Chapter 65: Revealing the Truth About Shisui, the Furious Uchiha

As soon as everyone arrived here.

What greeted their eyes was a battlefield in complete disarray, with corpses scattered everywhere.

Nearby.

The corpse of the Dream Eater was as large as a small mountain, battered and bloody.

Purple-black flames were still burning upon it.

Many people were even somewhat dazed.

Was this... still inside the village?

How could so many people suddenly have died inside the village?

Looking at the corpses on the ground, they found that all of them were wearing masks.

Whether they were Uchiha clan members or Anbu members, they could recognize them:

These were the masks of Root ninja!

After roughly counting the corpses on the ground, everyone couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath.

How many people were there?

Wasn’t this practically the entire Root organization?

Had they all died here?

What exactly had happened here before they arrived?

"Clan Leader Fugaku..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi still wore an extremely gloomy expression.

Even with so many Uchiha clan elites present, Hiruzen Sarutobi maintained his tough attitude and said:

"Uchiha Reiji brazenly killed Elder Danzo, who was a high-ranking official of the village. Today, he must be punished!"

Boom!

It wasn’t just the Uchiha clan members.

Even the Anbu ninja who had arrived afterward were shocked.

Killed... Elder Danzo?

The leader of Root, Danzo, who was known as the Darkness of the Shinobi?

Had he been killed?

And he had been killed by Uchiha Reiji?

How was that possible?

Uchiha Reiji was only twelve years old, wasn’t he?

And Danzo, although already old, still possessed considerable strength.

How could he have been killed so easily?

Uchiha Fugaku couldn’t help frowning. He turned toward Reiji, who was being protected by the Uchiha ninja of the Second Squad, and asked:

"Reiji, what exactly happened?"

Reiji sneered disdainfully.

"The Third Hokage really is good at twisting right and wrong. Today, it was clearly Danzo who brought a large number of Root ninja to kill me."

"He even set up a barrier to prevent the sounds of the battle from being transmitted outside."

"The purpose was to kill me directly inside the village!"

"Everything I’ve said can be testified to by all the members of the Second Squad."

Uchiha Yehhuo nodded in agreement and added:

"Li Huo and I had something we wanted to discuss with Captain Reiji, so we went to the place where the captain usually trains. That’s when we discovered that the captain had been surrounded by Danzo and the Root."

"Because the two of us couldn’t break into the barrier, we could only go back and call the clan members."

This was the explanation Reiji had given him beforehand.

But.

Whether Hiruzen Sarutobi believed it or not didn’t matter.

Today’s objective had already been accomplished.

Danzo was dead.

Root had been crippled.

On the night of the clan extermination in the future, they would have much less trouble to deal with.

However.

These words caused an uproar among the Uchiha ninja.

"What? That bastard Danzo wanted to kill Reiji?"

"He actually brought so many people to surround and kill him inside the village? Danzo is way too arrogant!"

"Heh, but he ended up gaining nothing and losing everything. That old bastard Danzo instead left his old bones here."

The Uchiha ninja were initially filled with indignation.

Reiji was a genius of their clan, and he had always been well-liked within the clan.

Yet he had inexplicably been surrounded and attacked by Danzo!

And Danzo had even dared to bring so many people to surround and kill Reiji alone right inside the village!

How could the Uchiha clan members not be furious?

However.

After looking around at the results of the battle.

Danzo had aggressively set up a barrier to surround and kill Reiji alone, only for Danzo and the entire Root organization to be slaughtered instead!

It was truly satisfying!

There were very few people in the entire Konoha who actually liked Danzo.

As for the Uchiha clan members.

They had long been hoping that Danzo would die!

"You..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was trembling with rage.

Danzo wasn’t merely a high-ranking official of the village. He was also a friend who had accompanied him for decades.

Now that Danzo had died such a miserable death, the Uchiha clan was actually mocking him and gloating over his death?!

In an instant!

The killing intent in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s heart spread from Uchiha Reiji alone to the entire Uchiha clan!

"Third Hokage, there’s another matter you haven’t answered yet."

Reiji’s lips curled into a malicious smile.

"Why was Danzo able to bring so many people to attack me again?"

"Because of what happened with Shisui, wasn’t Danzo removed from his position as the leader of Root?"

