Hmph, Obito's death was far from that simple. Yes, enemy ninja ambushing them was one thing, but a closer look at the battle report made it clear: after the Fourth Hokage rushed back, he wiped out every one of them almost instantly.
In other words, the enemy's combat strength was not particularly formidable. So who knew that the Fourth Hokage would be leaving to carry out that temporary mission?
It had to be the people left behind there. Which meant that someone had surely leaked the information before they were attacked. So among them, who came from an influential background? Without question, it was Obito. Li casually flipped through the casualty list. Most of the names were nothing special, but Obito alone was from the Uchiha Clan.
With that, Li could more or less guess what was going on. His strength and forceful attitude had become too overwhelming, breeding resentment among many within the clan. Especially after he had become the true power-holder of the Uchiha Clan, that dissatisfaction had reached its peak. To suppress him, they naturally chose to target the people around him.
They absolutely did not dare touch Ling. After all, Ling was Li's fiancée in name. If they touched Ling, Li would kill them outright. Not to mention that Ling was the Third Elder's daughter; that fact alone was enough to make them tremble.
As for Li's maidservant, she might have seemed easy to bully, but Ling had always been in the clan. Trying to pull anything there would be suicidal. Besides, everyone knew that Uchiha Riyue was a pawn the higher-ups had sent to monitor Li. If they did anything to Uchiha Riyue, they would be openly opposing the higher-ups.
Obito was different. Anyone with a bit of influence knew that Obito was Kagami Uchiha's