Chapter 281 Confession

  May, mid-day.

   "There have been a lot of things happening recently, and the outside world has become uneasy."

   Kakashi, who was sorting information in the information room, suddenly sighed with emotion.

  Because of the mask on his face, it is impossible to tell what his expression is.

   "Yeah, I didn't expect that the neutral country would be threatened one day... What is Sand Yin Village doing?"

  Anbe ninja Tenzo, who cooperates with Kakashi in sorting out information, belongs to Kakashi's second unit and is the squad leader of the sixth squad.

  He has been serving as Kakashi's deputy all along.

  And he himself is also a ninja with blood succession limits, and he is Kakashi's trusted subordinate.

  After hearing Kakashi's emotion, Tenzo also replied.

  Konoha now has a relatively small number of secret troops going out to patrol and collect intelligence because of Uchiha's affairs.

  In addition, the country of ghosts is far away on the other side of the mainland, and when the news was collected by Konoha Anbu, it has actually been a week since Sand Hidden Village conducted military exercises on the border of the country of ghosts.

  Because of internal affairs, it can be said that Konoha's external intelligence system is already very weak in terms of detection of external intelligence.

   It should have passed this information back to the village within days after the Sand Hidden Operation.

   "This has nothing to do with us. The neutral country is under military coercion. There is a high probability that the international side will eventually mediate and clean up the mess."

  According to general logic, this will be the final result.

  However, it was that man who planned this incident behind the scenes of the Ghost Country, and Kakashi knew that it was obvious that the Ghost Country had already launched an operation.

  Speaking of which, in the past month, the information has not been properly communicated there.

   Not only because it is too busy, but also because the country of ghosts is taking action. Compared with the matter of Konoha Uchiha, the expansion plan of the kingdom of ghosts is more important.

  It can be said that they are all mobilized, and there is no time to talk to Konoha.

  Moreover, from the very beginning, the attitude towards Konoha Uchiha was also dispensable. I just wanted to use Uchiha to judge the degree of contradiction within Konoha.

  “I always feel that it will eventually turn into a situation of taking advantage of the fire.”

  Tianzang sighed.

  Konoha is currently in a state of desperation due to Uchiha's affairs, and has no spare time to focus on the country of ghosts.

   In the end, it is estimated that Yanyin, Yunyin and Wuyin will be the main ones responsible for mediating this dispute.

   Regardless of Wuyin and Yanyin, Yunyin is the biggest problem.

  This village has always pursued the concept of absolute power supremacy. During the war, it attacked other countries as much as possible. In peacetime, it secretly searched for small ninja villages in the ninja world, plundered the secrets and forbidden arts of other villages, and used them to strengthen itself.

   "There is no need to worry. Since the Third Ninja World War, the international environment has been like this. We just need to be ourselves. By the way, how is Uchiha's recent situation? Are there any abnormalities worth noting?"

   Kakashi asked suddenly.

   "Anomaly? What I want to say is that the frequency of Uchiha gatherings seems to have decreased recently, and some people have not been monitored for some reason."

  Tianzang told the result.

   "Did you tell Hokage-sama?"

   "Yes...but it wasn't me who reported it, Itachi did it one step faster than me."

   Tianzang replied.

   "He is still the same, and he is earnestly performing Anbu's duties."

   "From this point of view, there is really no need to be picky."

   "However, the gatherings of the Uchiha clan suddenly became less frequent. Maybe something happened inside that we don't know. Let's continue to investigate deeply and don't let go of any clues."

"yes."

   "I'll go to the meeting first, sort out the information and put it in Minister Sarutobi's office."

  Kakashi checked the time, and when it was time for the meeting, he walked towards the intelligence room.

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   Arrived in the conference room.

  Only six people are there.

  Minister Sarutobi Takashi, Deputy Minister Sarutobi Purin.

  They are the eldest son and daughter-in-law of three generations of Hokage. Among Konoha, they are Jonin with extremely high status and strength.

  From a very young age, they were included in the Anbu candidates. After many years, they were appointed as the minister and deputy minister of the Anbu by the third Hokage, and made countless contributions to Konoha.

  Besides that, only Kakashi and other four team leaders gathered here.

   Standing on Kakashi's left is the captain of Anbu's first unit.

