Chapter 47: Danzo’s Greed, Shisui Is Ambushed

Hokage Tower.

Today, for once, all four of Konoha’s senior leaders—Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane—were gathered here.

Standing before the Konoha Four was Uchiha Shisui.

"Shisui, I heard from Itachi that during the Uchiha’s next clan gathering, they may discuss launching a coup?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked with a worried expression.

"...Yes."

Shisui lowered his head helplessly.

Upon receiving Shisui’s confirmation, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane both changed expressions dramatically.

Danzo, however, spoke very bluntly:

"If that’s the case, why not strike first? We can send the ANBU and Root to suppress the rebellion before it begins!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and rebuked him.

"Danzo, stop talking nonsense!"

He then turned toward Shisui and spoke gently:

"Shisui, tell us about your plan."

"Yes!"

Shisui lowered his head even further.

"I intend to control Clan Head Fugaku during the gathering and use him to persuade the clan members to abandon their plans for a coup."

"You think you can control Uchiha Fugaku? Even with your skill in genjutsu, that’s impossible."

Danzo sneered.

As the head of the Uchiha clan, how could Uchiha Fugaku possibly be someone who could be easily controlled by genjutsu?

"I’ll use my ocular technique—Kotoamatsukami."

Shisui spoke with difficulty.

He raised his head, revealing his Mangekyo Sharingan, and explained the ability of Kotoamatsukami.

Almost the instant Shisui revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, Danzo instinctively looked away.

But when he heard what Kotoamatsukami could do, his heart shook violently.

Silently altering another person’s thoughts...

Such a dangerous ability must be eliminated...

No!

This power must be placed in my hands!

With the power of Kotoamatsukami, even the position of Hokage would be within his reach!

A flame seemed to ignite within Danzo’s heart, and this time, it refused to go out.

Beside him, Hiruzen Sarutobi had no idea what his old friend was thinking.

He put on a helpless expression.

"At this point, I suppose this is our only option."

"Thank you for your efforts, Shisui. Proceed according to your plan."

Deep down, however, Hiruzen was already imagining the future.

Once Shisui controlled Uchiha Fugaku, the entire Uchiha clan would be under his control.

Shisui accepted the order and left.

Danzo and the two elders also departed from the Hokage Tower.

Returning to the Root base with an expressionless face, Danzo immediately issued an order:

"Gather the men. Prepare to act."

"The target is Uchiha Shisui."

...

Beside the Naka River waterfall.

Reiji had already arrived and was waiting here.

As a transmigrator who knew the original story, he had a general understanding of the events surrounding Shisui’s death.

When he had previously received word about the clan gathering and realized that the Uchiha might discuss a coup, he immediately understood that this was probably the point in time when Shisui would be ambushed by Danzo.

Reiji had a very favorable impression of Uchiha Shisui.

It wasn’t merely because Shisui had never held anything back when teaching him genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique. Every time Reiji asked for guidance, Shisui had always answered without hesitation.

More importantly, Shisui was different from Uchiha Itachi.

When Reiji had first begun interacting with Shisui, he had assumed that Shisui and Itachi were essentially the same kind of person.

After all, the reason Itachi had become the person he was now had a great deal to do with Shisui.

But after gradually spending more time with him, Reiji discovered that Shisui was actually different.

Simply put—

Shisui had both Konoha and the Uchiha in his heart.

Itachi had only Konoha in his heart, not the Uchiha.

When facing the prospect of a coup, Shisui’s attitude was:

"Farewell, my clansmen. To prevent the coup, I’ll sacrifice myself."

But Itachi’s attitude was:

"Farewell, my clansmen. To prevent the coup, I’ll sacrifice all of you."

The difference was obvious.

Did Uchiha Yashiro and the others not know that Shisui often sided with the village?

Of course they knew.

But they also knew that Shisui was still an Uchiha.

That was why they could even entrust Shisui with monitoring Itachi.

In the original story, after Shisui’s death, Uchiha Yashiro and the other two elders even went directly to Clan Head Fugaku’s home to question Itachi.

They completely disregarded even the dignity of the clan head.

This demonstrated just how much prestige Shisui, the strongest shinobi of the Uchiha clan, possessed among his people.

As for Itachi...

Reiji felt that Itachi seemed to harbor an inherent prejudice against the Uchiha clan.

He completely ignored the voices of his clansmen.

He could only see their arrogance and conceit, yet was incapable of understanding the resentment they had accumulated.

In short—

Uchiha Shisui might still be saved.

But Uchiha Itachi had already gone completely down the wrong path.

There was no saving him.

Reiji had warned Shisui before to be careful of Danzo, but he didn’t know whether Shisui had actually taken his warning to heart.

To be safe, he had deliberately waited here today.

At the very least, he couldn’t allow Kotoamatsukami to fall into Danzo’s hands.

Otherwise, who knew when Danzo might use Kotoamatsukami on him?

Or use it on Uchiha Izumi and make her assassinate him?

He absolutely couldn’t allow that to happen!

The only problem was that Reiji didn’t know exactly where Shisui would be ambushed.

He only remembered that Shisui ultimately threw himself into a waterfall and died.

So he had decided to wait here.

In front of the roaring waterfall, two Uchiha shinobi wearing Police Force uniforms approached.

"Captain, the clan gathering is about to begin."

They were the two members of Reiji’s squad, Uchiha Rikka and Uchiha Goka.

Both were older than him.

However, after Reiji had convinced them with reason... and occasionally with overwhelming force, they had become completely obedient.

Their talents were quite good as well.

After two years of training under Reiji, both had reached the level of an elite jōnin.

Reiji shook his head.

"You two go ahead. I still have something to take care of."

He took a deep breath and checked his system panel.

[Host: Uchiha Reiji]

[Age: 12]

[Overall Strength: Peak Quasi-Kage]

[Sharingan Prowess: LV3 (4000/5000)]

[Chakra: LV4 (4000/5000)]

Over the past two years, as his body continued to mature, his strength had also increased rapidly.

He waited until dusk.

Then—

A tremendous explosion suddenly echoed from upstream of the Naka River.

A gigantic green humanoid phantom emerged among the trees.

Susanoo!

Reiji’s expression changed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he pushed his speed to the limit and rushed toward the battlefield.

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