"Bah, traitor!"
When Uchiha Shisui finished a day's mission and returned to the Uchiha Clan's residential district, the first thing that greeted him was this kind of abuse—countless looks of disgust and more than one round of insults.
Shisui managed to remain calm. He could even endure people spitting in his face without retaliating. Yet only Shisui himself knew what kind of psychological gap lay between being the clan's most dazzling genius and becoming a rat everyone wanted to beat.
The new ANBU division, the Bright Division, had already begun operating. Although the Uchiha Clan's Security Department still existed for the time being, everyone knew that the former was Konoha's official organization. The Uchiha Clan's Security Department could only serve as an auxiliary, and as time went on, its authority would certainly be gradually reduced until it was abolished.
Uchiha Shizukiyo, who was walking slightly behind, watched Shisui's back and felt that the fate of the entire Uchiha Clan now rested on Shisui's shoulders.
He quietly quickened his pace, then said into Shisui's ear, "Shisui, let them say what they want. We're doing the right thing. The Uchiha Clan's hope rests on you."
"Hope..."
To be honest, Shisui had not thought that far ahead. He only felt that for the continuation of the clan and the stability of Konoha, he had to shoulder the responsibility that came with it.
"We can only keep working hard."
However, the Uchiha Clan members had clearly blamed Shisui for the injuries suffered by more than a dozen ninjas two days earlier, so their situation within the clan had grown increasingly difficult.
Those people were still lying in Konoha Hospital.
Come to think of it, if the Uchiha Clan truly had any backbone, they should have made those ninjas leave Konoha Hospital immediately. Hmph, the