This news did not need to be deliberately spread. It caused an uproar throughout the Uchiha Clan that very day.
Even people outside the clan had caught wind of it, so naturally it could not be kept from the Third Hokage.
After hearing the report, the Third Hokage looked utterly helpless. "That brat was never injured at all, was he? The moment he opened those eyes of his, any injury would be completely healed."
"He deliberately rushed back... just to have a child?"
It was no wonder the Third Hokage thought so.
Fugaku had only been back for a few days, yet his efficiency was absurdly high.
Originally, the Third Hokage had intended to urge him to return to the Hidden Mist Battlefield as soon as possible, but now it was rather difficult to bring it up.
"Forget it. Give him another two months. Orochimaru's side should be able to understand."
The Third Hokage shook his head and set the matter aside for the time being.
At Uchiha Yan's home, Mikoto happened to return for dinner that day.
At the table, Uchiha Meixin casually brought it up. "Have you heard? Fugaku and that girl Yunko are already having a child."
"The whole clan has been talking about it today. Even people in the village are gossiping."
"They all say Fugaku came back specifically to make a baby."
Neither Uchiha Yan nor Mikoto was foolish. They could hear the envy in their mother's words and did not know how to respond.
Mikoto's face heated up, and she lowered her head.
It was not that she was unwilling, but was Yan still too young?
Still, judging from his build, he already looked like a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy.
So it was not entirely impossible...
Uchiha Meixin had been secretly watching their