Tsurugi Drawn

Just as Senyo was using Izanami to forcibly brainwash Itachi.

Obito also arrived at the Security Force headquarters using Kamui.

Ever since Shisui's death, the Uchiha Clan's control over the Security Force had gradually weakened.

The village had reduced the Security Force's numbers under all manner of reasons and excuses.

At the time, Itachi had also spoken on the village's behalf.

Fugaku believed that was Itachi's way of earning the village's trust, as well as a gradual concession.

Now, aside from this Security Force building, there were not many people left in the Security Force.

At this moment, all was quiet. When Obito arrived at the Security Force, the lights were still on.

How many Sharingan would he be able to obtain tonight?

Obito chuckled softly and flashed into the Security Force headquarters.

But the moment he entered, he found the place completely empty.

Forget people—even ghosts were nowhere to be seen.

"Hmm? Where did the Uchiha go?"

Obito was deeply puzzled. Based on the Uchiha's preparations, they should not have launched their coup so soon.

After searching from top to bottom, he found that the Uchiha really had all vanished.

Instead, Obito became wary.

When Itachi invited him to wipe out the Uchiha Clan this time, he had considered whether it might be a trap set for him.

After all, Itachi's way of thinking regarding this matter had always been somewhat abnormal.

In truth, Senyo had revealed Obito's abilities to the clan members.

After Rinto learned of Obito's abilities, he believed that in cramped or complex terrain, the clan members would be at a disadvantage, so he had evacuated everyone from the Security Force building.

Although everyone in the Security Force was on Fugaku's side, at a critical moment, Rinto only needed to tell them that an enemy proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu had infiltrated.

These clan members were not eager to gamble with their lives.

Obito cautiously made two rounds of the building. While searching, he suddenly covered his eye.

His Kamui eye suddenly throbbed, as though it had suffered some sort of injury.

Obito's vision blurred for a moment.

Then it returned to normal.

What was going on?

Was there something wrong with his eye?!

Obito did not know whether this sudden sensation meant there was a problem with his eye.

He immediately hesitated.

Two years earlier, Obito had already used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Karatachi Yagura.

In the Hidden Mist Village, he continued implementing the previous generation's Blood Mist Plan.

By now, in the Hidden Mist Village, clans with Kekkei Genkai had basically been exterminated. As long as one possessed a Kekkei Genkai, it was an original sin.

The Hidden Mist Village was extremely chaotic, and only Karatachi Yagura, a perfect Jinchuriki, could suppress it.

But controlling Karatachi Yagura also consumed a great deal of Obito's ocular power.

After his eye experienced that strange sensation, Obito quickly checked and found that Karatachi Yagura was still under his control.

He was relieved.

However, the moment Obito arrived at the plaza outside the Security Force headquarters, the situation changed.

Whoosh!

As he prepared to leave and find Itachi first, several Signal Flares and illumination flares shot into the sky in quick succession.

Several powerful lights around the Security Force lit up.

They illuminated every detail of Obito's tiger-striped mask.

"Fire!"

A massive barrage of Shuriken shot toward Obito.

Hmph!

Obito snorted coldly. So it was a trap aimed at him.

Obito strolled casually through the Uchiha's rain of projectiles.

Every shuriken and kunai passed straight through Obito's body before falling to the ground.

The Security Force members left behind had been half-convinced and half-doubtful before. They had not expected everything Rinto said to be true.

All the shuriken passed through the enemy's body.

The others did not dare relax either and began carrying out the battle plan they had prepared earlier.

Rinto's mission was to first ensure the clan members' safety, and second, keep this enemy here.

If the other side wanted to leave, then let him leave.

They had already fired a Signal Flare earlier. Whether it was the Great Elder, the clan head, or the Fourth Elder, all of them had received the message.

For now, they only needed to make sure the clan members suffered no casualties.

Recalling the intelligence Elder Senyo had provided, Rinto waved his hand. Five skilled Uchiha members drew their weapons alongside him.

Just as Rinto fired the Signal Flare, Fugaku happened to be seeing the Great Elder to the door.

When Fugaku saw the Signal Flare rising from the direction of the Security Force headquarters, his expression changed.

But a pair of hands suddenly seized his shoulders, blocking his path.

"Fugaku, you should stay here!"

The Great Elder's voice was not loud, but his eyes gleamed brightly.

"Great Elder, what do you mean by this!?" Fugaku looked at his clan uncle in shock.

With a wave of the Great Elder's hand, Mayumi appeared nearby with several clan members.

All the clan members Mayumi had brought with him had been disarmed. They were the ones who patrolled at night, Fugaku's direct subordinates.

"Clan Head, Clan Head..."

"Clan Head, Mayumi attacked us..."

"Clan Head, you have to stand up for us."

These clan members were all utterly bewildered as well, unable to understand why their own clansmen had suddenly attacked them.

The moment they saw Fugaku, they scrambled to complain to him.

"Great Elder, are you betraying the clan?" Fugaku demanded coldly.

Although the Great Elder sometimes disagreed with him politically, he had always been absolutely loyal to the Uchiha Clan.

Yet this scene left him completely unable to understand what the Great Elder intended to do.

Fugaku himself possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, so he was not overly panicked yet. He only wanted to understand the Great Elder's purpose.

The Great Elder shouted coldly, "Fugaku! Do you know that your son, Uchiha Itachi, has already betrayed the clan?"

"After reporting news of our impending coup to Konoha, he has been ordered to come tonight and wipe out our Uchiha Clan."

Fugaku's expression changed drastically. "Impossible! Itachi would never betray the clan!"

Anger smoldered in the Great Elder's eyes.

"Arrogant and conceited. Itachi has already passed news of the clan's coup to Konoha."

"And you're still dreaming of some bloodless revolution!"

"All our clan members who recently went out on missions were ambushed by Root. Only Senyo returned alive today."

"If Senyo hadn't rushed back day and night with this intelligence, our Uchiha Clan would have died under Itachi's blade without even knowing why."

Fugaku's face turned livid. If this was true, then as clan head, he had gravely failed in his duty.

News of the clan's coup had been sold out by his own son.

He had sent his son to become a double agent, only for his son to defect to the enemy.

"Great Elder! Is what you said true!?"

Fugaku stared at this clan uncle who had devoted half his life to the Uchiha Clan. How dearly he wished his uncle had been deceived as well.

But the Great Elder merely glared at him with deeply disappointed eyes.

"Answer me! Did you ever make a contingency plan in case Itachi betrayed the clan!?"

Fugaku was left speechless. With his pride, how could he possibly have made such a contingency plan?

Otherwise, in the original timeline, he and Mikoto would not have waited meekly for death.

The Great Elder snorted heavily.

"I have now promoted Senyo to Fourth Elder and placed him in command of this battle."

"Fugaku, if you do not want our Uchiha Clan to perish tonight, then behave yourself!"