I, Uchiha Yiyong, have not been hated!

Chapter 134 Rumors
"Yo, it's Sasuke!"

Judging from the familiar tone of the owner of Yile Ramen, Sasuke must be a frequent visitor here.

"It's so early today, did you come with Naruto? That's two tonkotsu ramen, one with char siew and one with kombu shreds..."

"Nah……"

Sasuke waved his hands a little shyly, "I didn't come with that guy this time."

After the voice fell, an adult followed behind and opened the door curtain.

The person who came was Uchiha Mikoto.She smiled mildly as she proceeded to slap her boss.

"Excuse me, is this..."

"My mother."

"No wonder Sasuke is so handsome at such a young age, so he inherited his beauty from you."

The hand-slapping uncle chuckled, and entered the back hall with a stack of bowls in his arms, "Please sit down, both of you, I'll be right back."

As soon as he disappeared, Uchiha Mikoto looked at Sasuke's face with a faint smile.

"The owner of the shop is so familiar with Sasuke, you must come here to eat often, right?"

She leaned down slightly, "During your summer vacation, after training every day, you should have eaten here before going home, so you don't have to eat dinner made by Itachi, right?"

"..." Sasuke looked around nervously, and after making sure that there was no brother around, he complained in a low voice: "Mom, didn't you tell Yiyong that you can just know some things yourself, so there is no need to say it?"

"Volunteering is righteousness, and you are you. Speaking of which, you should be more honest."

Mikoto Uchiha tidied up the bristles on Sasuke's head, and said with emotion: "When I saw that you kept secrets from me at a young age, I remembered that kid Itachi, who didn't know where to go after leaving a note. Where did I go, I don’t say clearly, it’s not shameful at all... However, although Itachi’s cooking skills are not as good as Yiyong’s, I think the taste is pretty good, aren’t you being too picky?”

"Isn't there a saying? 'After seeing the big iceberg in the Snow Country, I feel that other mountains are just small mounds'."

Sasuke recalled the lines in the movie, and his neck was stuck like a food critic: "Compared to Giyuu, Naruto's food is barely enough; this restaurant has been making ramen for decades, and the taste is also good. It's above the pass line. As for the others... let alone, they're not at the same level at all."

"You want to be a ninja even if you're so picky?"

Uchiha Mikoto grabbed his small face: "I really want to see what you will do when you do missions and have to eat compressed biscuits in the wilderness."

"Let go, let go."

Sasuke noticed that a guest dressed as a foreigner at the next table was staring at him jokingly, his whole face turned red like a dried persimmon, "There are others watching."

"Sure enough," Uchiha Mikoto sighed and let go of her hand, "Sasuke has reached the age where he dislikes his mother."

"I'm not a child anymore!"

Sasuke rubbed his cheeks angrily, and then asked with some doubts: "However, it is the school's arrangement that we went to meet the mission. Mom, why did you go with me?"

"It's not 'following you'. You go because it is rare for children born after the war to meet foreign ninjas. This is a good opportunity..."

Uchiha Mikoto gave the answer: "I went because, as the patriarch's wife of a major ninja clan in Konoha, it is necessary to attend with your father on diplomatic occasions. This is a necessary etiquette between ninja villages."

"What? Are you and Dad going to meet them too? These cloud ninjas and iwa ninjas are so arrogant..."

"The etiquette is not for welcoming them."

Uchiha Mikoto corrected: "It's to welcome peace. That's why I didn't wear the ninja vest, because the clothes themselves have the meaning of conflict and confrontation."

Today's Uchiha Mikoto is not dressed as usual when leading the team, but she didn't do anything special to welcome the mission. She just changed into a rather casual shirt and trousers, combed a side ponytail and hung it casually. Before the collarbone.

"Hmm... I don't know why, but I always feel that this hairstyle looks weird."

Sasuke scratched his chin with his knuckles, his eyes lingering on the knot of his mother's hair, "It's a bit too much like a housewife."

"Hey, isn't housewife okay?"

Uchiha Mikoto was a little surprised.

"Yeah. It's not like my mother's style at all. This hairstyle... feels a bit too weak in temperament, and it's somewhat similar to Hinata."

"Well, since Sasuke said so..."

Uchiha Mikoto flicked lightly, untied the knot, and returned to the usual straight hair, "How is it now?"

