Hearing Uchiha Yato's words, Uchiha Izuna's lips curled slightly into a faint smile.
He then waved his hand, signaling the ANBU at his side to leave first.
Uchiha Izuna understood perfectly well what Uchiha Yato was thinking.
Clearly, Uchiha Yato wanted to hold a family dinner meant only for brothers. There was really no need for the other ANBU to stand around watching and drooling.
"You didn't secretly prepare all this, did you?" Uchiha Izuna asked with a teasing half-smile as he looked at Uchiha Yato.
As he spoke, he turned his gaze toward the table full of delicacies, surprise flickering in his eyes.
Not only did the dishes look, smell, and taste exquisite, but there were so many of them that they had clearly been carefully prepared.
"It looks so lavish. You must have been planning this for a long time," Uchiha Izuna continued, a hint of amusement in his voice.
Yet only he himself knew that this so-called "lavish" spread had merely been thrown together at the last minute.
But he had to say it. Only then would his brothers not grow overly suspicious of this family dinner.
As the eldest brother, Madara Uchiha was the first to speak.
"Fine, no one even made you lift a finger. Hurry over and eat. Yato's been nagging nonstop this whole time."
Uchiha Li, seated beside them, looked extremely nervous, but at the same time, deeply eager.
From the moment Uchiha Izuna appeared, it had been obvious that Uchiha Li longed for Uchiha Izuna to remember him, care for him, and protect him.
So Uchiha Yato did not mind doing him a favor.
Uchiha Yato used the Body Flicker to dart behind Uchiha Izuna, then pushed him over beside Uchiha Li and had him sit there.
"The barbecue over there is