At dawn, the sky was on the verge of brightening.
Within the Uchiha Residential Area, some ninjas had already begun moving about. Before long, they naturally discovered four bodies lying in a certain alley.
A murder had occurred in the clan grounds, which quickly drew the attention of the Uchiha higher-ups. A large number of ninjas surrounded the crime scene.
At first, they thought an Uchiha ninja had been murdered. Everyone was outraged and clamoring for revenge, but they soon realized that this was not the case.
For a moment, the crime scene became eerily silent. Everyone kept their mouths shut, their brows tightly furrowed, looking completely at a loss.
It was not until Uchiha Shisui squeezed through the crowd with his two companions that the silence was broken.
"Make way. Let me through..."
Because Uchiha Shisui was currently in an utterly disreputable state within the Uchiha Clan, he had received the news late and arrived a step behind.
When he finally pushed through the crowd and entered the crime scene, he found the clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, standing motionless. Several elders were beside him.
"Clan head, may I take a look at the scene?" Uchiha Shisui asked.
Those words were also directed at every Uchiha ninja present.
Of the two companions beside Shisui, one was slightly older. His expression quickly became identical to Shisui's. The other ninja was probably young and knew little about the village, so he still had no idea what had happened. He could only ask Shisui, "Shisui, what... exactly happened?"
Uchiha Itachi had arrived at the edge of the crowd. He had intended to step forward, but after hearing Shisui's explanation from a distance, he abruptly stopped, then silently turned and left... The matter here involved the village head's son, so at that moment, no