The two of them crossed several streets and arrived at the place where Uchiha Ao was staying.
Uchiha Fugaku stopped in front of the door and gently knocked on the panel.
The door slowly swung open, and Uchiha Fugaku spoke respectfully.
"Clan head, Jiraiya wants to cooperate with the Uchiha Clan."
Jiraiya looked toward the so-called clan head.
???
It really was that brat.
Had the Uchiha Clan gone mad, making a child their clan head?
"Yo, Jiraiya. Fancy meeting you again." Uchiha Ao stood in the doorway and greeted him with a cheerful grin.
Jiraiya's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the Uchiha brat before him, a sly smile playing on his lips.
"What? Surprised to see me?" Uchiha Ao folded his arms and raised his chin. "Or does the great Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, think I'm not fit to be clan head of the Uchiha Clan?"
"This..."
Jiraiya's Adam's apple bobbed twice. Forcing down his shock, he managed a stiff smile. "No, no."
"Enough. Come inside and talk." Uchiha Ao stepped aside to let the two of them in.
"Have a seat." Once they were inside, Uchiha Ao shut the door and slouched casually in the seat of honor. He grabbed an apple from the table and took a bite. Juice ran down the corner of his mouth, and he wiped it away with his sleeve as if it were nothing.
Jiraiya sat down across from him and was just about to speak when Uchiha Ao suddenly tossed the core into a brass basin three meters away with pinpoint accuracy. It landed with a crisp clink. "I know what you want to say—you want to pull your teacher down from the Hokage Position."
"Brat, what do you have in mind?" Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, somewhat