"Break it up, break it up!"
"Nothing happened. Stop gawking..."
"What are you looking at? Are you their inside man?"
At the village gates, members of the Uchiha Clan dispersed the nosy troublemakers, even giving a few affectionate kicks to the backsides of villagers reluctant to leave.
They had no idea what had happened either, but they still cleared the area at a look from Akaseki.
Watching this, Hikari's gaze grew colder still-the evil Uchiha Clan hadn't changed one bit in three hundred years!
Seeing her expression, Akaseki had no time to explain. He hurriedly pulled Hikari away, telling the other clan members, "Take those two to the hospital first. Get someone to cover their shift, and don't make a scene!"
Once they returned to the clan compound, Akaseki greeted no one. He took Hikari straight to Grandma Chizuru's little courtyard.
As far as Akaseki was concerned, Grandma Chizuru had the least of that Uchiha "stink" about her in the entire clan. And when the clan leader was away, she could make decisions for the clan!
"Hmm? Isn't this our little hero Akaseki, who killed the Mizukage? You're back... What's the hurry?" Grandma Chizuru "looked" quizzically beside Akaseki-her eyes were closed, but she still turned toward Hikari.
Hikari's expression eased a little at the sight of Chizuru.
Of course, she hadn't shallowly concluded that Chizuru was kindly just from her appearance or demeanor. Rather...
She could tell that Chizuru was the owner of one of Akaseki's transplanted Sharingan. That meant Akaseki hadn't lied to her, at least about that.
"Grandma Chizuru... do you know about the Warring States Sealing History?" Akaseki asked immediately.
"Yes. Jiancheng kept requesting permission to read it a couple of years ago. After he was denied, he even requested an inspection of its preservation at