Chapter 50 Return to the Village

Ye Shan, who was extremely angry, clenched his fists and punched the wooden stake supporting the tent beside him. The skin on his hands turned red immediately, but Ye Shan felt no pain at all.

Yamashiro Chen walked out of the tent slowly, came behind Ye Shan, patted him on the shoulder gently and said, "Can you try to go through the Uchiha back door?"

Ye Shan's reaction was a little slow at this time, and he replied mechanically: "Uchiha?"

"Captain Yeshan, what is the purpose of Uchiha Fugaku's letter?" Yamashiro Tatsu asked, waving the letter in his hand.

Ye Shan gradually calmed down, reason returned to his mind, and he quickly thought about the meaning of Shancheng Chen's words, and then narrowed his eyes. Shancheng Chen, who was very familiar with Ye Shan, knew that his captain obviously had a good idea.

Shancheng Chen hugged Ye Shan's thigh tightly. Even though he was ignored by the top management, he had no intention of leaving. In addition to Ye Shan's own strength, what was more important was that Ye Shan had a mature and strong heart. A ninja who was weak but brainless was just a reckless man and was destined to go nowhere. If you want to get along in the Konoha Village where there are so many masters, strength is the stepping stone, and emotional intelligence and intelligence are the ladder to rise. The fate of a brainless person will only be like Uchiha Kagami, being played around by the top management.

"Do you mean to completely side with the Uchiha clan?" Ye Shan asked indifferently.

"This is the best option right now, isn't it?"

Ye Shan was silent. He knew he had to make a decision. From the moment the letter was delivered to him, he had no other way out. The Uchiha clan was the only one who would protect him.

Now, Sarutobi Kakata was hoping that Hayama would die on the border. Since the two sides had openly torn their faces apart, there was no need to cover it up, so the Hokage lineage could be excluded first. The Anbu group and the civilian ninja group headed by Hatake Sakumo were also unlikely to stand up for Hayama. After all, the two had parted ways some time ago due to differences in ideas.

So, after so many years in Konoha, Yeshan's path has become narrower and narrower...

Yeshan took the letter from Yamashiro Tatsuya's hand and looked carefully at the address it was sent from. Only then did he realize that the letter was actually sent through the official Konoha mail. The sender's name was Uchiha Fugaku, and the recipient was Baiyun Yeshan!

It seems that Uchiha Fugaku is determined to tie Hayama to the chariot of the Uchiha clan this time, and the undisguised way of sending the letter is proof of this.

Ye Shan was fully confident that this letter was delivered to the desk of the Third Hokage before it was delivered to him. It was possible that the letter in his hand was a counterfeit.

As for the authenticity of the letter, Ye Shan had no doubts. After all, the code of "Odd changes but even does not change, the symbol depends on the quadrant" was only known to him and Uchiha Fugaku in this world. With Ye Shan's prudentness, how could he not have arranged the code for communication in advance? Not only did he have a code with Uchiha Fugaku, but he also arranged a code for Yamashiro Tatsuya who was beside him. Now it seems that it is a good thing that he had a hand in advance, otherwise he would have been killed by someone and he would not know who killed him.

Thinking of this, Ye Shan turned around and went back to the tent, and began to write a reply to Uchiha Fugaku under the dim light.

What Shancheng Chen said was right. The Uchiha clan was indeed the best and only choice for Ye Shan at the moment. If he did not choose the Uchiha clan, as a jonin, the best ending for him, Ye Shan, would probably be to patrol the border for the rest of his life, and it was not impossible that his body would be exposed in the wilderness.

After writing the letter, Ye Shan handed it to Shan Chengchen, motioning him to read it as well. A journey of a thousand miles tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's true character. Shan Chengchen was able to stay by his side unwaveringly during his most difficult days, and he was definitely a staunch ally.

Shancheng Chen quickly read the letter written by Ye Shan, then put the letter on the table and said solemnly: "Captain, you forgot one thing."

"What's up?"

Ye Shan asked himself if he had forgotten anything and was puzzled.

"Forgot to add my name."

It would be a lie to say that he was not moved. Ye Shan's heart was in turmoil at this moment. This letter was destined to be known by the higher-ups, and adding Yamashiro Tatsuya's name meant that he was completely separated from the Hokage line. After all, there was a big difference between saying it openly and saying it secretly, and as a special jonin, Yamashiro Tatsuya was a valuable fighting force in the village, so there was no need for him to clearly state his position like Ye Shan did.

However, Ye Shan didn't say anything. He tore the letter into pieces neatly and wrote a new one under Shancheng Chen's eyes which seemed to have become clearer.

The next day, Ye Shan did not carry out his daily training, but went to the mail management office and chose the expedited mail method to send the letter representing his future destiny. If nothing unexpected happened, Uchiha Fugaku would receive Ye Shan's letter in two days, and at the same time receive the oath of allegiance from the two jonin.