"Much better!" Sasuke said approvingly.

"By the way, the Hinata you mentioned..."

Uchiha Mikoto paused, a little concerned about Sasuke's interpersonal relationship at school.

"Is that the little girl from Hinata's family? Judging from your tone, it seems that you don't like her very much?"

"That's not the case, it's just that Naruto guy insisted on pulling her to be with us."

Sasuke held his chin speechlessly, "After school yesterday, we took her to the place where Xing Julang lived to train. But when it came to actual combat, that guy's fist hit me limply, with no strength at all, and there was no hiding at all. It's necessary...is this the so-called Soft Fist? It's really boring."

Uchiha Mikoto was a little surprised, "Is it so exaggerated? Could it be that the child's physical fitness is poor?"

"Impossible, before Giyuu left, Hinata Hinata and Naruto were at the same table, he said it himself..."

Sasuke scowled, and his tone became Furui impassive, "'Among the students in the same grade, besides you and Naruto, Hinata Hinata and Inuzuka Kid have the best physical training.'"

"It's quite similar." Uchiha Mikoto commented on Sasuke's imitation.

Especially the way of using words to refer to all peers as children is the characteristic of Yiyong.

"That's not the point!" Sasuke nodded.

"The point is, it is impossible to make mistakes in Yiyong's observation! That is to say, that guy is obviously capable, but he doesn't need to shrink back during training. Isn't this a waste of my precious time?
"In the end, Naruto still found an excuse for her, what to say, it's because Hinata Hinata didn't eat enough so she didn't have the energy..."

Sasuke's voice changed, and he tapped his fingers on the long table twice, "But after thinking about it carefully, it's not impossible, so I promised to keep her for a while to see."

"No way, that's the daughter of the patriarch Hinata, why don't you give her food?"

"Eating and being full are two different things. There was such a thing before..."

Sasuke suddenly lowered his voice, "On the second day of the summer vacation, Naruto invited me and a few classmates he knew well to his home for dinner, and Hinata Hinata also went..."

"Hmm, then what?"

Seeing Sasuke's gossip, Uchiha Mikoto felt a little happy, and asked Sasuke to continue talking.

"Although she doesn't talk much and has no sense of presence, but because Yiyong said that she is strong, I observed her for a while, and found that she had been secretly feeding herself while other people were chatting that day."

Sasuke stretched out his fingers and gestured, "Choji Akimichi ate six bowls of rice in total, but Hinata Hinata ate ten bowls back and forth! Ten bowls!

"Later, when I helped Naruto clean up the dishes, I found out that he had two rice cookers at home, and the one that Giyuu gave him more than three years ago was for Hinata Hinata. In other words, one of her The amount of food for a person is larger than the sum of the rest of us, and it takes a pot of steaming to be enough..."

Uchiha Mikoto fell into silence, thinking of the shy girl next to Hinata Hizuru, always felt a little unbelievable.

"What's your expression, don't you believe me?"

Sasuke was a little annoyed, and when he saw the slap coming out of the back hall, he immediately asked for proof: "Uncle, do you still remember the white-eyed girl who often came with Naruto?"

"Oh, you mean Hinata, she is a very polite child."

Handa squinted his eyes and praised, "Don't look at her small size, she can eat two big bowls of noodles every time! Just watching her eat gives me a sense of accomplishment! I really hope that there will be more guests like this." .”

"Look!" Sasuke stared at his mother with bright eyes, "I'm not talking nonsense, am I?"

"It seems that Hinata Hyuzu doesn't know anything about this matter."

Thinking of the character of the patriarch Hinata and the performance of Hinata in Sasuke's mouth, Mikoto Uchiha could already imagine that the child's life at home must not be easy.

【Should Fuyue remind him indirectly, at least let the child have enough to eat...】

After the mother and son ordered the meal, two bowls of fragrant tonkotsu ramen were quickly brought out, and the taste was beyond Mikoto's expectation.

She was about to share her feelings with Sasuke, but when she turned her head, she saw two foreigners beside her, looking at her and Sasuke in surprise.

It's not the kind of abrupt offense of the drunk man outside the bathhouse when he sees the beautiful woman, but the kind of surprise of "I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here".

Seeing her questioning gaze, the two of them immediately turned their heads back, but whispered to each other.

Uchiha Mikoto frowned, and immediately focused her chakra on her ears.

