The maid prepared the tea and then went down. Only Shiraishi, Uchiha Shifang, and the Uchiha Jonin guard were left in the living room.

After finishing the tea, Uchiha Sifang looked around the living room, and then said: "There are still no obvious changes here from the past. Since she was a child, Liuli has been a rather special child. How about getting along with her?

Isn’t it difficult sometimes?”

He had a friendly smile on his face.

"I never found him particularly difficult to get along with."

After Shiraishi finished speaking, he secretly observed the surrounding Uchiha.

Wearing an out-of-trend but finely crafted black kimono, he has a full head of white hair, obvious wrinkles, a thin face, and a beard on his chin.

His body type should be considered relatively thin, and his body is a bit stooped, but what he gives is not that he is covered in wounds, but that he has a majestic aura.

When he was young, he must have been a experienced ninja.

Even though he is retired now, the majestic demeanor belonging to an elite ninja has become more and more precipitated at this age, making him appear extraordinary.

"Elder Sifang came to see Liuli for something?"

"It's not something important. The main reason is that I haven't been out for a long time. I happened to pass by here today, so I came in to take a look."

Elder Sifang said casually.

Because Baishi didn't know this Sifang elder well, he wasn't sure whether he really came here for a casual stroll.

It's just that this reason is quite reasonable and makes it difficult for people to see the flaw.

However, he had heard Liuli say before that this Sifang elder was the leader of the radical faction of the Uchiha clan, and his status in the Uchiha clan was even higher than that of the clan leader.

It is said that he was once a follower of Uchiha Madara. Since the death of the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama, the Hokage family headed by the third generation Hokage has also been very afraid of this old man's ability.

Although on the surface, he is just a reclusive old man who was once prosperous but now takes a back seat and does not care about worldly affairs.

Baishi just answered the Sifang elders' casual questions one by one. In any case, he was Liuli's mentor and could not be neglected easily.

"Have you ever considered getting married?"

Elder Sifang asked suddenly, as if it was just the same as before, just talking casually.

"ah?"

Shiraishi was stunned for a moment.

This kind of question didn't surprise him, but the sudden suggestion of such a thing gave him a very strange feeling.

"I don't know why today's young people have become so mother-in-law. In our era, as long as both parties fell in love, they would get married in the first or second year."

The elders from Sifang seemed to be complaining.

Shiraishi smiled awkwardly.

"You two will be eighteen years old after this year. It's time to think about getting married. Ninja is a highly dangerous profession. It's not surprising if you die anytime. It's better to leave offspring as early as possible.

"

Elder Sifang muttered this in a low voice, no different from ordinary old people who are eager to hug their grandchildren.

These words seemed to be cursing others to death, which was really unlucky. Shiraishi complained in his heart.

But since the other party was an elder, Shiraishi could only complain in his heart.

"Well, Liuli and I will seriously consider it."

Elder Sifang then laughed with satisfaction and continued to drink tea.

"Okay, it's almost time and it's time for me to leave."

"So soon? Why not stay and have dinner?"

Baishi stood up with Elder Sifang and persuaded him to stay here for dinner.

"No need to go to such trouble. I just wanted to go out for a walk and see if the village is different from before. As people get older, they become obsessed with things in the past."

Shiraishi could only nod in agreement.

In front of this elder from all directions, even the Third Hokage would call himself a junior, let alone a new generation of ninjas like Shiraishi.

Just thinking that at such an age, he still has to worry about the affairs of the Uchiha clan and serves as the leader of the Uchiha radical faction. This Sifang elder may not be as weak as he appears, at least the ambition in his youth has not been eliminated in his heart.

Asking Shiraishi to stay at the door, Elder Sifang continued walking forward with the Uchiha Jonin guard beside him. He did not return the same way. Was he really out for a walk?

Bai Shi stood at the door and thought. He really couldn't figure out what the elder of Sifang was thinking about. Anyway, it had nothing to do with him. There was no need to be obsessed with such things.