   Kakashi is the captain of the second division.

   On the right is Itachi, the captain of the third unit.

   Itachi's right is the captain of Anbu's fourth unit.

  As the four captains of Anbu, their superiors are Takashi Sarutobi and Purinko Sarutobi, the two ministers and deputy ministers.

  Of course, they also have another direct superior, that is Sandai Hokage.

  As a direct subordinate force of Hokage, Hokage has the power to bypass the command of the minister and deputy minister and directly interfere with the Anbu, and the power of appointment and dismissal is also in the hands of Hokage.

   "I called everyone here suddenly this time to announce something."

  Takashi Sarutobi spoke first, and glanced at the four team leaders.

  The four team leaders including Kakashi all looked seriously, waiting for Sarutobi Takashi's next words.

   "The monitoring mission of the Uchiha clan will be handed over to the captain of the third division from now on. The second division will resume its original duties and carry out external missions. Let's decide like this."

  Takashi Sarutobi spoke directly, his voice was indifferent, he didn't give a reason, but simply issued an order from his superior.

  Kakashi was stunned: "That is to say, the mission of the second team was transferred to the third team...Is that so, Minister?"

  Takashi Sarutobi shook his head and nodded, answering Kakashi's question: "It's not handed over to the third division, but the third division's sub-captain will personally handle it."

one person?

  Except for Itachi, who is the captain of the third team, the other three team leaders were stunned.

  That is a complete and powerful ninja... Is there really no problem with one person monitoring?

  Even if Itachi is a member of the Uchiha clan, it is very convenient to monitor Uchiha compared to Anbe's identity... However, it is too nonsense to entrust such an important task to one person.

"Yes, I understand."

  Kakashi didn't understand what the superior's consideration was, because there were too many abnormal parts.

  Besides, the matter of the Uchiha clan is too sensitive. If it goes too deep, it will inevitably make the upper management suspicious.

  Therefore, Kakashi simply asked here, and didn't go any further.

  Anyway, he is not too interested in the task of monitoring the Uchiha clan. He stays in the village all day and rarely goes out. His body is almost rusty.

   In short, let’s spread the news to the Ghost Kingdom first, and just do our duty.

  After the short meeting, Itachi stayed alone.

  The three team leaders left first, and not long after, the door of the conference room opened again.

  A man walks in.

  Wearing a black cloak coat, a pair of black sunglasses on his face, and a very conspicuous purple mark on his right cheek.

  As soon as he walked in, the dark will followed behind him, making the atmosphere in the meeting room extremely heavy.

   "Long, long time no see."

  This person is the root of the ninja oil girl Ryoma.

  Is the right-hand man of Shimura Danzo, the root leader, and is good at the secret art of insects of the oil girl clan.

  He seemed to be familiar with Sarutobi Takashi, and greeted Sarutobi Takashi familiarly.

  Ryu Sarutobi snorted, but did not speak.

  The oil girl Ryoma smiled slightly, not paying attention to Sarutobi Takashi's attitude, but looking at Itachi who was silent at the side.

   "According to the agreement, from now on we will be colleagues performing missions together, please give me more advice, Uchiha Itachi-kun."

   "Please give me more advice."

  Itachi replied politely.

   "So, come with me, we go to the new monitoring room, which is where we work."

   After finishing speaking, the oily girl Ryoma turned and left.

   Itachi followed the other party's footsteps and left the conference room.

   "Is Itachi okay?"

   Sarutobi seems worried about Itachi's safety.

   "Don't worry, since this is Hokage-sama's decision, he will definitely protect Itachi's safety."

   Sarutobi sighed.

   It is not accurate to assign the monitoring task of the Uchiha clan to Itachi alone.

   It should be to let Itachi, as Anbu, contact the root, and monitor the Uchiha clan with the root ninja.

   This is the original intention of the upper layer.

  Thinking of his father's decision of the Third Hokage, Takashi Sarutobi couldn't understand.

  If Anbu is allowed to monitor, there is a possibility of buffering with the Uchiha clan.

  The root leader Shimura Danzo is a dark ninja who seriously rejects the Uchiha clan. Will he really decide the future of the Uchiha clan from a fair and neutral perspective?

  Father, what are you thinking? Sarutobi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

  He doesn't want an extremist organization like Nemo to monitor the Uchiha clan.

