The extermination of my clan is imminent, but I am not an Uchiha

Looking at the silent clan members, the Yuhi Clan Patriarch shook his head and helplessly explained, "The reason we didn't tell the Hagoromo Clan at first was because we were afraid that after the Hagoromo Clan knew the news, they would hesitate and delay coming to help us, so we chose to hide it, but now, if we tell the news, it will be a complete deception. No one likes to be deceived, much less a rich clan like the Hagoromo Clan, so we can't expose ourselves, understand?"

Often a lie requires a whole bunch of lies to cover it up, but we don't need that bunch of lies now. All we can do is insist that we know nothing.

Everyone, for the sake of the Yuhi clan's heritage, let's forget about our previous speculations, let this matter rot in our stomachs from now on.

Remember, we have never had any information."

After hearing this, the five people couldn't help but agree with the patriarch's remarks.

In fact, the situation facing the Yuhi clan at that moment was such that no time could be wasted.

If they had told the Hagoromo clan their guesses when asking for help, and the Hagoromo clan had discussed it for a day or two before making a decision, by the time the Hagoromo clan's support arrived, the Yuhi clan would have been extinct long ago.

Thus, after hearing the clan patriarch's explanation, everyone chose to remain silent, unable to make any rebuttals.

After a minute or two of silence in the room, one of the elite jounin looked at the Yuhi Clan Patriarch, "But what about the young clan patriarch and the clan princess? They are the most talented clan members of the younger generation, sending them to investigate the Tsuruta clan, could be extremely dangerous for them…" The elite jounin was half-hearted and did not continue.

You should know that the Tsuruta clan now has three top elite jounin, as well as many elite jounin, jounin, and a large group of ninja.

In this situation, even if Toho and Shigeru go, they must act cautiously. As for their young patriarch and their clan princess, two special jounin, once they go to infiltrate, it is easy for them not to return.

The Yuhi Clan Patriarch sitting at the top showed a pained expression on his face, "I don't know, but if they are not allowed to go, wouldn't it make the people of the Hagoromo Clan even more suspicious? So, for the future of the clan they must go, whether they can return alive depends on their luck…"

After the Yuhi Clan Patriarch finished speaking, the five elite jounin looked at each other and then calmly shook their heads.

Since the patriarch, who is the father, has said that, what else can they say? They can only pray that the young patriarch and the princess of the clan can return safely.

…

In the house arranged by the Yuhi clan for Shigeru and the others.

Shigeru and Tohō were sitting opposite each other.

"Tohō-san, the patriarch of the Yuhi clan said that he had no information about the ninja clan behind the Tsuruta clan. How credible do you think that is?" Shigeru looked at Tohō and asked.

Tohō shook his head, "Even though that guy behaved impeccably and even asked his children to accompany us to gather the information, I think he definitely knows something."

Shigeru nodded after hearing this, "But, for such a dangerous matter as gathering intelligence, he actually asked his children to accompany us, this makes me think that it's impossible for him to know the news about the ninja clan behind the Tsuruta clan."

"Young Patriarch, you are too naive, that guy is definitely an old fox, no wonder he would do anything for the safety of the clan. What if his sons go on a mission with us and die at the hands of the Tsuruta clan? Then we would be ashamed not to help them afterwards."

Hearing this, Shigeru couldn't help but frown, "Then, should we take your children with us?"

"Yes, why not?" Tohō smiled and said, "If something happens to us when we go to gather the information, those two guys can still be used to buy us time to retreat, so we should take them with us. Also, we have the two sons of the Yuhi clan leader at our disposal. This can also prevent the Yuhi clan from tricking us."

Shigeru couldn't help but remain silent after hearing Tohō's somewhat cruel words.

Soon it was time for night.

Shigeru gathered all the members of the Hagoromo clan and told them to try not to disperse that night. If something unexpected happened, they would decide for themselves whether to evacuate back to the Hagoromo clan.

After organizing the clan members, at around nine o'clock, the young patriarch and young princess of the Yuhi clan arrived.

"Young patriarch of the Hagoromo clan, my name is Yuhi Akaya." The person who spoke was a young man who seemed to be a little younger than Shigeru.

Immediately after, the girl beside him said, "My name is Yuhi Akazuki."

Looking at the girl in front of him, Shigeru felt that Yuhi Akazuki looked familiar.

However, even though the other person looked familiar, Shigeru did not stand still, but instead nodded and introduced himself, "Hagoromo Shigeru."

Tohō at his side did not speak.

First, there was an unequal status, and second, there was a generation gap between him and these two youngsters, so there was no reason for him to be the first to greet.

However, although Tohō did not speak, Akaya and Akazuki were not fools.

After greeting Shigeru, they looked at Tohō: "You must be Hagoromo Tohō-Sama. Many thanks to you and the young patriarch of the Hagoromo clan for coming to support our Yuhi clan!"

Tohō nodded upon seeing this, then looked at Shigeru "Young patriarch, shall we go?"

Seeing everyone gathered, Shigeru also agreed.

Soon, the four of them took advantage of the moonlight to leave the land of the Yuhi clan and headed towards the direction of the Tsuruta clan.

The distance between the Tsuruta clan and the Yuhi clan was not far. After passing two mountains, the four of them soon arrived at the outskirts of the Tsuruta clan.

Akaya and Akazuki are Genjutsu-using ninjas who are best at hiding.

So, with the help of Shigeru and Tohō, the four of them stalked all the way, but were not discovered by the ninjas of the Tsuruta clan.

"Should we go in now or wait until two or three in the morning?" Shigeru looked at Tohō.

Two or three in the morning is when people are most sleepy. If you sneak in at that time, your chances of success will be higher.