Uchiha Clan Compound, Police Force.
"Are the rumors you two just mentioned about Uchiha Ao leaving the village reliable?"
A sinister-looking man stood atop the wooden table in the Logistics Department, wiping mud from his shoes with a document as he coldly scrutinized the two trembling people before him.
"Lord Yuya, we only heard it secondhand. We don't know whether it's true either," one of them said with a fawning smile.
Slap!
A loud slap rang out.
Yuya did not even look at the man he had knocked senseless. He picked up a document and wiped his hands, then glanced at the other man and said indifferently:
"You tell me."
"Yuya, you've gone too far. No matter what, we're still from the same clan—"
Before he could finish, Yuya caught him in a Sharingan genjutsu and dragged him out. His mouth was brutally stomped beneath Yuya's foot, knocking several teeth loose.
"You think you qualify as my clansmen? You're nothing but useless trash who haven't even awakened the Sharingan. You can't even get a complete piece of information!
What use are you?!"
With that, he kicked the man aside and stared out the window darkly, a cold curve forming on his lips.
"So he escaped the village?
Good. It would have been harder to make a move inside the village."
Outside Uzushiogakure.
"Misaki!"
When Uzumaki Longya and the others saw the red-haired woman, they were first delighted, then immediately concerned.
"Why are you guarding the entrance today? The major ninja villages have been eyeing the Uzumaki Clan greedily lately. Have you forgotten the last two assassination attempts?"
"Hehe..."
Uzumaki Misaki scratched her little head and said with a giggle, "I just came out for some fresh air. Besides, Takuno is protecting me, so nothing will happen."
At that