Ninja Academy.
Ring ring...
"School's out!"
As the dismissal bell rang, under Iruka's helpless gaze at the front of the lectern, a large group of ninja students rushed out of the classroom in a throng.
Perhaps the biggest enemy of all teachers is the dismissal bell. The students were gone halfway through the lesson, sigh.
Iruka sighed and said helplessly, "Class dismissed. Don't forget to review your homework during tomorrow's holiday."
After Iruka left, Choji took out a large bag of snacks from his crotch and chewed, saying, "Shikamaru, Naruto, shall we go for barbecue tomorrow?"
"Hey, didn't we just go the day before yesterday?" Shikamaru really couldn't understand why Choji wouldn't get tired of barbecue.
"Um, I won't go. I have something to do..." Naruto scratched his head, showing an embarrassed smile.
Choji exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Naruto, you're not going on a date with Sasuke, are you?"
Thump...
Sasuke, who was packing his schoolbag and preparing to go home, stumbled and hit the desk when he heard this. Enraged, he said, "Idiot Naruto, who wants to go on a date with you? I already made plans with my brother to train all day tomorrow!"
Naruto put on an innocent face and whispered, "It wasn't me who said it, it was clearly..."
"You dare talk back!"
Naruto pouted aggrievedly, poking his fingers, not understanding why Sasuke was angry with him, as if he hadn't said anything.
"Hmph!"
Sasuke slung his backpack over his shoulder and turned away, leaving a dashing figure.
Shikamaru walked up to Naruto and patted him heavily on the shoulder, saying, "It seems Naruto, your road is still long."
"No problem!"
Naruto raised his head, his eyes filled with fighting spirit again, "Never give up, speak your mind, and do what you say, that's my ninja way, Naruto Uzumaki!"
"Uh... then you go for it!"
Shikamaru gave Naruto a strange look. Does he have to never give up on this kind of thing too?
This village is getting weirder and weirder!
...
At the same time, training ground 417 in Konoha Village.
"Shisui, is what you said true?"
Shisui nodded and said solemnly, "The clan held a meeting a few days ago and confirmed the time, it's tomorrow night."
"Why? Why so suddenly?" Itachi frowned. His father actually informed Shisui but not him. Did he discover something?
"Because the village's strength is weakest these few days."
Shisui said, "Our Uchiha clan controls the Konoha Guard. Under the guise of patrols, some people in the clan have been secretly recording a list of people leaving the village."
"The three great families, Sarutobi, Hyuga, and Akimichi, who maintain the Hokage, except for Shikaku Nara, are all out on missions. Including the newly promoted Upper Ninja, Might Guy, and others, they are all on missions and unable to return to the village."
Itachi added, "The captain of the Anbu, Kakashi, is also not in the village."
Shisui continued, "Even Senior Lin Yu is not here..."
The two looked at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes. The clan chose to rebel at this time tomorrow. This information was too exaggerated.
Is it luck? Or has the Uchiha truly accumulated so many spies in secret?
Impossible!
Both of them ruled out this possibility. Any clan could arrange spies, but not the Uchiha.
Firstly, the Uchiha do not trust outsiders. Secondly, with the Uchiha's disposition, how could they be spies?
Therefore, someone leaked this information to the Uchiha. In Konoha Village, apart from the Hokage, there were only a few families who could possess so much information.
Shisui took a deep breath and said, "Regardless, we must stop the clan from rebelling, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
Itachi took a breath and said expressionlessly, "I'm ready."
"Itachi, actually, I can..."
Itachi shook his head and interrupted, "Brother Shisui, you are too soft-hearted and cannot do it."
"From the moment I decided to wear this mask, I was prepared."
Itachi took out the mask with the flame pattern from behind and slowly put it on, concealing all his emotional fluctuations.
At this moment, he was no longer Itachi Uchiha, but a core member of the Eternal Organization, the Flame Demon!
He hoped that this fire could burn out a brand new Uchiha.
...
Inside the Uchiha compound, all the Uchiha high-ranking officials were gathered here, with only Shisui and Itachi missing.
