As night gradually fell.
There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets, and the bright moon slowly climbed overhead.
Everything looked no different from usual, yet an inexplicable sense of oppression hung in the air, as though something terrible was about to happen.
"Yo, Uchiha Shisui."
Uzumaki Naruto smiled as he walked deeper into the cave.
Perhaps because of the Uchiha Clan situation, fewer people were watching him today, and he had easily shaken off his surveillance.
"Naruto..."
Uchiha Shisui said weakly, "Did you forget about me!?"
"It's been three days. I've been living off ten cups of instant ramen for three days, having to carefully ration every meal..."
Uchiha Shisui's tone was utterly aggrieved. He had thought that after gaining him as a subordinate, Uzumaki Naruto would come by every few days.
But instead...
Over the past six or seven days, Uzumaki Naruto had come fewer times than he could count on one hand. It had gotten to the point where he wondered if he had been abandoned.
Only then did Uzumaki Naruto remember that he had not brought Uchiha Shisui any food.
Too much had happened lately, and he had forgotten once he got busy. Still, it was no big deal. After all, Shisui had not starved to death yet.
"Hey, Shisui, you said you wanted to trade your own death for peace..."
At that, Uzumaki Naruto's lips curled into a subtle smile as he said with interest, "Want to come with me and see the end of your Uchiha Clan!?"
Uchiha Shisui froze for a moment, then his eyes suddenly widened.
"What did you say!?"
Two mysterious figures in black robes raced across Konoha's rooftops.
Before long, the two mysterious black-robed figures were stopped outside the Uchiha Clan compound by a thin purple barrier.
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