Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

"Grandpa is coming back!"

When Shisui saw the contents of the letter, he was so excited that he paced around the office holding the letter.

The ANBU members who were responsible for protecting in secret were confused as they looked at the Hokage who was grinning foolishly. If they didn't know that the other party was an Uchiha, they would have suspected that the Hokage was under an illusion.

After a long while, Shisui calmed down, sat down again, and read the letter carefully.

The letter said that the garrison left behind on the defense line of Yunoguo had completed training. Sima Yi had a rough understanding of the combat situation of the large ninja army, so he planned to hand over the northern army to Nara Shikaku for management, and he would return to the village with the Uchiha people soon.

As for the situation of the Water Kingdom and the Rain Kingdom mentioned last time, we will talk about it after he comes back and understands the specific situation.

Shisui naturally had no objection. The Rain Kingdom and the Water Kingdom were not as important as his grandfather.

He left behind a clone and went straight home to tell Yan Shifan the good news.

Yan Shifan was a little surprised. He took the letter with a slight movement in his eyes, then smiled and said, "It's good that Sima Gong has come back. You can discuss military issues with him. With Sima Gong's ability, he will definitely help you see the light."

Shisui was so focused on having fun that he didn't notice Yan Shifan's actions.

After he left, Yan Shifan thought for a long time, and when he saw it was getting dark, he sent someone to deliver a letter.

However, just as the letter left Konoha, a figure suddenly appeared and stopped the person who delivered the letter.

"Lord Jinhuo?"

The person who came was Uchiha Kinhuo, the messenger's immediate superior.

"Give me the letter and wait here."

The messenger was wearing a mask. He was shocked when he saw the figure suddenly appearing in the moonlight. After confirming the other party's identity, he handed over the letter without hesitation.

Jinhuo took the letter and left immediately. A moment later, the letter appeared in Shisui's hand.

Shisui opened the letter with a gloomy expression, and then deciphered the contents. After he deciphered it, his expression suddenly froze.

To his surprise, the letter did not mention Sima Yi's news. It only told Shizaiye not to rush the mission in Kyoto and to be patient. It also said that the Minister of Finance liked tiger skins and could catch a tiger in the mountains and send it to him.
Shisui read it over and over again but didn't find any problems, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said rather embarrassedly: "It seems that I thought too much, Jinhuo, go and repack the letter and send it back."

金火
"Yes!"

The letter was handed over to the masked ninja and sent back to the north, and Shisui lay down happily to rest.

At the same time, in a manor outside Kyoto, the Land of Fire.

Under the dim lights, there were greedy and bloodthirsty faces. They sat in the audience, excitedly watching the two people fighting on the stage. Cheers and curses echoed in the dark underground from time to time.

In the backstage, Izayoi wore a mask and quietly watched two ordinary ninjas on the surveillance camera. One of them wore a white tiger mask and the other wore a flying bird mask, just like their code names.

Under his behind-the-scenes manipulation, the two people matched together were very close in strength.

After a period of fighting, the chakra of both men had been exhausted, and now they were fighting with swords in the most primitive way. Around the ring, there was a barrier that had withstood hundreds of attacks and remained standing.

Except for the barriers around the arena, the rest of the arena is very plain. In order to accommodate the earth-style ninjas, the arena doesn't even have a floor.

However, after all, it was just built not long ago and there are no other types of venues yet.

But even so, it quickly attracted the attention of a large number of wealthy families.

"Get up, get up, damn it, crawl for me! Bite him to death with your teeth!"

The fight on the stage had an outcome, Baihu fell to the ground seriously injured. Some of the audience in the stands could not accept this outcome. They screamed desperately, hoping that the person they chose could stand up again and continue to bring them benefits and fun.

"Get up, you damn bastard. I invested so much money, how could I lose it all? Get up!" Someone in the VIP seat couldn't sit still and yelled and cursed.

"Qikexiu, Baihu, how can you just give up like this!"

Some people don't care about the money, but it is still hard to accept seeing the ninja they admire is about to fail.

"Flying Bird! Hahaha~"

There were also people who supported Fei Niao, who excitedly held the certificates in their hands and laughed out loud.

On the ring, Baihu fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Although Fei Niao managed to stand, he was still gasping for breath and his body was shaking slightly.

However, this fight can only end when one side dies completely or admits defeat, so the game is still going on and the barrier is still operating.

Fei Niao had no intention of stopping. He chuckled, picked up the knife, walked to the white tiger and chopped it down. The white tiger lying on the ground was instantly broken into two pieces.

Amidst the wailing, the white tiger's body turned into mud and collapsed.

