The next day,
Fugaku spied on Gua as usual, only to find that Gua had gone home early.
"Something's wrong. Didn't Gua go to the Hokage Building to study today?"
Had he fallen out with the Third Generation?
Fugaku did not want that to happen.
Fugaku wanted to go up to Gua and ask what had happened and why he had come home so early.
Unfortunately, he held himself back.
He decided to go home and ask his son.
"Oh, you mean Gua, Father? I don't know. There wasn't anything unusual about him today."
Itachi was surprised by his father's question.
He really had not noticed anything unusual about Gua at school that day. Gua had idled as usual, peed as usual, and left school as usual, parting ways with him and Izumi early on the walk home.
At the time, he had not thought much of it, assuming Gua had gone to study at the Hokage Office again.
After hearing his father say that, he realized he might have been mistaken.
"You're saying Gua didn't go to the Hokage Office, and he didn't come home with you either?"
Fugaku was deeply concerned about Gua now. He felt that Gua might determine the future course of the Uchiha and the village.
"Yes."
Itachi nodded.
Fugaku frowned, sinking into worry.
"Then keep an eye on Gua tomorrow. Try sounding him out... Hmm, you probably don't need to do that. With how close you two are, you can just ask him directly... Yes, just ask him."
Fugaku gave his son his instructions.
Itachi blinked.
"Dad, there's no school tomorrow."
Fugaku: ...
"Tomorrow's Saturday?"
Itachi nodded.
Fugaku furrowed his brows. "All right."
Fugaku said no more. He planned to keep spying on Gua tomorrow.
Gua had said goodbye to Itachi and