Chapter 563

Was there a need to be this urgent?

He felt very helpless about this.

But to him, Akimichi Torifu was, after all, an elder.

Thinking of this, he quickly spoke.

"Senior Torifu, please go to the tea room and sit for a moment."

"Choza, Inoichi, keep the senior company. Yoshino, hurry and make tea for the senior."

"Um, Senior."

"You can see the state I'm in; give me a moment to wash my face first."

Seeing this, Nara Yoshino naturally hurried to make tea.

Choza and Inoichi also quickly tried to smooth things over.

Akimichi Torifu, naturally, wasn't stupid.

He could certainly see Nara Shikaku's exhausted state; he had just been too anxious earlier.

So, in the end.

He nodded and then reluctantly went to the tea room.

Taking advantage of this time, Nara Shikaku also hurried to wash his face.

He was truly troubled!

Ever since he became clan head, his brain had basically never had a moment of rest.

He recalled back then, he was just a hair's breadth away.

If he had been able to beat Koji back then, he would surely be eating, drinking, and having fun every day, unlike now where he was worried to death every day, with his brain running 24 hours a day.

Truly, sigh!

With a helpless sigh and a rub of his brow, he went to wash his face and brush his teeth.

About ten minutes later.

Having washed up, Nara Shikaku had barely managed to recover a bit of energy.

Immediately after.

Taking a deep breath, he returned to the tea room.

As an elder, Akimichi Torifu naturally sat in the seat of honor, while Nara Shikaku sat in the first seat on the left, representing his status as the head of the Nara main house.

Looking at the inquisitive group before him, he had no intention of wasting words.

He briefly explained the current development of the Uchiha after Uchiha Jin's rise.

Then, he moved to the Hokage side.

After discussing the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, he said with a helpless expression.

"Everyone probably knows why I became clan head back then."

"In essence, I was the one who lost back then."

"And the truly smartest person in the Nara clan today is my clan brother, Nara Koji!"

"But, now."

"This decision was made after Koji and I studied it together."

"We both believe that the time has come!"

Nara Shikaku looked solemn.

Especially when he said the last sentence, his tone became ironclad.

But, on the other side.

The other three looked terrified, not because of the final decision, but because of one sentence Nara Shikaku had said.

Akimichi Torifu spoke up directly.

"Shikaku, you're not joking, are you?"

"Are you talking about Namikaze Minato, that student of Jiraiya?"

"Even he has developed a rift with Sarutobi Hiruzen?"

"That's fake, right?"