Give them up or not?
It was a difficult question.
If Uchiha Sōken hadn't stirred things up like this, the Third and the others really had planned to use the pressure from the Mist Ninja to clip the Uchiha Clan's wings. They'd intended to use the broader situation to force the Uchiha Clan to cut off one of its own arms. It wouldn't have been possible to hurt Uchiha Sōken, but killing Uchiha Shisui would still have made the effort worthwhile.
Aburame Ryoma, Danzo's right-hand man, hadn't even been able to gain the upper hand against Uchiha Shisui.
Clearly, Uchiha Sōken wasn't the only dangerous figure in the Uchiha Clan. Uchiha Shisui was another unpredictable threat.
But after Uchiha Sōken had made such a scene with the Mist Ninja envoy, they could no longer carry out their original plan. If they chose to force the Uchiha Clan to hand over Uchiha Shisui, it would be tantamount to giving in to the Mist Ninja's coercion. The damage that would do to the Third's authority... Anyone could figure it out without giving it a second thought!
Besides,
Uchiha Sōken would definitely never agree to such a demand. They'd originally planned to use the pressure of war to get the other clans to join forces in pressuring the Uchiha. But now, those clans probably wouldn't be able to work together. Being coerced by the Mist Ninja into killing each other—even if the target was the Uchiha—was simply unacceptable!
But if they didn't continue with the original plan,
how were they supposed to face the Hyuga Clan?
When they'd faced the Cloud Ninja's threat, the Third had personally tried to persuade the Hyuga Clan to put the village first. Hizashi, the younger brother of Hyuga Hiashi, had been sacrificed as a pawn. Although Hiashi