Chapter 169 - 169 (1/2)
CThe situation left Katachi in a dilemma.
At this time, while it was possible for the Uchiha's to take on Sakumo on his own, facing him with Minato, was a whole different deal. Facing these two, it was clear that they have no chance of winning.
”Fugaku, what do you think?” Katachi looked back at Fugaku, who had just taken over as the clan's head.
”Their purpose is to let Kakashi keep the Sharingan he has. We can try to negotiate with them.” Fugaku said after thinking quickly.
”Negotiate? About what? Could we just let a foreigner have the Sharingan?” Katachi was a little agitated.
”Ryo Yamanaka is also a ”stranger”, and he wields the Sharingan. Kakashi having another single eye won't matter much! They seem very interested in letting Kakashi keep the Sharingan, so trying to get some interests of our clan in exchange doesn't seem like a bad idea.”
Hearing Fugaku's suggestion, Katachi wrinkled his forehead and looked at the new clan head in shock.
All his life, Katachi had been very proud. To him, the Uchiha's glory is above all. He would've never exchanged the Sharingan for anything.
Fugaku already knew well of Katachi's stubbornness, and that the old man would never agree with him.
”Since you Katachi dono won't agree, we have only one other way. Just try to hold these two off until I bring the 3rd Hokage to be a medium.”
”Well, that's the only way! Fugaku, you're the clan's head. Go ahead and bring the Hokage, and please leave this matter to me!”
Fugaku left, and Katachi led the elite troop he had gathered in advance.
Minato noticed Fugaku's departure and did not try to stop him. He already knew what he was going to do, and Minato himself was hoping for the 3rd to come.
The Uchiha's elite team was entirely composed of elite Jonins and Quasi Kage tier Ninjas who have the 3 tomoe Sharingan. With their Dojutsu, they could barely capture Minato's movement, but that helped them prevent themselves from being taken down in an instant.
On the other side, they weren't fighting Sakumo hard, as they were only trying to waste time.
After around 10 minutes, Fugaku came along with the 3rd, and both sides stopped engaging each other when seeing him.
The 3rd was somewhat dissatisfied with Sakumo and Minato's behavior. The two broke into the Uchiha's district provoking them and engaging them in combat. This was no trivial matter.
Faced with the 3rd's gaze, Minato smirked and scratch his head, while Sakumo kept his White Fang's expressionless face.
The 3rd felt that he was beating a dead horse. These two knew him too well; they knew that he will not be really angry.
”Hokage sama, Minato and Sakumo broke into our district by force today. I hope that you would give us an account on this matter.” Katachi directly said to the 3rd.
”Oh, Chief Fugaku, Katachi dono, rest assured. I'll make sure that you all reach a consensus.” The 3rd smiled at Katachi.
The 3rd's answer made Minato smile. He called Fugaku chief, and then turned to Katachi. It seemed like he and Fugaku had already reached some sort of an agreement.
After the negotiations started, from Fugaku's attitude, Minato further confirmed his 1st assessment.