Yuhara brought the corpses of these ANBU ninjas back to the intelligence department of Konoha. Several ninjas from the Yamanaka Clan here immediately got busy, preparing to conduct a detailed search on the brains of the corpses to find the truth about their deaths.
A ninja like Sarutobi Shinsuke must have a considerable part of his memory sealed. He is the son of Anbu Captain or Hokage. He must know a lot of information involving Konoha's core secrets. Konoha must ensure that this information will not be leaked in case he is captured by the enemy or unfortunately killed.'
However, the scene before his death can theoretically be seen, and from the outside, the enemy did not destroy his brain tissue in a targeted manner.
Jounin Inoichi Yamanaka was responsible for collecting the information on Sarutobi Shinsuke. After drawing the corresponding technique, he stretched out his left hand and placed it on the corpse's forehead. Then he closed his eyes and used Yamanaka Clan's Secret Techniques to simply invade Sarutobi Shinsuke's memory.
Searching for memories is not a simple task, and it will put a lot of mental burden on Yamanaka. Sweat gradually fell from his forehead, and suddenly his body twitched violently. He let go of his hand as if he was electrocuted, then staggered back a step, and sat down.
Unknown Fire stepped forward and found that the other party had only suffered some mental shock, nothing serious, so he reached out and pulled him up.
"How about it? Can you see the murderer's face?" Yuhara asked.
Inoichi Yamanaka shook his head, "The battle was over in an instant. With the strength of Sarutobi, there was no effective counterattack. I couldn't see the enemy's face, but... I saw a blood-red Sharingan. The enemy is undoubtedly a ninja from the Uchiha Clan."
Sarutobi Shinsuke was killed by a sneak attack. This can also be seen from the wounds on his body. He was stabbed through the chest from behind, and there were more than one penetrating injury. Considering his strength, this kind of thing should not happen. Every ninja is an expert in sneak attacks, and they are always on guard against sneak attacks from other ninjas. There is no need to doubt Sarutobi Shinsuke's vigilance when facing the enemy. However, even so, he was still unable to defend himself and ended up like this.
As expected, things did not go beyond Yuhara's expectations. Judging from the memories they left behind, the process of the ANBU ninja's battle with the enemy was chaotic. The battle ended quickly, and they could only find that their enemy had Sharingan.
If there is anything else, he can only add some information... The enemy can use powerful illusions.
There is no doubt that although Sharingan of Obito Uchiha is a ninjutsu type rather than an illusion type, because of Madara Uchiha's professor, as long as he is given sufficient preparation, he can use powerful illusions... He can even control Nine-Tails, let alone a few ordinary ninjas.
Apart from establishing the origin of the murderer, the Intelligence Department could find nothing to investigate. Yuhara only stayed here for a short while before choosing to leave.
"Master Third Hokage, maybe... no, it's nothing."
Yuhara was just about to say that Third Hokage would probably come here to check it out in person soon, but after thinking about it, it was really hard for him to make such a judgment... Everyone has things they don't want to face, and Third Hokage had to be fully mentally prepared before coming to see his son's body.
Even if he is used to seeing blood, killing and death, Third Hokage is just a mortal. It can only be said that his biological children are different after all. Perhaps only in the dead of night, when Third Hokage is alone, will he come here to take a look at his already cold son.
After leaving the intelligence department, Yuhara announced that the team was disbanded. He asked Unknown Fire and Yamashiro to go back to the library to report the situation to Kushina. He hurried to Hokage's Office, preparing to explain to Third Hokage.
When Yuhara saw Third Hokage, he found that he seemed to have suddenly aged ten years. His whole person had lost the energy and energy he had in the past, and he looked a little decadent... There was nothing we could do about it. The death of Fourth Hokage was a setback, the betrayal of Konoha by his own disciple was a setback, and the sudden loss of his son was another setback. Older people cannot do this.
Therefore, when Yuhara reported, he used words as short and concise as possible, so that he could still understand the atmosphere. For Lord Hokage's experience, he did not say that he felt the same, at least he had some empathy and sympathy.
"Sharingan..."
After hearing the clear cause of death, Third Hokage was silent for a while, and then asked Yuhara, "Yuhara, what do you think the murderer is? I know Shinsuke's strength, he is not the kind of ninja who fails to live up to his expectations."
