Chapter 517 Shisui's Choice

Night gradually descended on Konoha.

After finished eating dinner, Itachi played with his younger brother, Sasuke for a while, and planned to go out to find Shisui.

"Big brother, you went to Brother Shisui as soon as you came back from the mission. You don't even have me in your heart."

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Sasuke looked at Itachi, who was changing shoes at the hallway, with pouting mouth.

"Sasuke, I'll play with you when I come back." Itachi smiled and extended his finger and poked at Sasuke's forehead.

"It hurts!!"

Sasuke grimaced with pain, and when he recovered, Itachi had already left.

"Hmph." Sasuke snorted angrily and turned to enter his room.

...

"Brother Shisui."

Knock, knock, knock.

"Brother Shisui?"

Outside Shisui's door, Itachi knocked on the door, but seeing that there was no response inside, he frowned slightly.

'At dinner, Father obviously said that Brother Shisui would be waiting for me at home.'

'Is he lying to me?'

Itachi lowered his head and pondered.

Since since he was promoted to Chunin, Itachi wanted to join Anbu, but Fugaku disagreed. Due to this obstruction, Itachi could only temporarily compromise, and usually went to the mission hall to pick up some missions to sharpen himself and earn some money along the way. However, Itachi did not give up his plan to join Anbu, so the father and son have been fighting each other both openly and secretly.

'But even so, there's no way he would lie to me on such trivial matters, right?'

'Or… did something happened to Brother Shisui?'

The more Itachi thought about it, the more panicked he became. He quickly broke through the door of Shisui's house and rushed in: "Brother Shisui, I'm coming in."

Itachi took off his shoes at the entrance, turned on the light and walked quickly into the living room, but there was no one in there. He went to the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, and wandered around the house a few times, but he still couldn't see Shisui's figure.

'Is he not at home?'

Looking at the empty room, Itachi felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

He walked to the sofa and sat down, then waited. Time slowly passed, ten minutes, half an hour, three hours…

The night was getting darker, but Shisui never came back.

Itachi looked up at the time, and before he knew it, it was already one o'clock in the morning.

'Maybe it's because Anbu has an urgent mission, that's why Brother Shisui can't come back…'

Itachi kept comforting himself, but he was agitated, always feeling that something big was going to happen!

At this moment, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the house.

"Brother Shisui?"

Itachi hurriedly got up to greet him, but what came in was a group of Anbu!

"Where are you… Brother Shisui?" Itachi looked at them vigilantly.

"Uchiha Shisui attempted to use Sharingan to control Hokage-sama, but he defected and fled from the village after he failed. He will not come back."

The leader of Anbu said coldly, and then with a cold and merciless voice, he asked, "What is the relationship between you and Uchiha Shisui!"

Lup-dup!

Lup-dup Lup-dup...

Itachi felt that his heart beating more and more violently, as if it was about to jump out of his chest. His sight and hearing seemed to be affected, and he couldn't see or hear clearly. It took him a while before he could recover. And when he looked around, he found two Anbu are staring at him closely, while the other Anbu were searching for something in Shisui's house.

"Stop!"

Itachi stepped forward, "Brother Shisui wouldn't do such a thing, there must be a misunderstanding, stop!!!"

"I advise you to stand where you are and don't move."

An Anbu grabbed Itachi's shoulder, "Uchiha Shisui is already an S-Rank Missing-nin. If you don't want to be implicated, you should draw a line with him."

"Bastard!!!"

Itachi was furious, and immediately punched him.

Bang!

The Anbu's face changed slightly, and he quickly grabbed Itachi's fist with his hands, and coldly said: "Little brat, attacking Anbu is not a trivial matter, there's no more next time."

Itachi withdrew his fist and kept taking deep breaths to calm himself down.

Looked at the Anbu who was rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the house, Itachi knew that it was useless to fight against them, so he turned around and left immediately, while saying: "I am Uchiha Itachi, I will definitely investigate this matter!"

After saying that, Itachi rushed out from the entrance.

"Should we chase him?" Anbu asked.

"Idiot, don't forget Commander's instructions." The leader Anbu glared at him.

After Itachi left, he ran straight back to his home, which was completely dark and silent.

It was past one o'clock in the morning, and Fugaku and Sasuke have already fallen asleep.

But Itachi couldn't care less. He rudely pushed open the door of his parents' bedroom, and called loudly: "Father, Father, I have something important to tell you!"

Fugaku slowly opened his eyes, in the dark night, the pair of 3-Tomoe pupil are exuding scarlet light.

He looked at the flustered and exasperated Itachi standing outside the door, and sighed in his heart: 'Shisui… he agreed.'

"Father!!!"

Itachi suppressed the anxiety in his heart and shouted, "Something happened to Brother Shisui. The Anbu said that he attacked Hokage-sama and defected, Father, what should we do?"

"What's wrong?" Because Itachi's voice was too loud, Mikoto was also woken up.

"It's nothing big, just go to bed first. I will take care of it."

Fugaku comforted his wife while putting on his clothes, and then said to Itachi outside the door, "Go outside first, we'll talk about it."

Itachi is very anxious at this moment, but he also knows his words carry too little weight, and only his father, who is the Uchiha Clan's Clan Head, can help.

The two arrived at the backyard one after the other, and Fugaku shivered because of the cool night breeze.

"Tell me, what happened?" Fugaku asked.

Itachi told him about Anbu's words without omission and in detail, and finally said: "Father, Brother Shisui will never do such a thing, you must help him!!"

'Attempting to use Sharingan to control the Hokage.'

