"Your father is inside. Since you've put it that way, I'll come with you."
After the two entered the house, Itachi immediately saw Fugaku handling clan affairs.
"Father, something major has happened within the clan. The Grand Elder and the others are planning to start a rebellion."
"What?!"
Uchiha Fugaku nearly overturned his desk, while Mikoto stared at Itachi in utter disbelief.
"Itachi! Do you know what you're saying?! Are you certain?!" Fugaku looked at Itachi with extreme gravity.
He knew perfectly well that his son would not lie, even if he was only five or six years old.
Itachi nodded. "I heard it with my own ears. The Grand Elder and the other four Elders have decided to find a way to close the portal. Once it is closed, they will begin their rebellion plan."
Fugaku's expression was incomparably complicated. "They really intend to do this!"
Execute these Elders. This thought had echoed through Fugaku's mind these past few days.
The internal conflicts within the clan had grown increasingly severe, and the Elders' reach had extended further and further.
Fugaku had lacked the strength to oppose these Elders before, so he could only be swept along against his will.
Nor had he dared tell the Third Hokage about this, because he knew all too well the methods of the Third Hokage and his advisory group.
They would never make things easy for the Uchiha Clan.
The Uchiha Clan could not bear such a price.
Fortunately, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had now regained power. Furthermore, his journey to another world had earned him Lord Torikaze's verbal promise to help execute these Elders.
This had once calmed Uchiha Fugaku's anxious heart. He had planned to see whether this matter could be resolved peacefully.
Over the past few months, the Elders