The Truth (Final)

Shikamaru noticed that the dates those ninja units had been mobilized were rather unusual. They seemed to coincide perfectly with the time of a major event he remembered.

Could this be a coincidence?

With this question in mind, he forcibly calmed himself and asked in an apparently "casual" tone, "Sasuke, do you remember the exact date when something happened to the Uchiha?"

Meanwhile, Sasuke, who had been searching through the bookshelves for information, suddenly stopped and slowly said, "How could I possibly forget?"

"Even if I forgot everything else, I would never forget that day!"

As he spoke, his handsome face twisted with hatred.

"Sorry, could you give me a reminder? I can't remember it very clearly. If I had the exact date, it might be easier to look it up!" Shikamaru gave him an awkward smile.

Although he did not want to bring up that day, Sasuke still spat out a date with a dark expression so they could investigate as quickly as possible.

"The night of June 18!"

"Oh, thanks!"

Shikamaru put away his somewhat stiff smile and lowered his gaze to the file in his hands once more.

But this time, his heart was thrown into a tempest.

The time when Konoha had mobilized a large number of personnel coincided exactly with the time something had happened to the Uchiha.

If they had discovered something unusual afterward and sent people to investigate, there would have been no need to bring so many people, let alone deploy the Barrier Team.

Konoha's mobilization of so many personnel looked more like preparations to fight someone.

And on that very night, the Uchiha had been quietly wiped out. After a hasty investigation, Konoha's upper echelons had issued a notice claiming that Itachi Uchiha had slaughtered his clan and defected from Konoha.