Ryou seemed to sense something, quickly tucking his tail and lowering his head, speaking very humbly: "I think no matter what we do, we should all stand from the perspective of Lord Madara and the Eye of the Moon Plan."
"Everyone, isn't that right?"
"Yes, yes, yes, absolutely right."
"Hashirama is just a mere clown, how can he be compared to Lord Madara?"
Ryou quickly pointed at the guy who flattered incorrectly: "Drag him down and beat him, beat him until smoke comes out!"
The Ninja Cats stepped forward, dragging that Kusagakure official down to be beaten.
Everyone suddenly sobered up, not knowing what to say?
Ryou didn't explain either; beating this person was actually saving him.
Speaking of Hashirama like that, if Madara were to punish him, it wouldn't be as simple as just a beating!
Ryou no longer paid attention to these cannon fodder who would be sent to fill the front lines in the future, picked up his wine cup, and went to toast Madara.
"Ancestor, being able to marry Tsunade is all thanks to you. I toast to you, Ancestor."
Madara nodded.
Ryou continued: "Ancestor, if Tsunade and I have a child, I want to name him Tajima. Ancestor, what do you think?"
Uchiha Tajima—this was the name of Madara's father.
Madara looked at Ryou, puzzled: "Why name him after my father?"
Ryou explained: "Lord Tajima was a great Ninja who led the Uchiha Clan during the Warring States Period. I hope my child can be as outstanding as Lord Tajima."
In the original work, Fugaku named his child Sasuke, hoping Sasuke would become a great Ninja like Sarutobi Sasuke, the father of the Third Hokage.
This isn't taking advantage, but a political maneuver to flatter superiors.
Similar to Tong Wei crying at the grave or Dakang running!
If it were someone else, Madara might think it was admiration for his father's achievements, but this brat Ryou...
"(#`Д´)ﾉ."
Madara's face turned angry, electricity crackling in his hand as he shocked Ryou: "You brat, naming your child Uchiha Tajima, do you want to become my grandfather, Uchiha Madara?"
Ryou screamed from the electric shock: "Ancestor, no, no! This is all my filial piety towards you!"
The Ninja Cats watched Ryou being shocked by Madara, all of them taking it for granted.
If one day Ryou wasn't shocked, they'd wonder if he had been replaced?
Suddenly, Candy appeared and rescued Ryou from Madara's electric shock.
"Ancestor, Cat Granny from Sora-ku has come on behalf of the Uchiha Clan to congratulate Ryou and Tsunade on their wedding!"
"Cat Granny?!"
Cat Granny's head was piled high with a fluffy, messy mass of gray-white hair, giving an unkempt, voluminous appearance.
She wore a loose orange-yellow coat, with a light pink scarf around the collar, and a pipe in her mouth.
Surrounded by many cats, some even held umbrellas for Cat Granny, escorting her all the way to the Hidden Rain Village.
The appearance of one cat made all the Ninja Cats at the wedding banquet stand at attention.
This white cat had red claw-mark patterns in both eyes, clearly a fierce cat that had killed before.
Its main fur was pure white, with dark blue on the outer ears and a pair of yellow vertical-pupil eyes.
Most notably, it had two tails. In Japanese folklore, this kind of cat is called a Nekomata.
This cat was the leader of the Ninja Cat clan, a Nekomata with strength comparable to a Jonin.
As soon as Cat Granny and Nekomata entered the wedding banquet, they seemed to become the hosts; the cats here didn't dare to look at Cat Granny and Nekomata.
The Ninja Cats and Cat Granny had a contract—not a summoning contract, but a rearing contract, similar to the relationship between the Inuzuka Clan and their Ninja Dogs.
All the cats here had been fed cat food by Cat Granny.
Even Snowy, a fierce tabby cat, didn't dare to hiss upon seeing Cat Granny!
As soon as Nekomata entered, it snorted coldly, calling out the names of these Ninja Cats who had betrayed the Uchiha Clan one by one.
"Candy, if you leave Sora-ku, who will make weapons for the Uchiha Clan in the future?"
