Shisui told the story of the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
Satsuki was no stranger to this incident. Naruto had long since told her the truth about the Tailed Beasts—how, for centuries, humans had used and imprisoned their power, treating them as weapons and symbols of disaster rather than living beings with feelings and will.
Until Naruto's generation.
"When a Jinchuriki gives birth, the seal on the Tailed Beast is at its weakest... The person who drove the Uchiha Clan into the abyss took advantage of that."
Bitterness lingered in Shisui's voice. "Somehow, he learned the due date of Kushina Uzumaki, the Fourth Hokage's wife, and chose to strike that night."
If Kurama's rampage had merely been an accident caused by a weakened seal, then the Uchiha Clan had suffered a complete injustice.
Yet cruelly enough—Konoha's suspicions at the time had not been entirely unreasonable.
"The Sharingan pattern in Kurama's eyes... proved that he was under genjutsu at the time." Shisui's voice deepened. "That was why Konoha's higher-ups concluded that the culprit was within the Uchiha Clan. From then on, the entire clan was relocated to the outskirts of the village and placed under strict surveillance and guard."
"Wait?!"
Satsuki abruptly cut in, her face changing drastically. "You mean... the one who controlled Kurama and got Naruto's father and mother killed... was an Uchiha?" Her voice trembled slightly. "We weren't framed?! It wasn't someone trying to pin it on the Uchiha?!"
Shisui fell silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.
He understood Satsuki's shock and resistance. He himself had once been furious and unwilling to accept it, wondering whether someone had deliberately used the Sharingan to frame the Uchiha. But—
Several years ago, on the day the Konoha Crush Plan took place, Shisui had encountered that culprit while coming to Konoha's aid...
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