Chapter 157: Family’s Safety
"Just a small clan matter, nothing serious," Shisui replied, but when he said it was a clan matter, it was enough indication for Isao not to ask anything further. He turned to Yomi and said, "It seems you will be getting your much-wanted break now, but don't slack off and keep increasing your chakra field. I want it to be at least half a kilometer wide after two weeks."
"Yes, sensei," Yomi said.
"Let's go, Yomi," Shisui said and used the Body Flicker Jutsu to go back to his house, followed by Yomi. On their way back, Yomi was tense after such a turn of events. Never in the last three to four months of her training had she ever been disturbed by Shisui or Kaida. This tension increased after remembering that Shisui went on a mission with Kaida.
'Did something actually happen?' she thought, but she couldn't ask Shisui about it because he was moving very fast, and she didn't have time to ask anything. So Yomi just kept following Shisui. After reaching home, she asked, "What happened, brother? Why did you suddenly ask me to come back? Did something happen to Kaida?"
"No, Kaida is safe. Just wait inside the house for a little bit, and while you're at it, please pack your and mom's clothes. We are changing our house for some renovations," Shisui said and once again went out to bring his mom back too.
'Renovation?' This was such a stupid excuse that even a kid would not believe it, let alone a genin. But since Kaida was safe, Yomi became a little more relaxed as her worst fear didn't become a reality.
She simply went inside the house and started packing her luggage because no matter how carefree Shisui normally was, when he got serious, he started to release an air of seriousness around him.
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Shisui went to the construction site where the bathhouse was under construction. It was almost ready, with only some finishing touches being done now, which were some last-minute changes done by Hae herself.
'This will have to wait,' Shisui thought, looking towards the bathhouse, as even though this was a big project for his family, it was nothing compared to their security. He silently went to his mother.
"Mom, I have something important to discuss with you," Shisui said.
"Wait a minute, Shisui. I am a little busy right now," Hae replied. She was in a meeting with the construction company's manager, discussing the maintenance charges for the future.
"Mom, it's urgent," Shisui said.
Hae looked toward Shisui and then turned toward the managers and said, "We will continue this meeting tomorrow..."
"We will notify you about the timing of the meeting, also your payment will be done today only. Please take your workers back. We will notify you when you can start working once again," Shisui said.
"Sir, did we make any mistakes? Please tell us, sir. We will try to rectify it as soon as we can," the manager said worriedly, thinking that they had made some mistake and may lose one of their very big clients.
"You guys haven't made any mistakes, sir. It's just that something really important came up, and we will have to wait for some time before the inauguration of this bathhouse. But rest assured, you did a marvelous job," Shisui said, easing the stress the managers were feeling.
"Thank you, sir. We will wait for your word to resume our work," the manager said and left the area to tell the workers the news.
As soon as they left, Hae turned to Shisui and asked, "What happened?"
"Nothing, mom. Let's go back to our home first. Yomi is waiting there for us."
Hae nodded her head, and both of them went back to their house. As soon as they entered the house, Hae was a little shocked, seeing her luggage placed in the hall along with Yomi's luggage.
"What the hell is happening?" Hae asked.
"Yomi, come and sit down on the sofa with mom. I have something important to tell both of you," Shisui said. Both Yomi and Hae sat down on the sofa, waiting for Shisui to start.
"Mom, this is about Uncle Danzo. He has crossed all lines now, and the clan has decided to make its move now. That's why the clan leader has asked you to move to his house along with his family for some time," Shisui said in one breath.
"What has he done this time, and why are you so angry all of a sudden?" Hae asked, as this was not the first time Danzo had done something against the Uchiha clan. Even when her husband lost his legs during the Great Ninja War, it was mostly because he trusted Danzo way too much, then he should have, and left his back to him.
Due to which he had to suffer heavy losses during the war and became paralyzed after that, which ultimately led to his demise. Even though he never openly criticized Danzo for his condition, deep down, he never forgave Danzo too, and Hae, being his wife, was fully aware of his thoughts. That's why she too didn't have any good opinion of Danzo either.
sigh
Shisui decided to come clean this time, as the matter had gotten way out of his hands, and now he would be unable to hide everything from his mother.
So he told both Yomi and Hae everything, from how Kaida tried to improve the clan's reputation, then being spied on by Root ninjas, after which being attacked by a team of Root ninjas.
"That fucker, he decided to lay his hand on my nephew. I want to talk to the clan head right now. We have to take this in front of Lord Third this time. I don't want that old swine to roam around the village carefree after trying to do something like that to my nephew," Hae said, anger tangible in her voice.
Being the wife of someone who was in the same squad with Hiruzen and Danzo, Hae had some great political connections around the village. That's why she wanted to see Fugaku and directly go to the Hokage's office regarding this matter.