All of a sudden, all the sounds in the ramen shop—the sound of chopping vegetables with a kitchen knife, the sound of soup rolling in a pot, and even the sound of Sasuke's breathing poured into her mind like a torrent, without any chaos.But as Uchiha Mikoto focused her attention on a specific area, she finally heard the conversation of the two suspicious people.

"It's very similar..."

"Aside from the hairstyle, that face is exactly the same, isn't it..."

"But you also heard the name, this kid is called Sasuke..."

Uchiha Mikoto's brain suddenly heated up.

The sensitivity of being a mother immediately made her realize who the two foreigners were talking about, and she couldn't eat the delicious ramen just now.

"Two!" Uchiha Mikoto appeared directly behind the two, "Have you ever seen someone who looks very similar to this child?"

The two foreigners reacted differently.

"Are you eavesdropping on us?" one of them asked angrily.

The other quickly elbowed his companion and looked nervously at Uchiha Mikoto, "Are you a ninja?"

And Sasuke, who heard the movement, also stopped his chopsticks, and looked at the scene with some confusion: "Did something happen?"

"I am the Jonin of this village. My behavior just now was a bit abrupt, please don't mind."

Uchiha Mikoto apologized, "Looking at the outfits of the two of you, you should be businessmen from foreign countries who came to Konoha to hire ninjas. If the two of you can answer my question, I can introduce you to some reliable candidates... ..."

Hearing what she said, the expressions of the two immediately became much better.

"Okay, okay, just ask, as long as we know, we will tell you everything."

When going out, one can imagine how important a reliable ninja is. Since this woman claims to be a jonin, the ninja she knows will definitely not be ordinary people.

"You two just said that you know someone who looks like this child?"

Uchiha Mikoto pulled Sasuke in front of her, brushing away the hair on the latter's temples and forehead, so that they could see his complete face.

"Yes." One of the two nodded, "The two of us are the team leader of the same chamber of commerce. Not long ago, I saw a boy in Tangren Village. Except for his hairstyle and eyes, the boy's facial features were almost the same as this boy's. Exactly the same, but they're clearly not the same person. You can tell it at a glance."

"Wait a minute." Sasuke's eyes flickered with fire: "Tang Ninja Village? Have you seen Giyuu?"

"Yiyuu..." The other person pondered for a while, then slammed his fist into the palm of the other hand, "Yes! That's right, someone said that the boy called himself Tomioka Yoshiyuki, that's the right name."

The mother and son looked at each other, and they could see the excitement in each other's eyes.

If the name, appearance, and location all match up, then it must be brave.

Except for Xing Shoulang's message of "Giyong is with me", they finally got the whereabouts of Giyong from other people, and they couldn't help being excited.

"Excuse me, what is the relationship between the two of you and him..."

another businessman asked speculatively.

"The boy you are talking about should be my youngest son, Yoshiyuki. He and Sasuke are twin brothers, that's why they look so similar."

The two suddenly realized, and all doubts were explained.

"May I ask you two, how long ago did you see that child?"

Even though we haven't seen each other for more than ten days, Uchiha Mikoto already had tears in his eyes, "Is he okay?"

"It's hard to say... After all, it's been more than a week."

The two exchanged glances and said, "When we met him, he went around beheading the cultists who made trouble. He told us to hide, and we haven't seen each other since then..."

"Wait a moment."

Sasuke was a little dazed, he picked up a few words that didn't sound good, "Kill everywhere?"

After saying this, he felt the strength of his mother's fingers pressing on his shoulders suddenly increased. Obviously, the latter also felt the same as him.

"Don't you know yet? Oh~ Yes, we are the first caravan to set off from Tangren Village, so the news hasn't spread yet..."

The businessman looked like he was alive after a catastrophe, "You don't know that, on the night we met with Mr. Ling, Tangren Village was attacked by Kirigakure ninjas..."

"What?" Sasuke's voice became a little hoarse, subconsciously covering his mouth.

"According to Tangren Village itself, Wuyin Village colluded with the worshipers of evil gods in Tangren Village and instigated a rebellion. Although Wuren, we didn't see a few of them, but those evil gods who were nagging and baring their teeth But they are everywhere, they kill anyone they see, and after they kill someone, they still chant spells to squeeze out the blood from the internal organs of the deceased and pour it on their own head and face..."

