You Are Of Course Wrong

"Demon fox, you jinx! I won't sell you anything, get lost!" The mask shop owner pointed at Naruto with a ferocious expression, shouting in anger.

"You plague-bringer, what are you doing here?" After saying this, the mask shop owner reached out and shoved Naruto heavily out of the shop.

Naruto looked at the mask shop owner and asked, full of confusion, "Hey, what exactly are you doing? I was just looking at the masks!"

The surrounding Konoha rabble also looked at him with strange, hostile eyes.

"Looking at masks, are you?" The mask shop owner picked up a mask Naruto had been eyeing and was just about to throw it away when a cold voice interrupted him.

"What is going on here?"

Uchiha Yan walked slowly toward the scene of the conflict with Izumi.

With his arrival, the many Konoha rabble clearly felt their necks tighten.

They didn't even dare to breathe loudly as they watched Uchiha Yan.

When the mask shop owner saw it was Uchiha Yan, his expression instantly shifted from cloudy to sunny. He rubbed his hands together and said to Uchiha Yan in a respectful tone, "Lord Yan, it's this demon fox..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Uchiha Yan.

"Has he committed an offense?"

"My Lord, please let me explain..." The mask shop owner looked grim as he tried to justify himself.

"I am asking you, has he committed an offense?" Uchiha Yan walked slowly up to the mask shop owner and stared at him expressionlessly.

Cold sweat broke out on the mask shop owner's forehead. He gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice, "Reporting to you, My Lord, no."

"You know the rules, don't you?" Uchiha Yan said indifferently.

"I know, I know, I'll go pay the fine right now," the mask shop owner said, bowing and scraping.

Uchiha Yan did not reply. He glanced around the area and said coolly, "What are you all crowding around here for? Disperse at once."

Following the mask shop owner's words, the group of Konoha rabble lowered their heads and hurried away, not daring to draw a full breath.

Seeing the situation resolved, Uchiha Yan lifted his leg to leave.

However, he was stopped by Naruto, "Um, My Lord, may I ask what I did wrong?"

Uchiha Yan looked at the Naruto before him, a sense of dark amusement rising in his heart. He said faintly, "Of course you did something wrong. The only thing you did wrong was trying to love a village that hates you."

After saying this, he revealed a mocking smile tinged with a hint of pity and turned to leave.

As Uchiha Yan passed through a secluded alley, a voice rang out.

"Please stay a moment."

Uchiha Yan stopped in his tracks, and an Anbu wearing an animal mask appeared before him.

The Anbu looked directly at him and said, "Sir, you have overstepped. You should be well aware of Naruto's status."

Uchiha Yan looked at him expressionlessly and said in an icy tone, "May I take that as you giving me an order?"

The Anbu's tone remained unchanged, "This is an order from the Hokage."

Uchiha Yan stared at him and said sinisterly, "Do you think the Hokage can protect you?"

With that, a flash of scarlet crossed his eyes, and he activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

The face beneath the Anbu's mask revealed terror. He instinctively lowered his head, but it was already too late.

The moment he met Uchiha Yan's gaze, he fell into the Sharingan's genjutsu.

Uchiha Yan pulled out a kunai and walked unhurriedly toward the Anbu.

Just as Izumi was about to speak up to stop him, Uchiha Yan addressed a corner nearby, "If you don't come out now, you'll only be able to collect your companion's corpse."

As his words fell, another Anbu had no choice but to step out. He looked at Uchiha Yan with the single Sharingan beneath his mask and said, "Yan, your temper is still as volatile as ever."

Uchiha Yan looked at him and said, "Kakashi, as an outsider, you shouldn't be flaunting that eye."

Kakashi's expression shifted as he realized he, too, had fallen into a genjutsu.

Within the genjutsu space, Uchiha Yan appeared before him as well.

"Kakashi, the same thing stands: if you want to know the truth about the death of Lord Sakumo back then, come find me. The offer is always valid."

After saying this, Uchiha Yan released the genjutsu.

Upon breaking free from the genjutsu space, Kakashi looked at the backs of Uchiha Yan and Izumi, a deep sense of wariness and suspicion rising in his heart.

This was not the first time Uchiha Yan had spoken to him about this matter.

A year ago, Uchiha Yan had already sought him out to discuss it.

And now...

Kakashi took a deep breath to steady himself. He walked over to his Anbu companion, placed a hand on his shoulder, and whispered, "Release."

The Anbu opened his eyes in terror, fell to one knee, and gasped for air, his clothes soaked through with cold sweat.

He looked at Kakashi, filled with the relief of someone who had narrowly escaped death, "Thank you, Senior Kakashi. Without you, I'm afraid..."

Kakashi patted his shoulder and said, "Be more careful next time. We still have to protect the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

Hearing Kakashi's words, the Anbu asked unwillingly, "Senior Kakashi, are we just going to let it go like this? That guy Uchiha Yan is..."

Kakashi looked at him and said, "Did he do anything to you?"

The Anbu member was momentarily speechless. Kakashi patted him on the shoulder and said, "After your shift ends, go back and get some good rest."

The Anbu member could only nod.

Meanwhile, Izumi, who was patrolling with Uchiha Yan, looked at him with a worried expression and said, "Yan, will there be any trouble for being so harsh to that Anbu member just now?"

Hearing Izumi's concern, Uchiha Yan smiled slightly and replied, "Don't worry. Kakashi is a smart man. Besides, that old man, the Third Hokage, won't care about such a trivial matter."

Upon hearing Uchiha Yan's words, Izumi immediately covered his mouth and whispered in his ear, "Yan, be more careful with what you say when we're out in public next time."

After saying this, she looked at him with her big, watery eyes, looking as if she would burst into tears if he didn't agree.

Uchiha Yan couldn't handle this side of Izumi at all; he could only nod and make an "OK" gesture.

The two patrolled all the way to the vicinity of Ichiraku Ramen, and by this time, it was already noon.

Izumi pointed at Ichiraku Ramen and said, "Yan, shall we have lunch?"

Uchiha Yan nodded to indicate he had no objections.

The two walked into Ichiraku Ramen. Seeing them, Teuchi said enthusiastically, "Oh, if it isn't Yan and Izumi! The usual?"

Izumi hugged Uchiha Yan's arm and nodded, saying, "That's right, Uncle Teuchi, the usual."

"You got it, just a moment." Teuchi agreed and began to busy himself.

Meanwhile, deep underground at the Root headquarters.

Danzo looked at his capable subordinate, Yamanaka Fu, with a gloomy expression and said, "Over twenty elite Root members have gone missing near the Uchiha compound this month, and you haven't found the cause? You can't even find their bodies?"

Yamanaka Fu lowered his head in shame. "I apologize, Lord Danzo. We truly haven't been able to find the cause or the bodies."

Danzo's face turned livid.