Nara Shikaku could tell how firm Jinghuo Uchiha was about this matter—there was no room for negotiation whatsoever.
Seeing this, he could only sigh. "Fine. What do you need the Nara Clan to do?"
Jinghuo Uchiha shook his head slightly and repeated what he had said earlier. "Do you know why I dared to kill the Hyuga Great Elder?"
Hearing that question for the second time, Nara Shikaku's expression began to turn grave.
But no matter how he thought it over, he still could not figure it out.
So he shook his head slightly.
"With that brain of yours, you must have predicted the Hyuga Clan's weak compromise, right?" Jinghuo Uchiha said.
"Wasn't that your goal?" Nara Shikaku felt an inexplicable unease in his heart.
Jinghuo Uchiha shook his head and smiled. "I could accept the Hyuga Clan compromising. However, if the Hyuga Clan got carried away and I ended up wiping them out, I could accept that outcome too."
The outcome of wiping out the Hyuga Clan?
Nara Shikaku was startled.
He began to deduce what would have happened.
If the Hyuga Clan had gotten carried away then, the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan would have gone to war.
And since the incident had started with Jinghuo Uchiha killing the Hyuga Great Elder, Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely have tacitly approved of spreading it everywhere until everyone knew.
That way, the Uchiha would be in the wrong.
When the time came, Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely side with the Hyuga Clan and condemn the Uchiha Clan.
And Jinghuo Uchiha, who had done such a thing, would definitely refuse to compromise.
Then the villagers would curse the Uchiha Clan...
Wouldn't that be exactly the same as the current situation?!
Realizing this, he remembered something. Cold sweat broke out all over his