A week later, when a Uchiha ninja who had gone out alone to carry out a mission failed to return on schedule, the Uchiha Clan finally realized that something had happened. Soon afterward, rumors that the ninja had been secretly assassinated by Konoha began spreading rapidly throughout the Uchiha Clan...
With Konoha and the Uchiha on bad terms, and even showing faint signs of opposition, all kinds of conspiracy theories naturally found a ready audience.
The Uchiha Clan had been unable to completely integrate into Konoha for complicated reasons, but broadly speaking, there were probably two main ones. First, Madara Uchiha had rebelled and been killed. Second, after Madara Uchiha's rebellion, the Second Hokage had formulated a special policy toward the Uchiha that had continued to the present day.
Konoha naturally claimed to know nothing about the disappearance, while the Anbu suggested forming a joint investigation team with the Uchiha.
Yet for some unknown reason—perhaps the war had eased off, leaving a large number of Uchiha ninjas with nothing better to do—the Uchiha Clan grew increasingly agitated.
Under these circumstances, the Anbu were not going to be courteous. Their surveillance of the Uchiha Clan was strengthened once again.
Yuhara and his teammate Kizuna were on an upper floor of a house outside the Uchiha Residential Area. Taking advantage of the curtains for cover, they were using a telescope to monitor the area ahead.
Where had that Uchiha ninja gone? At the very least, the two of them were pretending not to know what they knew. However, the Anbu's principle of secrecy meant they would not reveal such information to outsiders. Moreover, after that mission ended, their original captain had disappeared, while neither the Anbu nor the Hokage had given any response. As a result, the other two besides Yuhara also