Chapter 131 Chapter 131 Action
Night slowly fell like a curtain, and outside the ancient building, nearly a hundred Root and Anbu ninjas surrounded it silently.
The neat ANBU uniforms were inconspicuous in the night, but the animal masks made them look a little chilly. The hollow eyes on them faintly revealed a dull and cold gaze. The look they gave the central building was like a predator that had woven a spider web and was watching its prey's powerless struggle.
But the difference in information transmission speed is often fatal...
They had just begun to act when the headquarters in the Sky Fortress of the Mountain Country had already received the news.
Izuna looked at the news from Konoha with a hint of sarcasm on her face. She scoffed, but her hands didn't slow down at all. "Notify Feng that we can prepare to evacuate."
When everything was almost arranged, a sudden reminder sounded, accompanied by a childish voice: "Grandpa, there will be an impromptu class test today. I will come back to see Grandpa later~"
Izumi's expression relaxed a bit: "Okay, no need to worry, A-Zu will wait for you..."
But this time, A-Zu will pick you up in person today.
The handsome young man suddenly changed into a kind old man's face, which made Ali, who was sitting opposite him, shake his head:
"We should hurry over there as soon as possible. We've heard from the Chamber of Commerce that Jiraiya and Tsunade were urgently recalled by the Third Hokage some time ago, citing news of an impending Uchiha rebellion. Judging by their trajectory, they'll likely be back in the next few days."
This is also the most fundamental reason why Shisui and Itachi decided to cut off their tails to survive.
Shisui wanted to have the best of both worlds, so naturally he didn't want to attack Konoha. Fugaku never revealed his Mangekyō, so all they could say was a plan involving dozens of elite ninjas, a plan that might not succeed in robbing the Nine-Tails, and another Nine-Tails Rebellion...
But from the very beginning, Jiraiya and Tsunade were not taken into account! The Uchiha who knew the inside story of the two's departure had never considered the possibility of Tsunade returning!
But the fact is, no matter how disappointed Tsunade is with the village, it is still the village founded by her grandfather, Hashirama Senju! Jiraiya may have his issues with the village's higher-ups, but Konoha is his home after all!
Jiraiya and Tsunade have officially returned. These two Kage-level warriors are at their peak, enough to put the Uchiha clan into a dilemma of mutual destruction or even annihilation.
"The conservative faction doesn't have a lot of combat power right now, but there are thousands of ordinary family members involved. With so many people involved, coupled with the barrier, it's almost impossible to evacuate unnoticed. We can take advantage of this opportunity when Konoha is targeting the shrine. We can cooperate internally and externally and evacuate as quickly as possible!"
Ali's purpose of arriving at the scene was to focus other people's attention on himself, to prevent the Chamber of Commerce from being exposed in Konoha and causing a chain reaction in other major countries.
At this moment, at the first scene of the shrine, footsteps were slowly heard from outside the heavy and solemn door. The Uchiha people who had begun to get restless in the hall and courtyard also quieted down and turned to look in the direction of the shrine gate.
Uchiha Feng glanced at the flashing red dot in the communication box and sighed. The two people standing beside him seemed to realize something. They looked at each other with a hint of caution in their eyes.
Konoha still took action.
I just don't know if it was Shisui alone who came up with the plan to cut off the tail for survival, or if it was Itachi and Fugaku who came up with it...
With a crisp creaking sound, the door of the shrine was slowly pushed open, and the young man walked into everyone's sight with heavy steps.
Not seeing the person he wanted to see, the Great Elder frowned slightly: "Shisui, why are you alone? Where are the clan leaders?"
In the past, the clan leader would always bring Shisui and Itachi with him to attend the meeting. It was precisely because the clan leader still had the two strongest geniuses of the Uchiha clan in his hands that Fugaku was not directly voted out of his position as clan leader at the last meeting.
Fugaku's own stance was wavering, and even the coup was carried out in line with the general trend within the clan. Now, as the clan leader, he was late at the critical moment of the coup, which made those present have a bad premonition.
For a moment, countless three magatama stared at Shisui in front of the door, waiting for his response, but Shisui just stood at the door with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
It is also obvious that at this time, most of the tribesmen do not have much patience.
After waiting for a long time without a reply, some leading hawks began to mock: "Is it possible that you regret it at the last minute?"
This sentence was like a fuse, which quickly ignited the anger of the entire shrine and caused layers of condemnation.
"I've known for a long time that he's unreliable. Wasn't the incident with the Seventh Elder's family suppressed by him in the end?"
"It's only because the Seventh Elder is kindhearted and can't bear to let go of the children of the clan that he's forcing himself. If it were me, I'd just lie down at his doorstep with a bunch of detonating talismans! As the clan leader, what kind of clan leader is it if he can't even guarantee the safety of his clan members?!"
"If we hadn't passed that proposal almost unanimously, that guy probably wouldn't have agreed to this action at all!"
"It's like we're forcing him. If he doesn't want to, why would he be so hypocritical?"
"coward!"
Shisui lowered his eyes and listened to the condemnation of the tribesmen in the shrine. His fists clenched involuntarily and he murmured softly, "Why must it come to this?"
