I Suspect That Was a Spy! (Please Keep Reading)

Uchiha Fugaku was a staunch materialist, yet he truly felt that he had been rather unlucky lately.

He was under immense pressure. As the Clan Head of the Uchiha, he had held the position for several years without achieving any notable results, causing quite a few clan members to grow dissatisfied with him.

Moreover, the current Uchiha could be said to be beset by troubles both within and without.

Ever since Uchiha Setsuna, representative of the radicals, had completed his sentence and been released from prison, the entire hawkish faction had been restless for the past few months. They had even become brazen enough to come to his door and demand that he, the clan head, give them an explanation.

Meanwhile, Konoha's upper ranks had repeatedly pressured him, hinting both openly and subtly that the Uchiha should consider the greater good and make further compromises for Konoha's prosperity.

Especially Shimura Danzō. Every time he encountered him, the man would come over and warn him to behave himself, adding that everything the Uchiha did was being watched by him, the Hokage Assistant...

He was practically saying outright that Shimura Danzō had people within the Uchiha.

Although he felt that Shimura Danzō was deliberately trying to provoke his suspicions, whether it was true or not, the mountain of pressure was genuinely weighing down on Uchiha Fugaku, leaving him unable to sleep for several days in a row.

That was why he had come out onto the streets before today's clan meeting began, hoping to ease his tense mood a little.

Yet as he was looking at the road ahead, some blind fool slammed into him hard!

Bang!

Uchiha Fugaku looked down. He had just opened his mouth to berate the other person when he discovered that she was a kindly, hunched-over Old Lady.

He swallowed the reprimand that had risen to his throat and changed his words, intending to ask what had happened. "Ma'am..."

But she ignored him completely. She merely stuffed something into his hand, and then he felt a gust of wind sweep past him. In the blink of an eye, the hunched-over Old Lady had reached the end of the street corner and was about to vanish from sight.

Uchiha Fugaku had never seen an old person who could run faster than a Chunin. What kind of super granny was this?!

When he looked down at his palm, his pupils contracted sharply.

—It was a polished, glossy cane.

Just as he began to wonder whether the pressure he had been under lately had become so great that he was hallucinating...

A figure like a gust of wind suddenly stopped beside him.

"Lost her..."

Uchiha Chi watched White Zetsu's distant figure and muttered regretfully to himself.

He had not expected this White Zetsu to be so sensitive. He had only moved twice, and it had immediately turned around and run off.

He had merely been kindhearted enough to want to help the Old Lady up again...

Just as Uchiha Chi sighed over missing out on White Zetsu, his treasure mine...

"What is your name?"

A dignified, deep voice suddenly rang out beside him.

Uchiha Chi turned toward the voice and found a middle-aged clansman standing beside him, his brow tightly furrowed.

The moment he saw the two tear troughs on the man's face, Uchiha Chi instantly recognized him.

He was the most useless clan head in Uchiha history—Uchiha Fugaku.

"Clan Head Fugaku, my name is Uchiha Chi."

Uchiha Chi blinked and answered Uchiha Fugaku's question with feigned respect. At the same time, he assessed Uchiha Fugaku's haggard complexion, feeling a trace of confusion in his heart.

"Dull eyes, pale complexion..."

Why does this guy look like he's in such terrible shape? Is his nightlife not going well?

"No..."

Uchiha Chi shook his head slightly. He had already guessed the answer.

Uchiha Fugaku looked like this because he had been under too much pressure lately.

After all, he had looked just as dead when he had been a 996 corporate slave in his previous life.

"Uchiha Chi..." Uchiha Fugaku nodded gently, indicating that he had remembered the name.

Then he glanced at the street corner where White Zetsu had disappeared and asked in a low voice, "Who was that old person just now, and why were you chasing her?"

It seemed he had seen the Old Lady sprinting beneath the sunset.

Uchiha Chi chuckled inwardly. If he had not known that the Old Lady was a White Zetsu, he would have found the scene bizarre as well.

So how should he explain this to the clan head...

As he looked at Uchiha Fugaku, with his two dark circles, Uchiha Chi's instincts told him that he could fleece something out of this.

...Got it!

He thought of an idea that would not only let him fleece some benefits, but also muddy these waters beyond recognition.

