Elsewhere, Kakashi also discovered something similar and shouted, "Stop!"
But his warning was clearly a bit too late. Most of the team had already discovered something similar. After reuniting, Kakashi, observing the others' fluctuating expressions, fell silent.
"Just pretend you didn't see these things," Uchiha Dohuan said after a long pause.
"Clan leader! There's something in here..." Uchiha Ina said anxiously. The part he had just discovered was a detailed record of Orochimaru and Danzo's collaboration during the Third Shinobi World War, hunting down members of the Uchiha clan to obtain the Sharingan.
"Shut up!" Uchiha Touhan roared. "Getting involved in this stuff won't do you any good!"
After teaching Uchiha Inahori a lesson, Uchiha Touhan looked up at the group and said sternly, "Captain Kakashi and I discovered all this. We're the only ones reporting to the Sandaime. You saw nothing. Do you understand?" "Understood
, understood," Nagai Seiichi and Kuroki Ryuta nodded hurriedly. Everyone present, except them, had some kind of ninja clan support behind them. They had no backers, and if they got caught up in something like this, they'd probably be dead the next day.
"We saw nothing," Hinata Keito added. As a branch family, if they were involved in such a major incident, the main family, fearing trouble, would likely immediately dispose of them.
Inuzuka Fuu was even more direct, thrusting the items they'd collected into Uchiha Touhan's hands. Even for the Inuzuka family, getting involved in such a matter would be a disaster.
Kakashi sighed. For now, handling this matter the way Uchiha Touhan had suggested was the safest approach.
"Kakashi, let me write this as a mission report: After we discovered Orochimaru's tracks, we engaged him in a skirmish. Orochimaru's large-scale, lethal jutsu left everyone but the two of us injured... Oh, and what about the other two?"
"Mitomon Hayabusa died right from the start. As for Utatane-neju, he likely perished in the aftermath of your and Orochimaru's jutsu," Inuzuka Fuu said.
"That's quite a shame," Uchiha Touhan said, after briefly commenting on their deaths. "We two, still capable of fighting, chased Orochimaru all the way here, but were thwarted by Orochimaru's jutsu. And here we are, discovering this."
"That's... not good. Didn't we offer any assistance? So, aren't we taking all the credit for your efforts, Clan Leader Touhan?" Uzuki Yugao said.
"That's not important," Uchiha Douhuan said. "I don't lack such a small achievement, but you can't afford such a huge trouble."
"Okay, I'll write this in the mission report. You must be careful not to let anything slip." Kakashi ignored Uzuki Yugao's question and nodded.
The eyes of Kuroki Ryuta and Nagai Seichi when they looked at Uchiha Douhuan had completely changed. What kind of leader had they encountered on this mission? Not only was he willing to share his achievements with them, but he also took the biggest blame without hesitation. From this moment on, whoever said something bad about the Uchiha, they would fight to the death!
At the same time, Inuzuka Feng also looked at Uchiha Douhuan, with a special light in his eyes.
"Okay, don't be so serious. Go outside and bury the materials from the human experiments. Captain Kakashi and I will take care of this." Uchiha Douhuan's expression relaxed as he spoke. "Let's finish this quickly and head back to the village. To celebrate the successful completion of this mission, I'll treat you tonight."
The group felt relieved and walked towards the perimeter of the laboratory together.
Kakashi and Uchiha Douhuan, who remained behind, began to collect the evidence in the laboratory.
"What are you going to do?" Kakashi asked, looking up after everything was almost collected.
"Of course, I'll report it to the Sandaime-sama, and then, using the Will of Fire as our guideline and under his wise leadership, we'll completely eradicate the evil in the village," Uchiha Douhuan said without even looking up.
Kakashi: ...
"Until now, I can't even listen to a single word of truth?" Kakashi said coldly.
"Want to hear the truth?" Uchiha Touhuan put on a faint smile. "Then, you have made your choice."
"I just want to know the truth about my father's case." Kakashi said.
Uchiha Touhuan nodded: "That's enough."
"The truth is, use these things to slowly destroy the Shimura family, the Tatene family, and the Mitomon family, and then replace them."
Uchiha Touhuan's words made Kakashi's pupils shrink. Kakashi understood that Uchiha Touhuan had not yet told him the truth. After all, in addition to these three families, there was another family in the village that developed rapidly along with these three families during the era when the third generation was in power. Uchiha Touhuan planned to destroy these three families and then replace them. What about the last Sarutobi family?
Noticing Kakashi's expression, Uchiha Dohuan grinned, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Kakashi, if you want to master the art of archery, you still have a lot to learn."
After saying that, Uchiha Dohuan, regardless of Kakashi's reaction, collected the evidence in Orochimaru's base and walked out.
After everything was done, under the effect of two great fire dragon techniques of Uchiha Inahimi and Uchiha Zaito, Orochimaru's base was reduced to ashes in the raging fire. After
the flames were extinguished, the group set out on their return journey.
Along the way, everyone remained silent until they returned to the town late at night. Uchiha Dohuan took everyone to the place where they had eaten and drank before, ordered a table of luxurious dishes, and after a few rounds of drinks, everyone finally calmed down.
Slightly tipsy, Kuroki Ryuta raised his glass. "Everyone, I think we should toast to Clan Leader Douhuan. It was thanks to Clan Leader Douhuan that we were able to return so safely from this mission."
"That's right, that's right!" Nagai Seiichi also raised his glass. "Before, there were always bad rumors about the Uchiha Clan in the village, but on this mission, we saw the Uchiha Clan's broad-mindedness! Especially Clan Leader Douhuan, that's it!"
Nagai Seiichi gave a thumbs-up.
"No more words! Cheers to Clan Leader Douhuan!" Hinata Ken also raised his glass to Uchiha Douhuan.
"Hey, didn't I say it all? It was thanks to everyone's joint efforts that this mission was successfully completed!" Uchiha Douhuan waved his hand, then raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp with everyone else.
"Dou Huan is right. This mission is the result of everyone's joint efforts." Kakashi finished his drink and said, "After I return, I will report to the Hokage on behalf of everyone."
Seeing this, Uchiha Dou Huan smiled with satisfaction. Although Kakashi looked a little clumsy at the moment, he was finally getting the hang of it.
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