(Uchiha headquarters)

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  "e in."

  "Sir, Shisui-sama is requesting a meeting."

  "What happened now? Ask him to e in; I am free for some time anyway," Fugaku said with a sigh at the end.

  …

  "Good m, Fugaku-sama," Shisui said, followed by Kaida, who also bowed a little and greeted Fugaku.

  "What happened?" Fugaku went straight to the topic. Retly, the Uchiha was busier than during the time when Danzo resent and suppressing the . Even though the public image of the Uchiha was not as bad as it used to be, the retionship between the Uchiha and other s was now fag some strain. Fugaku could already guess the reason, but he didn’t want to a it yet sihe situation was still not out of trol.

  "Fugaku-sama, today Kaida told me something iing. I want to know if what he is thinking is true or not," Shisui said with a smile.

  "Shisui, I am quite busy now," Fugaku said with his usual serious tone.

  "I know, Uncle, but what he said s the safety and stability of our . That’s why we came here as soon as we could," Shisui said, still maintaining his smile.

  Fugaku's i iqued now. He khat Kaida was not just some ordinary boy with unusual strength; he also had a good head on his shoulders.

  "What happened, Kaida?"

  "Fugaku-sama, I was thinking about the power bance of Konoha’s s…" Kaida then proceeded to tell everything he had told Kakashi and Shisui, though he excluded Naruto from the discussion for now.

  "Why were you thinking about this matter in the first pce?" Fugaku asked, his tone and faot giving even the slightest fluctuation.

  ‘I should stop hiding things from Fugaku. In both experiend power, he is way above me. Just as I could tell what Kakashi was thinking, he should also be able to do that, but on a higher level,’ Kaida thought.

  "Fugaku-sama, as you know, Kakashi helped us get the root base locations, and I was the one who took those locations from him."

  Fugaku just nodded his head.

  "For that info, I used a small piece of information I got while I was living at your house. It was about a boy named Naruto."

  Hearing the name, Fugaku’s eyes went wide for the first time.

  "So you used his living dition and somehow tied it to Danzo, and had Kakashi help us iurn for helping his sensei’s son," Fugaku said, easily guessing what had happened. Kaida just nodded his head.

  "So you want Shisui to leave the so that you could keep your promise, huh?" Fugaku said while releasing a little pressure.

  "I never said anything like that, Fugaku-sama. What I said was just a solution I could think of. I am sure you could easily e up with something way better than that," Kaida said respectfully.

  ‘He dodged that skillfully. Others in his position would be afraid, because what I just said was almost like acg him of treason, but he is very calm,’ Fugaku thought, then sighed.

  "Unfortunately, you are wrong. I could not e up with anythier than what you have thought. The retionship between us Uchiha and the other s is indeed being a little heated. They are not willing to form squads with our ninja.

  Even though it is on a small scale, I am sure it will increase iure. I was also thinking that they are getting uled seeing the increase in our strength. Now that we don’t have someone suppressing us, we actually don’t o have such strength, so we don’t o have two Kage-level ninja in our .

  Since I ot leave the for obvious reasons, the obvious choice will be Shisui, but he is my responsibility, and the situation is still not dire enough for me to take any a," Fugaku said.

  "There is no need for us to let the situation bee that dire anyway. If the e is the same, why should we take unnecessary risks?" Shisui said.

  "Shisui, I want you to uand, you are like my own son, and even if Itachi were in your pce, I would have dohe same to him for the too," Fugaku said.

  "Uncle, don’t you think you are being too dramatic? It is not like you are killi is just that I would work for the vilge in some other way, and I will only leave the paper. At heart, I will always be an Uchiha, and my friends and family will not treat me any differently just because I am not part of the Uchiha paper anymore, right?" Shisui said.

  "Hah! It is not that simple, brat, but you are correct. You will always be part of the ," Fugaku said.

  ‘Isn’t this being way too emotional? Luckily Guy and Lee are not here, otherwise they may start hugging and g at the same time now,’ Kaida thought, shaking his head.

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  "As for Naruto living with you guys, I will ask Lord Third about that when I meet him regarding Shisui, but I also think that he should agree with your request," Fugaku said.

  "Thank you, Fugaku-sama," Kaida said, bowing a little.

  "Oh! I nearly fot, Itachi was asking if you fot about the spar?" Fugaku asked.

  "Not at all, Fugaku-sama, it is just that so many things have happened around this time that I couldn’t find time for the spar," Kaida said.

  ‘I totally fot about that,’ Kaida thought.

  ‘He fot about that,’ Shisui thought.

  ‘He totally fot about that,’ Fugaku thought.

  "So do you want to have a spar or not?" Fugaku asked.

  "I would love to learn something from big brother Itachi. When I have this spar?" Kaida said. He was also ied in the spar, siting to know what your level is pared to a genius is something everyone wants.

  "I also want to see that spar. I will make some arras for that. Maybe by tomorrow it should be ready. I will send someoo notify you."

  "Okay, Fugaku-sama," Kaida said.

  "Okay, you take your leave. I have something I want to discuss with Shisui."

  Kaida nodded and bowed a little before leaving.