I am Uncle Uchiha

The night passed and the sky became bright.

Hinata House in Konoha Village.

Hyuga Tokuma, who was responsible for keeping vigil at the clan leader's house, said goodbye to Hyuga Hizashi. After leaving the main house, he walked towards his own home.

It was still early in the morning, and the Hyuga clan had just gotten up to prepare breakfast, and there was not a single pedestrian on the road.

"Good morning, Tokuma."

Occasionally, several members of the same clan clan stood in the yard and greeted Hyuga Tokuma.

"Good morning."

Hinata Tokuma responded politely one by one.

He was walking at a leisurely pace until he suddenly stopped when he passed by the clan's outdoor training ground.

He stood outside the training ground and looked carefully at the several wooden stakes erected in the field.

"Tokuma?" an old voice sounded behind him.

Hyuga Tokuma turned around calmly, bowed and saluted: "Great Elder."

"Yes." The elder who took a morning walk stroked his long beard and nodded, "Just came back from the main house?"

"Yes." Hinata Tokuma bowed his head respectfully.

"You haven't noticed anything unusual in the past few days, right?" the great elder continued to ask.

"everything is normal."

"Okay, that's good." The great elder looked at him happily, "Thank you for your hard work. It's worth it for me to speak for you in front of the clan leader."

"Thank you and the patriarch for your cultivation." Hyuga Tokuma quickly bowed down again.

"You are a good person." The great elder patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, "Protect the patriarch with all your heart. After this storm subsides, I will ask for credit for you."

"Yes!" Hinata Tokuma's voice became more excited.

"Okay, okay, you still have to go back and rest, so I won't go on." The great elder waved his hand.

"Yes."

Hinata Tokuma bowed politely again before turning and leaving.

"By the way, Tokuma." The great elder's voice came from behind again, "What were you standing here looking at just now?"

Hinata Tokuma paused and turned around again.

"I just remembered what happened when I was a child." There was a slightly nostalgic expression on his face, "At that time, my father was here to guide me in my cultivation."

"That's it." The great elder smiled kindly, "Go ahead."

"Yes."

Hinata Tokuma turned and left, his face turning cold.

The great elder standing on the training ground looked at his back. When he turned into the alley, a light flashed in his old and turbid eyes.

He walked to the wooden post and looked at it carefully for a long time. Finally he smiled and shook his head, stroking his beard and continued walking.

In the distance, Hinata Tokuma, who was walking in the alley, retracted his open eyes and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He crossed the alley and opened the door to his yard.

"Tokuma, welcome back." A woman with short hair and white eyes walked out of the house, "Just in time, I just made breakfast."

"I am back."

Hinata Tokuma walked across the yard, took off his shoes and entered the house.

"Thank you for coming to help every day, Hiiragi."

"No." Hinata Hiiragi, holding the bowl and chopsticks, smiled gently, "I'm fine anyway. You have to keep vigil every day. It's very hard."

Hinata Tokuma walked to the table and sat down, taking the chopsticks handed over by Hinata Hiiragi.

"I'm gonna start now."

The two began to eat and talked in low breaths at the same time.

"Did you see the message left on the wooden stake at the training ground?" Hinata Hiiragi filled a bowl of soup for Hinata Tokuma.

"Yes." Hinata Tokuma stirred the rice with chopsticks. His fingers were trembling slightly. "Is the news true?"

"I always feel that someone revealed it on purpose." Hinata Hiiragi took a sip of soup. "Maybe it was the Hokage's personal intention."

"Don't act rashly." Hinata Tokuma swallowed the food in his mouth? "The great elder tested me at the training ground just now."

"How come?" Hinata Hiiragi was a little surprised, "The people who usually interact with you? Including me, they are all loyal to the clan."

Hinata Tokuma silently shook his head.

"He didn't notice the message on the wooden stake, right?" Hinata Hiiragi was a little worried.

"Has he observed carefully? He probably didn't find anything." Hyuga Tokuma had already finished eating a bowl of rice? "It was just the mark of hitting the wooden stake with a soft fist. If you don't know the password, you can't find anything."

"Add another bowl." Hinata Hiiragi took Hyuga Tokuma's bowl and started to add rice, "Although the news was secretly sent to the separation forces? But now we don't dare to act rashly."

She placed the rice in front of Hinata Tokuma.

"Everyone is a little worried about whether the Zong family and the Hokage colluded to release the bait."

Hinata Tokuma continued to eat rice. After eating several mouthfuls, he replied: "Let's wait until our people find Ningji. Maybe he will know something."

"Neji." Hinata Hiiragi's face was a little complicated, "I didn't expect that child to take that step first."

"This is natural." Hyuga Tokuma didn't find it strange. "Hisashi-sama's sacrifice was so unjust."

"Yes." A trace of hatred flashed across Hinata Hiiragi's face, "It was obvious that the village and clan were incompetent? In the end, Master Hizashi died alone."

"It's just that Master Hizashi's thoughts were exposed." Hyuga Tokuma said calmly, "He shouldn't have shown murderous intent towards Miss Hinata in the first place."

"Even if he is the patriarch's twin brother? The patriarch can tolerate him to a certain extent." He continued, "Those elders would not want to see someone who is too close to the patriarch among the forces belonging to the branch family."

"The people sent out by the border troops to look for Ningji were all assigned by the elders." Hinata Hiiragi poked the rice in the bowl with his chopsticks. "There are very few people who belong to us secretly. I hope they can find Ningji before everyone else." .”

"Don't have high expectations either." Hinata Tokuma's face was expressionless. "The character of that boy Xiangyang..."

"Haha." Hinata Hiiragi laughed twice. "Don't worry? At least he will listen to Xiaoxia."

"As an elder brother, he is not as reassuring as his sister." Hyuga Tokuma shook his head helplessly.

"I hope Neji can contact us by himself." Hinata Hiiragi sighed, "Maybe he is completely free."

"That boy doesn't have any close friends with his clan members." Hinata Tokuma put down his chopsticks, "The clan family has an awkward relationship with him, and it's hard for the branch clan to contact him rashly. Following that guy from Metkai, we have already made friends with the clan. The people in it are completely alienated.”

"That's why I was surprised that he would defect." Hinata Hiiragi began to clear away the dishes, "After all, his teacher is Kai."

"There's nothing surprising, for people like us. Freedom is more precious than anything else." Hinata Tokuma touched his forehead.

"I hope the news from the Hokage is true."

Hinata Hiiragi stood up and raised his voice: "Have you eaten yet? Tokuma, I'll take care of it."

Hinata Tokuma also stood up: "Thank you, Hiiragi. I'm going to wash up."

"Go and have a rest after washing up. You have to go to the patriarch's house in the evening, right?" Hinata Hiiragi walked towards the kitchen with the tableware in hand.

"Then I'll go."

Hinata Tokuma walked towards his room.

"Have a good rest. I'll leave by myself after I've tidied up." Hinata Hiiragi's voice came from afar.