Lord Hokage spoke a little emotionally...Yuhara silently withdrew his gaze and said, "Indeed, the enemy is very strong. I don't think there is such a strong person in the Uchiha family now. Even Body Flicker Shisui cannot be that fast. To use an inappropriate metaphor, I feel that that person is as fast as Fourth Hokage."
These words made Third Hokage, who was pacing slowly, pause. His eyes looked at Yuhara, "Yuhara, what you mean is..."
Yuhara nodded slowly, "I don't know if it's an illusion, but this enemy reminds me of the mysterious enemy in the Nine-Tails chaos. It's also Sharingan, and it's also good at speed ninjutsu..."
Yuhara is relatively pragmatic, and he can't directly put a shit basin on Uchiha's head. Since he has no way to directly explain the identity of Obito Uchiha, he can only give this very subjective guess.
Third Hokage believed this statement in an instant, because he also vaguely felt that there was a force driving back and forth between Konoha and Uchiha.
There are several problems we are facing now. First, should Hokage still use the gentle policy of the past to deal with the current Uchiha? Second, even if it is gentle, how can we calm down the extreme voices of Konoha and Uchiha? Third, how to catch the murderer who never sees the end?
"Yuhara, what do you think of Uchiha?" After a moment of silence, Third Hokage suddenly asked.
Yuhara didn't understand why Third Hokage suddenly asked this, because he felt that it was meaningless to ask himself this question.
"I don't have any special opinions, just like other ninjas." He said.
As we all know, due to some reasons, Yuhara does not like the ninja clan. Many ninjas who know his past know this. Even if they have not directly experienced Yuhara's attitude, they can at least guess it. It's just that Yuhara has a normal dislike and falls into the category of being unpleasant. This is a normal attitude. He doesn't have to do anything to things he doesn't like.
"Hey..."
Third Hokage sighed, Yuhara is a person who has "remained true to his original intention" and doesn't seem to be too worried about the current situation. He is somewhat of a crowd-pleaser and has no "Konoha-oriented" thinking at all. At first glance, he is not a qualified successor to Will of Fire.
There is no way, who makes him not a pure Konoha native.
"Lord Hokage, are there any other tasks you want to give me next?" Yuhara asked again.
He will also do the tasks assigned to him seriously, and there is absolutely no problem with his work attitude. But what makes Hokage dissatisfied is that he does not see that deep sense of worry... Well, this is actually a bit difficult for him. Serious work is serious work, how can he ask a worker to take charge of the company? This is too difficult.
"Keep surveillance on the Uchiha Clan, but don't irritate them too much. At the same time, restrain the ninjas participating in the surveillance and let them have more restraint." Third Hokage said.
"I understand," Yuhara understood what Hokage meant, but...
"Lord Hokage, the 'siege' is already a high-pressure situation, and no one can stay quiet for too long under such high pressure."
Third Hokage nodded, he didn't need Yuhara to remind him of this.
After leaving Hokage's side, Yuhara was thinking while walking.
If certain orders fell on him, he would probably be able to accept the order to kill the ninjas of Uchiha. To the extreme, this was the job of ANBU ninjas. But if he was given an order to exterminate the genocide, he would probably refuse. Killing unarmed civilians was a job he didn't want to do.
It's not that he sympathizes with the Uchiha Clan, an unrelated civilian, but that he is a bit of a moral freak, and he definitely doesn't want his hands to be stained with the blood of ordinary people. This has nothing to do with whether the other party is Uchiha... Of course, it is only limited to civilians. If it is a person who does evil or a powerful person with cerebral palsy, then the specific situation will be analyzed in detail.
Therefore, his moral obsession is sometimes effective and sometimes not effective.
Late at night, Third Hokage came to the deserted intelligence department alone.
In special times, it stands to reason that the defense force around Third Hokage cannot be reduced, but when facing the supreme commander Konoha, the ninjas are also willing to show their emotional intelligence... The flames need to be alone. As for the safety risks caused by this, everyone can only work harder to overcome them.
Looking at the remains of his eldest son, Third Hokage said nothing. He stretched out his right hand and tremblingly supported the wall behind him, then slowly bowed his body and sat down by the wall without any image.
His eyes were empty and unfocused, and his thoughts had long gone to nowhere.