  The ninjas of the Uchiha clan are inherently strong in character. If the roots are disturbed again, it is difficult to guarantee what will happen then.

  He doubted whether his father's decision of the Third Hokage was correct.

  But his father's other identity—the Third Hokage, he couldn't resist.

  Before the ninjas of the Sarutobi clan, he was the Konoha ninja Sarutobi Takashi.

   "It would be great if Tsunade-san and Jiraiya-san were in the village, they will definitely be able to hold back Danzo's footsteps, and won't let father act like this."

  Takashi Sarutobi has imagined this more than once.

   But unfortunately, Tsunade and Jiraiya have already left the village.

  The root is difficult to control with the strength of Hokage alone.

  Santobi Purlin didn't speak, but held her husband's palm and gave him encouragement.

  No matter what her husband's decision is, she just needs to follow it.

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   "You really are on my side, Itachi."

  In Genbu’s headquarters, Danzo personally received Itachi, with a kind smile on his gloomy face.

   Itachi stood in front of Danzo, looking up at the man in front of him slightly.

   This is not the first time I have met Danzo.

  Before he went to school, he had already formed an indissoluble bond with this man.

   After the Chunin exam, after joining Anbe, I also secretly communicated with this man.

  Although everything this man does is for Konoha's sake, there is always an aura about him that he doesn't like.

   Itachi couldn't tell what it felt like.

   Disgusting... Disgusting... Or something else, Itachi has no idea.

   "The next thing about the Uchiha clan is up to you. The matter has come to this point, and now the only one who can save the Uchiha clan is you, Itachi."

   "I understand this kind of thing myself."

  That’s right, the number of gatherings of the Uchiha clan has decreased recently, not because of the great enlightenment, but because some people avoid Anbu’s sight and buy a lot of weapons from the Ninja cat clan.

  For example, Kunai and Detonation Talisman, especially Detonation Talisman, have purchased tens of thousands of copies.

  Itachi knew what they were going to do next without even thinking about it.

  It is hard to imagine what kind of turmoil it will cause once such a huge detonating symbol is deployed inside Konoha.

   Even if beheading is performed, many innocent villagers will inevitably be injured.

   What's more frightening is that they seem to be interested in Jinchuriki. If Kyuubi is released... Konoha has lost the fourth Hokage, and can't lose another Hokage and sacrifice the Sealed Tailed Beast.

   "That's good, from now on, you will have the dual identities of Anbu and Gengen."

   Do not give Itachi the power to refuse.

  Danzo asked Itachi to join the root in an orderly tone.

  Although Itachi is a ninja directly under Naruto Anbe, and has no relationship with Ne in terms of position, and does not have a superior-subordinate relationship with Danzo, Danzo does not intend to follow the normal procedure.

   And Itachi had no intention of resisting. For him, as long as he can further protect the village, join Gen or Anbu, it doesn't make any difference.

  This man, who many people call Ninja Darkness, is nothing more than an ordinary Konoha ninja.

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   "Goodbye, Uncle Lihuo!"

   "Well, goodbye, don't play outside too late, remember to come home on time for dinner."

   Playing ninja games with the family's children in the open space for a while, the Uchiha man, who is nearly fifty years old, suddenly feels a little old.

   Once the No. 1 intelligence figure of the Uchiha clan, after Uchiha Fugaku came to power, his intelligence work has been suspended.

  Looking at the setting sun setting on the mountain in the distance, Lihuo is emitting a warm afterglow, reflecting the beautiful sunset glow on his face.

   Unknowingly, I am farther and farther away from the core of the clan.

The    clan will occasionally go to participate, but basically can't get in the conversation.

   Radicals are plotting a coup, secretly purchasing armaments, and planning a beheading operation to establish the Uchiha regime.

  Although there is no possibility of failure in theory, Lihuo is really worried about the future of the family.

  The only result of failure is the death of the family.

  Thinking about the fate of the Uzumaki family, one should also know what will happen when a family declines.

  The so-called family members are just empty words. Lihuo can be sure that if the Uchiha plot fails, then the Uchiha clan, whether it is a child or a newborn baby, will be wiped out without leaving a trace of flame.

   This is a question that can be answered correctly without thinking.

