Akaseki returned to the clan grounds after leaving Forest Street.
"Brother Akaseki!"
"Brother Akaseki—"
The passing clansmen stopped to greet Akaseki with bright, eager eyes when they saw him.
"Yuchi Jiong, who is in charge of the clan right now?" Akaseki stopped a young clansman and asked.
The clan head was absent as well, but Akaseki really did have something he wanted to report to the clan—
"Brother Akaseki, before the clan head left, he said that if there are important matters, Clan Elder Chizuru is to convene a clan meeting. If there are urgent matters, Clan Elder Chizuru will make the decision," Yuchi Jiong of the Uchiha Clan said.
"Clan Elder Chizuru... All right, I understand." Akaseki nodded, then headed to Clan Elder Chizuru's small courtyard.
Perhaps because she had been blind for so long, Chizuru's hearing was exceptionally sharp. The moment Akaseki stepped into the courtyard, her voice came over. "Has little hero Akaseki returned?"
"Grandma Chizuru..." Akaseki said helplessly, "Hero is enough. Why add 'little' to it?"
"Ho ho ho, I misspoke. Hero Akaseki," Chizuru said with a smile.
After entering, Akaseki saw Grandma Chizuru by the little pond in the courtyard—watching the fish?
Although Clan Elder Chizuru was completely blind, she was indeed standing beside the pond with the air of someone admiring the scenery.
"Little Akaseki, you came to find me as soon as you returned. Is there something important?" Chizuru took the initiative to ask.
"No, I mainly came to visit you, Grandma Chizuru," Akaseki said as though it were only natural.
"Mm-hm. And secondly?" Chizuru nodded before immediately asking.
"Secondly... Grandma Chizuru, do you know about Susanoo?" Since Akaseki had asked, he was extremely—even ninety percent—certain that Chizuru had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
After all, Chizuru had once saved the Uchiha Clan from