"Not bad..."
After a moment of hesitation, Uchiha Shisui nodded.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Itachi.
Rather, there were other matters involved.
"I used these eyes of mine to control that man... He is already my subordinate."
At this point,
Uchiha Shisui's tone grew somewhat heavy.
"Can you be sure?"
Itachi asked again.
He couldn't imagine that a man like Hyuga Sho could actually be subdued by Shisui's Dōjutsu.
"Of course."
Shisui nodded.
Hyuga Sho had investigated Danzo's affairs through some unknown means.
Through his father, Uchiha Saotome, he had conveyed the news that Danzo intended to seize Kotoamatsukami.
In other words,
the control through Kotoamatsukami had been completely successful.
Even in places he knew nothing about, his loyal subordinate, Hyuga Sho, was working hard for his sake.
At that same moment, deep in the night,
Uchiha Fugaku received a message.
It had been delivered by Hyuga Sho's subordinate, the female ninja wearing a silver mask.
<"Uchiha Shisui is preparing to use the Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu known as Kotoamatsukami to stop you from launching the coup, but before that, he may...">
Uchiha Fugaku lowered the scroll in his hand.
His expression turned grim.
All this time,
Uchiha Fugaku had thought
that only his son, Itachi, had chosen to oppose the clan and become a stone rising against the current.
But he had never expected
that the true rebel would be Uchiha Shisui.
The man most trusted by everyone in the clan.
Whenever the clan had a mission, no matter how difficult it was,
Uchiha Shisui would give it his all and take the lead without hesitation.
But who would have thought...
"Even Shisui has betrayed the clan..."
As for the authenticity of the message,
Uchiha Fugaku had no doubts.
Because that man, Hyuga Sho, had no reason to