After dinner, Sasuke sat alone on the wooden corridor in the backyard, resting his chin on his hands and pouting his mouth. It is unknown what he is thinking.
The sky gradually dimmed, and at about seven o'clock, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind the house.
"Big brother?"
Sasuke subconscious got up, and after a while, he saw Itachi with red eyes running towards him.
"Big brother, where did you go? You don't even come home for dinner."
Sasuke asked curiously with his eyes wide open, "Did you quarrel with Father?"
Itachi did not answer. He just rushed over to hug Sasuke, and then whispered in a trembling voice: "That's great, you are all right…"
"Big brother, are you crying?"
Sasuke seemed to have discovered the new world. His eyes were wide open. Since he was a child, it was the first time he saw his big brother cry!
"No, I got sand in my eyes on the way back."
After confirming that his brother was fine, Itachi immediately recovered and put Sasuke down calmly, but the scenes of what happen before emerged in his mind.
'Brother Shisui… why did he do this?'
'He obviously could leave directly, why did he deliberately stay and wait for me?'
'Since he stayed, why didn't he tell me the truth and instead used Genjutsu to let me see the scene of him killing Sasuke with my own eyes?'
Itachi fell into deep doubts and couldn't figure it out!
At the same time.
Naka Shrine.
The hazy moonlight slowly enveloped the shrine, and the Uchiha Clan's clansmen in groups of three or four are coming from all directions.
The elite Shinobi of the Military Police Force are on guard to prevent being approached by Anbu.
On the mountain top farther away, Danzo hides in the forest with two Root's Shinobi, observing the movement of the shrine.
At seven o'clock, the Military Police Force's elites, who were on guard, also began to shrink. In the end, only four or five Shinobi were left guarding the outside, and the rest all entered the secret room of the shrine.
In the small secret room, more than two hundred people have gathered at this moment, all of whom are Uchiha Clan's Shinobi who have awakened Sharingan.
As for the ordinary clansmen and Shinobi who have not awaken Sharingan, they are obviously not eligible to participate in such a meeting.
Fugaku and his wife Mikoto, arrived here after dinner. At this moment, they sat on the floor facing more than two hundred clansmen, each with their eyes closed.
"Clan Head-sama, everyone except Itachi is here." An old voice came from the first row.
Fugaku slowly opened his eyes. At this time, more than two hundred people in the secret room had also calmed down, looking at their Clan Head with scorching eyes.
"Itachi went out of the village to chase Shisui, so he should be late for this meeting. Let's start first."
Fugaku explained lightly, then looked around, and said, "Everyone, what do you think of Shisui's defection?"
"Clan Head-sama, we must ask Yondaime Hokage to give us an explanation!"
"Shisui is our Uchiha Clan's strongest Genjutsu Shinobi. If he makes a move, even Yellow Flash will definitely fall under his Genjutsu, how could he still be fine? So he must have framed Shisui!"
"The village's higher-ups are planning to attack us!"
"First Shisui, then it will be our turn!"
"We can't just sit still and wait!"
But apart from these extreme remarks, there are still people in the crowd with different voices.
"What is the inside story of this matter? We still have to find Shisui to find out about it."
"Yondaime has been in power for six or seven years. If he wants to target us, he would have targeted us long ago, why wait until now?"
"Yes, since Yondaime took over, the tension between us and the village has gradually eased, and now, everyone minds their own business. Could it be that Shisui's matter is the conspiracy of those Advisors?"
"It might by Shimura Danzo. That guy has always targeted our Uchiha Clan, he must be the mastermind behind the scenes!"
"I think so too. Yondaime will not do this kind of thing!"
As they spoke, the tribe gradually divided into two groups, one group advocated tough confrontation, and the other advocated that Minato is innocent and they must seek the truth from the facts.
Neither group could convince the other, so they quarreled as they talked.
After arguing and arguing, the eyes of the two groups turned red, but fortunately, they didn't do anything.
Fugaku, who looked at this scene, is both relieved and secretly frightened.
Relieved because the situation has not completely gotten out of control, and frightened because Minato has obviously not done much to the Uchiha clan in the past few years, but he wondered why is his support rate in the hearts of the clansmen so high.
'Almost half of our own support him!'
Fugaku sighed.
"Okay, stop arguing."
Fugaku finally spoke out, suppressing the quarrel between the two groups, "Everyone, I am as shocked as you by Shisui's defection, but according to the information I have, this matter It is indeed Shisui's fault. I hope you guys…"
"Clan Head-sama!"
The old man who reminded Fugaku suddenly interrupted him, "I heard that Shisui become Missing-nin because he tried to use Genjutsu to control Yondaime, but why did Shisui do this? He is not the Clan Head, and also not the Anbu Commander, so even if he can control Yondaime, what benefits can he get? After I think about it, there is only one possibility!"
The old man stared at Fugaku with piercing eyes, and said, "It's you, Clan Head, you instructed Shisui to do this, didn't you?"
Fugaku's face twitched upon hearing this. This guy is a proper hardliner, and he has always advocated a tough confrontation with the village's higher-ups. He took it as his duty to seize more power and voice in the village, so this incident obviously gave him an excellent reason.
