Hearing Uchiha Yato say that, Uchiha Shisui and Itachi Uchiha nearly jumped out of their seats in shock.
"You're shinobi from another village?" The Great Elder looked at Uchiha Yato suspiciously, seemingly only half-convinced by his words.
The Great Elder asked this mainly to determine Uchiha Yato's true identity, so that he could better integrate into the Uchiha Clan. After all, the clan members would inevitably have reservations about an outsider.
At present, Uchiha Yato had yet to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan. Everyone only knew that he possessed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and was exceptionally young.
Uchiha Yato hesitated slightly before answering, "Mm, I suppose so. My mother and I used to live in a small village."
He paused, then continued, "But some time ago, a group of shinobi suddenly came and destroyed our little village. My mother and I had nowhere else to go, so we could only come here to seek help."
In truth, the story Uchiha Yato had originally fabricated was about his life with his younger sister. Still, applying it to a mother and son now was not inappropriate at all; if anything, it made the story sound even more plausible.
Uchiha Yato also believed that Sparkle would get the hint and handle things easily.
"There's no point questioning him here. Rather than that, why not test him at the training grounds?"
Although Itachi Uchiha's mind was currently filled with all sorts of thoughts, he wanted to use this method to let more people witness Uchiha Yato's strength and thereby support his own view.
Uchiha Yato's strength was also what he feared most.
The Uchiha Clan had always revered strength, so they readily agreed when they heard Itachi Uchiha's suggestion.
At this point, the Great Elder said to Fugaku Uchiha,
"Put today's matters off for now. One