As soon as the knife was chopped down, Fei Niao realized that something was wrong, but he had been fighting for too long and his reaction was slow.

There was no time to dodge in such a hurry, so I could only say "admit defeat."

However, before he could finish his words, an earth spear shot out from the ground and pierced his heart.

After the surrender signal was received, the barrier fell instantly, and the medical ninjas who had been waiting outside immediately rushed to the ring to rescue.

For Izayoi, only if these people are alive can they create more value for him. Unfortunately, not everyone has five hearts, and Asuka died before he was carried off the ring.

Seeing the white tiger turn the tables, those who were originally wailing began to cheer, and those who were originally cheering began to curse. In groups and pieces, there was a lot of noise and bustle.

Izayoi listened to the cheers from the audience and watched the bodies being carried away, feeling a little weird. Fortunately, it was not the first time he had seen such a scene, so he quickly calmed down and told his men to work.

The arena was renovated by the Earth-tuning Ninja, and the next fight went on as scheduled.

Each match brought great joy to every guest, and some young ones couldn't wait to run onto the ring and kill everyone.

Soon it was time for the penultimate match. There were two newcomers whose strength was unknown, so Izayoi arranged them together.

As the game started, next to Izayoi, a wealthy middle-aged man wearing a mask chuckled after being reminded by the guard beside him.

“There are always some self-righteous people in this world who don’t know themselves well and want to take things they shouldn’t, but they can’t even save their own lives.

It is important for a person to know himself. What do you think, Izayoi-kun? Do you need my help to deal with it? "

Hearing the masked man's hint, Izayoi remained calm and didn't care.

"Any means are allowed here, as long as he has the ability."

The masked man smiled when he heard this, and turned to the VIP seats with his guards.

As the two were talking, many people below the stage began to show expressions of dissatisfaction.

Because the two people on the stage were having a fake match, they were treating nearly a thousand people in the gambling arena as fools.

Izayoi does not forbid match-fixing, as long as you have the ability to avoid being discovered, or have the ability to leave here alive after being discovered.

You have to know that under his restrictions, only the rich or noble can come here, and the connections and power these people have are enormous.

Even for him, it took a lot of effort and killed a lot of people to gain a foothold here.

Seeing that the two people on the stage had the strength of ordinary Chunins, Izayoi knew that they would not be able to leave alive unless something unexpected happened.

The fight on the stage ended quickly, but there was no cheering from the audience. The two newcomers didn't understand the meaning of the fight, so they took the money and left happily, unaware of how many people were following them.

Izayoi ignored the two guys and looked at the last arrangement.

Scorpion vs Meteor.

A few days later, twenty miles north of Xiao Town, Sima Yi was sitting in a carriage, traveling leisurely.

Yangzhe sat on the top of the carriage and looked around vigilantly, while Hui drove the carriage and sighed constantly.

In front and behind the carriage were twenty ninjas from the Uchiha clan.

"Uncle Yi, the town ahead is Xiaozhen. After passing Xiaozhen, we will be close to Konoha. Do you want to speed up?" Hui tilted his head and looked into the distance. His butt kept twisting, and he seemed to be very uncomfortable sitting.

"Not urgent."

Sima Yi's steady voice came from the carriage, forcing Hui, who wanted to gallop on his horse, to suppress his thoughts.

At the same time, near the location of Xiao Town, a group of mysteriously dressed ninjas hid near the official road. They hid in the darkness, quietly waiting for their target from the north.

An unknown amount of time had passed before the sounds of wheels rolling and horses' hooves from the north gradually approached. Everyone looked at each other, silently bent down, and held their breath.

A moment later, when a group of pedestrians broke into the ambush area, the leader's eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent.

"Do it!"

In the evening, at the gate of Konoha.

Shisui walked back and forth with a frown on his face, his anxiety unable to be relieved. He looked into the distance with some doubt in his eyes.

The onlookers were also confused, but they didn't dare to ask, because Shisui came to greet Sima Yi in a personal capacity, and they just happened to see the Hokage and came to join in the fun.

Yan Shifan stood aside with a calm expression. He stroked his long beard and was not affected by Zhishui at all.

Nara Suzaku had dark circles under his eyes, and his eyes moved back and forth following Shisui, and he felt dizzy at the moment.

"Hokage-sama, Mr. Yi has many guards around him, so he will be fine."

Is it too much?

Shisui shook his head, not caring in his heart. What use were those people?

"Logically, we should have arrived by now. Could something unexpected have happened? Kakashi, take someone to check it out."

"Yes."

Kakashi agreed and quickly left the village with a team.

The worry in Zhishui's eyes was hard to dispel. He always glanced at Yan Shifan inadvertently, and then kept shaking his head.

