for you. Sas... suke wasn't injured either, was he?"

The corner of Hiruzen's eye twitched unnaturally when he said Sasuke's name. After all, his father also had that name, and he even suspected that Fugaku had given his son that name just to take advantage of him.

As soon as Hiruzen finished speaking, the door to the negotiation room was kicked open, and the Kumogakure envoy group stormed in.

"Fourth Hokage, what does Konoha mean by this? Kumogakure agreed to your request and came here to negotiate a ceasefire agreement, yet Konoha sent members of the Hyuga Clan to secretly murder our people?! Do you not want a ceasefire?"

The Kumogakure shinobi immediately acted aggressively, twisting the facts and confusing right and wrong.

They then placed a corpse on the ground and pointed at the wounds on it. "These wounds were clearly caused by the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist. Moreover, the culprit was at least a Jonin-level expert. If Konoha does not hand over the murderer, Kumogakure won't mind reigniting the war!"

Hearing the Kumogakure shinobi's words, Hiashi was so furious that he began to tremble. Although Ye Wuyue had known about this in advance, hearing it in person still left him stunned by Kumogakure's shamelessness.

They were far too bold. Their own Raikage had already died in the Third Shinobi World War, yet they still dared to tell Konoha, which was currently at its peak, that they would restart the war if the culprit was not handed over.

There were already four people at Kage Level among the Konoha shinobi present: Minato, Hiruzen, Orochimaru, and his father, Fugaku. Ye Wuyue truly had no idea where these Kumogakure shinobi had found the courage.

Yet something even more unexpected happened.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up.

"Everyone, please remain calm. Since this has already happened, Konoha will certainly give you a satisfactory answer. I hope this won't delay the signing of the ceasefire agreement."

Ye Wuyue knew that Hiruzen was relatively weak when dealing with outsiders, but he had not expected him to remain this way even when Konoha was so powerful.