A high-ranking official asked, "Where is Shisui? Is he choosing to stand with the Hokage?"
Fugaku glanced at Itachi's usual seat and said slowly, "Shisui and Itachi haven't returned from the training ground yet."
He had another sentence he didn't say: They might not be back.
This guess was indeed true. The two like-minded individuals went into the woods. It would take until dawn before they returned!
"Patriarch, are we really going to cooperate with the Shimura clan?"
"No, they are only responsible for providing intelligence. I repeat, do not trust anyone other than the Uchiha!" Fugaku warned the clan members again not to trust the Shimura clan ninjas.
"I have verified the intelligence provided by the Shimura clan. These two days are indeed the weakest time for the village."
"Good! The glorious moment belonging to our Uchiha is coming!"
"After waiting for so long, we finally have this opportunity!"
...
Fugaku looked expressionlessly at the invigorated crowd, but he was mentally drafting the plan for this rebellion.
He possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan and could fight Minato Namikaze head-on, drawing him into a genjutsu space. Then, after the other clan members dealt with the guarding Anbu, controlled the Hokage's office, and held the lives of the high-ranking officials of each department in their hands.
By then, even if the clan heads and other elite jonin of the major clans returned to the village, it would be too late.
However, the winning percentage was still too small. If only Shisui could completely stand by his side.
Fugaku actually did not want to start a rebellion now, because the Shimura clan would never have good intentions, and they might sell out the Uchiha in the middle of the process.
But these clan members... especially the Uchiha surrounding an old man with sharp eyes.
Alas, he could no longer control all the affairs of this clan. Some matters were no longer within his decision-making power.
"Senior Setsuna, we are about to fulfill the last wishes of our ancestors, and it is all thanks to your credit!"
"Yes, it is thanks to Senior Setsuna guiding the path for our Uchiha. Otherwise, where would we be today?"
The speakers were Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Yashiro, and the old man they were surrounding was Uchiha Setsuna, an Uchiha who inherited Madara Uchiha's will but was even more ruthless than Madara.
Although old, Uchiha Setsuna's face was still sinister, "To increase the odds of victory, we can kidnap the Fourth Hokage's wife or child tonight as leverage."
"We can even use the lives of the civilians to threaten the Anbu not to act rashly when the rebellion starts tomorrow."
An Uchiha hesitated and said, "Isn't this a bit too much? We just want to regain the position of Hokage, not to be enemies with Konoha."
"Prejudice! Womanly kindness!"
Uchiha Setsuna's face showed a fierce look, "For victory, for the glory of the Uchiha, what does it matter to sacrifice a few lives?"
"History is often written by the victors. In the future, no one will care about this kind of thing. They will only praise our Uchiha for finding a glimmer of hope in desperation and turning the tide against adversity!"
"The glory of our Uchiha will be known to the entire ninja world!"
The surrounding Uchiha were all immersed in these words, and the radicalism in their eyes became even more intense!
...
In the darkness, a pair of gloomy eyes looked at the brightly lit Uchiha compound not far away, muttering to himself,
"Sarutobi, don't blame me. This will be my last dance. The position of Hokage, I am determined to..."
Danzo suddenly paused, because things seemed a bit wrong.
The Uchiha high-ranking officials who had just finished the meeting and walked out of the mansion were all stunned. In front of them, standing quietly in the middle of the road was a person in a black robe, who seemed to have been waiting for their appearance for a long time.
A black robe with a flame mark that gradiented from orange-red to deep red, a mask with a burning flame pattern carved in the center, a pair of scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan, and a katana slanted across his back.
The moon was high in the sky, and the bright moonlight shone down, giving everyone a feeling of cold, lonely, and murderous intent.
Could this guy be here to perform acrobatics?
And on the roof not far away, a person in a red cloud black robe with a spiral mask was lying on his back on the tiles with his legs crossed. As if seeing Danzo in the darkness opposite, he gestured with his eyes,
Yo! Are you here to watch the show too?