Chapter 174: Oncoming Revenge! Team 13 Faces Disbandment!
The Torifu Clan's revenge came faster than Fujiwara Tetsuya had imagined!
The day after the Torifu Clan finished repairing the damaged houses and delivered the ten million Ryo compensation,
Torune Ryoui and Aburame Mokujin successively arrived at the Fujiwara, Tanaka, and Uesugi clan grounds,
looking dejected, clearly indicating that something bad had happened.
"Ryoui, Mokujin, you've arrived!"
Inside the room,
a rich tea aroma emanated from Fujiwara Tetsuya.
Looking at the two with their downcast expressions,
Fujiwara Tetsuya deliberately smiled.
He picked up the teapot and poured hot tea for both of them.
"Tetsuya… we! We…"
In terms of temperament,
Torune Ryoui was far more emotional than Aburame Mokujin.
She held her teacup, whimpered a few times, and then burst into tears.
"Ryoui, why are you crying?"
"Mokujin, what exactly happened?"
Facing Torune Ryoui, who was crying like a pear blossom bathed in rain,
Fujiwara Tetsuya was flustered.
After continuous soothing,
Torune Ryoui finally calmed down a bit.
However, tears still streamed from her eyes as if they were free,
falling continuously.
"Tetsuya, it's the clan! Our Aburame Clan's patriarch and several elders of the Torifu Clan went to the Hokage Building this morning!"
"They submitted applications for us to withdraw from the Thirteenth Squad!"
"Hokage-sama has already approved it!"
"In a few days, I will head to the western border of the Land of Fire to join the border defense team!"
"And Ryoui… will enter the hospital and become a true Medical Ninja!"
Aburame Mokujin's voice was filled with disappointment.
Clearly, faced with the decision of the clan's high-ranking members,
he, as an ordinary clan member, had no room to resist.
"Is… that so?"
Fujiwara Tetsuya had considered that the Torifu Clan might target those around him.
But he had never expected
that they would first set their sights on his teammates!
There was no need to elaborate on Torune Ryoui's situation.
As a Tane Clan member, and with Utatane Koharu standing by her,
manipulating this matter would be incredibly simple.
As for the Aburame Clan,
a mere Special Jonin, compared to a Hokage Advisor and the Torifu Clan,
the priorities were obvious.
As for why Uchiha Mikoto didn't come,
the reason was simple:
Utatane Koharu's influence was negligible in front of the proud Uchiha Clan.
Furthermore, given the Uchiha Clan's dislike for the Hokage lineage,
applying pressure to the Uchiha Clan rashly would only backfire.
"I understand, Ryoui, Mokujin!"
"It seems we must part ways for now!"
"As your captain, I must give you one final order!"
"That is to obey the arrangements of the clan and Hokage-sama! Do not think of denying anything! Do not think of fighting anything!"
"Don't forget! We are Ninja! Konoha's Ninja!"
"Tetsuya-kun…"
"Ryoui!"
Suddenly, Fujiwara Tetsuya's voice rose infinitely,
roughly interrupting Torune Ryoui's words.
Although Fujiwara Tetsuya's expression remained calm,
Torune Ryoui could feel the anger and pain in Fujiwara Tetsuya's heart from his voice.
"Let's go! We'll call Mikoto!"
"Let's have a good meal at the Akimichi Family's BBQ restaurant!"
"Consider it a farewell for us! For the Thirteenth Squad!"
After Fujiwara Tetsuya and the two others picked up Uchiha Mikoto,
Uchiha Mikoto also fell silent.
Perhaps, for Uchiha Mikoto,
she might have considered that the Thirteenth Squad would one day disband,
but she never expected that day to come so quickly.
"Mikoto, I'm entrusting Tetsuya-kun to you from now on!"
"However, don't get complacent!"
"Tetsuya-kun is the man Torune Ryoui has set her eyes on! I won't give up until I fall!"
This night
was destined to be sleepless.
Uchiha Mikoto, Aburame Mokujin, and Torune Ryoui drank themselves into a stupor.
Finally, Fujiwara Tetsuya could no longer suppress the grief and indignation in his heart.
He picked up a wine glass and broke his first abstinence since coming to the Ninja World.
The spicy alcohol continuously slid down Fujiwara Tetsuya's throat,
until the moment he collapsed under the stimulation of the alcohol,
Fujiwara Tetsuya finally cleared his mind.
"What troublesome brats!"
"Don't they know minors aren't allowed to drink?!"
"Hey, Akimichi Family! How exactly are you running this place?!"
"If there's a next time, I'll complain to Hokage-sama!"
After Fujiwara Tetsuya, Uchiha Mikoto, and the other two had successively passed out,
several Anbu suddenly appeared in the BBQ restaurant.
The silver-haired man leading them was Sakumo Hatake, who had been promoted to Anbu Captain two years prior.
However, Sakumo Hatake's tone was now filled with resentment towards the Akimichi Family.
"So it's the Anbu-sama!"
"You're here for these brats, aren't you?!"
"I presume you know that"
"the weakest of these brats are Chunin-level!"
"If they insist on acting recklessly, I can't stop them!"
The person in charge of this BBQ restaurant
was just a retired Chunin from the Akimichi Clan overseeing everything.
Looking at the Anbu in front of him,
though a bit startled,
years of accumulated business experience allowed this plump Akimichi Clan member to handle the situation with ease.
"I never expected the Akimichi Clan to have someone like you!"
"It seems I'll have to visit this BBQ restaurant often from now on!"
"Well then, I'll take these four brats with me!"
As he spoke,
the Anbu members each reached out to grab Fujiwara Tetsuya and the other three.
"Cough~"
"Anbu-sama, please wait!"
"I have no objection to you taking these four brats away!"
"It's just that… these four brats haven't paid for their food and drinks yet…"
"Could you… perhaps pay for these four brats first?"
"Asking us for money?"
"Alright! Tomorrow at nine in the morning, go to the Hokage Building and find the Sandaime!"
"I believe the Sandaime will be happy to pay for this meal for these four brats!"
Asking Anbu members for money!
This was probably the most interesting… well, joke…
Sakumo Hatake had heard since joining Anbu.
"I lost out… I should have made those four brats pay beforehand!"
Asking the Hokage for money!
Let alone him, even the Akimichi Clan patriarch
wouldn't dare to do that!
With a muffled sigh,
the Akimichi Clan's manager could only watch as Sakumo Hatake and a few others took Fujiwara Tetsuya and the other three away.
…Late at night, Sarutobi Clan grounds.
As the direct relatives of the Third Hokage,
and a core force among Konoha's many Ninja,
the Sarutobi Clan had undergone multiple expansions after Hiruzen Sarutobi ascended to power.
In terms of the size of their clan grounds alone,
they were even larger than the Taneji and Mito Clans combined.
However, despite the rapid development of the Sarutobi Clan,
few people criticized it.
The reason, besides Hiruzen Sarutobi's status as the Third Hokage,
was that the Sarutobi Clan was sufficiently gentle and low-key during its expansion.
They were far from being as blatant as the Torifu Clan, Shimura Clan, and Mito Clan,
who would occasionally stage acts of bullying the weak.