The businessman spoke vividly, completely oblivious to Sasuke's paler face.

Although the target was a ninja, the bloodiest scene he had ever seen was nothing more than a fish being ripped open by Giyuu.

"Our caravan was at Tang Nin's unloading area at the time, and we were the first to be attacked. Since we are not ninjas, we could only hide around when the attack happened, but those lunatics always found a way to find our companions, and then there was chaos. The scene of dismembering the corpse was extremely cruel... Soon, most of the caravan died, leaving only a few of us. At that time, we all thought that we would die, and when we planned to pick up the goods and fight those lunatics to the death, the young master suddenly Appeared!"

Speaking of this, the businessman who narrated the story danced and gestured excitedly, "We didn't even see a figure, only the heads of those lunatics flew out after the flashes of blue knives. But the most terrifying thing, they It took about half a minute for his body to move on the spot before he fell down completely, but the boy didn't show any signs of fear at all..."

[The heads of these people were cut off. 】

【Be... be brave? 】

As soon as Sasuke thought of that scene, he suddenly felt his lower limbs go cold, and there seemed to be little bugs crawling back and forth in the socket of his knee.

"Could you have made a mistake?"

Uchiha Mikoto looked serious.

That kid would feel guilty even if he won a fight with his peers. How could he go outside the village and chop off other people's heads?

This contrast is too great.

"How could it be wrong? We can't forget the face of our savior even if we want to!"

The businessman also seemed to be familiar with the young ninja, "At such a young age, he is so capable, he is indeed a ninja of Konoha."

Uchiha Mikoto still wanted to struggle, and asked with a tense face: "Then besides resembling this child, the boy who saved you, do you have any other characteristics?"

[Maybe it's a transformation technique?Someone turned into a hero? 】

"Yes. The boy's eyes are like those of a dead person..."

Before the businessman finished speaking, he was elbowed hard by his companion again, and only then did he realize that he was using unlucky words to describe someone else's child.

So he immediately changed his words: "It's just that the eyes are not very energetic, and the whole person is cold. It suddenly appeared at night with a blood-stained knife on his body. It is very scary."

"Also," another person added: "After he found us, he told us to keep hiding and not come out to get in the way. He also said that if we were afraid, he could knock us all out."

Sasuke gave up struggling, raised his head and glanced at his mother with a little frightened eyes.

【It’s what Giyuu would say, he is right. 】

【He said he was going on a trip, but he ended up cutting off other people's heads...】

"Chopped off the heads of more than a dozen people in an instant, Mr. Ling is really an outstanding ninja."

Hearing this, Sasuke's rich imagination stimulated his throat, forcing him to stagger to the bathroom while supporting the table.

Uchiha Mikoto's complexion was not much better, but what she wanted to know more than what her youngest son had done was how he was doing now.

"What happened after that? What happened after that?"

"When we came out, it was already the next morning, and I don't know what happened afterwards. But I heard from a relative of mine who worked as a cook for the head of Tangnin Village, that many people have seen the boy. He called himself Tomioka Yoshiyuki , Overnight, there were hundreds of cultists who were witnessed to die by his hands, and most of the ninjas who invaded Kirigakure fell into his hands before they had time to act."

The businessman looked adoring, "And the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who destroyed half of the village with lightning..."

"Black Hoe Thunder Fang?" Uchiha Mikoto said a name in an unconfident tone.

"Yes, that's the man."

The businessman nodded heavily, "It is said that he was a very powerful ninja, and he also died under the sword of Mr. Ling. But for some reason, the leader of Tang Nin ordered them not to publicize this matter to the outside world. I also have a special relationship. That’s how I know these things.”

Uchiha Mikoto was in a trance for a while, holding the edge of the table firmly with her right hand.

Don't look at this businessman's talk about uprising and bravery, it's as easy as saying that fish swim in water, but even if she is replaced by herself, she may not be able to win when she meets one of the long-famous ninja seven grasp.

After all, she has been adding special effects to movies for so many years, and she hasn't really fought for a long time.

【What the hell did this kid do outside... Why did he get involved in these things? 】

Uchiha Mikoto couldn't figure it out at all.

"I complained about you eavesdropping before, but now it seems that we were the ones who were abrupt. After all, the rest of our companions, as well as hundreds of people in Tangren Village, only survived because of the help of the young master. "

After those two people finished telling the story of Giyu, they suddenly bowed deeply to Mikoto Uchiha.

