Shisui's eyes turned thoughtful as he faced the scroll that had suddenly appeared on the table.
Judging from the kunai's design and the formula inscribed on it, this was clearly the Flying Thunder God Technique mastered by the Fourth Hokage. Lord Menma actually had a ninja under his command who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique. Shisui wondered which of them was stronger.
After unsealing the scroll, Naruto gave it a cursory glance and smiled meaningfully. "Something major recently happened in Konoha. Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, replaced Hiruzen Sarutobi as the new Hokage. Danzo also voluntarily defected from Konoha after his human experiments were exposed."
Upon hearing this, Shisui froze in place, his emotions incredibly complicated.
When the Uchiha Clan had still been in Konoha, they had gone to great lengths to contend with the higher-ups. Yet no matter how hard they tried, the Third Hokage and Root remained standing firm, while the Uchiha were squeezed until they had no room left to survive.
Yet less than two years after leaving Konoha and settling in Uzushio Village, the Third Hokage and Danzo had both fallen.
Their band of Uchiha remnants had not even had the chance to take revenge...
Naruto glanced at Shisui, seeing through his thoughts, and said with a smile, "You think this is absurd, but to me, it's perfectly normal. To the Hokage faction and Konoha, you Uchiha were outsiders from the start."
"We were outsiders... that's true enough."
Shisui muttered the words repeatedly, then gave a helpless smile. Still, he had to admit that Lord Menma was right.
After the clan head's defection and the Nine-Tails Night, the Uchiha had long become "outsiders" in the village. The Hokage Building, and even most Ninja Clans, had viewed them with wariness. Yet at such a time,