But no matter how soft the sound is, it will appear extremely clear when it is closely watched by a group of ninjas.
"Oh……"
"Would you like to take a closer look around and count how many of us there are now?"
Uchiha Taikang slowly walked out of the crowd, his eyes quickly filled with anger as he looked at Shisui: "In just a few years, the number of people who were originally able to participate in the clan meeting has dropped by a full one-third!"
"Don't you know how much we have lost by blindly tolerating things?"
He stopped in front of Shisui, the three magatama in his eyes becoming more and more vivid and dazzling. "We have lost so many, Shisui, don't tell me you want to escape?"
Shisui was an important part of this plan, and the Nine-Tails still needed his control, so he didn't turn hostile immediately. But if he didn't know what was going on...
A hint of murderous intent flashed across Taikang's eyes, and his hand unconsciously touched the hilt of the knife at his waist.
Seeing Taikang come out to speak, the courtyard became quiet again, and almost everyone's attention was focused on the three mu of land in front of the door.
He is the current representative of the hawkish younger generation. If the clan leader hadn't agreed to the proposal at the last clan meeting, and if it weren't for Shisui, the new strongest Uchiha, he would probably be the next clan leader...
But the next second, Shisui suddenly raised his head, and shuriken-like patterns bloomed in his eyes. The terrifying power of his pupils shocked Taikang in place. At the same time, a cold light flashed, and Taikang's neck was like a water pipe that was suddenly cut off. Blood gushed out, dyeing the sky and earth in front of the door red.
The sound of a corpse falling to the ground was heard, and on the rolling head, a pair of wide-open eyes were still filled with the anger and astonishment of the man before his death.
Everyone who had already sensed something was wrong, before they could recover from Shisui's sudden attack, met those crimson eyes, and then stood there in a daze, powerless to resist.
After opening the Mangekyo, even ordinary illusions will have a super high bonus, not to mention that he also mixed some of the pupil power of Kotoamatsukami into the illusion. It is not difficult at all to deal with a group of tribesmen who have no Mangekyo and are not on guard against him. But directly facing dozens of pairs of three-magatama, even with the bonus of the Mangekyo, the consumption of pupil power is extremely terrifying.
Blood oozed from Shisui's eyes, slowly sliding down like two lines of bloody tears. The entire shrine seemed to have pressed the still button and suddenly became quiet.
Fear, anger, and murderous intent mixed together, and the emotions became more and more intense. Although he was still conscious, he was controlled by the illusion and could not move.
Shisui stood up straight, looking at his brother lying on the ground, whose throat was stabbed by him. He met his astonished eyes, and his fingers inevitably trembled, but he quickly steady himself.
He swept his eyes across the entire Nanhe Shrine, carefully taking in everyone present for the first time...
Compared to the nearly one hundred three-magatama Uchiha "core" members a few years ago, the current clan association can barely even have fifty people.
Even Shisui found the number unbelievable...
But among these people, nearly 90% have already fully committed to the coup. As for the few left, there are only three or two conservatives who have always treated themselves as nothing, and the few remaining doves.
Myself and Uchiha Itachi.
Perhaps, we also have to consider a wavering clan leader...
He could still find some familiar dove brothers among these hawks, but now they had ferocious expressions on their faces, and the way they looked at him was filled with hatred that he had never felt in them before.
Is it really right for me to do this?
Shisui was slightly moved, but when he thought about the current situation of the clan, he forced himself to calm down.
This percentage does not represent the actual situation within the clan now, because the minimum requirement to participate in the clan meeting is 3 magatama.
Their powerful strength and sensitive spirit made them more prone to paranoia, and gradually, their stance changed due to the conflicts with Konoha that had accumulated bit by bit over the years.
As a result, the voices of the hawks in the clan meetings grew louder and louder, seemingly reaching a point where they had to oppose them. However, in reality, privately, the conservatives actually made up over 40% of the three factions. Shisui, a conservative who frequently communicated with ordinary people in the clan, was well aware of this...
It is simply because of the lack of high-end conservative power that there is not much ability to participate in clan meetings and decide on the future development of the clan.
Although they didn't say anything, they were also dissatisfied with the increasingly aggressive style of the Hawk Faction in recent years. They believed that the Uchiha's current situation was completely inseparable from these hawkish guys who had become crazy. One of the brothers even lamented to him that it would be better if he were not an Uchiha...
And now, except for Itachi and the clan leader, all the hawkish high-ranking officials and conservative leaders are here. It's just right. If they get rid of them, they can complete their original plan...
It seems like it was arranged by fate...
Perhaps some of them have their own difficulties, but compared with the fate of the entire ethnic group, they seem insignificant.
Using the lives of dozens of people in exchange for thousands of Uchiha people to peacefully integrate and live together with the village, given the current situation, this outcome could not be better...
Isn’t it?
Shisui deliberately didn't look at the few people at the back of the group. He just took a deep breath, bowed slightly and apologized, "Sorry!"
Immediately, he raised the short sword in his hand again, his eyes determined, and murderous intent burst out from his two Mangekyo: "For the sake of the village and the Uchiha, I can only trouble you all to leave..."
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