Chapter 329: Hashirama: That's my brother! From the Tō family!

"You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Hearing this, Uchiha Keizhi couldn't help but shift his gaze to look at the other three people who were obviously on guard and panic, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Hmm - wait for me?"

"No, not necessarily. After all, I can't guess who Uchiha Ling will send over - so no matter who is standing here, I will say this."

Tobirama exhaled lightly, slightly relaxing his tense muscles, and shifted his gaze to look at the three people behind him, "You came at the right time. I was just thinking about how to send these three idiots who followed me back. Now I'm leaving it to you."

Uchiha Qizhi raised his hand and touched the stubble on his chin, revealing a half-smile, "Oh? Are you being rude, little brat?"

"As someone who was invited here, you guys are not even willing to give me this much concession?" Tobirama crossed his arms to avoid the other party noticing his obviously trembling fingertips, and he still tried to maintain a calm face. "It seems that your tolerance is just this much."

But in the face of Tobirama's impolite words, Uchiha Keizhi laughed, "Oh, that's right, after all, no adult would seriously get angry with a child... Then, why did you come to find Ling?"

"This is a matter between me and him." Tobirama looked directly at Uchiha Keizhi, "If you don't want to help, then just watch from the side and don't interfere."

Uchiha Keizhi narrowed his eyes, snorted and took a step back to make his position clear, but his eyes fell on Hashirama - this kid seemed a little familiar.

Tobirama breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring the anxious look in Hashirama's eyes, and turned to look at Kama and Itama, "Don't sneak out like this again, understand?"

Watama's face was heavy, and he gently pulled Itama's hand to stop him from talking, "...Yes, I'm sorry."

"And you, big brother, next time something like this happens, you should go find an adult instead of following here on your own. I'll go talk to someone, and you guys should come back as soon as possible—"

"Wait, Tobirama, this isn't—"

"That's enough, big brother." Tobirama turned around and looked at the anxiety and panic that was about to overflow from Hashirama's eyes. There was only calmness in his scarlet eyes, "Wayama and Itama are still here, don't show this attitude in front of them."

Tobirama's voice was so calm that it could even be said to be indifferent, which made all of Hashirama's words choke in his throat - how could he not understand what Tobirama meant?

He is the heir, so Tobirama can't bear to see him put himself in danger.

Watama and Itama are their younger brothers, so Tobirama will not let them put themselves in danger.

So Tobirama was gambling, gambling that he could use the meeting with Uchiha Ling as an excuse to allow himself and his men to avoid being captured by the Uchiha. But even if he succeeded and he and his men left smoothly... But what about Tobirama? What should Tobirama do?

[It was me. It was me who pushed Tobirama into danger again. It's all my fault. It's all my fault... It's all my fault. ]

Hashirama's mind was in a chaos. Sharp buzzing sounds poured into his ears, violently impacting his brain, as if his entire being was being torn apart. The pain was transmitted from the inside out to every part of his body, making him unable to tell whether he was in reality or an illusion.

As this indistinguishable pain spread throughout his body, the veins on Hashirama's forehead and neck bulged noticeably, and his teeth clenched unconsciously. But even so, his grip on Tobirama's arm remained at a strength that would neither allow the other to break free nor leave any injuries on him.

Tobirama saw Hashirama's condition, but he didn't know if there was any other way to get as many of them out as safely as possible except this method.

But the silence between the brothers did not last long, as Uchiha Keiji came over again, and this time when he was closer, Tobirama could even clearly smell the faint smell of alcohol on the other person.

"Okay, I don't want to waste my rare rest time on you little brats, let's keep things simple. You guys, just go back obediently, I'll pretend I haven't seen you, as for this brat..." Uchiha Keizhi raised his hand and patted Tobirama's head, but his eyes were looking at Hashirama with interest, "I'll just take him away for a while."

"I--"

"Brother, don't do anything stupid."

Hashirama could only stand there stiffly, watching Tobirama expressionlessly pry his hands apart and stand behind Uchiha Keizhi. He then watched Uchiha Keizhi call over two young Uchiha, give them a few instructions, and then take Tobirama away.

[No, he can't take Tobirama away.]

Hashirama subconsciously took a step forward, but was stopped by two young Uchiha, who half pushed and half pulled him towards the Minshi on the Senju side.

[No, I can't leave. I want to take Tobirama back with me.]

Feeling the chakra gradually gathering on Hashirama's body and the power coming from his hands, the Uchiha who was pulling him frowned and glared at him with his Sharingan with a bad look, "Are you trying to repay us with hatred now?"

Hashirama was stunned for a moment, and after a while he uttered a syllable in a dry voice, "Wha...what?"

"Ha - that's why I think you outsiders are so troublesome - you are the spies sent by the black market from Qianshou, right? Do you know that you almost broke into the forbidden area of ​​our clan?

That kid had you arrested to save you! So what do you want to do now? Kidnap our child? Or do you think the forces behind you can provoke Uchiha and face their wrath?"

"……what?"

The chakra that Hashirama had gathered suddenly dissipated, and he was in a state of confusion - what do you mean by your child? ! That's my brother! From the Senju family!

Hearing this conversation, Watama and Itama were also filled with surprise. They looked at each other unconsciously, and seemed to be quite doubting about life - if Tobirama was Uchiha's child, then what about their second brother?

However, the two young Uchiha obviously had no intention of explaining to them. They only warned them to behave themselves and then quickened their pace to chat with each other. "You're still saying it's amazing. That kid, he's only this young, but he knows how to help the clan be alert."

"Yeah, my brother and sister have already gone out to play with their friends. Whose children are they?"

"I don't know. Uncle Qizhi didn't tell me. But with that kid's sharpness, he should be famous soon, right? We can get to know him then."

"That's right, maybe it's another person like Zhao Yan-brother Zhao Yan is so miserable, I heard that he has been busy since his gathering with Ling brother..."

"Ah, I've heard about that too..." The young Uchiha shuddered, glanced at the three little brats around him who seemed to be greatly shocked, and said angrily, "What are you looking at? Keep your heads down and walk obediently! Really, I'm fed up with you bunch of damn fence-sitters."

With this interruption, the uneasiness in the hearts of Hashirama and the others was slightly relieved. They lowered their heads obediently and followed the two people who hurriedly left, merged into the busy and noisy streets of the festival, and headed towards the Senju side.

But what no one noticed was that where they had just stood, a touch of tender green that did not belong to this season was stubbornly breaking through the soil and a new bud was sprouting.