Uchiha clan territory, Chizuru home, courtyard.
Uchiha Homura was standing by the side of the pool, expressionless as he watched the carefree ornamental fish in the water.
Suddenly, Uchiha Kari appeared behind him on one knee.
"It's over?"
Uchiha Homura asked as he noticed Uchiha Kari but did not turn around.
"Ha, Master Chizuru completed the task very smoothly,"
Uchiha Kari replied respectfully.
"Oh, it seems that she usually hides a lot of her strength. Where are the others?"
Uchiha Homura said with some surprise.
He knew exactly how strong his granddaughter was, and she had just barely reached the level of jōnin.
In theory, her fight against Uchiha Shin, who had been a jōnin for several years, should have been a tough battle, but it had been an overwhelming victory.
"Yes, Chizuru-dono is very strong. As for the other traitors that Danzo contacted, they have all been dealt with,"
Uchiha Kari immediately replied with an excited smile on his face.
Not only was Uchiha Homura a little surprised, even he, who guarded Chizuru on a daily basis, did not expect Chizuru to be so strong. Although she was exhausted directly after the battle, a victory was a victory, and it was enough to cover up any shortcomings.
"Well, that's good. Finish up cleanly, don't arouse the suspicions of the other clans. These traitors are hateful, but after all, they are also clansmen. Afterwards, give them an honorable death,"
Uchiha Homura's tone became noticeably colder when he mentioned the traitors, and he said coldly, "
Like Danzo, he also attaches great importance to intelligence.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have as many people as Danzo to monitor most of Konoha, but with the help of the terrain, it's still not difficult for him to secretly monitor the entire Uchiha clan closely.
Therefore, he knows exactly which guys in the clan are involved with Danzo, and has been secretly monitoring them closely.
Not long ago, some of the targets under close surveillance had shown signs of abnormality.
Upon hearing the news, he immediately understood that it was that bastard Danzo who had intervened, using these traitors to sabotage the Uchiha clan's involvement in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance.
In that case, he had no choice but to take preemptive action and deal with these traitors.
"Haha,"
Uchiha Kari replied, his tone just as cold.
As soon as he finished speaking, he formed a seal and disappeared in a puff of white smoke.
"Which is more important, the village or the family?"
Uchiha Homura looked up, staring at a lone cloud in the sky and the sea of clouds not far away. He muttered to himself, and without realising it, his eyes opened to reveal his Sharingan, but the pattern in his eyes was not the normal three-tomoe symbol.
...
On the other side, deep in the Death Forest, in the secret villa where Mito was located.
Kirito's true body was meeting Momo alone in a room, and he was being scolded like a grandson by Momo at the moment.
"Kirito, have you gone crazy? How could you act as a lobbyist for that abominable old thing Uchiha Homura? What did Senju ever do to you? Don't you know that Lord Mito hates the Uchiha people? Tell me, did you take any bribes..."
Momo blushed, pointing angrily at Kirito and scolding him, completely unlike her usual amiable self.
Hearing Momo's barrage of scolding, Kirito didn't dare to argue back, so he obediently knelt on the ground, head bowed, accepting the criticism.
In fact, when he used the memories from the shadow clone to persuade Momo to let the Uchiha clan participate in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation, he was mentally prepared to accept Momo's scolding.
The reason for this is that Momo is a huge fan of the God of Shinobi, and in her heart, she respects Hashirama even more than Mito.
Therefore, she hates Uchiha Madara, who killed Senju Hashirama, and this hatred naturally shifts to the entire Uchiha clan with Uchiha Madara's "death".
Hate the house and its crows. Although this is a kind of displaced anger, it is only natural and hard to avoid.
After all, not everyone is a saint, and they can distinguish between love and hate and not be affected by hatred.
Momo was just an ordinary Senju clan ninja, not a saint, so naturally she couldn't distinguish between love and hate, let alone let go of her hatred.
It's just that Kirito didn't expect Momo's hatred for the Uchiha clan to be even greater than he imagined.
He had just proposed that the Uchiha clan participate in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance, without even saying how exactly the Uchiha clan would participate. Momo's amiable face instantly changed, and she became enraged, then severely criticized him.
If he weren't a disciple of Mito and usually respected and loved Momo, she might have beaten him up.
"Judging by the timing, Momo is also in her sixties, has never married, and apart from Mito, Tsunade and Nawaki, she has no other relatives. I guess she had a grudge against the Uchiha clan even before Konoha was established, and it wasn't a small one."
Kirito lowered his head and guessed in secret.
After half an hour or so, Momo finally grew tired of scolding and her furious expression subsided a little.
Kirito heard a noise and cautiously raised his head. Seeing that Momo was still glaring at him angrily, he quickly lowered his head again.
"Hmph, get up and tell me what you little brat are up to,"
Momo said with a cold face as she looked at Kirito, who was bowing his head submissively.
She was already in a bad mood because of the Mito incident, but Kirito's lack of understanding had suddenly ignited the negative emotions she had been holding inside.
Now that she had scolded him severely, she felt a lot better.
It was a bit of a pity that she couldn't beat the brat Kirito up, otherwise her mood would definitely have been even better.
However, despite her anger, her rational mind remained.
She knew that Kirito had always been clever and devious, and he definitely wouldn't let Uchiha Homura use him as a pawn for nothing. She guessed that he must have received some sort of benefit or wanted to do something bad.
Moreover, she also knew that Kirito was a highly motivated person with strong personal convictions. Once he had made up his mind, even if she disagreed, he would most likely secretly go behind her back and do it anyway.
In that case, she might as well find out what he's up to, so she can be prepared and give him a heads-up in advance.
"Momo-dono is really perceptive, there's really nothing I can hide from you."
Kirito heard this and hurriedly got up, then looked up and smiled, flattering her.
"Cut the flattery, just get to the point, I don't have time to bullshit with you."
Momo still didn't intend to give Kirito a good look, scolding him.
"Then why did you just scold me for so long..."
Kirito muttered.
The next moment, his hair stood on end as he noticed Momo looking at him with a stern expression, his fists clenched, the veins on the back of his hands prominent. The other party said coldly, "What did you just say?"
"No, nothing, I was just going to say that you were right to scold me, Lord Momo, and that I shouldn't be a lobbyist for that old bastard Uchiha Homura."
Seeing this, Kirito subconsciously shrunk his head and took a few steps back, smirking.
"Get out!"
Momo hated smooth talkers, and she decisively gave Kirito the order to leave, pointing her finger in the direction of the door.
"Momo-dono, do you think that the First Lord Hokage wants the Uchiha clan to be destroyed or to integrate into Konoha?"
Kirito saw that Momo was not going to give him a chance to continue, so he straightened his face and immediately asked a question that caused Momo to think deeply and fall silent.