章 28: Chapter 27

"Yamanaka Tatsuya, your words seem a bit excessive." Uchiha Fugaku frowned.

"Reiji is with Minato, and he is a junior that I have personally watched grow up with. He has no ulterior motives towards Konoha, and he will never leak any information about Konoha."

Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Reiji were uncle and nephew.

All along, Uchiha Fugaku had spent a lot of effort to training the Uchiha Clan.

Unfortunately, in his eyes, Uchiha Reiji was at most an ordinary clansman.

If it wasn't for the relationship between his uncle and nephew, perhaps he wouldn't have reminded Namikaze Minato to take care of him at the critical moment.

However, Uchiha Fugaku never thought that Reiji would hide so deeply, and not only did he awaken the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan.

He also had such a powerful Visual Jutsu.

Furthermore, it was Reiji who had suddenly displayed such a powerful force.

The difference between him and the ordinary people in the past was too great, causing many of the upper echelons of Konoha to start talking.

Among them, Danzo was even more certain that Reiji had ulterior motives.

"Humph! Patriarch Fugaku, are you trying to defend Uchiha Reiji from the perspective of the patriarch or as an uncle and nephew? Yamanaka Tatsuya harrumphed coldly and said. "If I were you, I would make things seem more fair."

"I advise you to return to Konohagakure to be monitored. At the same time, you will give up on participating in this matter and hand Reiji over to our roots to investigate."

"If Uchiha Reiji is really fine, we will not make things difficult for him."

Uchiha Fugaku's expression was livid.

These words were undoubtedly Danzo's plan to cross the Third Hokage and imprison Reiji ahead of time.

With Danzo's prejudice against the Uchiha Clan, if Reiji fell into his hands, whether or not he would be able to return would be another matter.

"Captain Yamanaka, I, Uzuki Ishin, am willing to guarantee with my life that Reiji has no ulterior motives. Not only did he repel Kumogakure at the critical moment, he also repelled the invasion of the Kirigakure." Uzuki Ishin couldn't help but ask.

"Therefore, the Konoha Ninjas we have here are willing to vouch for Reiji with the protection on our foreheads."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Reiji's that were originally stationed in the pass and saved by Reiji all agreed with a solemn expression.

Uchiha Fugaku and Gekko Yoru's expressions could not help but change as well.

They did not expect that Reiji's prestige would rise to such an extent in a short two to three days.

"Bastard, are you planning to rebel?" Yamanaka Tatsuya shouted coldly.

"Is Uchiha Reiji guilty or not? That is a matter of the higher ups of Konoha. You are not qualified to interfere. If it is the next time, I will bring you back to Konoha to be investigated. I don't want to hear such words again."

"Ishin, don't forget about your family. You have just joined our Konohagakure. Don't treat your family unfairly because of your recklessness."

Uzuki Ishin's expression changed.

Their family had always been in an alliance with the Konoha.

They could be considered mercenaries.

Unfortunately, due to the constant war and the ambush of the avenger, the population of their family gradually decreased.

As their combat strength declined, they were unable to protect themselves.

In the end, they joined the Konohagakure and became one of them.

As for the Uzuki? Family that only had three to five members left, the upper echelons of the Konoha naturally didn't put them in their eyes.

Moreover, this was a critical moment in the war. The opening of the three great battlefields made the Konoha urgently need combat strength.

Hence, Uzuki Ishin's participation naturally became the upper tolerance.

Now that Yamanaka Tatsuya spoke and threatened them with his family, Uzuki Ishin instantly became powerless.

"Humph, what's wrong? Don't you have anything to say?" Yamanaka Tatsuya snorted and said, "Hurry up and bring Uchiha Reiji back. Before we figure out his purpose, let our roots take responsibility for this."

"Everything is for the safety and stability of Konohagakure."

As soon as these words came out, No matter who it was, even Uzuki Ishin's expression turned stiff.

Without a doubt, Yamanaka Tatsuya's actions had caused him to be beaten thirty times before the interrogation had even begun.

He had directly accused Reiji.

"Haha, I didn't expect the roots to be so powerful. Two bastards just ran away, and another old bastard came." A frivolous voice suddenly came from outside the karst cave.

Reiji strode over, followed by Namikaze Minato.

They were outside, keeping all of this in their ears, especially Namikaze Minato's face, which was unusually livid.

When he sent the information back to Konohagakure, he stressed again and again that he must use gentle policies on Reiji.

Even if he couldn't become a good friend, he absolutely couldn't become an enemy.

Unfortunately, Namikaze Minato never thought that Danzo would interfere at such a crucial moment.

"Bastard brat, how dare you speak rudely. It seems like you have been hiding in Konohagakure for a long time. You really have ulterior motives." Yamanaka Tatsuya immediately attacked.

"Go and catch him!"

Four Ninja roots belonging to his subordinates immediately rushed out from behind him and walked towards Reiji.

"Get lost!"

Reiji coldly rebuked. An enormous scarlet Chakra erupted like a raging tide.

The expressions of the four Ninja from the Anbu changed drastically.

They let out a muffled groan and took two or three steps back.

Furthermore, this aura was not only effective on the four Anbu's bodies.

Even the entire karst cave was filled with this disastrous energy.

Sensing this tremendous energy, Yamanaka Tatsuya, Uchiha Fugaku, and Gekko Yoru's expressions changed drastically.

They had guessed how powerful Reiji was.

However, the aura that was unleashed had completely exceeded their expectations.

They had never thought that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old youth would possess such strength.

"It really is the Mangekyo Sharingan recorded on the stone tablet." Uchiha Fuyue's expression changed as he muttered to himself.

This meant that the Visual Power that traced back to its source had the chance to awaken the eye of the wheel.

However, the powerful Visual Power that Reiji released did not only have the feeling of the Mangekyo. There was another smell that was even more ominous than Visual Powers.

This kind of feeling would only appear when one had faced the nine tails.

"Arrogant Man, we are the captains guarding the pass this time. You are just a mere chunin. How dare you disrespect us?" Yamanaka Tatsuya's expression changed as well.

"Those below have violated the military rules. We should arrest them immediately."

"Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Fugaku, hurry up and catch Reiji."

Once he said that, he would be charged with an unwarranted crime.

The feeling of being familiar with a light carriage was undoubtedly rehearsed.

Or rather, Danzo had arranged it from the start.