"Move aside! The Uchiha Clan are not criminals!"
Hearing Kawadera Uchiha say this, the ninja guarding the Uchiha looked toward Mitarashi Wa behind him.
Mitarashi Wa frowned and nodded.
The guards all relaxed and lowered their guard.
The captain of the guards entered the holding area, came before Fugaku Uchiha, and said, "Clan Head Fugaku, please understand our difficulties. We were only acting on the orders of the commander-in-chief."
"I understand. You've worked hard during this time."
The guards withdrew, and the Uchiha all headed outside, arriving beyond the tent area.
That short distance of barely a dozen meters freed them from humiliation.
Kawadera Uchiha said, "Clan Head Fugaku, everything will remain as it was. Act as if nothing happened."
Jinhuo Uchiha and the others looked at Kawadera Uchiha, marveling that he had created another miracle.
No one wanted to face Orochimaru. The mental pressure Orochimaru gave people was simply too immense.
It was said that many people had incurred Orochimaru's disgust and then disappeared. When they were found again, someone would piece together scattered remains abandoned somewhere, and they seemed to be those people.
The other clan members returned to their own tents, while Fugaku Uchiha and Kawadera Uchiha walked slowly through the base together.
After hearing Kawadera's account, Fugaku Uchiha murmured, "Mimata Shimura wasn't a rogue ninja, and he never sold out the Uchiha Clan's intelligence. Orochimaru also won't pursue the matter of the Uchiha Clan killing Mimata Shimura... We'll just act as if nothing happened?"
"Yes. Act as if nothing happened."
Fugaku Uchiha suddenly raised his eyes, intense grief and indignation surging within them. "The reason Father acted rashly during the decisive battle, and the reason the battle took place by the shore where we were at a disadvantage, was because the Mist Ninja had taken too