Finally, Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand:
“Surveillance and restrictions… let’s proceed step by step.”
“But Danzō, absolutely no unauthorized actions! Uchiha Fugaku and I will not give up on our efforts for a peaceful resolution…”
He looked back at the boy kneeling on the ground:
“…continue to closely monitor the movements within the clan and report to us at any time. I believe that you and Uchiha Fugaku will definitely still be able to find a way.”
These final words were less of a command and more of a pressure.
He once again placed enormous pressure and vague expectations onto the shoulders of this thirteen-year-old boy.
Outsiders could not see any issues with him at all; Uchiha Itachi only felt the radiance of the Hokage shining, empathizing from the bottom of his heart, wanting to share and solve the difficulties.
“Yes, Hokage-sama.”
Uchiha Itachi bowed again, then stood up silently, put on his Anbu mask, and turned to leave.
…
Uchiha Itachi left the meeting place and stood alone on the top of a tall building, overlooking the Village he loved deeply, while his brother’s cute smiling face appeared in his mind…
His heart gradually firmed up…
The plan he had been calculating for a long time was finalized.
First, he must find helpers!
Although he had made full preparations and backup plans, but…
The Uchiha Clan had many experts, so there could absolutely be no accidents!
Uchiha Itachi thought of Danzō and… that man!
Finally…
A conspiracy to massacre the clan, which seemed to be initiated by Uchiha Itachi but was actually an operation managed by Konoha for many years… unfolded!
Uchiha Itachi first approached Danzō…
Then, he secretly and silently approached the Masked Man who was just coming out of the cemetery.
When the Masked Man learned that he intended to massacre the clan, he was completely stunned, and his worldview was shattered once again!
Even a beast like Uchiha Obito could not help but feel a chill run through his entire body at Uchiha Itachi’s vicious methods…
From then on, Uchiha Itachi left an indelible psychological shadow in the bottom of Uchiha Obito’s heart!
This boy with tear troughs was too terrifying; for the sake of his own grand plan, he must not confront him!
This person… was definitely someone he could not afford to provoke!
…
The next morning
Two radical elders kept offering their opinions on the current crisis.
“Nowadays, those masked Ninjas have almost completely surrounded the clan grounds…”
“There is no way back. We must take action. I don’t believe it; as the founders of Konoha, we would actually be driven to death by our own Village?”
“That’s right! At worst, we start a war. There must be sensible people among the other families and neutral Ninjas in the Village!”
A moderate elder took a gentle sip of tea:
“It’s not that simple…”
Uchiha Fugaku said nothing, only continuously pouring tea for everyone.
A white-haired elder waved his hand, and everyone stopped arguing.
It could be seen that this elderly elder held a very high status within the clan.
The old man sighed tremblingly:
“If Uchiha Madara were here, it would be good… Even if he walked out of the Konoha gate swaggeringly, no one would dare to say a word…”
Another elder couldn’t help but mutter:
“At this point, what is the point of saying this…”
“The point?”
The old man raised his eyebrows:
“The point is that Uchiha Madara was right about everything! I truly regret it… why did I believe Senju Hashirama back then, and not Uchiha Madara…”
Bang!
A radical elder slapped the table:
“Our Uchiha Clan is still the strongest clan! We might not lose!”
“So what if the Uchiha are strong? Yes, one of us can fight three.”
The old man still shook his head:
“But… can we fight ten? The Hokage faction possesses the combat power of ten thousand Ninjas! Can our two hundred or so Ninjas win?”
“We don’t necessarily have to fight head-on. We just need to quickly take control of the Nine-Tails and key high-ranking officials…” someone retorted in a deep voice.
“In short, we cannot wait to be eroded. If this continues, the Uchiha Clan will sooner or later wither away…”
Uchiha Fugaku remained silent, only focused on pouring tea.
He knew deeply that the Uchiha Clan had been pushed to the cliff, and there was no way back, and even…
There was no way to survive!
…
“Kill!”
With a roar, Uchiha Tianti sat up abruptly from the bed, cold sweat soaking his entire body.
So it was a dream?
Uchiha Tianti gritted his teeth and pushed open the door to walk out of the room; toys were scattered all over the living room.
His younger sister, wearing a cute ponytail, heard the noise, looked up, and called out:
“Big brother… what were you shouting just now?”
“Nothing… be good, Yaoyao, I’m going to buy you something delicious.”
Uchiha Tianti walked out of the house, brows tightly furrowed, and asked in his heart:
“System, that teleportation you mentioned earlier, can it take others with me?”
He really had no other way.
If he could save his family, he would have to risk his life to try!
The Uchiha Clan had long stopped assigning any missions outside the Village, only responsible for the work of the Konoha Military Police Force within the Village.
Recently, even civilians leaving the clan grounds were being monitored…
[Cannot, can only teleport the host one-way]
“Damn it…”
Uchiha Tianti wandered around the clan grounds and gathered some information.
Several elders were invited by the clan leader to have tea early this morning?
His heart skipped a beat; he always had a bad premonition…
The Night of the Massacre was probably imminent!
Risk it all!
Even sacrificing sixty years of his lifespan would be better than waiting here to die!
Having made up his mind, Uchiha Tianti did not hesitate, turned back to the house, and brought along several bags of blood he had prepared long ago.
Then, he quickly wrote dozens of letters, writing down the fact that Uchiha Itachi would soon massacre the entire clan.
Regardless of whether anyone believed it or whether it would have any effect, he had to try!
He said nothing and quickly delivered the dozens of secret letters to the hands of the strong members of the clan.
In fact, Uchiha Tianti himself did not hold much hope for them; after all, they had long been implanted with genjutsu, and their threat to Uchiha Itachi was very limited.
Even if they believed this matter, it would likely be impossible to prevent the result of the Night of the Massacre…
“I hope it’s not tonight!?”
Back home, Uchiha Tianti’s forehead was covered in cold sweat.
His powerful sensory ability made him clearly perceive the killing intent enveloping the surroundings of the Uchiha Clan Grounds!
I am afraid… the current Uchiha Clan Grounds had been completely surrounded by Root and Anbu members…
Although those guys didn’t know the truth of the matter, they would strictly obey the orders of the higher-ups!
Forcing a breakout wouldn’t work; he might be slapped with some inexplicable charges…
When Anbu and Root killed people, most of the time, the people doing it didn’t know the reason, and didn’t even know who they were killing!
Most of these Ninjas were just ruthless tools and weapons…
Uchiha Tianti only hoped to successfully obtain powerful strength.
As long as he could obtain Senju Hashirama’s Sage Body, he would definitely have a chance to save them then!
“System… teleport to the side of Lady Tsunade!”