Chapter 167 Suspicious Target, Itachi Uchiha
The news that Shisui Uchiha was missing quickly spread within the village.
Uchiha Clan and Anbu set off stormy waves at the same time.
The leader of the Fugaku clan mobilized the most capable tracking experts in the clan to investigate the traces of Shisui's recent activities, and searched repeatedly along the areas where Shisui may have moved.
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi also sent Anbu ninjas to shuttle through the forests outside the village, abandoned training grounds, and even the ruins of the Kikyo Castle ruins.
Shisui is currently one of the few rationalists in the Uchiha clan, and is also a descendant of Kagami Uchiha. Hiruzen Sarutobi should pay attention to both public and private matters.
However, after several days of searching, Shisui Uchiha and his Mangekyō Sharingan seemed to have been completely wiped out by an invisible hand, leaving no clues.
Zheng Shui, as well as his legendary eyes, seemed to have never existed in the world.
Hokage The atmosphere in the office was so solemn that it could drip with water.
Hiruzen Sarutobi The pipe between his fingers has long been extinguished, and the remaining smoke has dissipated, leaving only cold ashes.
His wrinkled face looked extremely tired in the dim light, and his eyes fell heavily into the shadowed corners.
There, Shimura Danzō was leaning on a cane, like an entrenched poisonous snake. There was no wave in his single eye, only a bottomless shadow.
"Danzo--" Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was hoarse, carrying a heavy interrogation.
"Shisui's disappearance really has nothing to do with you or Root?" His sharp gaze seemed to penetrate the layers of bandages and look directly into the depths of Danzo's heart.
The corners of Danzo's mouth curled down almost imperceptibly, and his dry voice sounded like sandpaper, "Hiruzen, are you questioning my loyalty to Konoha? Or are you more willing to believe the groundless accusations of those Uchiha lunatics?"
"I admit that I am afraid of Shisui Uchiha's ability, but fear does not mean action. Every action of Root is for the stability of Konoha. I have a clear conscience."
He raised his chin slightly, and his one eye under the bandage met Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze, so calm that it was almost provocative.
That flawless calmness was even more chilling.
The Root members under Danzo have completely cleared away the traces of the battle in the Buddhist hall and the traces left on Shisui's escape route after being injured. Naturally, the searchers of Anbu and Uchiha could not find any clues.
Although Danzo is also very surprised as to where Shisui escaped, he absolutely cannot admit it!
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, the smoke was no longer there, only the cold air penetrated into the heart, and finally turned into a heavy sigh, dissipating in the stagnant air.
In the courtyard of Uchiha Clan District, Clan Head Residence, maple leaves fell, covering the ground in golden color.
Itachi Uchiha stood quietly under the corridor, watching the fallen leaves spinning and falling.
He has a tall and straight figure and looks like a young man. He is wearing a dark blue family uniform and his face is so calm that it is almost indifferent.
However, only he knew that the string deep in his heart was so tight that it was about to break.
The news that a close friend is missing is like devastating news.
Several days have passed since the search, but no trace has been found.
A master like Shisui seems to have disappeared from the world.
Shock, confusion, and a sense of exhaustion that was suddenly drained of the foundation swept through Itachi Uchiha.
The one who always has a gentle smile and bright eyes, guides him like an elder brother, and shares his thoughts on peace and the future of the village with him.
Shisui., the only one in the clan who can understand him, is missing?
How is that possible?
Last night they agreed to meet at a secret training ground. He had too many confusions about his family and the future that he needed to confide to Shisui. How could it be--
And what kind of strong man can attack Shisui silently at Konoha without any movement?
"Itachi!"
A deep voice with suppressed anger broke the dead silence of the courtyard.
Yashiro Uchiha, Uchiha Tekka, and Inabi Uchiha, like three pieces of ice exuding coldness, strode into the courtyard.
They were wearing dark tribal uniforms, with gloomy faces, and their scarlet Sharingan were unabashedly turned on. Their cold gazes were like real blades, all nailed to Itachi's body.
There was undisguised hostility and suspicion in the air.
"Shisui is missing!" Yashiro Uchiha spoke first, his voice like a suppressed thunder. He was tall, with a resolute face, and his brows were furrowed at the moment.
In the past, this Uchiha Elite Jonin, who always had squinted eyes, was now driving a scarlet Sharingan, and his pupils seemed to be burning with anger.
"Just a few days ago! Around the village! The search team organized by the clan conducted a large-scale search inside and outside Konoha, but to no avail!
Anbu is even more secretive over there! You one by one?" He raised his hand and pointed at Itachi, with an aggressive aura on his fingertips.
"As a member of Anbu, Shisui's most trusted friend! Don't tell us, you know nothing about this?!"
The tribesman's cold questioning was like a poisoned needle, piercing Itachi Uchiha's heart.
He raised his head suddenly, and his black pupils shrank instantly!
Shisui's disappearance pains him more than anyone else!
But the naked suspicion behind this question is like a hot iron, scorching the wound where you just lost your best friend!
"Yashiro-senpai·" Itachi's voice tried his best to remain calm, but there was an imperceptible tremor in the end.
"I am equally shocked and heartbroken by the disappearance of Shisui. I want to know the truth more than anyone else. But I - I really don't know." He looked into Yashiro's orangutan Red Eye eyes full of distrust, calmly and firmly.
"You don't know?" Uchiha Tekka next to him let out a harsh laugh. He had a thin face and sharp eyes like an eagle.
"Join Anbu, hang out with those people all day long, and don't know what you are doing! Now that Shisui is missing, you just want to clear up the relationship with a light "I don't know"?"
"Itachi, did you already know something?"
"Is Anbu-. or someone above him going to attack Shisui?! And you, chose to remain silent? Or even participated in it?!" Uchiha Tekka's words are heartbreaking!
A burning anger suddenly surged from the bottom of my heart!
Itachi's body tensed instantly, his hands hanging by his sides were clenched into fists, and his nails were dug into his palms!
Participate?
How could their bond with Shisui and their persistence with him, Itachi Uchiha, be so easily twisted into betrayal?!
"Itachi!" Inabi Uchiha's voice was even colder, but his eyes were the cruelest.
"Put away your aloof attitude! Don't forget that the blood of the Uchiha Clan is flowing in your body! You'd better not know anything about Shisui. Otherwise," he took a step forward, and the Three-Tomoe in Sharingan spun wildly, making no attempt to hide the threat.
"Uchiha Clan, we will never let go of any betrayer! No matter whose son he is!"
Betrayer!
These three words were like a curse, echoing and amplifying crazily in Itachi's mind!
The pain, confusion, and worry about the disappearance of his best friend for the past few days instantly ignited into a rage that burned away all his sanity!
How dare they tarnish his friendship with Shisui with such vicious suspicion?
How dare you question his complicated feelings about his family so contemptuously?
Who is really pushing Uchiha Clan into the abyss?!
"I said one by one I! No! Know! Dao!"
An extremely suppressed growl, like a wounded beast, came from deep in Itachi's throat!
The anger, pain and completely irritated rage contained in that voice made Yashiro and the three of them take half a step back involuntarily!
At this moment of emotional overflow!
Itachi Uchiha's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot!
"So fast!" Yashiro's pupils shrank suddenly, and Sharingan captured a blurry afterimage!
So fast that it exceeded the limit of his vision!
It's not the gorgeous moves of Body Flicker Technique, but the ghostly rush driven by pure physical explosive power!
With the terrifying murderous intention after being completely angered!