Chapter 584 Uchiha Tajima: As a father.

Regardless of whether Hashirama managed to get anything out of Tobirama after he returned, Ling took complete action after the meeting.

But when Zhao Yan and others compiled the list for him, Ling just kept silent and put it away properly. He thanked them for their hard work and took Youlu to the small training ground in the back mountain.

"Why, didn't you say you would give it to your father? Did I remember it wrong?"

"No, you're not mistaken..." Ling shook his head slightly, his face calm, "It's just that I'm a little hesitant about what will happen next."

"Huh~ You still feel confused?" Youlv poked Ling's cheek with the tip of his tail, "I thought you would do it without mercy once you made up your mind."

"Ha, that's true in most cases..." Ling's mouth twitched slightly, as if he wanted to put on that deceptively gentle smile as usual, but in the end he still maintained that slightly tense downward posture, "But obviously, this situation is not the majority."

Youlu looked at Ling's tense jaw, and after a brief silence, he pulled his collar and rubbed his neck, and then just relaxed and hung on his neck.

Feeling the warmth and itch against his neck, Ling's shoulders unconsciously relaxed a little. As if answering Youlu or comforting himself, he spoke, "Hong should be able to give me the results soon, so can we do it later? It won't delay anything..."

Youlu didn't respond, but just raised his head and rubbed Ling's chin.

But fate likes to play tricks on people. The person you deliberately avoid will always appear in front of you.

Ling, who had been practicing alone for a few days, felt the familiar chakra not far in front of him. After a brief silence, he finally walked over and said, "Father."

Uchiha Tajima looked at his eldest son who had already been able to compete with him, with some satisfaction in his eyes, "You have never given up on improving your skills, which is good - after all, in this chaotic world, there are also places where the clan cannot help, and you still have to become stronger yourself."

"...Yes, you are right."

After Ling finished speaking, the father and son fell into silence. Finally, it was Uchiha Tajima who broke the silence, "You should have prepared something for me, right? Why don't you take it out?"

Ling pursed his lips slightly, "I just think there might be a better time."

"Heh... There's never a better time. Just waiting will only make you miss one opportunity after another," Uchiha Tajima smiled and shook his head. "It's not like you to hesitate and not dare to move forward when faced with things - walk with me."

"……Yes."

Uchiha Tajima looked at Ling, who was able to move normally without any external assistance at this moment, and a complicated look arose in his eyes.

In fact, he has always felt guilty towards his eldest son because he always makes demands on this child, and Ling has been too sensible since he was a child. No matter what it is, as long as he receives an order, he will do his best to complete it, and he can always keep calm.

Even at such a young age, facing the death of his biological mother, he was able to suppress his pain because of a rumor that "crying during memorial services would prevent the deceased from resting in peace". He would wait until "the deceased finally returned home on the seventh day" before he would go alone to perform the memorial service which, according to the rumor, would no longer be received.

He was the most talented child among his children. If it weren't for the war with Thousand Hands, he would have stood in a more dazzling position and intimidated all kinds of villains with his fame.

But he is also the child with the most problematic personality. No matter how normal his behavior is or how gentle he appears when he is with his family, it cannot conceal the fact that his personality is incompatible with that of the Uchiha.

When Uchiha Hui was still alive, Uchiha Tajima heard his first wife express her concerns to Ling while he was practicing sword swinging - "Little Ling seems unable to feel what 'love' is. I am very worried about how he will get along with his clan members in the future."

[It doesn't matter. We Uchiha are a clan that admires the strong, and Ling is very talented. The clan members will like him.]

[It's different, Tiandao. People who can't feel love are destined to be lonely, and people who are full of loneliness are destined not to live long, because this loneliness will make them not know what to care about. We must find a way to give Xiao Ling more love. Only when people understand love, will they know how to cherish it... If we can't do this, this child will leave us very early. ]

Uchiha Tajima did agree at the time, but he did not take it too seriously, because the Uchiha clan has always been extremely extreme in both love and hate. He believed that a talented child like Ling would naturally understand the Uchiha's emotions as long as he could open his eyes - until that war, when he saw Ling trapped under the rubble, his breath so weak that it was almost undetectable.

It was then that he finally understood why his wife's eyes were always filled with overflowing worry whenever she looked at Ling.

And when Ling was still seriously injured, he begged him to use all the reputation he had accumulated to plan for the clan. However, he remained emotionally stable and only felt a little regretful that he might not be able to fight again. For the first time, Uchiha Tajima felt an emotion called "fear" towards his outstanding eldest son.

But he was not as meticulous as his first wife, and didn't know how to guide Ling's growth in areas other than force, so he could only try his best to understand what his eldest son wanted to do, and while silently supporting him, tell him that no matter what, he, as his father, would back him up.

Unfortunately, the results were minimal. Ling would still classify himself and the people he didn't need in his plan as those that could be discarded at any time without hesitation, and use the gentleness that seemed to have become a habit to calm people's hearts...

So when did this child begin to change?

Was it Madara's long-suppressed explosion? Or was it the death of Chiho? Or was it... this tailed beast with an unknown purpose?

Uchiha Tajima looked at the blue cat yawning on Ling's shoulder and shook his head slightly - forget it, the result was good after all, so he didn't go into details.

"What? You really don't plan to say anything to me?"

Ling was silent for a while, "I... really don't know how to tell you about my rebellious behavior."

Uchiha Tajima raised his hand and pressed Ling's head, chuckling, "It's only natural for a son to ask for his help. What's so wrong about that? As a father, isn't it my job to clear away obstacles that my child can't solve?"