"Destination, huh!" A sharp glint flashed through Uchiha Tenshu's eyes. "We'll make the Land of Snow our first target, passing through the Land of Rain and the Land of Birds along the way!"
"As for the Land of Birds, there are some things I may not know whether they are as I suspect until I get there!"
Uchiha Tenshu spoke with a thoughtful expression, as though he were hiding some secret that made Uchiha Sakurako deeply curious.
Yet no matter how repeatedly Uchiha Sakurako pressed him, Uchiha Tenshu did not reveal a single word.
"Hmph, then I'll follow you and see just what kind of secret you can find over there." Uchiha Sakurako turned her head away disdainfully, pondering the possible secret.
In response—
Uchiha Tenshu merely gave a wry smile and still said nothing.
It was not that he did not want to tell Uchiha Sakurako, nor was it because he found her untrustworthy. The truth was that Uchiha Tenshu simply did not know how to begin. After all, his knowledge concerning the Land of Birds had been inferred from the plot of his previous life, which was why he had made it a destination.
No matter what, however, those inferred matters would seem like nothing more than an absurd, fanciful guess to everyone else in the Ninja World. Even with an eighty or ninety percent chance of proof, there was still a ten percent possibility that it was merely an empty illusion.
If his prediction proved wrong—
It would instead undermine his authority.
Thus, Uchiha Tenshu maintained this mysterious attitude from start to finish, refusing to answer no matter how she questioned him.
The next day, the weather was clear.
The charred granary and Tenshukaku of the Otomo Clan stood exposed for all of Harvest City to