4 Chapter 4

The sudden turn of events shocked Mikoto. The tray in her hand trembled, and the tea spilled onto the tea tray.

Although she was a jonin who had seen dangerous missions, witnessing a naked young man in her own living room was beyond the ninja's acceptance range.

Yōichi was also very shocked when he saw it, but he had been mentally strengthened by his bizarre ability. He knew he couldn't reveal anything now. He had to pretend not to know anything and cast aside any suspicion.

No matter how curious he was, he couldn't continue staring.

"Mikoto, what's wrong?"

Fugaku saw Mikoto suddenly making strange sounds and couldn't help but ask in a deep voice. Normally, his wife was very dignified when entertaining guests, but today was a bit strange.

"H-him, Yōichi."

Mikoto felt like she had a lump in her throat. She wanted to ask the young man in front of her why he was naked, but such direct and embarrassing words were hard to say.

"Clan Leader, did I come at the wrong time? Should I come back another day?"

Yōichi remained calm, his face showing a puzzled expression, indicating that he didn't know what had happened.

"Wait a moment, Yōichi, the matter will be explained soon. Let me excuse myself first."

Fugaku said to Yōichi in a deep voice. He noticed that Mikoto was acting strangely, seeming somewhat unfriendly towards Yōichi? But when they first came in, Mikoto didn't seem like this. How did it change so quickly?

So, he had to ask!

"Mikoto, come out with me."

After getting up, Fugaku said to Mikoto, then led the way out. Mikoto quickly withdrew her gaze and followed Fugaku out.

After the two came to the courtyard outside the corridor, Fugaku stopped and asked, "Mikoto, what just happened? Do you have any problem with Yōichi?"

"No, Fugaku, how could he do such a thing in someone else's house? And you didn't stop him?"

"How could you condone such a thing?"

Mikoto's tone was somewhat agitated. She had kindly brought tea, but suddenly saw such a scene; moreover, strangely, her husband and Yōichi seemed to ignore this, didn't they see it?

"What exactly happened? Yōichi didn't do anything inappropriate just now. Mikoto, what are you talking about?"

Fugaku was puzzled. He recalled that just now, apart from Yōichi being a little upset, there was nothing else to criticize. Even that bit of emotion was understandable, after all, he had compromised within the clan, which was why he seemed a bit depressed.

From this perspective, it wasn't enough to make Mikoto so agitated. Moreover, publicly pointing fingers at their guest.

Mikoto hurriedly said, "Fugaku, can you really understand what Yōichi's clothes mean?"

"Clothes? Mikoto, what are you talking about? Yōichi's clothes are normal, just a regular ninja outfit. Besides, as the clan leader, I don't adhere to so many rules. There's no need to wear special clothes. We're not the Hyūga clan."

After hearing this, Mikoto was surprised and covered her mouth, saying, "Ninja outfit? Fugaku, did you say that Yōichi was wearing a ninja outfit just now?"

"Of course, Yōichi and Kanbayashi weren't brought in by you, Mikoto. What's wrong with you today? If you're not feeling well, go rest first."

Fugaku advised, feeling that Mikoto was behaving strangely today.

"No, Fugaku, I'm fine. It's just, are you sure Yōichi was wearing a ninja outfit, and not... nothing at all?" Or something else?

Mikoto asked again. She hadn't hallucinated just now, and it wasn't possible to be under genjutsu, after all, this was the Uchiha clan leader's house.

"It's a ninja outfit, Mikoto."

Fugaku said, feeling a bit impatient by now. In his view, Mikoto was acting very strangely today, refusing to rest even when advised.

"Mikoto, just go rest. You don't need to worry about what's coming next."

"I understand, but Fugaku, I'll go back and collect the tea set. It spilled just now."

After swallowing some saliva, Mikoto said. She believed Fugaku wouldn't lie to her. If there was no problem in the eyes of others, then it was her problem?

Was there something wrong with her eyes?

If she could see through, it seemed that only the Byakugan could do it. But she hadn't even used the Sharingan just now, how could she have the Byakugan's penetrating ability?

"All right, after you tidy up the tea set, rest well. Maybe you've been too tired recently. But Yōichi didn't do anything excessive just now. Mikoto, you shouldn't have said such things in public."

Fugaku said. He felt that Mikoto's attitude just now was not good. Even if someone had emotions, they shouldn't show it, because she represented him, the Uchiha clan leader, to some extent.

"I understand, Fugaku. I'll apologize to Yōichi later."

Mikoto expressed her apologies with a guilty look. She also realized that she was the clan leader's wife, but what happened just now was too strange. How could she see such a scene?

Then, Mikoto followed Fugaku back to the reception room. As soon as she entered, she saw the naked body again.

"Indeed, only I can see it. No one else reacted. But why only Yōichi?"

Mikoto's mind shook, but she had prepared herself mentally before entering.

"Yōichi, I was a bit rude just now. Please forgive me."

"No, Madam, please don't worry about it. It's okay."

Yōichi saw that Mikoto wanted to clean up the tea tray and slightly got up to help, pushing the tray over with his hand.

However, his movement, in Mikoto's vision, gave her a 'huge' visual sensation, and she quickly averted her gaze, but couldn't help but glance at it again.

After cleaning up the tea tray, Mikoto hurriedly left, not saying much polite words.

"I'm sorry, Mikoto has been too tired recently and didn't rest well, so she behaved abnormally."

After Mikoto left, Fugaku apologized on behalf of his wife.

"Let's get back to business. Yōichi, the clan will compensate you. Is there anything you need?"

"I'm not particularly concerned about compensation, but Clan Leader, you said the village suspects me of intentionally not saving my teammates. I cannot accept this. If I had ill intentions towards my teammates, I wouldn't have brought him back from tens of kilometers away."

Yōichi's tone was still firm, but because of Mikoto's interruption, his attitude softened a bit from earlier.

"I'll take solo missions in the future. Senior has plans for me to join the guard squad, but I still prefer to have some freedom in my schedule."

(End of chapter)