After the others left.
Fugaku spoke up. "That man wasn't from the Anbu. He was from Root."
When Ling Tian didn't respond, he added, "Are they going to settle accounts with us now?"
Fugaku looked rather grim. White Fang and the others had wreaked havoc in the Leaf Village.
First, someone from his Uchiha Clan had been involved. Although he had expelled her from the clan in front of the Third and the others, everyone knew that meant nothing.
Second, the Uchiha hadn't shown up while the village was in chaos. Afterward, he had learned that the old woman Mito had summoned all the Great Ninja Clans except his.
"Ling Tian, should we make some preparations?"
He could hardly be blamed for worrying. With those two issues, plus that old bastard Danzo's hostility toward the Uchiha, he might go to this meeting and never return.
Seeing his concern, Ling Tian couldn't help chuckling. "It's fine, my friend. Didn't I just tell you? Only good things will come of this visit. Right now, the village needs the Uchiha, not the other way around. Don't get that backward."
"Orochimaru and the others must be having a hard time on the Sand Shinobi Battlefield."
He paused and glanced at Naiko, who sat quietly beside them. "After the commotion my older brother and the God Organization caused, how could the other ninja villages let this opportunity slip by? Even if the Third and the others are unhappy with you, other people won't let them have their way."
Noticing her future husband looking at her, Naiko flushed crimson, burying her pink face deep in her cleavage.
Ling Tian is amazing. Even the Clan Leader listens to him.
Her inner self was brimming with admiration.
At the table, Fugaku asked gravely, "Who?"
"Won't you find out