Reiko Gets Scolded

"It really had been a long time."

Uchiha Yuu looked at Nawaki, his expression growing more complicated. Since leaving Sunagakure, Orochimaru had kept Nawaki by his side for protection, while also having him travel between the village and the front lines to deliver secret letters.

"Let's call Reiko tonight and celebrate."

"Her?"

Nawaki made a bitter face and explained why.

"I went to see Reiko just now, but she'd been locked up. She said she wanted to change the clan's rules, and her father overheard her. She'd been confined ever since and still hadn't come out."

Hearing Nawaki's words, Uchiha Yuu's eye twitched. Just as he had expected, Hyuga Reiko would not betray the Enlightenment Organization, but with her carefree personality, she would definitely reveal hints of it without meaning to.

He had not expected it to happen even sooner than anticipated. After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Yuu looked toward the Hyuga Clan. They would learn about this sooner or later, so he might as well seek them out openly.

"Tonight is just a simple gathering. I think the Hyuga Clan will be reasonable."

They might respect Nawaki's status, but Nawaki was not the First Hokage and could not make them compromise.

But if Uchiha Yuu went, given the talent he had displayed, things should take a turn. No one wanted to offend the Uchiha Clan's future clan head.

That was what everyone in the village thought, but it was not what Uchiha Yuu thought.

When they arrived at the Hyuga compound, it still retained the style of the Warring States Era. Loose electrical wires hung between the houses, looking utterly out of place beside the village that was being expanded and rebuilt.

The moment they stepped inside, they sensed people watching them. They did not rashly reveal their