"Do you really want to do this? Elder Sifang?"

As they continued to move forward, the Jonin guard beside the elders couldn't help but ask.

"Li Huo, this is the only way out for the Uchiha clan now."

The friendly smile on the face of Elder Sifang disappeared and became extremely deep and indifferent.

"If Liuli finds out, you will die. You should know better than me what kind of person she is."

"For the sake of a younger and more powerful Uchiha flame, shouldn't I feel lucky that my old bones are still useful at this age?"

The guard Jonin Uchiha Rihuo sighed.

Yes, as Liuli's mentor, how could the elders from Sifang not understand the other party's character?

It was only after the other party understood this that he made the decision to sacrifice himself to protect the clan.

"The current Uchiha clan is just like me walking on this path. Senju Tobirama forced our clan to only follow this path."

The old man was walking on a road covered with darkness, unable to see the light.

"But the Third Hokage is working hard to repair the relationship between the village and our clan."

Li Huo had some unbearable expression on his face.

The Sifang elders at this age should have enjoyed their old age in peace, instead of continuing to fight in the political arena and sacrifice their lives to light up the future of their clan.

"They're just like the same raccoon dog. The brat Sarutobi Hiruzen is either thinking of a solution or in the process of thinking of a solution. It's never possible to get a definite answer from him. Sooner or later, Uchiha will be destroyed in his thoughts.

In this hesitant political stance, even though he is Hokage, Wuying's decisiveness and responsibility are far inferior to those of Senju Tobirama."

Elder Sifang snorted coldly.

Away from the fire in silence.

He thought of the conflict between Genbu and Liuli a few years ago.

I thought of many things from earlier.

The Hokage maintains a balance every time, but some things involving village principles cannot be condoned and must be balanced.

As the elders of the four directions said, one can believe in Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen's loyalty to Konoha and his love for the entire village, but one cannot believe in his ability to govern.

The root can be said to be the darkness born under his connivance and hesitation.

"The only way forward for Uchiha is to save themselves. Don't pin the hope of the clan on outsiders. Even if Uchiha men and women die, they can only die on the battlefield. Let's go, Lihuo."

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Evening, ten past seven.

"Are you back? You've been working hard outside on missions. Come over and eat quickly. If you don't eat, you'll be cold."

At the dining table, Shiraishi has already set the dishes and chopsticks, waiting for Liuli to come over and enjoy dinner together.

Liuli didn't say anything, she just sat at the dining table as usual and ate dinner with Shiraishi.

"How was today's mission?"

"It's a very ordinary C-level mission. Next year I will take those three brats to take the chunin exam. As long as they pass it, they can go on A-level missions. There is no fun at all in C-level missions."

When Shiraishi heard what Ruri said, he could only express his condolences for the three genin in Ruri's team.

C-level and D-level missions will not involve ninja battles, but starting from B-level missions, the difficulty of the mission will increase qualitatively, and you will encounter battles between ninjas.

As for A-level missions, you will encounter Jonin-level enemies. If you are not careful, you will fail and the entire army will be annihilated.

Chuunin are indeed qualified to accept B-level and A-level missions.

Generally speaking, for a jounin team whose members have just become chuunin, the leader will also carefully choose B-level tasks to accumulate experience before performing A-level tasks.

But Shiraishi thought that with Ruri's temperament, after the three genin in the team became chuunin, he would probably choose to start accumulating experience directly from A-level missions.

Rather than leading genin, Ruri prefers to have fun for herself.

A-level missions are indeed much more interesting than B-level and C-level missions, although for new chunin, they may lose their lives at any time.

No matter how bad a jounin is, he can still carry out a crushing battle against a chuunin.

The gap between each level of ninja is very large.

"By the way, Elder Sifang came to see you today. You were not at home. He drank a cup of tea here and then left."

Baishi thought of something and told Liuli about the elders from all directions visiting here in the evening.

"Elder Sifang?"

Liuli's eating movements paused, and then she frowned.
To be continued...