"Lord Fugaku." Uchiha Chi wiped the smile from his face and said solemnly, "I suspect that was a spy lurking within our Uchiha!"

Uchiha Fugaku froze slightly at those words, then his brows twisted into a sharp frown and his entire body tensed at once.

[Detected shock from Uchiha Fugaku!]

[Obtained 20 points, while Damage Increase rises by 4%!]

[Target's emotional fluctuation has exceeded the threshold. Host has received an additional reward: Fire Style Ninjutsu Talent (Uchiha Fugaku Version)]

[Fire Style Ninjutsu Talent (Uchiha Fugaku Version): Your learning efficiency for Fire Style Ninjutsu increases by 60%]

"?" Uchiha Chi looked blankly at Uchiha Fugaku.

Though he knew he could fleece some benefits, he had not expected this clan head to drop such a huge reward right away.

No, bro, why are you so worked up?

Did you put a vibrator in there?

Just as Uchiha Chi speculated about how wild the clan head got in private, Uchiha Fugaku spoke.

"You said there is a spy in the clan grounds?"

Uchiha Fugaku stared into Uchiha Chi's eyes. His gaze was as sharp as a blade, as though it wished to pierce through Uchiha Chi's heart. "Where is the evidence?"

Uchiha Chi glanced at Uchiha Fugaku, and something stirred in his heart.

It seemed Konoha's upper ranks had put quite a bit of pressure on this clan head lately.

Then he could stir these muddy waters even further!

Uchiha Chi pretended to look warily from side to side before saying nervously, "I have recently noticed that unfamiliar old people often appear in the clan grounds..."

Before he could finish, Uchiha Fugaku's low roar rang out. "Enough. Do not say another word!"

Uchiha Chi stopped immediately.

Although he knew this timid clan head would definitely interrupt him, Uchiha Chi was still somewhat displeased when he was actually cut off.

There were two kinds of people he hated most in this life.

One was people who liked interrupting him while he spoke.

The other was people who would not let him get a word in.

Uchiha Chi had already written this down in his little notebook.

"What is it?" he calmly asked Uchiha Fugaku. "Clan Head?"

Uchiha Fugaku did not answer. His face was dark, and his expression kept shifting.

One moment, he looked enlightened, as though he finally understood. The next, he looked shocked, as if thinking, That person actually did it. Then it turned into deep wariness, rivaling the face-changing performances Uchiha Chi had watched in his previous life.

[Detected displeasure from Uchiha Fugaku!]

[Obtained 15 points, while Damage Increase rises by 3%!]

Uchiha Chi raised a brow. Instead of thinking about how to deal with the problem, you're thinking about how to deal with the person who found it, huh?

Knowing how to say the right thing to the right person, Uchiha Chi immediately took the initiative.

"Clan Head, I have been secretly investigating this matter all along. I have never told anyone other than you..."

Upon hearing that, Uchiha Fugaku's tense body instantly relaxed.

He looked at the harmless-looking Uchiha Chi, and the displeasure in his eyes vanished.

Before he had even been questioned, he had already revealed everything he knew. How naive.

Put nicely, he was naive. Put less nicely... he was easy to fool.

In the eyes of such a simple clansman, his title as clan head represented considerable authority.

Thinking this, Uchiha Fugaku coughed and deliberately put on an angry expression.

"This is dangerous. How could you act on your own?! Leave the rest to me. Do not tell anyone!"

"I'm sorry, Clan Head. I've caused you trouble..." Uchiha Chi hurriedly nodded with a guilty expression and promised, "I won't tell anyone else!"

Sure enough, he was easy to fool.

Uchiha Fugaku nodded faintly and forced out a slight smile.

"However, Chi, you have great talent as a Ninja. I hope you train hard, join the Security Force in the future, and bring honor to the clan."

Giving a slap before offering a sweet date was a common method used by those in power to tame their subordinates.

Sure enough, Uchiha Chi's face filled with emotion. He looked as though he were about to cry as he nodded vigorously.

"I will train hard. I definitely won't disappoint your high expectations, Clan Head!"

He was really too easy to fool...

"Good." Uchiha Fugaku lightly patted Uchiha Chi on the shoulder. "I'll be waiting for you in the Security Force."

Having painted his final rosy picture, Uchiha Fugaku turned and left.