"Father?"
The moment he heard Shizune's anxious words, Uchiha Yue's first reaction was actually to freeze. Even he had not expected the Third Hokage and the others to move so quickly. On only the second day after his return, they had already sent Anbu to seize his father, Uchiha Nara.
But after standing stunned for several seconds, the expression in Uchiha Yue's eyes underwent a series of changes.
At first, Uchiha Yue involuntarily awakened his Sharingan. Its form even shifted directly from the Three-Tomoe Sharingan to the Mangekyo Sharingan. Then, as the icy look in his eyes gradually faded, a faint smile rose at the corners of his lips.
Then, Shizune, standing before Uchiha Yue, saw that wicked smile appear on his face as he murmured something.
"So, they've finally come?"
"Since you're ready, then I, Uchiha Yue, am ready as well!"
After murmuring those words, Uchiha Yue did not even glance at Shizune, which only made her more anxious.
When Tsunade had not been around before, Uchiha Yue had been the pillar of support for both Shizune and Yuri Kurama. Now, not only was Tsunade absent, but Uchiha Yue's state had also become strange, leaving Shizune at a complete loss amid her anxiety. After hesitating for a long while, Shizune actually walked over to him, grabbed his sleeve, and said, "Yue, don't panic. Let's go talk to Master, okay? I'm sure the Anbu caught the wrong person. Uncle Nara has always been with us—how could he have done anything wrong for the Anbu to take him away? Yue, calm down, okay?"
"There's no need to calm down, Senior Sister Shizune."
"Because I know what to do."
After hearing Shizune's words, Uchiha Yue smiled and rubbed her black hair. Then, with a flicker, he vanished right before her eyes. Once