"No problem. Discuss it properly," Samui said, shooting Mingyou a flirtatious wink. "Little brother Mingyou, I'm very interested in you. Make your decision soon."
After saying that, she swayed her slender waist and slowly walked outside.
"Don't worry." Before Mingyou could recover his senses, he suddenly felt a distinct killing intent, followed by a sharp pain in his ear.
"Tell me! What exactly is your relationship with her?" Nami tightly twisted Mingyou's ear, her beautiful eyes filled with anger.
"Hey, hey—Nami, let go already. What relationship could I possibly have with her? We only just met."
Mingyou grabbed Nami's arm and repeatedly begged for mercy.
He had not expected his not-yet-married wife to be so possessive.
"If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'll yank your ear right off." Nami gave a light snort, looking rather like a resentful little wife.
Seeing Nami and Mingyou fooling around like this, the whole family could not help bursting into laughter.
Elder Soki was the first to step forward and help Mingyou out.
"Girl, that young woman must have noticed the relationship between you two and deliberately tried to provoke you. Let go of him already."
"Really?" Nami still did not quite believe it and looked at Mingyou suspiciously.
Sensing that her grip had loosened, Mingyou immediately pulled free and fled. "Of course. Couldn't you tell?"
Mikoto raised a hand, signaling everyone to sit down. "All right, all right, stop messing around. Mingyou, discuss the serious matter."
Fugaku frowned deeply. As clan leader, he attached particular importance to the Uchiha Clan's survival.
"Mingyou, what do you think about this? Could they be trying to deceive us? Could their true purpose be to seize our Uchiha Clan's Sharingan?"
Mingyou shook his head slightly. "Probably not. Samui explained everything to me in great detail just now. I couldn't hear anything suspicious in her words."
Mikoto returned from the coffee table carrying a tray of tea and handed everyone a cup of hot tea. "That girl also said just now that the Land of Lightning values our ability to control tailed beasts. I think Mingyou is right. There probably won't be any major problems."
"But we still have to be cautious in everything. The Uchiha Clan is weak and isolated now; we can't withstand any turmoil."
"Mom, you're right." Mingyou nodded. After frowning in thought for a moment, he slowly said, "Dad, Mom, I want to handle this operation by myself. I'm worried about your safety."
"Oh?" Fugaku looked puzzled, but he did not immediately refuse. "Tell me what you're thinking."
Mingyou lifted his tea and took a small sip, then said gravely, "Mom is right. The Uchiha Clan is weak and isolated now. We can't withstand any turmoil, and we can't afford to lose any more people. That's why I can't let you take risks."
"The Land of Lightning invited us because they want us to control the Nine-Tails and launch attacks and destruction against Konoha. I think I alone am enough for this."
"And during this time, I'll have to ask you to stay in my Sharingan's Kamui Dimension for a while longer. After all, the Land of Waves isn't a safe place."
Fugaku nodded. "I understand. We'll do as you say."
That night, Fugaku gathered the entire Uchiha Clan for a meeting.
After Fugaku roughly explained the matter, most of the Uchiha clan members were somewhat saddened.
They had only just adapted to the environment here, yet now they had to return to that cold place to live again.
But there was nothing to be done about it. In the face of survival or death, everything else was trivial.
Very soon, the entire Uchiha Clan brought sufficient living supplies and entered Mingyou's Kamui Dimension to hide there temporarily.
As for the ninja crash course that had originally been underway in the Land of Waves, it could only be left to Zabuza and Haku to continue.
Mingyou spent the entire night helping the clan deal with all sorts of matters. Only when dawn was approaching did he return to his room, close his eyes, and go to sleep.
Early the next morning, Samui and Darui appeared in the courtyard.
They walked around and looked everywhere, yet did not find a single Uchiha clan member. They could not help finding it extremely strange.
"Hey, Samui, don't tell me the Uchiha people ran away overnight?" Darui asked with a frown.
"Probably not. They already agreed yesterday." Samui shook her head slightly, then rushed about and kicked open the doors of every room. "Split up and search. I saw quite a few elderly people yesterday. They couldn't have suddenly vanished like this."
"Yeah." Darui nodded and ran toward the other rooms to begin searching.
"Hey, hey! What are you two doing? Destroying our house?"
Mingyou had only slept for a short while before the repeated sounds of doors being kicked open jolted him awake. With dark circles under his eyes, he looked at the two of them in confusion.
"Little brother Mingyou, I thought your Uchiha Clan was unwilling to cooperate with the Land of Lightning and had already fled overnight."
Only after seeing Mingyou appear did Samui finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Mingyou shook his groggy head and walked out of the room. "Don't worry. I alone can successfully handle controlling the Nine-Tails. There's no need for any other clan members to show themselves."
"I alone will also take part in all matters related to this cooperation with you."
"Oh?" Samui's expression shifted in surprise, but she quickly regained her composure.
Judging solely from the Sharingan's ocular power Mingyou had displayed yesterday, he fully possessed that level of strength.
"Little brother Mingyou, then make your preparations. We'll immediately depart for the Land of Hot Springs."
"The Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure, and the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure should have set out by now as well."
"By the time we return to the Land of Hot Springs, we should be able to immediately begin discussing the plan to attack Konoha."
"Is that so? No problem." Mingyou nodded in agreement.
Although Mingyou was not yet sure whether Samui was telling the truth, nor whether she was luring him to the Land of Hot Springs to seize his Sharingan,
none of that mattered. With Mingyou's strength, there was no way they could capture him.
With an ocular technique like Kamui, which came and went without a trace, trying to capture Mingyou was nothing more than a fool's dream.
Darui had already turned and returned to the guest quarters, gathering the Land of Lightning's ninjas to prepare for the journey back.
Mingyou did not have much to prepare. Food, clothing, and daily necessities had long since been brought into the Kamui Dimension by Nami and the others, ready for use at any time.
Before long, Mingyou followed Samui's group and left the Uchiha Clan's new residence, preparing to head to the Land of Hot Springs.
Whoosh~~
Whoosh~~
Boom~~
Before they could even leave the Land of Waves, Samui's group of more than ten people encountered an ambush.
A large number of kunai shot out from deep within the forest. Many of them even had Exploding Tags tied to their ends.
As screams rang out one after another, nearly the entire group led by Samui and Darui was struck down.
They were either killed by kunai or blown to death by Exploding Tags.
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