"Minato-senpai, if you don't trust Shisui and the others, you can let them return to the Uchiha Clan first, but don't send them outside the Village," Uchiha En said.
"En, you misunderstand. I don't distrust them. It's just that, as you know, I have too few Anbu Ninja under my command, and Kushina's delivery this time must be absolutely foolproof, so I could only ask the Sandaime for help.
And the condition for the Sandaime agreeing to help was that no one from the Uchiha Clan could participate in Kushina's defense work, and that you should all stay as far away from the Village as possible."
Uchiha En's expression didn't change upon hearing this; he had already guessed that the Third Hokage would make such arrangements.
The Third Hokage inherited the Second Hokage's beliefs; in his view, the Uchiha Clan was inherently evil and needed constant vigilance.
Especially since the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan has the power to suppress Tailed Beasts, the Uchiha Clan absolutely could not be allowed near the Nine-Tailed at this time.
At the same time, the Third Hokage wanted to use Minato Namikaze's shortage of personnel as an opportunity to drive a wedge between him and the Uchiha Clan.
The Third Hokage also did not want to see the Uchiha Clan getting too close to Minato Namikaze, the current Hokage.
Uchiha En naturally wouldn't fall for such a simple trick, and while the Third Hokage had his calculations, Uchiha En also had his own little scheme.
Although the Third Hokage had already stepped down, he still commanded a considerable number of skilled Anbu Ninja, including several elites.
Therefore, Uchiha En wanted to use Obito to eliminate some of the powerful Anbu surrounding the Third Hokage.
So Uchiha En smiled and said, "Minato-senpai, I understand. You don't have to worry about me getting angry. Our Uchiha Clan will fully cooperate, but Shisui's squad should not leave the Village."
"I have a feeling that Kushina-senpai's delivery this time is suspicious, and someone might take the opportunity to attack the Village. We cannot let our strength go to waste."
Minato Namikaze nodded and agreed.
Afterward, Shisui's squad received the Hokage's order to temporarily return to the Uchiha Clan and follow Uchiha En's deployment.
During this critical period, Uchiha En also left the Village once, heading to the Land of Rice Fields to find Orochimaru.
Coincidentally, just as Uchiha En was heading to the Land of Rice Fields, an unexpected guest appeared on the Hokage Rock in Konoha Village.
The person who arrived was Obito. He was dressed in black and wore a yellow, black-striped tiger-skin mask, and through the eyehole of the mask, a Sharingan could vaguely be seen.
"Konoha, it's been a long time!" Obito exclaimed, then scattered a pile of White Zetsu spores toward Konoha Village before disappearing.
At the Uchiha Clan's Naka Shrine, after a distortion in space, Obito appeared in front of a stone tablet. He activated his Mangekyo and browsed the content on the tablet.
After reviewing it, Obito muttered to himself, "Sure enough, just as Madara said, he didn't lie—"
Before Obito could finish speaking, footsteps and voices suddenly echoed from outside.
"Clan Head, why did you suddenly decide to come to the Naka Shrine?" Uchiha Yakumi, who was always accompanying Uchiha Fugaku, asked.
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