Chapter 32: Itachi, You've Been Influenced by Raijin

Everyone looked at Uchiha Shisui strangely, frowning.

Now that their rights had been taken away, he still called it a good thing.

They began to suspect that Uchiha Shisui had already sided with Konoha's high-ranking officials.

"..."

Uchiha Fugaku was speechless.

He originally thought Shisui stood up to support him.

But unexpectedly, he directly sided with Konoha.

"Shisui, you don't understand the clan's affairs well, you young people should have more mature thinking."

"Go back and ask the elders for advice. Also, Raijin, your behavior is too extreme."

"We Uchiha haven't reached the point of irreconcilable conflict with Konoha yet."

"Once you do that, do you know the consequences? It will be a complete falling out."

Fugaku snorted coldly, no longer trying to find a solution from Raijin.

He started discussing with others, trying to find a way to regain their rights from Konoha.

However, the Uchiha clan were all geniuses in combat, but they had never been involved in politics.

They had never learned it, and now when Fugaku asked, they all came up with bad ideas.

When the clan meeting ended, Fugaku's face kept changing.

There were too few people in the Uchiha clan who could be entrusted with important tasks.

It could even be said that there was no one who could be of use.

For a moment, he even had the thought of giving up.

Handing over the entire Uchiha clan to Raijin, and he himself would go and waste his life.

But thinking of his son, he still managed to persevere.

Raijin was relaxed and carefree, as if he had just watched a joke.

Only Shisui's attitude made Raijin almost see his death.

The clear stupidity in his eyes made Raijin want to dig out his eyeballs and play with them.

"Raijin, Elder Setsuna hasn't been seen for some time, what has he been busy with lately?"

As he was leaving, Fugaku suddenly asked.

Many people in the Uchiha clan had disappeared recently.

As the clan head, he definitely wouldn't be unaware of it.

"Elder Setsuna? He's running around for the future of our Uchiha clan!"

Raijin glanced at Fugaku and replied.

Fugaku definitely had people planted around him.

But he just hadn't bothered to find them.

Once they came into his hands, they were no longer Fugaku's people.

"Humph! Did he see the future in you? But the future you represent is definitely the destruction of the Uchiha clan."

"I'll pretend the last time you attacked the Anbu didn't happen, but I don't want this kind of thing to happen in the village a second time."

Fugaku turned and left the Naka Shrine with his people.

He made his words clear.

Most people knew that the Anbu attack was Raijin's doing.

But Raijin didn't personally take action, and the attackers didn't leave any obvious traces.

They even wore Kirigakure headbands, leaving them with nothing to say.

So it was left at that, but Fugaku didn't want it to happen again. 

"You should focus on teaching your son well! Don't waste your emotions on me."

Raijin sneered at Fugaku's back.

Shisui, standing behind, watched the two of them.

A bitter smile appeared on his face.

The division within the Uchiha was probably irreparable.

Unless one side was willing to back down.

But once the divided Uchiha reunited...

Shisui didn't know what would happen then.

"Brother Shisui! I have something to ask you."

At this moment, a crow landed on Shisui's shoulder and spoke.

Shisui's eyes flickered perceptively, it was Itachi's crow.

Itachi had been under house arrest by Clan Head Fugaku this whole time.

They didn't even have a chance to meet.

Shisui immediately left the Naka Shrine and went to the cliff where he often went with Itachi to wait.

A moment later, Uchiha Itachi rushed over.

"Brother Shisui!"

Itachi came to Shisui, looking at the young man in front of him.

He had countless questions he wanted to ask.

"Itachi, I haven't seen you in a while, your strength has improved a lot."

Shisui blinked and said with a smile.

He looked at Itachi as if he were looking at his own younger brother.

To Shisui, he had always treated Itachi as his own brother.

He had always been protective of him, preventing Itachi from going astray.

"Improving strength can't change the Uchiha's thoughts."

"Brother Shisui, I feel that our previous thoughts were wrong."

Itachi said calmly.

"Do you have new thoughts?" Shisui was very interested.

Itachi was someone who could be praised by the Third Hokage and possessed the mindset of a Hokage.

Even he couldn't compare to Itachi in many ways.

If something happened to Shisui in the future.

He would place all his hopes on Itachi.

"The Uchiha clan is too arrogant, it's too difficult for this clan to integrate into Konoha."

"Even if they integrate into Konoha, they will always be an unstable factor, ready to explode at any time."

"Instead of trying hard to make the Uchiha integrate into Konoha, it's better to make up our minds to eliminate all factors that are detrimental to Konoha."

Uchiha Itachi looked at Shisui calmly and said.

In his eyes, he couldn't see any redeeming qualities in the Uchiha.

"Itachi! Who told you such things?"

Shisui quickly stopped Itachi from continuing with a stern voice.

Such dangerous thoughts...

At this moment, Shisui felt that it was even more extreme than Raijin's.

Such dangerous thoughts were directly aiming to annihilate the Uchiha clan.

As a member of the Uchiha clan, how could he do such a thing?

"I came to this conclusion myself, Brother Shisui."

"This is my idea!"

Itachi looked at Shisui with determination.

In his view, this was the best solution.

Shisui was thinking too simply, it was almost impossible to achieve what he wanted.

"Itachi, you were probably influenced by Raijin, that's why you have such radical thoughts."

"Whether it's Konoha or the Uchiha clan, they are both home to us."

"Neither side can be abandoned, your approach is like wanting to carry everything on your own shoulders."

"No one will understand, and no one will agree with your idea."

"Actually, I have another way."

Shisui hesitated for a moment before speaking, and finally told Uchiha Itachi everything about awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.

He even revealed the Mangekyo's abilities.

This was his ultimate secret, because he wanted to change the situation of the clan and the village.

So these eyes that reflected the heart gave him the power to change.

But he had never used it.

"Such power, is this the Mangekyo?"

Uchiha Itachi looked at Shisui fervently, he didn't expect such power to exist.

If he had this power, he wouldn't have to worry about the Uchiha clan always plotting against the Hokage.

"Awakening the Mangekyo comes with a heavy price, and these eyes cannot be used lightly."

"Itachi, wait patiently, I will watch over the Uchiha clan."

"If the situation becomes irreversible, I will change everything."

"Even Raijin, I will make him acknowledge Konoha."

Shisui placed his hand on Itachi's shoulder and said seriously.

The future of the Uchiha would definitely be changed by him.

His eyes were born to change all of this.

The two talked for a long time on the cliff edge.

They shared what had happened during this time.

They opened up to each other and talked about their dreams for the future.

When the time was almost up, Shisui left.

Itachi pondered for a moment, then walked towards the Hokage building where the lights had already gone out.

Shisui had given him an answer, but he wanted to do something together with Shisui.

"Uchiha Itachi!"

As he arrived in front of the Hokage building, a voice called out his name from a dark corner.

"Who's there!"

Uchiha Itachi looked over vigilantly.

A figure emerged from the darkness, his arm wrapped in his clothes.

One eye was covered with a bandage, and he slowly walked out with a cane.

"I am Danzo Shimura!"

(End of Chapter)