As soon as the old man opened his mouth, those hardliners immediately clamored, and the momentum became more and more intense.
On the other hand, 'Yondaime's supporter' looked at each other in blank dismay, 'If this is really Clan Head's plan, then we… seemed to have no choice but to obey.'
"Enough!!"
Fugaku shouted coldly, and then stared at the old man with darkened face, and coldly said, "Mizusawa! Actually, just like you, I have always wondered why Shisui did this. I even think that it was my instruction. Now, I finally understand!"
The old man, Uchiha Mizusawa, was startled, and vaguely felt a trace of malice coming from Clan Head.
"It was you, you instructed Shisui to use Sharingan to control Yondaime!"
Fugaku shouted decisively, "Whether Shisui succeeds or fails, my Uchiha Clan will be brought to your pirate ship, making it confront the village and makes our clan be destroyed! You want to kill all of our clan!!"
Upon hearing this, Mizusawa's muddy eyes widened, and full looked at Fugaku in disbelief.
He feels Fugaku is going to sell him out!
According to his guess, Shisui's attack on Minato is undoubtedly Fugaku's plan. If the plan fails, Minato will definitely not let them go. In that case, the whole clan should have the same enemy!
'But now, Clan Head wants to throw the blame of Shisui attacking Yondaime Hokage on my head!'
'If this happens then, as long as Clan Head hands me over to the village's higher-ups, he can protect himself.'
'Protect himself?'
'I see, Clan Head is afraid. He is afraid of Yellow Flash, he is afraid of death, so he would rather put the blame on me instead of breaking up with the village!'
'What a coward!'
'I, Uchiha Mizusawa, misunderstood you!!'
"Mizusawa, who allowed you to cross me and directly gave orders to Shisui, who gave you the power to destroy the whole clan?"
Fugaku said every sentence righteously, "Over the years, the relationship between my Uchiha Clan and the village has finally eased, and everyone can live in the village happily. I won't allow you to destroy it!"
"Fugaku, you bastard!!" Mizusawa stood up from the ground, glaring at Fugaku angrily and was about to expose Fugaku's true face, but Fugaku refused to give him a chance.
"Did you lose even the respect you should have for the Clan Head…"
Fugaku lowered his head and sighed, "I wanted to deal with this within the clan. But you… well, I will hand you over to Anbu, and let Yondaime handle it."
"Fugaku, you bastard who is afraid of death, I…" Mizusawa was so aggrieved that his whole face turned purple. He has lived so long, and this is the first time he has been wronged like this!!
"Take him and send him to Anbu!" Fugaku closes his eyes.
The clansmen below looked at each other with stunned expression.
Everyone here knows Mizusawa's character, so they believe Mizusawa would do this.
It's just…
Shisui is Uchiha Clan's strongest Genjutsu Shinobi, and the most important thing is, Shisui is only 18 years old. If he continues to grow, he is very likely to reach the height of Uchiha Madara!
And such a powerful clansman was sacrificed because of Mizusawa and became a Missing-nin!
'Why?'
'You are not the Clan Head. Why do you sacrifice Shisui?'
Even the hardliners are not calm anymore. They are people who look forward to Shisui's growth, so that he can lead them to 'conquer the world', but now, because of Mizusawa, nothing is left!
"Unforgivable!"
"It's too much!"
"Grab him!"
Mizusawa looked at the angry clansmen, and was both frightened and angry. He loudly defended himself, but his words were drowned out by everyone's voices as soon as he spoke!
In the original work, the Uchiha Clan's clansmen suspected that Shisui was killed by Itachi. After that, the whole clansmen were hostile towards Itachi. Even if he was the son of Clan Head, it was useless. It can be seen from this that Shisui has very high status in all Uchiha Clan's clansmen's hearts. But now that Shisui is 'sacrificed' by Mizusawa, how can these clansmen be willing?
Mizusawa retorted until his face turned to rainbow, but in the end, he was tied up by everyone and sent to Hokage Tower overnight.
"Everyone."
Fugaku opened his eyes again and said, "The matter has become clear. All this is Mizusawa's conspiracy. He not only used Shisui, but also tried to make our Uchiha Clan broke up with the village. Think about your family, think about your parents, wives, husbands and children, just because of this person's ambition, our family almost… I don't want to talk about it anymore, everyone, this matter end here, and no one can bring it up again in the future!"
"Clan Head, then, what about Shisui?" One of the clansmen asked carefully.
Fugaku said loudly: "I will discuss this matter with Yondaime at an appropriate time, and strive to cancel Shisui's wanted and Missing-nin status. After all, Shisui was only being used, but before that, please don't be too aggressive, understand?"
"Understood, Clan Head!"
"Clan Head, everything is up to you!"
Hearing that Shisui had a chance to come back, the Shinobi below became much more stable.
At the end of the meeting, the clansmen in the secret room dispersed, and after a while, only Fugaku and Mikoto were left.
Fugaku let out a long sigh, stood up and said: "Let's go too."
"Thank you for your hard work." Mikoto said with a smile.
"I hope this matter can stop here, haah."
Fugaku said with a bitter smile, "Let's go home."
"Un!"