Uchiha Clan compound.
Fugaku Uchiha sat with his eyes closed, waiting for Itachi Uchiha to return from the Hokage Building.
At this moment, his heart was filled with suppressed anger.
Some of it was directed at Konoha's higher-ups, and some at Shisui Uchiha.
They had actually kept such an important matter as the Mangekyō Sharingan from him.
They truly hadn't taken him, the clan head, seriously!
If they had told him earlier, how could things have come to this?
The door slid open.
"Father."
Itachi Uchiha removed his shoes and entered, then sat down in front of him.
"What did the Third Hokage say to you?"
Fugaku Uchiha opened his eyes and asked.
"Nothing much."
Itachi Uchiha replied in a deep voice, "He said he hadn't known about the matter. He guaranteed that he would bring Shisui back and severely punish Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō."
Although it was the same old explanation, Itachi Uchiha believed him.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi had truly been the one pulling the strings, his methods could have been much simpler.
With Shisui's trust in him, he could have ambushed him effortlessly and taken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Therefore, everything was Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru's fault.
In the original story, Shisui Uchiha's fate was actually almost identical to what had happened now.
The only difference was that Orochimaru had been added to the mix.
But even after Shimura Danzō ambushed Shisui Uchiha, took one of his eyes, and drove him to suicide,
Itachi Uchiha still did nothing to him.
Because he knew and had inherited Shisui Uchiha's dying wish.
The Will of Fire, Konoha above all, and the clan as secondary.
"Father, I've joined the Anbu."
Itachi Uchiha paused, then continued.
"The Anbu?"
Fugaku Uchiha frowned instinctively.
But after thinking it over, following Shisui Uchiha's disappearance, the Uchiha