The moment these words fell.

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough.

The Uchiha clan members immediately began questioning and asking about Shisui.

And at this moment, Reiji finally revealed the truth behind Shisui’s death.

He explained everything that had happened.

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This time, the anger of the Uchiha ninja could no longer be suppressed.

"So Shisui committed suicide because Danzo ambushed him and tried to take Shisui’s eyes?!"

Uchiha Inabi immediately flew into a rage.

"And according to what you said, Reiji, the Third Hokage knew about this too, yet he only gave Danzo the bullshit punishment of removing him from office?!"

Uchiha Tekka activated his Sharingan on the spot, glaring at Hiruzen Sarutobi without the slightest trace of respect.

Dismissal?

As a high-ranking village official, he had inexplicably attacked another shinobi of the same village, yet the only punishment he received was this meaningless slap on the wrist?

What the hell kind of punishment was that?!

What’s more!

Even the supposed punishment of dismissal had never actually been carried out!

Today, hadn’t Danzo still been able to bring a large number of Root ninja to attack Reiji again?

"Third Hokage, regarding Shisui’s matter and what happened to Reiji today, the village needs to give our Uchiha clan an explanation."

Seeing the anger spreading among his clansmen.

Although Uchiha Fugaku did not want a conflict to break out between the village and the Uchiha clan, he had no choice but to step forward now.

If this continued, his clansmen might actually start fighting the Hokage with force right here.

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply.

He didn’t know what to do.

"The matter of Shisui is known by another person as well."

Reiji suddenly pointed toward an Anbu standing behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Uchiha Itachi, you were there that day as well. Why don’t you tell everyone whether what I just said about Shisui is true or not?"

Among the Anbu.

Uchiha Itachi’s expression froze.

He hadn’t expected himself to suddenly be dragged into this.

After struggling internally for a long time, he finally said helplessly:

"As for what happened to Shisui, it was indeed as he described."

Upon hearing this.

The anger of the Uchiha clan members immediately swelled to its peak.

Even though Danzo was already dead, the fury in their hearts could not be extinguished!

When Shisui died before, many people had been confused and unable to accept that he had simply committed suicide.

Now, they finally knew the reason!

It had all been caused by that bastard Danzo!

"Third Hokage, even though Danzo is dead, he must still be punished!"

"Shisui was driven to suicide by Danzo! We must be given an explanation!"

Uchiha Inabi and the others demanded furiously.

Someone then looked at Uchiha Itachi, who was standing among the Anbu, with an unfriendly gaze.

"Uchiha Itachi, shouldn’t you be standing on our side right now? Have you forgotten what your surname is?"

Narrow-minded!

Itachi cursed inwardly.

Were these people really planning to start a war with the village today?

They kept talking about the Uchiha, the Uchiha, the Uchiha, without caring about the village at all, completely disregarding peace!

However.

The many clansmen in front of him were all staring at him with unfriendly expressions.

Even his father, the clan leader, did not say anything about it.

Suddenly, Itachi thought of something.

He silently made a decision.

He directly removed his mask, gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a meaningful glance, and then silently walked over to the Uchiha ninja.

Seeing this.

The anger of some of the Uchiha clan members subsided somewhat.

However, they still insisted that the village had to punish Danzo!

"Danzo is already dead! What punishment do you still want?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed his anger as he spoke.

These damned people.

Danzo was already dead, yet they still refused to let him go?

"Danzo cannot be allowed to die as a high-ranking official of the village. He isn’t worthy of that!"

Uchiha Inabi spoke with a sharp gaze.

"Danzo attacked Shisui and Reiji one after another. He arbitrarily attempted to kill fellow shinobi of the same village. This crime must be officially attributed to Danzo before he can be allowed to die!"

Even in death!

Danzo had to die carrying his crimes!

After Uchiha Inabi finished speaking, many clansmen nodded and voiced their agreement.

Hiruzen Sarutobi’s chest rose and fell rapidly as his fury and killing intent swelled.

However.

At this moment, he had no other choice.

In the end, he could only agree to the Uchiha’s demands with a gloomy expression.

The two opposing sides gradually dispersed.

The confrontation between the village and the Uchiha clan had temporarily come to an end.

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