Elsewhere, after Night Duke left with Orochimaru, Shisui and Hatake Sakumo were left staring at each other, neither knowing what to say.
Shisui felt immense regret. He had been just one step away from killing Orochimaru, an extremely dangerous figure to Konoha.
Yet no one had expected Night Duke to be one of Orochimaru's people. At such a critical moment, he had intervened and saved Orochimaru.
It could be said that with the Flying Thunder God Technique at his command, the entire Land of Fire was Night Duke's home turf!
Therefore, trying to find Orochimaru again and kill him would undoubtedly be nearly impossible.
Furthermore, in dealing with Orochimaru this time, he had exposed the supreme genjutsu Kotoamatsukami: Light. Even if he cornered Orochimaru again next time, the latter would never give him another chance to use that genjutsu.
I have to inform Soji-senpai as soon as possible that Night Duke is working for Orochimaru, so the village can prepare its defenses, Shisui thought silently.
Having made up his mind, Shisui prepared to leave first.
As for the organization's mission to assassinate the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, Orochimaru's sneak attack had already rendered it a failure.
Of course, that was exactly what Shisui wanted to see.
"Sakumo-senpai, something unexpected has happened. I intend to abandon the assassination of the daimyo, so I don't think we have any reason to keep fighting," Shisui said calmly to Hatake Sakumo.
Hatake Sakumo did not answer immediately. He merely stared intently at Shisui for a while, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Just as Shisui turned to leave, Hatake Sakumo finally spoke.
"Shisui Uchiha, was there some other truth behind the Night of the Coup? Did you truly betray Konoha?" Hatake Sakumo asked gravely, voicing the doubt in his heart.