Fugaku fell silent.
Gua fell silent too.
After a moment, Fugaku said, "Gua, the three of us here are all Uchiha. From our clan's perspective, Kakashi being captured isn't a bad thing."
Gua remained silent.
Of course he knew that, as a genius of Konoha's younger generation, Kakashi would stand with Konoha no matter what.
But-
Looking at the bigger picture, they were all people of Konoha too.
Fugaku continued,
"Even from Konoha's perspective, casualties on the battlefield are perfectly normal. If Obito sucked him into his separate dimension, there's nothing we can do. You know how much of a risk we already took going to rescue Kabuto."
Having said that, Fugaku looked at Gua solemnly.
Had it been anyone else, he would have slapped them across the face already. Was causing trouble once not fucking enough? You want to do it again?
But this was Gua.
Fugaku wanted him to work certain things out for himself.
Shinobi dying in the line of duty was normal. It was a reality every one of them had to face.
They had already taken the risk of rescuing Kabuto, and Fugaku had nothing more to say about that. But rescuing Kakashi Hatake, whose allegiance was not to the Uchiha, was something Fugaku absolutely could not accept.
Their chances of a successful rescue were zero.
The risks, however, were limitless.
Silence hung in the air for several seconds before Gua gave a slight nod.
"Yeah, I know."
The fact that Fugaku could say these things to him showed just how candid he was being.
Between ordinary shinobi, they would probably have made a speech about some noble cause before saying that they couldn't rescue him because the risk was too great.
But Fugaku hid nothing from him and went straight to the heart of