"Naruto: Ice God"Chapter 128: Fugaku Is a Little Panicked
Inside Mitokado Homura's tent.
Uchiha Fugaku sat uneasily in the chair on the right side.
Behind him stood two young Uchiha—his five-year-old son Uchiha Itachi, and the Uchiha Clan's rising genius, Uchiha Shisui.
Glancing at the sky outside the tent, Fugaku forcibly controlled his emotions.
Ever since Danzo's son was attacked, he could feel undisguised hostile gazes watching him every moment.
Occasionally, he'd catch glimpses of Root ninja.
Before he could figure out why Feng Bai's attack had led to his surveillance, Fugaku received news at this morning's meeting.
Danzo was coming to take command of the front lines.
Danzo's son was attacked, Fugaku was put under surveillance the next day, and on the third day Danzo came to take command.
Fugaku's intelligence was somewhat higher than Feng Bai's. Combining this information, he immediately understood—Danzo was blaming Feng Bai's attack on him!
This was outrageous!
Though he indeed disliked Danzo and had cursed him countless times in private, by heaven and earth, he absolutely had never harbored any ill intentions toward Danzo's son!
Across the entire Hidden Mist battlefield, he hadn't even seen Feng Bai once. How could Danzo pin this on him?!
No, he had to explain this face-to-face!
While Fugaku sat on pins and needles, Tsunade and Jiraiya conversed in low voices, occasionally glancing at Fugaku.
Tsunade had informed Jiraiya about Feng Bai's attack. Learning that one of the attackers was actually an Uchiha, the two, who had initially felt dissatisfied about Fugaku being monitored, instantly changed their attitude.
At first, both thought this was Danzo venting his anger, but facts proved an Uchiha had indeed stood against the village.
This forced them to cast suspicious glances at Fugaku as well.
Feeling Tsunade and Jiraiya's stares, the already uncomfortable Fugaku now felt like sitting on a bed of nails, constantly shifting his position with an innocent expression.
What exactly had he done wrong? Why were even Tsunade and Jiraiya starting to distrust him?!
Just when Fugaku thought things couldn't get worse, he sensed another gaze.
This time it was Orochimaru.
By observing Tsunade and Jiraiya's reactions and combining what he'd witnessed these past two days, the clever Orochimaru roughly reconstructed the events through speculation alone.
He'd thought Fugaku was a weak man, but unexpectedly, he was quite bold.
Mitokado Homura, sitting at the head, waited idly for Danzo to come take over.
Seeing the Three Sannin occasionally glancing toward Fugaku, he also looked over, puzzled.
Mitokado Homura sat at the head—his movements were visible to all the jōnin in the tent, causing everyone to focus their attention on Fugaku.
Fugaku: Damn it!
Noticing even his son and Shisui staring at him from behind, Fugaku just wanted to find a high place to jump from, ending his life early to escape this torment.
...
Time passed for a long while—so long that Fugaku was drenched in sweat—before Danzo finally lifted the tent flap and entered.
"Danzo, you've seen Feng Bai, right?"
All the jōnin inside remained seated; only Mitokado Homura stood to greet him.
"Mm."
Danzo nodded, showing no intention of catching up with Mitokado Homura. Instead, he walked straight to the head seat, announcing he was taking command.
Mitokado Homura, accustomed to Danzo's style, didn't mind. His expression unchanged, he walked to his prepared chair and sat down.
Before coming here, Danzo had already understood the front-line situation.
Combining Mitokado Homura's intelligence, Danzo quickly made deployments, preparing to launch a final counterattack against Hidden Mist.
With his own strength plus the Three Sannin's assistance, even if Hidden Mist desperately deployed the Six-Tails to the battlefield, he was confident of keeping it there permanently.
Therefore, Danzo's plan was quite aggressive.
None of the jōnin present voiced opposition.
The war had continued for a long time—these jōnin were tired of lives filled with nothing but killing, and everyone desperately wanted to return to normal life.
Seeing no one opposed the plan, Danzo finally glanced at Fugaku and the Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui behind him, then expressionlessly announced the meeting's end.
After most people had left, Fugaku finally stood, bringing the two to Danzo's desk.
"I'll return to my tent now, Danzo." Mitokado Homura, knowing Fugaku had something to say, also stood to leave, giving space to those present.
"Captain Fugaku brings bodyguards even to meetings."
Casually picking up a document from the desk, Danzo looked up at Fugaku, his tone calm.
"This is my son, Uchiha Itachi. The other is Uchiha Shisui." Fugaku introduced the two beside him:
"Shisui's abilities are excellent, and he's young. I'd like him to serve as Feng Bai's bodyguard to protect his safety."
Danzo naturally knew Uchiha Shisui.
After all, he was Uchiha Kagami's grandson.
It seemed Fugaku sensed danger and was preparing to play the emotional card to face Danzo's attack.
If not for his earlier conversation with Feng Bai, Danzo would definitely have taken both the person and his life.
But now...
"I understand, but I need to ask Feng Bai's opinion first."
Danzo nodded, accepting Fugaku's gesture of goodwill.
Just when Fugaku thought the matter was properly resolved, Danzo suddenly directed the conversation toward his son.
"Your son should be five years old this year."
"Yes." Facing Danzo's inquiry, Fugaku felt vaguely uneasy.
"As an elite jōnin of the village, Captain Fugaku has been active on the front lines for long periods. You probably don't have energy to look after your son. My boy, though lacking in talent, has decent abilities and should be able to care for this little one."
Hearing Danzo's words, Fugaku's face turned green.
Good lord, he's asking for a hostage!
I'm the captain of the Military Police Force and the Uchiha Clan leader—how could I easily submit to his control!
Before Fugaku could respond, Danzo looked back at the document before him, saying lightly: "During Feng Bai's attack, two of my subordinates were hit by Sharingan genjutsu."
"Understood. I'll have Shisui take Itachi to Feng Bai's tent shortly."
Fugaku's heart was in turmoil.
Very satisfied with Fugaku's performance, Danzo finally put down the document in his hand, reached into his robes, and pulled out a scroll to hand to Fugaku.
Reaching to accept Danzo's scroll, Fugaku noticed Danzo wouldn't let go. He turned to look behind him: "Shisui, take Itachi to Feng Bai's tent first."
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