After sitting in silence for an hour, Third Hokage stood up again. He came to Sarutobi Shinsuke's body, covered the pale face with a white towel, calmed down again, took a deep breath, and turned around to leave.
After leaving the Intelligence Department, Third Hokage did not return to his office. Under the protection of several teams of elite ANBU ninjas, he came to an unknown small house on the west side of Konoha.
Here, someone has been waiting for him.
"Lord Hokage." The slender and somewhat frail figure first greeted Shadow Blade, who was on fire.
"How is Uchiha's situation, Itachi?" Third Hokage asked.
It was Uchiha Itachi who came here secretly to meet Hokage.
"No, the voice of resistance is almost unsuppressable," Itachi said.
Uchiha Clan knew the serious consequences of the ANBU commander and Hokage's son dying on their territory. At the same time, because of the suffocation feeling surrounded by Konoha Ninja, they felt that the water had reached the tip of their noses, so they had to rebel... According to some ninjas, this is not rebellion, but survival.
"Regarding Shinsuke's death... some people speculate that the murderer can be linked to Nine-Tails Incident. The murderer may not be from Uchiha now, but we can't catch him in a short time, so there is no way to release the pressure in the village." Third Hokage said.
Uchiha Itachi, on the other hand, seemed extremely calm. He said, "Even if someone adds fuel to the flames, it will only add fuel to the flames. As long as the fundamental contradiction between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha is not resolved, this kind of thing will break out sooner or later...Lord Hokage, we should probably seek a more fundamental way to solve the problem."
"Itachi, do you have any ideas?"
Uchiha Itachi shook his head, "I want to take another look."
After a brief communication with Third Hokage, Uchiha Itachi left here and prepared to return to Uchiha.
Although Uchiha Residential Area was surrounded by ANBU ninjas, Uchiha Itachi was Hokage's "spy", so Hokage's confidant ninjas could quietly open a passage for Itachi to let him in and out.
In addition to Itachi's ability to move secretly, on the surface, the only communication channel between Konoha and Uchiha is Uchiha Shisui. If he is accompanied and monitored by ANBU ninjas, Shisui can also leave here.
After Uchiha Itachi returned home, he immediately saw his father Uchiha Fugaku... These Uchiha ninjas finally went back to their respective homes and no longer held meetings underground under Naka Shrine.
"Itachi, where have you been?" Uchiha Fugaku asked.
Uchiha Itachi's upper body was shrouded in the shadow cast by the wall. He said naturally, "Looking at the surrounding situation, I wanted to exchange some information from the ANBU, but I couldn't."
Fugaku nodded, of course he would not doubt his genius son.
"Itachi, I have something for you to do... Based on your relationship with Shisui, try to persuade and win over him. Now is the time when the life and death of the family is at stake. As a member of Uchiha, Shisui should do something right."
"I understand, father, I'll go find Shisui right away after I clean up." Uchiha Itachi agreed.
Uchiha Itachi returned to his room, he washed his face, changed his clothes, and then buckled the Anbu's standard outer armor on his chest and back. Then he checked his Ninja Tool Bag to make sure nothing was missing, and then hung it on his waist.
During this period, Itachi's thoughts became clearer and clearer. Uchiha Clan's matter could only be solved by Uchiha himself. Once the village intervened, there would be no more Uchiha.
As he packed his things, Itachi's movements became slower and slower. By the time he inserted the short sword into the sheath behind his back, tears were already covering his face silently.
Speaking of which, things like Mangekyō Sharingan do not necessarily have to be awakened when you kill your loved ones with your own hands.
As long as a person's will is strong enough and his ideas are determined enough, it can even be "consumed with a loan"... As long as the person who is still alive is treated as dead.
Get on the bus first and then pay the ticket.
Some things have to be done anyway, it's just a matter of doing them sooner or later.
As long as you cut off the complicated emotions, you can gain ultimate strength amidst extreme pain.
With a "clang" sound, the short blade was completely buried in the sheath.
Uchiha Itachi's eyes no longer shed tears, but another stream of heat filled his visual nerves.
It was this heat that drove the three Tomoe in his eyes to rotate slowly, and eventually they were connected with the child hole in the center, evolving into an extremely peculiar shape.
There are some things that he doesn't want to do, but he has to do.