  Residential streets, commercial streets, parks, forests, any land that belongs to the Uchiha clan, Lihuo set foot on it without exception.

  It looks like just a semi-retired Uchiha idler who is taking a leisurely walk.

  And this habit has lasted for more than ten years, almost all year round.

  Whether it is the land of the old tribe or the land of the new tribe, every plant and tree are the eyes of Lihuo.

  Sometimes, what cannot be detected by instruments, the human naked eye can distinguish many traces that instruments cannot.

  As long as there are traces of foreign invasion, there is no need to use instruments to distinguish. Lihuo knows how many eyes are monitoring the Uchiha clan.

   "The wind direction seems to have changed a little today... Is it because summer is coming?"

  With a sigh of incomprehension, Lihuo left the park carelessly, and didn't deliberately take a long detour. Instead, he went to a small stall to buy a takoyaki, and walked back home while eating.

  The 'wind direction' suddenly changed, is it the people monitoring Uchiha, has it changed to another group?

  So far, Konoha’s senior management has not sent anyone to negotiate, but has continued to stalemate.

  Lihuo doesn't like to speculate on others with the greatest malice, but does this attitude of Konoha's senior management prove that they have no intention of having peace talks with the Uchiha clan at all?

  Facing Konoha, a huge ninja machine, the Uchiha clan is the most humble and vulnerable group.

   Now things can't be avoided, and the coup is only a matter of time.

  From the moment Sandai Hokage was restored, Danzo regained power, and Sannin left one after another, the fate of the Uchiha clan may enter a countdown.

  The high-level power that cannot be restricted and compromised is really arrogant and domineering. Li Huo sighed in his heart.

  Things have come to this, what should we do?

  Since the Uchiha clan was preparing for a coup, he has been thinking about it.

   Next, what should I do? What can be done?

  Li Huo began to think about this problem.

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  Itachi, as usual, was called by Shisui to the woods where he used to practice together.

  It was already night time, and the moonlight was shining brightly in the sky.

   "Shishui, why did you call me out at this time?"

   Itachi asked Shisui after seeing the back of Shisui.

   Shisui turned around at this time, Itachi saw Shisui's serious dark circles, and a tired look from overwork.

   "You seem to be very tired. If you have nothing important to do, you should go back and rest quickly."

   Itachi said worriedly.

  He doesn't know why Zhishui is so tired, is it because of the task?

   But with Zhishui's strength, what level of tasks are needed to make him so tired?

   "Ah, it's okay, it's just that I have been entangled in some things recently, which is a little tricky. I asked you to come out this time, because I want to ask why you didn't come to Nanhe Shrine to participate in the clan meeting a few days ago?"

  Zhishui scratched his head, asking a question casually.

   "This matter. I happened to have a mission in Anbu that day, so I didn't have time to rush to the meeting. I remember that I had already greeted my father in advance about this matter."

   Itachi said calmly.

  Shisui nodded.

   "The patriarch did explain it at the meeting, but the radicals headed by Yashidai seem to be dissatisfied with your non-attendance. They even suspect that you have defected to the high-level side."

   "What nonsense, I am a ninja from the Uchiha clan."

   Itachi replied with an unchanged expression, and was not angry at Yashiro's questioning.

   "The question of position is too ambiguous, but you know, the order of the family is supreme to us..."

  Zhishui cast a sharp knife-like gaze at Itachi, which made Itachi's heart beat violently.

  He had a feeling that if Zhishui attacked him, he would definitely be dealt with by Zhishui in an instant.

  A suppressive force in the blood emanated from Zhishui's body.

   "Zhishui, you mean..."

   "Therefore, without you knowing, Yatsushiro and the others wanted to monitor you. Although this proposal was rejected by the patriarch, because doing so would completely push you, who belonged to Uchiha, to the high-level side."

   "I didn't expect that because so many things happened to me, my father didn't tell me after I went back that day."

   Itachi sighed.

   "The patriarch did trust you a lot, but the eight generations didn't give up. So, they entrusted me to monitor you."

   Shisui's next words made Itachi's body startled, and he looked at Shisui in disbelief.

   Zhishui looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

   "Using my relationship with your relatives and friends to monitor you when you are not on guard, this is the arrangement of the eight generations."

   "Then you now..."