"Since we can't thank him personally, we have no choice but to thank you. As a thank you, from now on, all escort commissions from our Chamber of Commerce's 34 teams will be handed over to Konoha. After Hokage from Guicun comes back, we will log in to the task When it is time, it will also explain the reason for doing so..."

It was the first time for Mikoto Uchiha to be thanked in this way. He couldn't tell what kind of feeling he felt for a while, but there was an explanation for Giyuu's unreasonable behavior before.

[Could it be that Yiyong didn't participate in the fights between the villages, but because he couldn't bear to see those people being killed? 】

This is in line with the child's gentle and kind character.

[But even so, it must be very painful to be stained with blood at such a young age, righteousness...]

Uchiha Mikoto has never missed her child like this moment.

"I appreciate your thanks, and I am also very happy that you are willing to entrust the task to Konoha."

Uchiha Mikoto changed her voice, "But please don't tell Hokage-sama anything about Giyuu. Otherwise..."

She lied, "Giyu may be punished for acting carelessly."

"Oh~"

The two of them didn't know too much about ninja's internal affairs, so they thought it was related to the ninja's precepts, so they immediately nodded like chicken pecking rice: "Understood! I understand! We will keep it secret."

"Hmm..." Uchiha Mikoto was silent for two or three seconds, and took a deep breath: "Finally, I would like to ask again, have you heard about Giyuu's injuries or..."

"I know this. That relative of mine made it very clear that the young master was not injured in a fierce battle all night. This is what surprised Tang Ren the most."

The businessman finally gave Meiqin good news, but immediately turned around, "When we heard about it the next day, we wanted to come to thank you, but Mr. Ling seems to have left by boat."

"By boat?" Miqin, who had just calmed down just now, tensed up again, and asked like a cannonball: "What boat? Whose boat? Where is the boat going?"

"This..." The two businessmen shook their heads regretfully, "It's not something we can figure out. I'm afraid that's all we know about your son."

"thank you all."

After Uchiha Mikoto simply expressed his gratitude, the two left (by the way paying for the mother and son's lunch).

Distraught, she sat back on the stool, desperately thinking about what Yiyong had said before leaving, and then remembered that Yiyong had never personally said that he was traveling to Tangren Village.

When Fuyue asked about his whereabouts, Giyuu's original words were "to the northeast of Konoha, let's go".

At that time, whether it was Uchiha Fugaku or Mikoto, they subconsciously thought that the Tohoku refers to Tang Ninja, after all, it is a tourist attraction.

But if it continues to extend along the northeast direction, and even breaks through the coastline...

Isn't the true destination of righteous courage——

A land of water in chaos.

"That kid..."

Uchiha Mikoto clenched her fists tightly, with cold sweat dripping from her forehead, "Isn't it true that I'm going to the Land of Water?"

【possible.Very likely. 】

Itachi was attacked by Orochimaru at that place.

Two days before Yi Yong left, when the family was talking about the Kingdom of Water at the dinner table, his expression was a little uncertain.

Then, it was Fu Yue who tested the Huodun of the twin brothers, and came to the conclusion that Yiyong has "Junin level", which is the direct reason why he was relieved to let him go out alone.

Suddenly, everything came together.

Uchiha Mikoto can now be said to firmly believe——

Giyuu probably gained confidence in his own strength from Fuyue after hearing about Itachi's attack, so he ran to the country of water to seek revenge from Orochimaru!

But, where is the Land of Water, and what kind of person is Orochimaru?
No matter how powerful the physical skills are, no matter how close the fire escape is to Jōnin, but facing the Mist nin who is proficient in water escape and the almighty Orochimaru, not to mention making waves, even keeping one's life is a problem!

"Sasuke!"

Uchiha Mikoto couldn't sit still any longer, she went straight to the door of the men's bathroom at the back, and knocked on the door.

"Mom has some important things to talk to your dad about, so she's leaving first. You come to me directly after the welcome ceremony, remember? Don't run around."

"understood……"

Sasuke's weak voice came from the bathroom.

At this moment, he was propping up the washstand, looking at himself in the mirror with cold water all over his face, and touched his neck subconsciously, but he was struggling in his heart—how should he face Yiyong when he came back.

