After Uchiha Tajima finished speaking, Ling pursed his lips even tighter. After another period of silence, he reached into his ninja tool bag and took out the scroll he had obtained from Uchiha Akihiko's men a few days ago and handed it to Uchiha Tajima.

"I'm sorry, Father. I thought I had other options... I'm sorry."

"Don't say that. Since you have all become outstanding adults, we old guys should give way to you."

Uchiha Tajima took the scroll with a smile, opened it and took a look. As he expected, the names at the top were the main combatants of their clan who were still resisting the Senju and even advocating that more wars would benefit the clan. Their positions were high and low, and Uchiha Tajima couldn't help but laugh, "You guys have done a comprehensive investigation."

“…Yes, sorry.”

"There's no need for such feeble things as apologies between father and son," Uchiha Tajima saw his name in the middle of the scroll, paused for a moment, and rolled up the scroll again and put it away, "Let's go, don't stay here and argue with your damn tail... and your boyfriend, come home with me, it's been a long time since we sat together and had a drink together."

"But... after making this choice, am I really qualified to call that place home?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Tajima looked back at his eldest son who rarely hesitated with both anger and amusement, "The moment Madara opened his eyes, I was destined to make a choice and entrust a stronger future to a younger bloodline. You are just taking advantage of it. If you really feel bad, then keep everything hidden from Madara and Izuna. I never thought that Madara, that honest child, would open his eyes because of his excessive worry about you."

Ling paused as he was about to take another step, and tilted his head awkwardly, "I didn't expect Madara to be so insecure and dependent on me... I will try to make him change later."

"Well, he needs to change his temper. He's grown up but still wants to follow you all the time - you too, don't always arrange everything for him. Sometimes people need to suffer a little before they learn their lesson."

"……Yes."

As soon as they arrived home, Ling received the younger brother's coquettishness. He felt the strength around his waist, raised his hand to rub the top of Quannai's head, and laughed gently, "Does our Quannai like brother so much? You actually welcome brother so warmly?"

"Although what you said is not wrong, brother..." Izuna raised her head with resentment, "but compared to those, what I care more about is your attitude, brother - I have opened my eyes, right? According to the agreement, I can ask you questions, right? But you have been avoiding me, and you finally told me, but you still refused to tell me!"

"Hmph~ Ling agreed to something like this?" Uchiha Tajima touched his chin, "Then you better remember to ask questions carefully. If you don't ask the right questions, this kid will just brush them off easily."

Quan Nai nodded vigorously immediately, holding Ling's hand and standing between the two of them, "Yes, brother always puts himself in an insignificant position, while arranging everything for others without authorization, which is simply too much! But I have thought of what to ask - I can definitely find out something from brother's strict defense!"

"Oh? Then our Izuna is really amazing—" Uchiha Tajima reached out and rubbed the top of his young son's head with a smile on his face, "After all, sometimes even I have to chase this kid and investigate for a few days before I can find any clues."

"Of course, after being frustrated by Brother Ban, I've been thinking about it for a long time!" Izuna raised his chin with a little pride, and just when he was about to say something, he felt his head sink, "Hmm? Xiaoyou?"

"Some things are better left unknown~" Yatli stepped on the top of Izuna's head and lay down, "After all, ignorance is bliss - don't you see that they are not doing well now?"

Izuna was stunned, and then he noticed the strange atmosphere between his father and his brother, or rather, it was his brother who was unilaterally making a fuss.

[How strange! My brother would also get upset? What on earth would make my brother get upset? ]

Quannai shifted his gaze towards Ling, who was silent again. He paused slightly and did not continue the topic. Instead, he began to ask about the problems he encountered during training, successfully relieving the somewhat tense atmosphere.

But after the family had dinner and Uchiha Tajima called Madara away to ask about his clan leader's homework, Izuna also grabbed Ling and said, "Brother, can I ask you a question now?"

Ling Weiwei, who was about to get up to clean the table, paused, knelt down again, and waved to Quan Nai, "Okay, come over and talk."

"Brother said that if I had one more magatama, I could ask one more question. I have two magatama in both eyes now, so I can ask four questions, right?"

"Well, that's right." Ling tilted his head slightly towards Quan Nai, "But just like my father said, if you can't ask accurately, I probably won't give you a direct answer - although I won't lie either."

"It doesn't matter. The questions I want to ask you are very simple and straightforward..." Izuna shook her head slightly, took a deep breath, and sat upright like Ling. "Then, the first question is, is the plan you gave Tobirama that day related to the future development of the two clans?"

"Yes."

"Second question, will many people from both tribes die in this plan?"

"Yes."

"Third, Sister Guang said that the end of the Mangekyo is blindness, so we need to fuse another pair of Mangekyo to gain permanent light... Does father intend to give his eyes to Brother Ban?"

"……Yes."

Listening to Ling's voice, which was calm even though he was silent for a while, Izunai felt that he understood a little bit what Tobirama was afraid of that day. He even began to be afraid of hearing the answer to the last question - "The last question is, brother, will you and father be safe in the plan you said with Tobirama?"

But this time, Izunai only got a very long silence.

This somewhat lengthy silence obviously made Izumi extremely uneasy. He straightened up unconsciously, raised his hand to grab Ling's sleeve, and looked at him with his eyes that were quietly dyed scarlet, "Hey, brother, answer me."

"If you really want the answer, Izuna..." Ling took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Then my answer is no - clear water cannot be clearly distinguished from ink, just like a peaceful and prosperous world cannot accommodate people full of sins."

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