Chapter 130 - 130 (1/2)

After dealing with the 3rd and the people welcoming him in Konoha, Ryo immediately returned home to see his mother Chinse.

When he arrived home, Chinse was sitting in the courtyard together with Shi chatting and… laughing!

It seemed that his mother was doing a lot better with someone on her side, and it also seemed like she was getting along very well with Shi.

”Mom! I'm back!” After taking a deep breath, Ryo shouted greeting his mother.

What he did not expect was that Chinse glanced at him, and then looked back at Shi as if he wasn't even there.

Ryo scratched his head, thinking of what might have angered his mom, and then, when fining nothing, he repeated: ”Mom… I'm back…”

Chinse nodded, turned back at him and said: ”Ryo, we need to talk!”

”Mom…” Ryo was frightened by his mom's seriousness. He had faced all kinds of Kage tier opponents on the battlefield, but never felt this kind of fear.

”Ryo, how could Uchiha Fugaku know your identity? How far did your late uncle and Sakumo go to protect it? Do you know how much trouble exposing it would bring?” Said Chinse angrily.

The matter was indeed Ryo's fault. Although Fugaku obviously held no ill-will, but as Chinse mentioned, Ryo did have his identity exposed, and that could indeed bring danger to the ones protecting him.

Ryo wasn't trying to make excuses as he listened to Chinse rebuke.

”Chinse san, don't get so angry! Fugaku just came to pay a visit, and he never mentioned anything about Ryo!”

Help came from the most unexpected source. He gave Shi a grateful look, and his mother realized how tense she was and seemed to loosen up a little bit.

The next day, Ryo overslept, only waking up at noon when his mother came to tell him that an Anbu was waiting by the door for him.

The Anbu was bringing the orders of the 3rd; Ryo had to be at his office to attend a meeting with Konoha's elders before 3 pm.

Such meetings really annoyed Ryo. To him, these elders were just weak old men who were not making any contributions to the village. They were the type he liked to mingle with the least.

However, as a Konoha Shinobi, he had to follow the 3rd's orders. No matter how he felt about it, he had to attend the meeting.

After eating lunch at home, he walked into the conference  room exactly a 3 pm.

”Oh, isn't that the Yamanaka's little genius, getting so big, so many people have been waiting for you!” Ryo didn't have time to sit down before he heard those words.

He looked at Danzo and sighed, not understanding why some people just seemed to have some sort of a death wish.

”Am I late, Danzo san?”

Danzo could respond. The 3rd did indeed call for the meeting at 3 pm. But he thought, shouldn't it be common sense to arrive early to such a high-level meeting?  However, Ryo was not late indeed, and he had nothing to say.

”Ryo, at the last second here you are! Take a seat!” Minato sounded somewhat cold.