After Yūto explained things, Fugaku understood the Chinoike Clan's current situation in Konoha.
If Yūto hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known about the Chinoike Clan's circumstances.
After listening, he sighed. "I never imagined the Uchiha had such a history with the Chinoike Clan."
After thinking for a moment, he nodded and agreed to Yūna's request.
"All right. Since the Uchiha owed the Chinoike in the past, we ought to lend them a hand now."
"Yūto, let Miss Yūna know she can lead the Chinoike Clan to settle beside the Uchiha Clan Compound."
With Fugaku's assurance, Yūto finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, after the Elder's death, Fugaku had essentially gained complete control of the Uchiha Clan.
Otherwise, the Elder would never have agreed to the Chinoike's request so easily.
He would surely have said, "What atonement? The Chinoike Clan was just too weak. They deserved to be imprisoned by the Uchiha."
As for protection, they could serve as the Uchiha Clan's dogs.
Several days later, the group finally returned to Konoha.
During those days on the road, the numbness in Yūto's lips did indeed disappear.
He couldn't help marveling that Tsunade truly deserved her reputation as the Shinobi World's foremost medical ninja. She had recognized his symptoms as an allergy at a glance.
There had most likely been some allergen in the Kumogakure camp that had caused his allergic reaction.
Standing at the compound's gates, Yūto gazed at the familiar Uchiha Clan Compound, filled with mixed feelings.
The war against Kumogakure had taken him from a weakling genin all the way to jonin, and he had even earned great merit on the battlefield.
As for his original plan to get himself killed...
He hadn't accomplished it at all. Not only that, getting himself killed seemed to be growing