   "Don't worry, I will report the information from your side to them with a little cover-up, and they will not notice the abnormality."

  Itachi didn't feel a little joy when he heard it, but was cold.

  Shisui...do you know something?

  Why cover it up a bit?

   If he really has no problem, there is no need to cover it up a bit.

   Did Shisui discover anything?

  However, he is only performing the duties of the Konoha ninja, not performing tasks as the Uchiha clan.

  With such a self, why should he feel guilty?

  For ninjas who believe in the will of fire, looking at the village from a broader perspective and not seeing the village with a narrow family mindset, isn’t that the way of ninja that Konoha ninjas should practice?

  I'm just practicing a complete and correct path. Itachi told himself that in his heart.

  Shisui didn't explain what secret he had discovered Itachi, but continued to smile and said, "Actually, I didn't want you to do anything when I told you this. It's just that I've already made a decision. Therefore, Yatsushiro's monitoring of you has nothing to do with the overall situation."

Decide?

   Itachi looked at Shisui in confusion.

  What decision?

   "You should have heard of it, the legend of the Kaleidoscope Sharingan."

  Itachi nodded, Kaleidoscope Sharingan, it is impossible for him not to know about this kind of thing.

  His father Fu Yue told him more than once that he has the ability to open eyes.

  The so-called eye opening is to open the kaleidoscope Sharingan, not the ordinary Sharingan.

  However, Itachi, who is already familiar with the ability of the Sangouyu Sharingan, is still unfamiliar with the ability of the Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

   I don’t know what Shisui is doing when he mentions Kaleidoscope Sharingan at this time.

   "This is my Kaleidoscope Sharingan."

  Zhishui didn't hesitate, in the darkness, his eyes lit up red, turning into Sangouyu Sharingan.

  Then the Sangouyu Sharingan continued to change, and synthesized a shape similar to a huge Goyu, which made itachi five thunders.

   "Zhishui, you..."

  He has no idea that Shishui still hides such a secret.

   "The Uchiha ninja who turns on the kaleidoscope Sharingan will derive different abilities according to the inner world of the operator. My kaleidoscope Sharingan ability is called "Bietenjin". This technique can change the mind and will of the recruiter."

  Change mind and will?

   Itachi listened to Shisui's narration, while staring at Shisui's eyes silently.

  Although Kaleidoscope Sharingan was awakened, Itachi felt that all the gentleness in Shisui had disappeared, and instead turned into an extremely dangerous and cold existence.

  This chakra smell made him very uncomfortable.

   "There is only one dead end for the family coup to fight against the high-level, and it will bring disaster to the Uchiha clan. As Anbu, you must be aware of the current situation of the family. I plan to rely on this pupil technique to reverse the will of the patriarch, let him give up the coup, and announce it at the clan meeting. In this way, conflicts between the family and the village can be avoided."

   Said his thoughts in front of Itachi without hesitation.

  Itachi also knows that Zhishui has great love for the village, so it is not unexpected that Zhishui made the decision to change the family coup for the sake of the village.

   To say that it was unexpected, there are only Kaleidoscope Sharingan and Bietianshen Pupil.

   It really refreshed Itachi's vision.

   "Can using this pupil technique really make the family give up the coup?"

   Itachi asked.

"Can."

  Zhishui's words are full of confidence.

   "Since this is the case, there is no need to consider my feelings. If it is for the family and the village, father's step is an extremely critical step."

  Itachi knew that Shisui had come to find his reason tonight.

   That is a showdown with myself, and I don't want to pass this matter, which will cause a gap in the friendship between them.

   Itachi is very grateful that Zhishui can be honest with him.

   "Thank you. After canceling the coup, we have to try to weaken the enthusiasm of the clan. Their character is too arrogant and violent. If they can't integrate with the village, then even if the coup is prevented this time, it is meaningless."

   This is the most genuine thought in Shishui's heart, and getting Itachi's affirmation also makes him full of confidence.

  Itachi felt sorry because he couldn't help Zhishui in the action, and Zhishui alone was enough to prevent the family coup.

  In this way, the actions at the root have become meaningless.

  In the future, when the family and the village become one... Itachi also breathed a sigh of relief.

  In the darkness full of confusion, he finally saw the light of hope that he recognized.

  (end of this chapter)