Chapter 14: Fugaku: Is this why I

Following Uchiha Fugaku's solid gaze, the women who had been snatched up the mountain by the mountain bandits all revealed fearful expressions.

There was no help for it; who told them that they couldn't control their own fate now? Whether they lived or died was all in Uchiha Fugaku's one thought.

But Uchiha Fugaku's serious face, which although not lacking in handsomeness, always looked like someone owed him five million, truly didn't look like a good person.

Under these circumstances, it was impossible for these poor women not to be afraid.

Looking at the fearful expressions on the women's faces, Uchiha Fugaku's heart stirred up waves.

Of course, Uchiha Fugaku wasn't considering whether to kill these women.

Not to mention that Konoha clearly stipulated that one could not harm innocent civilians, Uchiha Fugaku himself wouldn't do such a thing.

Although his hands had already been stained with who knows how much blood, he considered himself a person with a bottom line. Slaughtering civilians was never in his consideration.

And did these women really have no use?

Just kidding, except for the Ninja World War, every year Konoha would expand a part, wasn't it to supplement the population?

After all, the number of ninjas who died in every ninja war in Konoha was not a small number; if there wasn't enough supplementation, Konoha would have collapsed long ago.

And a qualified ninja is also famous for being difficult to cultivate; one might not even come out of hundreds of commoners.

Without a large population to support, where would Konoha cultivate so many ninjas? Did they really think ninjas were something that could be had just by saying so?

So every year, Konoha would adopt a large number of war orphans, or move in a large number of commoners from the Land of Fire.

Otherwise, Konoha's ninjas would have broken generations long ago, and where would they maintain the current huge scale?

But whether adopting war orphans or moving in commoners, it couldn't avoid the generation of spies.

Although they didn't look conspicuous usually, at critical moments, they really might give themselves a fierce stab.

Of course, the policy couldn't be changed, otherwise Konoha would be gone.

Weighing the pros and cons, Konoha could only choose to endure the drawbacks of possibly mixing in spies.

So these women in front of Uchiha Fugaku could all be considered unexpected joys for Konoha.

After all, being able to be snatched up the mountain by mountain bandits, these women all had a bit of beauty as young women.

Although the probability of these people becoming ninjas was almost zero, they were still very easy to marry and take root in Konoha.

By then, with so many people, there would always be one or two who could give birth to children with ninja talent.

As for spies or something, you must know that this mission was completely random; as long as Uchiha Fugaku and the others had come one day late, the fate of these women would not be hard to imagine.

At that time, in the hands of the brutal mountain bandits, whether these women could keep their lives was uncertain.

If there really were spies who would pay such a huge sacrifice just for a small chance to enter Konoha, then Uchiha Fugaku could only say he was convinced.

Besides, whether there were spies or not had nothing to do with him, Uchiha Fugaku; he just had to bring these women back, and it was a merit.

As for the possible spies, naturally, the Konoha high-level officials would have a headache.

So from the moment these young girls were saved, their lives were already guaranteed.

At this moment, what stirred up waves in Uchiha Fugaku's heart was the reaction of those women.

Was he, himself, that scary?

Doubts stirred in Uchiha Fugaku's heart, and he also began to reflect.

Could it be that this was the reason he hadn't found a partner for so many years?

Uchiha Fugaku, who was not good at communicating with girls, or almost never communicated with girls, couldn't help but suspect.

You must know that he was already 24 years old this year; in the current group of ninjas, he was absolutely a leftover man.

Those ninjas of the same period as him, not to mention being married and having children, at least had a long-term relationship.

Even the ninjas of the next batch had started to fall in love.

Just like Uchiha Sakukaze's older brother, it was said that he was dating a female ninja in the same squad.

Only he, Uchiha Fugaku, the next Uchiha clan head, had been single for so many years.

Although it was certain that there was a reason for him being busy with training and not paying much attention to this kind of thing.

But, who wouldn't want a sweet love? Uchiha Fugaku wasn't a saint, so he naturally wouldn't be an exception.

It seems that he should pay a little attention to his image in this regard in the future, and by the way, ask Sakukaze how his brother managed to date a little girl.

Uchiha Fugaku, who felt that he was a bit of a failure, thought secretly in his heart.

However, getting back to the point, now was not the time to consider these things. There would be plenty of time in the future, so let's appease these poor women first.

Trying hard to reveal a gentle smile, Uchiha Fugaku said in a low voice:

"Ahem, you don't need to worry, since we saved you, we ninjas of Konoha will naturally guarantee your safety.

However, listening to what you mean, there is no one else at home.

Then, do you want to come to our Konoha to live? This can also guarantee your safety, at the very least, you don't have to worry about mountain bandits or anything like that anymore."

Uchiha Fugaku had already tried very hard to express his goodwill, but because he wasn't used to this kind of thing, the smile he squeezed out didn't express the meaning he wanted to express.

Even combined with Uchiha Fugaku's serious face that looked like someone owed him five million, the feeling it gave people was that of a pervert who trafficked women.

Not to mention these poor girls who had just escaped the tiger's mouth, even Sakukaze and Kakashi felt a chill looking at their own captain.

However, the yearning to live in Konoha, the safest place in the ninja world, ultimately overcame the fear in their hearts. Chizi, the young girl who had talked to Sakukaze before, still couldn't help but stand out and ask:

"This... this Ninja-sama, can we really... really go to Konoha to live?"

Chizi's tone was trembling; compared to Sakukaze, she really didn't want to talk to Uchiha Fugaku.

Sakukaze was also a ninja, but at least he was a cute child with a fair and delicate complexion.

Uchiha Fugaku? In Chizi's eyes, this guy didn't look like a good person no matter how she looked at him.

Even compared to those mountain bandits with hideous faces and ugly souls, he didn't seem much better.

Chizi's attitude deeply wounded Uchiha Fugaku's self-confidence, and the smile he had worked hard to squeeze out instantly froze.

What's going on, little sister, he, Uchiha Fugaku, had already tried very hard to express his goodwill, how could you be even more afraid?

With you looking like this, if there were someone who didn't know the situation, it would be very easy to make people misunderstand that he, Uchiha Fugaku, had done something heinous! ===== CHAPTER 15 =====