The Fugaku family is a classic Japanese-style courtyard.

Junye followed Fugao through a small yard, stepped onto the outer corridor, walked a few steps, turned a corner and entered the tatami-layed room.

The birthday party is ready.

There was a low table in the middle of the house with various dishes on it. Itachi took care of the young Sasuke by the table and stopped him from stealing food.

There was also the sound of cooking on the other side of the partition door. It was supposed that the wife of the patriarch was cooking delicious food in the kitchen.

As the two of them came in, Sasuke ran towards Fugaku happily, making a "ahah" sound from his mouth.

"Is Sasuke obedient?"

Fugao picked up Sasuke happily, then turned around and pointed at the empty seat beside him, and greeted: "Sit on the side of Haya, please don't be restrained."

"Thanks."

Nodded to Fugao and greeted him. Hayao walked straight to the opposite side of Itachi and sat down, then took out a gift box.

"Happy birthday, Itachi."

"Thank you, thank you."

Itachi took the gift stiffly, then lowered his head and fell silent.

"Your friend is here to celebrate your birthday party, don't be stern."

Fugao said with a majestic face.

"yes."

Itachi's subordinate responded to his superiors' tone, and it was impossible to tell that it was a conversation between father and son.

Fugaya nodded in accustomed to it, and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this.

The strange way of getting along with this father and son made Haya feel at a loss and strangely closed her mouth.

For a moment, there were only the sound of eating and Sasuke's screams on the dining table.

The atmosphere was a little dull for a moment.

Fortunately, soon, the patriarch's wife, Uchiha Mikoto, walked in with her last dish.

This patriarch's wife is different from Tokugaki and Itachi. She is eloquent and can liven up the atmosphere.

The dull atmosphere disappeared after she came in.

...

After a meal.

Mikoto cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash.

Tokugaki said with relief: "Itachi, your friend is rare to come and play. Take him around the settlement!"

"Um."

Itachi nodded and looked at Hayao Leaf.

“Want to visit?”

"ah!?"

Shiraoye looked at the darkness outside the room, then looked at Itachi and Tokugaki with serious expressions, and nodded.

"Then I'll bother you."

"nothing."

...

Follow Itachi out of the courtyard and walked in this settlement that seemed to be independent of the outside of the village. Neither of them spoke.

"Hey, didn't you take me to visit the settlement?"

In order to break the atmosphere of silence, Jun Ye smiled and said, "There is no tour guide who doesn't say anything, at least introduce it!"

Itachi hesitated for a while and said, "You should know that today is not my birthday!"

During his year at Ninja School, Hayashi has demonstrated his super memory ability many times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he never forgets everything.

And they took graduation photos and archive records together, and have seen each other's information.

He didn't think that Falcon would not know his birthday.

"So what?"

Junye shrugged and said indifferently: "This is a kind invitation from the boss who is in good relationship. What reason do I have to refuse?"

"I don't mean that." Itachi shook his head gently and said, "I mean, since you know that this is not an invitation to a birthday party, you should also see that my father didn't really ask me to take you to the settlement."

"What does the Father mean?"

Looking at the pretending falcon leaves, Weasel took a deep breath.

"During the month you intern in the Guard, you have demonstrated extraordinary perception skills many times. Although you are not sure what the specific ability is, you can guess some of it."

"so what?"

"You saw clearly the true face of the murderer who attacked Daming!"

"That's right."

There is nothing to hide. The ability to see the other person's appearance through obstacles was exposed when he was arresting a thief half a month ago.

Hearing Shiroye's decisive confession, Itachi hesitated instead.

"If you have any questions, just ask."

Upon hearing this, Itachi no longer hesitated and asked bluntly: "You came to the security department. In fact, it was the superior who arranged for you to investigate whether the murderer was in Uchiha!"

"That's right."

Hayao admitted frankly.

"Isn't the captain asking you to take me to visit the settlement just to make an open investigation?"

The murderer who attacked Daming was almost linked to the high-ranking village officials and the mastermind behind the Nine-Tail incident.

The same is true for Uchiha Fugaku.

But don't do anything bad, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.

Fugao was sure that these were not done by the Uchiha clan, so he let Hayao enter the settlement to investigate.

Of course, if outsiders are invited to enter the settlement to investigate their own tribe members... If the tribe members know about this kind of thing, they may dislike many troubles.

Therefore, it became a good excuse to invite my son’s classmates and friends to visit the settlement.

"You guessed it."

Itachi was not surprised by Hayao's reaction, but instead felt that something was wrong if he didn't guess.

"Aren't you afraid that the murderer is really from the Uchiha clan? You should know that Uchiha's situation in the village has been bad in the past two years. It's normal for one or two tribe members who have extreme ideas because of this!"

"If there were indeed members of the tribe who committed such a serious crime, the Uchiha clan would not cover up."

Looking at the Itachi with a calm expression, Falcon chuckled softly, "You know what I'm talking about."

If this happens, it is not possible to choose to hand over the murderer actively. Those who hate Uchiha and those who treat Uchiha as their political enemy will definitely attack Uchiha with this matter.

The situation of the Uchiha clan will be even more difficult.

Itachi naturally knew such a simple truth.

But……

So what can it be?

Even if this situation really occurs, Uchiha can't do anything... After all, it is true that the murderer comes from Uchiha, and the Uchiha clan has an unshirkable responsibility.

Only stand attentive and get beaten.

but……

"This is also an opportunity to alleviate the difficulties of the family and the village... Even if you take responsibility, the village's suspicion of Uchiha will be eliminated, and it will increase in the future..."

"Are you serious?"

Looking at Itachi who was stunned by his own words, Hayao sighed and shook her head.

I have been on the battlefield since I was a child and was hostile and rejected by my classmates at Ninja School... After experiencing these, I should understand the ugly side of human nature very well.

But he still believes in the good side of human nature.

Because Sasuke's birth made him feel the happiness and joy that life brought to people when it was born.

At the same time, know the cruelty and beauty of reality.

Holding ideal dreams, but chasing them with realistic means...

The man named Uchiha Itachi is a self-contradictory existence.

"Okay, the murderer is not in the Uchiha clan."

Shanye left this sentence and turned around and walked out.

Itachi was stunned for a moment and hurriedly chased after him.

"What do you mean?"

"The meaning of the third generation Naruto, whether the murderer is in Uchiha or not, he told me not to tell me. He didn't want the conflict between Uchiha and the village to further expand."

"And, I've finished investigating it, and the murderer is indeed not anyone in the Uchiha clan."
Chapter completed!