"You're Uchiha Ye Chen?"
Uchiha Yashiro walked up to him and asked directly.
Yechen paused slightly at the question, wondering whether he was so famous that the man had recognized him at a glance.
Seemingly reading his thoughts, Uchiha Yashiro chuckled.
"Kid, my name is Uchiha Yashiro. Given our generations in the clan, you should call me Clan Uncle. A few days ago, Elder Sang Tian sent word that you and young Shisui were coming here and asked us to look after you."
Yechen pursed his lips. He felt irritated, but still called him "Clan Uncle."
"Clan Uncle." Just then, Shisui Uchiha walked over. From their expressions, the two apparently knew each other.
"Shisui, it's been a few years. You've grown so much. Not bad."
Yashiro became much warmer upon seeing Shisui Uchiha. Yechen wore such an icy expression all the time that even someone trying to be friendly would struggle to warm him up.
"Clan Uncle, what brought you here?"
Uchiha Yashiro's expression darkened at the question, and he said angrily,
"I just received word that an elite Kirigakure force had broken through the northern defensive line, and they were heading straight toward you. I was worried, so I brought some men over to check.
"But now that I see you're all safe, I can rest easy."
Everyone's expression turned strange at his words. How had Kirigakure's elite troops broken through the defensive line at such a convenient moment? And how had they known their route and timing?
A terrible suspicion formed in everyone's mind, but none of them voiced it.
Shisui Uchiha concealed nothing and gave a rough account of what had happened to them.
"What? Three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist came-Raiga Kurosuki, Munashi Jinpachi, and Juzo Biwa-and a madman from the Kaguya Clan