Hearing Nekomata's voice, Ryou felt an immediate sense of "my power level is 530,000."
Nekomata's voice was very shrill; its voice actor was the same as Frieza's voice actor.
Candy wasn't afraid of Nekomata's imposing manner at all: "Nekomata-sama, I am Ryou's summoning cat, not a Ninja Cat of the Uchiha Clan."
"I was adopted by him since I was young; he taught me how to mold Chakra."
Nekomata narrowed its eyes, looking somewhat darkly at Candy: "Candy, you've grown some guts, daring to speak to me like this?"
Snowy jumped next to Nekomata, picked up a sickle, and gave Nekomata an extremely fierce look: "Nekomata, this isn't your Tenshukaku; it's my master's tuef."
Nekomata's castle in Sora-ku is called Tenshukaku; it is the king among Ninja Cats.
Nekomata sneered: "Ryou? That soft, weak brat! He didn't even have the qualification to lick my fur before."
"Nekomata, you've grown bold!"
Ryou, wearing a formal kimono, slowly walked out.
Nekomata turned to look, snorting disdainfully at Ryou: "Ryou, you've grown some guts, kid!"
But then Nekomata saw Ryou's crimson Sharingan—oh no!
Nekomata fell silent. Cat Granny found it strange and turned to see Nekomata's yellow vertical pupils reflecting the Sharingan.
Nekomata had been controlled by Ryou's Sharingan.
Cat Granny put down her pipe and sighed: "Young Master Ryou, just as Hina said, you are no longer the same as before."
Young Master Ryou?
Cat Granny was an affiliate of the Uchiha Clan, equivalent to a servant, and would address the legitimate members of the Uchiha Clan with respect.
In the original work, even after the Uchiha Clan was destroyed, she insisted on calling Sasuke "Young Master" when she met him.
If Sasuke couldn't find a wife, according to tradition, Cat Granny would marry her granddaughter Tamaki to Sasuke.
Cat Granny's lineage had always helped the Uchiha Clan manage Sora-ku and the Ninja Cat clan.
Hina next to Cat Granny licked her paw and said: "Meow~ I told the boss long ago that Young Master Ryou isn't an ordinary Ninja, but the boss didn't believe it."
Nekomata had been hypnotized by Ryou's genjutsu into a foolish cat; though its consciousness remained, it couldn't control its body.
Fish Ball, who had been taken advantage of by Nekomata before, now had the chance to teach it a lesson.
It teased Nekomata with a small dried fish, leading it back and forth.
Cat Granny didn't pay attention to Nekomata being led around like a dog; Nekomata had been the boss in Sora-ku for too long, and sometimes even she couldn't command it.
It was time for it to learn a lesson, to understand that there is always someone better, and there is always a cat better.
Cat Granny looked at Tsunade beside Ryou and sighed: "I never thought the princess of the Senju Clan would marry into our Uchiha Clan?"
"Hmph!"
Tsunade snorted but didn't provoke the old lady.
Cat Granny wasn't insulting Tsunade; it was just a sigh, without any malice.
She was a figure from the Warring States Period and had even witnessed the Senju and Uchiha Clans forming an alliance and establishing Konoha!
Ryou helped Cat Granny sit down and said to her: "Granny, why did you come? Amegakure is now the thorn in the side of the entire Ninja World."
"If others find out about your relationship with us, your Sora-ku will be targeted."
Cat Granny smiled: "Don't worry! Nekomata and I entered the Land of Rain secretly. This time, I'm not here in the name of the Uchiha Clan."
"I came in my own name to congratulate Young Master Ryou on your wedding."
"If you hadn't had a hereditary disease since childhood, you and Princess Tsunade would have been a pair long ago."
Ryou shook his head: "Impossible. With Konoha's environment of excluding the Uchiha, I could never have been with Tsunade."
Cat Granny said: "So you defected from the Uchiha Clan and Konoha?"
Ryou nodded: "That's one of the reasons. I didn't plan to defect, but I don't know which bastard reported me?"