"Master Sakumo, please wait a moment."
Just as Uchiha Tieyue followed quietly, Fugaku Uchiha finally stopped Hatake Sakumo.
"Fugaku Patriarch, is there anything else?" Hatake Sakumo stopped, turned around, frowned slightly, and there was a hint of doubt in his tone.
I saw Fugaku Uchiha looking around vigilantly, his eyes scanning every corner like a hawk. Uchiha Tieyue immediately restrained all his aura and hid in the shadows, as if blending with the darkness.
After confirming that no one was around, Fugaku Uchiha whispered, "Sir Sakumo, please take a step to speak."
Immediately, Fugaku Uchiha pulled Hatake Sakumo to a remote corner. And that corner, Uchiha Tieyue was very familiar with - the sewer there just led to here.
"Huh, there really is a ghost!" Uchiha Tieyue sneered in his heart and quickly got into the sewer without saying a word. He quietly sneaked under Fugaku Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo and listened carefully to their conversation.
"Fugaku Patriarch, why do you need to be so careful?" Hatake Sakumo asked slightly dissatisfied, with a hint of impatience in his tone.
"Master Sakumo, you also hope that the village will be united and that Uchiha and the village will live in harmony, right?" Fugaku Uchiha said in a deep voice, with a hint of deep meaning in his tone.
"Of course I hope." Hatake Sakumo nodded, but his brows were still furrowed, "But, what does this have to do with Fugaku Patriarch, you calling me to stop me?"
"You also know that this time Kumogakure's S-rank family mission, I recommended Uchiha Tieyue to take it." Fugaku Uchiha said in a low voice, with a hint of solemnity in his tone, "And Uchiha Tieyue is one of the leaders of our Uchiha Hardliners. We Uchiha's Uchiha Hardliners has always wanted to fight against the village to obtain greater benefits, and even launched a coup to put Uchiha in power. Therefore, Uchiha's Uchiha Hardliners is a destabilizing factor both for us Uchiha and for the village."
"Damn Fugaku Uchiha, you actually want White Fang of the Leaf to sacrifice me in the mission!" Uchiha Tieyue, who was secretly eavesdropping, heard this and gritted his teeth with hatred. His fists were clenched tightly, and his nails were almost embedded in his palms.
Sure enough, Hatake Sakumo also asked in a deep voice, "So, you want to use my hand to kill him during this mission?"
"That's right." Fugaku Uchiha nodded without hesitation, his tone full of determination, "Only by getting rid of him, Uchiha will be stable, and the village will be stable. Moreover, you know this and I know it, Uchiha owes you a favor. If something happens in the future, with this favor, I, Uchiha, will never refuse."
"Fugaku Patriarch, Uchiha Tieyue is also Konoha Ninja, and my companion." Hatake Sakumo's voice suddenly cooled down, with a hint of anger in his tone, "It is absolutely impossible for me to deliberately sacrifice my companions. For the sake of the safety of my companions, I can even abandon the mission, let alone let me deliberately kill my companions."
"Master Sakumo, all this is for the stability and unity of the village." Fugaku Uchiha continued to persuade, with a hint of urgency in his tone.
"If you can casually sacrifice and kill your companions for the sake of the stability and unity of the village, then I would rather use my knife to create a new stability and unity!" Hatake Sakumo said coldly, his tone full of determination.
"Sakumo..." Fugaku Uchiha still needs persuasion.
"Okay, Chief Fugaku, don't say any more." Hatake Sakumo interrupted him directly, with a hint of impatience in his tone, "For the sake of the stability and unity of the village, just pretend that we have never met or said these words today."
After saying that, Hatake Sakumo turned around and left, with an unquestionable determination in his back.
"Damn it, you pedantic White Fang of the Leaf!" Fugaku Uchiha looked at Hatake Sakumo's leaving figure and cursed bitterly, "Don't think that there's nothing I can do about it."
He gritted his teeth, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then turned and left.
And just after they left, Uchiha Tieyue emerged from the sewer with a livid face.
"Damn Fugaku Uchiha, this is going to kill me!" Uchiha Tieyue thought through gritted teeth, with a terrifyingly gloomy face, "The family mission is something I can't refuse. Damn it, I have to find a way to save myself. Although White Fang of the Leaf sounds nice, I can't believe it all. Damn it, what should I do?"
Just when Uchiha Tieyue was frowning and thinking hard, there was a sudden "pop" sound, which scared the pores all over his body and he suddenly looked towards the place where the sound came from.
"Who?" he shouted in a low voice, a trace of vigilance flashing in his eyes.
"Meow!" But there was only a cat meowing, and then, a black shadow jumped over the wall and disappeared into the night.
"Huh, it's a cat." Uchiha Tieyue breathed a sigh of relief, but then cursed angrily, "Damn it, can even a cat scare me now?"
He shook his head and was about to leave. Suddenly, his eyes fell on the pebbles that had just been swept away by the cat. There was an inconspicuous sign there.
"Is this... the sign of Kumogakure?" Uchiha Tieyue's eyes widened, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face, "Haha, God helps me!"
He immediately stepped forward, groped carefully, and found a loose hollow brick. He carefully removed the brick, and there was a note hidden inside.
"Sure enough, it is the intelligence point of the Kumogakure spy!" Uchiha Tieyue whispered excitedly.
He quickly took out the note and read it carefully with the faint light. The note read, "Uchiha has a new genius Uchiha Chuan, creating Stilt Football, which has improved the reputation of Uchiha in Konoha." The next content is a detailed introduction to the benefits and rules of Stilt Football.
"Hmph, Uchiha Chuan..." Uchiha Tieyue sneered, put away the note, then took out a blank note from his arms and quickly wrote, "White Fang of the Leaf will lead the team to Kumogakure to execute S-rank Mission."
Although Uchiha Tieyue did not know the specific content of the task, he believed that Kumogakure must know it. He put the note back into the hollow brick, and then put the brick back into place, making sure that everything looked normal.
"Since we already have the note, it means that either tonight or tomorrow, a spy superior will come to take it away." Uchiha Tieyue thought in his mind, "And if Kumogakure implements the plan, this time will be completely late."
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he already had a plan in his mind.
"Once the intelligence is leaked, there will definitely be a powerful ambush in this mission to deal with White Fang of the Leaf." Uchiha Tieyue whispered to himself, "At that time, as long as I am careful, I will discover the ambush as soon as possible and convey it to White Fang of the Leaf. Then, White Fang of the Leaf will either lead us to death, or he will have to give up the mission and come back."
"If White Fang of the Leaf is stupid enough to take us to die, then I will accept it. After all, such stupid misfortunes can happen, which proves that I will definitely die." Uchiha Tieyue sneered, "But, as long as White Fang of the Leaf doesn't lie and would rather give up the mission than sacrifice his companions, then I can come back safely. Moreover, White Fang of the Leaf has to take the blame, so that's cool."
"When the time comes, I will find Fugaku Uchiha to settle the matter!" Uchiha Tieyue said through gritted teeth, his eyes full of hatred.
Then, he quickly left the scene and disappeared into the night.
After he left, a black shadow quietly appeared, carefully checking for any traces that Uchiha Tieyue might have missed to ensure that there were no flaws in the scene. Then, the black shadow also Body Flicker left, as if it had never appeared.
However, no one noticed whether it was Fugaku Uchiha, White Fang of the Leaf, Uchiha Tieyue, or the last black shadow - a white cloud that had stayed above them for a long time.
After they all left, the white cloud drifted away calmly, as if everything had nothing to do with it.