'That is indeed the perfect reason to defect for Uchiha Clan's strongest Genjutsu Shinobi.

Fugaku faintly nodded, and said: "I see, you can go to bed first."

"What?" Itachi is not happy.

This person who defected is not only his own big brother, but also Uchiha Clan's strongest Genjutsu Shinobi and Clan's strongest combat power!!

'Why is Father so indifferent?'

"Father, you, you, don't you plan to do something?" Itachi asked in disbelief.

"What do you want me to do?"

Fugaku said with a snort, "Lead our clansmen into the Hokage Tower? Or lead clansman to defect from Konoha collectively? Itachi, you're already a Chunin. You have to learn to see the big picture. Don't be emotional, understand?"

"…"

Itachi staggered back, and he felt a knife pierced into his chest one by one, leaving him drenched in blood!

He gritted his teeth and looked at the tall figure in front of him as if looking at a stranger, then his figure flickered and disappeared into the night without saying a word.

'What an eventful year.'

Fugaku's brows tightly knit.

Not to mention whether Shisui can successfully join the mysterious Missing-nin organization, there are a lot of bad things on his side alone.

When the news of Shisui's defection came out, the rest of clansmen will definitely not give up. If he, the Clan Head, does not handle it well, the situation might get out of control.

Perhaps from Hokage's point of view, letting Shisui be a spy is the best choice, but from his point of view, this decision is undoubtedly stupid.

…

Under the darkness of the night.

When Minato returned home, he found that the light in the living room was on, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Minato, you come home late tonight."

Kushina walked out of the living room, wearing a pink kitchen apron, and said, "I cooked a few dishes for you. But it's already cold, let me warm them up for you."

Minato smiled when he saw Kushina: "When did you come back?"

"Just tonight."

Kushina said, "Minato, you know, my clan's tombs are not cleaned, there are weeds everywhere, and some tombs are broken, that's why I spent a little more time there, hehehe."

"Sorry, I should have gone with you." Minato apologized.

"I'm used to it. After all, you are the Yondaime Hokage-sama of the village." Kushina said proudly, as if it was her who is the Hokage.

After warming up the dishes, Kushina handed Minato a pair of chopsticks and asked: "What happened tonight?"

Minato said: "Shisui defected "

"That's it."

Kushina nodded, then jumped up suddenly, "What? Shisui? That Shisui of the Body Flicker? How is that possible? Didn't enter He your Anbu? Why did he defect? ​​Is it related to Uchiha Clan? Bad bad, this is very bad!!"

Seeing this, Minato didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and said: "Don't worry, I will take care of it, Kushina, don't disturb Naruto."

Kushina nodded, covered her mouth and whispered: "Minato, Mikoto and I are best friends, maybe I should go find her…"

Minato shook his head and said: "Don't meddle in this matter, just trust me."

"Since you said so… okay."

Kushina rested her chin on the table with both hands and watched and watched Minato eating bite by bite, then a smile slowly appeared on her face, and she whispered softly, "Honey, I believe in you."

...

"Danzo-sama, Danzo-sama."

Knock knock knock.

The soft knock on the door awakened Danzo who was sleeping.

He got up and put on a coat, opened the door, and a Root's Shinobi knelt on one knee outside the door.

"What happened?" Danzo asked.

"The latest information, Uchiha Shisui has defected." The Root's Shinobi said softly.

"Defect? What's the reason?" Danzo frowned, feeling that things are not simple.

"The information from Anbu said that Uchiha Shisui tried to use Sharingan to control Yondaime, but he failed and ran away." The Root's Shinobi said.

"Use Sharingan to control Yondaime?"

'What are the benefits for Shisui to control Yondaime?'

Then, his one eye suddenly brightened, "That's right, this is not Shisui's original intention! It is…"

'It must be Uchiha Fugaku!'

'I see!'

'Shisui joining Anbu is basically instructed by Uchiha Fugaku!'

'He waited until Yondaime trusts Shisui, and then ordered Shisui to use Sharingan's Genjutsu to control Yondaime, in this way, Uchiha Clan can secretly control Konoha!'

'What a good strategy!'

'Uchiha Fugaku, I underestimated you!'

Danzo squinted his eye and murmured secretly: 'But now that the plan fails and Shisui defected. In order to avoid being affected, Uchiha Fugaku will definitely push all the blames to Shisui.'

'Yondaime has no conclusive evidence and will not easily move Uchiha Clan.'

'So although the next situation is delicate, it will maintain a fragile balance.'

'But if I secretly add to the flames, I believe the situation will soon get out of control.'

'It's just…'

Danzo waved his hand to make the Root's Shinobi retreat, then closed the door and thought about it.

In the past, he always wanted to eliminate the unstable factor of the Uchiha Clan, and his mind has not changed until now.

But he is now overwhelmed by Minato now, and he even lose his half of his Root, and is almost powerless to even defend himself, 'Then, instead of cleaning up the Uchiha Clan and making Namikaze Minato's faction dominant, it is better to unite the Uchiha Clan, and bring down Namikaze Minato!'

'When Namikaze Minato was brought down, I will be the next Hokage. Then, I will clean up the Uchiha Clan!'

'So here comes the question, will Uchiha Fugaku agree to cooperate with me?'

A sneer appeared on the corner of Danzo's mouth: 'The enemy of an enemy is a friend. Besides cooperating with me, does Uchiha Fugaku have other options?'

"Hahahahaha…"

In the dark room, a hoarse, gloomy, crazy, and excited laughter slowly spread out in the night.