Retreat

Aburame Tatsuma's pace was neither fast nor slow, and it stopped just outside the gate of the Uchiha's territory.

He was several meters away from Fugaku and the others, and no longer took a step forward.

Although he was still wearing that pair of sunglasses in the middle of the night, his eyes were still sharp. At a glance, he saw Kakashi, who had become a prisoner in the crowd.

This meant that Danzo's plan had failed.

At this time.

"What are you implying by doing this, Anbu ? It's so late, and you are still gathered outside our clan? Are you going to fight with the Uchiha ?"

Fugaku was not polite at all, and directly questioned Aburame Tatsuma.

Upon hearing this, Aburame Tatsuma replied expressionlessly,

"Mr. Fugaku, you misunderstood. We were just following orders to protect the safety of the village. It was just a routine patrol. We did not take a step into the district of the Uchiha."

Hearing his words.

Fugaku did not waste words. He directly took out the signal scroll and threw it at Tatsuma. He asked,

"Then tell me, what's going on with this thing we found from Kakashi?"

"This... I don't know."

Tatsuma shook his head and looked at Fugaku, calmly replying, "Sir Fugaku, you should know that we are actually from Root, and we are under Lord Danzo command. Kakashi, this Anbu, is acting on the Third Hokage orders."

Not only did he directly cut off the relationship between himself and Kakashi, he also tried to guide the Uchiha to aim the spearhead at the 3rd Hokage.

Fugaku frowned.

Seeing that AburameTatsuma's answer was watertight, he knew that he would not be able to take advantage of him from his mouth.

Fugaku turned to look at Dan and saw that the later did not respond, so he immediately understood what Dan meant.

The Uchiha was not ready yet, so it was not good to tear the village apart.

Thinking of this.

Fugaku waved his hand at Aburame Tatsuma and ordered him to leave.

"Your roots are wandering here in the middle of the night and were spotted by our police force. It is very easy for misunderstandings to occur. So, please leave immediately."

"Sorry, forgive me for being unable to comply. We are only carrying out a mission. I hope you can understand, Patriarch Fugaku."

Aburame Tatsuma had an indifferent expression and did not back down at all.

Oh?

Fugaku finally became angry when he heard this. The three tomoe in his eyes changed, and he revealed his Mangekyo on the spot, staring coldly at the other party.

Not only him.

Swish Swish Swish.

At this moment, more than 60 Uchiha Ninjas behind Fugaku also opened their Sharingan, and their scarlet eyes lit up in the dark.

Like a bloodthirsty wolf pack, they locked their eyes on Aburame Tatsuma.

Being locked onto by more than 60 pairs of Sharingan, even if the 3rd Hokage came, he might not be able to withstand such pressure.

Not to mention a little Aburame Tatsuma.

Sure enough, his expression changed greatly. He exploded on the spot and turned into countless insects, fleeing in all directions on the street.

As Aburame Tatsuma retreated in a sorry state, the aura of the rest of the Root Ninjas also quickly disappeared into the darkness, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

In fact.

Danzo knows how difficult it is to destroy the Uchiha clan with only the power of the roots.

Danzo's plan was to let Kakashi use the signal scroll to ask for help, and Root could naturally enter the Uchiha's territory and make a big deal out of it.

At that time, as long as he used this chess piece to pull the Anbu in, he would be able to force the 3rd to attack the Uchiha.

But now, Kakashi was captured and could not open the signal scroll, and the Uchiha was not fooled, so Root had no reason to act.

Seeing Root retreating.

Kakashi knew that he had become an abandoned child.

For the Uchiha clan, how to deal with this abandoned child was a problem.

After all, just as Aburame Tatsuma said, Kakashi was sent by the 3rd Hokage.

"Dan, what do you think we should do?"

Fugaku asked Dan to make the decision and gave the decision to his brother-in-law.

Dan thought for a moment, patted Kakashi on the shoulder, and said meaningfully to him:

"Tell the 3rd what you saw today. Tell him that we, the Uchiha, do not want to be enemies with the village, but... do not force us."

Is it a plan to delay the attack on Konoha?

Fugaku and many of his clan members guessed the true meaning of this sentence.

At the end of the meeting tonight, Shisui and Dan made a big fuss. The former was seriously injured, and the later must have consumed a lot of Chakra to recover.

Therefore, the most important thing for the Uchiha clan was to temporarily endure and recover their vitality.

Retreating the Root Ninjas was already a victory for the Uchiha, and it was time to stop.

Fugaku and the others guessed right.

If the Uchiha and Konoha had a hasty battle tonight, it would be a loss without any suspense.

If they really fought, Dan was not even interested in watching the show and will directly carried his sister Mikoto and ran away overnight.

So.

He decided to release Kakashi and send a temporary peace signal to the 3rd Hokage.

Kakashi was very surprised.

He did not expect the Uchiha to let him go.

However, since he had stopped talking, he naturally had to leave quickly, lest the other party regret it again.

As a result, the more worried he was, the more worried he became.

Kakashi had just taken a step forward, and before he could walk out of the gate of the Uchiha's territory, Uchiha Setsuna in the crowd shouted in a deep voice,

"Wait!"

As soon as his voice fell, Inabi and Tetsuka rushed out of the crowd and stopped Kakashi.

"Elder Setsuna, what do you want to say?" Fugaku was puzzled.

Setsuna glanced at Dan, and seeing that he was not angry, he was slightly relieved. Then he told Fugaku something about the past:

"Do you still remember?

After the 3rd Ninja War ended, our Uchiha clan intended to take back Kakashi's Sharingan, but you said that Obito fought in a very heroic manner, so we had to respect his will, and in the end, did not agree to this matter.

But now, Kakashi was using the Sharingan that Uchiha Obito gave him to monitor the Uchiha clan!

This is enough to prove that your decision was wrong."

Setsuna's eyes were burning, and he questioned Fugaku in public, and expressed his opinion as a clan elder, "Kakashi can leave tonight, but his Sharingan must stay."

"That's right!"

When a group of clansmen heard the words, they also felt that it made sense, and nodded their heads one after another.

Let Kakashi go, but taking back his eyes was a warning to the 3rd Hokage.

"That's..."

Fugaku hesitated.

Seeing this, Kakashi knew that he should not make things difficult for Fugaku, one of his few allies here. He just calmly said to everyone in Uchiha: "I got it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his right hand, ready to dig out his left eye and return it to the Uchiha clan.

Obito, I'm sorry.

Kakashi said in his heart.

Just at this moment.

Dan suddenly did something unexpected.

Snap.

He strode forward and firmly grabbed Kakashi's arm, stopping him under the surprised expression of the later.