"My lord, you flatter me!"
Mingye slowly approached Uchiha Feng, stopped a meter in front of him, and fell silent for a moment. Then he bent down, helped him up, and brushed the dust from his knees.
"You should know that Uchiha Clan ninja have gold beneath their knees and must not kneel lightly. Even when apologizing to me, a nod, a bow, or kneeling on one knee is already the limit. Feng, this is something you need to correct as well!"
"My lord..."
Before Feng could finish speaking, Mingye, expressionless and speaking in an ordinary tone, thrust a longsword through his chest. Uchiha Feng stared at the wound over his heart, then at Mingye, utterly bewildered. The pressure in his chest left him unable to say a word, but his eyes asked Mingye one question: "Why?"
"The Uchiha Clan needs stability. I told you that you were well suited to preserving what already existed. You did very well over these ten years. Your meeting with Kagami Uchiha today was the one thing I never expected. You actually wanted to pass the position of clan head back to our close relatives. Whether that idea was born from gratitude or from a desire to escape, I will not ask further. But Feng, you know too much! Ten years ago, I was the one who gave you the tailed beasts. You were the one who passed the tailed beast mission plan to Senju Hashirama. To ensure that Konoha would not be abolished because Senju Hashirama lacked influence, you were the one who suppressed the objections of so many clans. Later, when Senju Hashirama took his position securely, you were also the one who kept those clans from making things difficult for him and made them silently acknowledge the fact. Although I gave