Yan Shifan seemed unaware and just closed his eyes and meditated.

I don't know how long it took, but when the last ray of sunlight set, Kakashi's figure finally appeared on the horizon.

"Hokage-sama, the person is right behind us."

After he finished speaking, Yan Shifan raised his eyebrows slightly, slowly opened his eyes, and then set his gaze on Kakashi.

"That's good, as long as grandpa is okay!"

After receiving a positive reply, Shisui breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could ask too many questions, he saw more than twenty ninjas slowly approaching in the distance, guarding a carriage.

When they were near the gate, the team stopped, and Shisui saw Hui driving the car and Yangzhe on the roof of the car. They also saw Shisui wearing the divine robe.

"Clan leader, Hokage-sama!"

Seeing that the clothes that the Uchiha had dreamed of were finally worn by a member of the Uchiha clan, everyone was excited and came to Shisui to pay their respects.

"thanks everyone."

Shisui helped Hui and Yangzhe up, and everyone else followed suit, then stood on both sides with their heads held high.

Sima Yi also got off the carriage at this time. He calmly came to Zhishui, looked at him with satisfaction, and sighed softly: "Not bad, you have matured a lot."

The compliment made Shisui's nose sore, but fortunately he held it in. However, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and said with a silly smile: "Thanks to grandpa's teachings, oh, and of course, the teacher."

Yan Shifan's mouth twitched, and when he saw Sima Yi coming, he quickly adjusted his expression and smiled and bowed, saying, "It's been a long time since we last met, Sima Gong is still as elegant as ever."

Sima Yi looked playful and said with a smile: "Thanks to Donglou's care, this journey has been fun."

"Hahaha, that's good. I have asked someone to prepare a banquet for you. Please."

Yan Shifan naturally knew what the other party was talking about. He smiled softly, not embarrassed, and raised his hand to signal the other party to go first.

Sima Yi did not continue the topic. After some polite words, he stopped refusing and took Yangzhe and others back to the clan’s territory.

"Huh? Me too."

"Lord Hokage!"

Shisui skipped work for a day and there was still some work that was not done. If he didn't do it, he would naturally push it onto Nara Suzaku.

But Nara Suzaku has been too busy with work lately and has dark circles under his eyes. If Shisui pushes him again, he will have to go to the hospital.

Seeing that Shisui was still trying to run away, Nara Suzaku, regardless of his status, directly grabbed Shisui and begged him in a hoarse voice to go to the Hokage Building.

Shishui had no choice but to give up.

However, before heading to the Hokage Building, Shisui pulled away the eager-to-fight Hui.

"I was just waiting to come back to drink and eat meat, why did you drag me here?"

It was a rare opportunity to return to Konoha, and Hui felt a little itchy when he saw other people returning to their tribe to attend the banquet.

"Brother Hui, did you encounter any problems along the way?"

Although there was nothing wrong with the letter, the conversation between the two just now made Shisui suspicious.

"Hmm? No, everything went well."

Hui recalled for a moment, slowly shook his head, with a confused expression, not understanding why Shisui asked this.

"Nothing happened? Like assassins, or bandits or something like that."

"We did encounter some bandits, but they were all ignorant guys. We easily dealt with them. Don't worry, everything went well."

"That's fine, that's fine."

After hearing this, Shisui had no choice but to give up. After a few more pleasantries, he let Hui go back.

"It seems that I was overthinking it."

At the same time, inside the clan territory, Sima Yi and Yan Shifan sat on the ground, drinking and chatting happily.

The two of them always said something incomprehensible, and the others couldn't understand them so they simply ignored them and just drank to themselves.

The banquet lasted for a long time, and when Zhishui came back, it was only halfway through.

Zhishui knew that Sima Yi had been traveling all day and was a little tired, so he toasted him with a few glasses of tea instead of wine and then focused on eating. He did not talk to him about too many serious matters.

Until midnight, when everyone was drunk, he arranged for Jinhuo and Yingshu to take everyone back to rest.

As for Sima Yi and Yan Shifan, both of them looked drunk, so Shishui had to help them back to their respective rooms to rest.

After Zhishui left, Yan Shifan slowly opened his eyes. He frowned and took out a thin bamboo tube from his arms. He got this when he used the excuse of going to the toilet in the middle of the banquet and had not had time to look at it yet.

There is a note hidden in the bamboo tube.

Yan Shifan took out the note and looked at it carefully in the moonlight.

After a moment, Yan Shifan cursed softly: "Old man, there is not a single truth in your mouth, you even lied to Shishui!"

After cursing, Yan Shifan himself was so angry that he laughed and couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder you live so long." (End of this chapter)