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In the following days, Ye Shan and Yamashiro Chen refused to carry out patrol missions. Apart from practicing every day, they waited outside the letter management office, waiting for Uchiha Fugaku's reply.

If it weren't for the fact that ninjas were not allowed to return to the village without reason during the mission, Yeshan would have gone back in person to show his loyalty long ago, and there would be no need to express his determination in words.

Only five and a half days later, Yeshan did not receive a reply from Uchiha Fugaku, but received a transfer order from the Hokage's office.

In the transfer order, the so-called senior officials first expressed their apologies for Hayama's long stay at the border, followed by a bunch of nonsense about the will of fire, and finally ordered Hayama and Yamashiro Tatsu to return to the village to rest from the moment they received the transfer order, with no limit on the rest period. Interestingly, the name signed on the transfer order was not Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Shimura Danzo.

Hayama is not a three-year-old child. He saw clearly how Sarutobi Hiruzen was trying to shift the blame. The innocent Danzo Shimura probably didn't even know that there was a ninja like him in the village.

It must be said that although the Uchiha clan has fallen into decline, its influence in the village is still great. Especially after winning the war with the Hidden Mist Village, its influence in the village has increased instead of decreased. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. After all, the Uchiha clan is a powerful clan in the ninja world. Even if the top leaders suppress it, even if they lose the power to make decisions, they cannot eliminate the influence of the Uchiha clan in the village.

Based on the principle of doing it early rather than late, Ye Shan and Yamashiro Tatsu immediately set out on the journey back to the village after receiving the transfer order.

After a day and a night of traveling, Ye Shan and Yamashiro Tatsu successfully arrived at the west side of Konoha. After walking about 20 kilometers, they would reach the entrance of the west gate. But before Ye Shan could move forward, two ninjas wearing Konoha standard vests stopped him.

The two ninjas were both young, around twenty years old, and there was nothing special about their looks except for their two pairs of pitch-black eyes that shone with dazzling looks.

"Are they our companions Baiyun Yeshan and Shancheng Chen?" one of them asked.

Ye Shan looked at the Konoha Guard logo on his vest and said politely, "Yes, I wonder who you two are?"

"Hayato Uchiha"

"Uchiha Seiji"

As the two were talking, their dark pupils suddenly turned scarlet. They were all ninjas who had awakened the Three-magatama Sharingan.

Ye Shan spoke more politely: "Are you two Uchiha colleagues waiting for us here?"

The ninja named Uchiha Nagayasu smiled and said, "Not only us, the young clan leader was waiting at the entrance yesterday."

Ye Shan keenly captured the information in his words. He didn't expect that after two years, Uchiha Fugaku, who had fled in a panic, had become the young clan leader. He really had found a powerful figure.

With a touch of just the right amount of emotion on his face, Ye Shan said, "Then let's hurry back. It's not good to keep the young clan leader waiting for too long."

"That's just what it should be!"

Immediately, several people rushed to the west gate of Konoha at full speed. Along the way, many patrolling ninjas from the Uchiha clan greeted Ye Shan in a friendly manner. It was obvious that they already knew Ye Shan's new identity, which surprised Ye Shan extremely. He did not expect that the Uchiha clan attached great importance to him.

With the speed of a ninja, it only takes a short time to travel 20 kilometers. After about ten minutes, the towering West Gate appeared in Yeshan's sight. And standing about a hundred meters away from the West Gate was none other than Uchiha Fugaku, whom he had not seen for two years.

When the two were quite far away, Uchiha Fugaku showed a look of joy and opened his arms as if to give Ye Shan a hug. However, Ye Shan stopped, knelt on one knee in full view of everyone, and performed the standard etiquette of a ninja subordinate to Uchiha Fugaku.

"Young Patriarch, I am deeply unworthy of your coming to greet me in person."

Uchiha Fugaku's eyes flashed with a complex expression, and his outstretched hand froze in mid-air. He said unhappily: "Who do you think I am? A friend? A superior?"

Ye Shan raised his head and answered with clear eyes: "No matter what, thank you very much for your help."

Uchiha Fugaku shook his head helplessly, took a step forward and pulled Ye Shan up from the ground, tightly held his hand, and said sincerely: "Friends, there is no need to say polite words. Let's go home, I will welcome you back!"

Even when walking on the spacious streets of Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku did not let go of Ye Shan's hand, and pulled him all the way to the Uchiha clan's territory.

In Uchiha Fugaku's luxurious home, dozens of people sat down. Ye Shan sat on the left side of Uchiha Fugaku, Yamashiro Tatsu sat on the right side, and the remaining few were all powerful people with fierce auras. It can be seen that today's banquet was unusually grand, and Ye Shan couldn't help but feel grateful to Uchiha Fugaku.

In the spring of the 42nd year of the Konoha calendar, the eighteen-year-old Yeshan unabashedly boarded the Uchiha clan's chariot.