Just as the mother and son were out, two unexpected guests came to Uchiha Fugaku's home.

"Is this the home of the Uchiha patriarch?"

Bai Jue looked at the ordinary Japanese room and complained: "Compared to this place, Hinata Hinata's house is just like the imperial palace. What he, the patriarch, doesn't seem to be interesting..."

"The patriarch of the Hyuga clan is still the head of the family and has absolute authority, so wealth will naturally gather in the clan."

Heijue explained: "In contrast, Uchiha's patriarch is more like an opinion leader representing the tribe, and the two are naturally not the same..."

"So why are we here?" Bai Jue said speechlessly, "I'm still very sad that one of my kind just died, but there doesn't seem to be anything here that can cheer me up, right?"

"After all, Uchiha Fugaku's lineage has produced three generations of patriarchs in succession."

Uchiha Obito standing in the middle of the room said: "After Madara left Konoha, some clansmen might have created some new illusions and ninjutsu. If there is, he must have a record here. Some things can be handed over to Danzo , but there are some things, it is better to take them away in advance..."

"Hey, this is the note you asked me to imitate yesterday."

Jue wandered into the corridor and found the note "I won't come back tonight" left by "Uchiha Itachi" on the shoe cabinet in the entrance, "It seems that they have never doubted the authenticity of this thing at all."

"The danger has been away from them for too long."

Uchiha Obito said: "So that the blade has come to them, these people don't know anything about it. Except for the gang of trash from Danzang who made me work hard to capture Uchiha Itachi yesterday, the rest are not worth it at all." Mention."

"The art of turning around with your heart, that is, using the ninjutsu developed based on Yin Dun to deal with a Uchiha, how could they think of it."

Heijue sneered coldly, and went to the storage room to rummage for a while, "However, the ninjutsu array developed by Senshou Feima to deal with Uchiha back then is indeed very useful. If they let Uchiha Itachi use fire escape yesterday, he would die. But there are more than two people..."

"Speaking of that ninja circle..."

Uchiha Obito's voice came from the kitchen, "Is the shrine all set up? Sharingan's observation skills are very strong, so these people won't be able to see anything by then, right?"

"No problem. Those important ninja tools are buried five meters deep in the ground. Sharingan is not supercilious, so of course nothing can be seen."

Hei Jue said confidently: "Before activation, the ninja circle will only slightly weaken the power of Huo Dun, and has almost no effect on Sharingan; but once this ninja circle is activated by the ninja at the root, the power of Huo Dun will be reduced to ten percent immediately. One, the pupil power of Sharingan cannot continue to grow. That is to say, even if those Uchiha watch their clansmen fall one by one around them, the pupil power cannot evolve even a little bit..."

He had finished speaking, but there was no reply from Uchiha Obito.

"Did you find something?" Bai Jue muttered, his body passed through the wall of the storage room, and came to the side of Uchiha Obito in the kitchen.

The latter held a stack of "books" made of cards in his hand, with dog-like handwriting written on it, making it very difficult for Bai Jue to read.

(Ps: What Yiyong gave to Naruto is a handwritten version. Because it is someone else's relic, it is inconvenient to transfer it to others directly.)
"What's this about...neutron star collapse...infinite attraction...egg tart."

Bai Jue struggled to finish reading the title of the page that Uchiha Obito opened, "So, is this a recipe? It's really difficult for people who read it. The person who wrote it must be somewhat incoordinated with his hands and eyes. Such a person Living in the Uchiha clan must be very difficult..."

When it said the last two sentences, Uchiha Obito just turned the recipe to the last page, revealing the inscription "Uchiha Obito".

"..."

Heijue didn't let Baijue continue, "It's something from your childhood. I remember that Kakashi sorted out your grandma's relics. It's really heartless to give such an important thing to anyone. ..."

"It doesn't matter. It's the same as the bowl I used. It has no special meaning."

Uchiha Obito threw the recipe on the ground casually, and when he turned around, as if to prove his words, he stepped on the cover when passing by: "Let's go, go to the second floor to have a look."

Bai Jue looked at the footprints on the menu and asked, "Hey, don't you need to clean it up and put it back in place?"

"no need."

Uchiha Obito turned his head expressionlessly, and declared very firmly, word by word: "Because no one who knows where it was originally placed will come back."

(End of this chapter)