Is He Waiting for Us to Go Over...

Uchiha Shisui, Konoha's Teleporter, was also the pride of the Uchiha Clan.

Therefore, they trusted Uchiha Shisui more than Uchiha Itachi.

Now, Shisui's absence was enough to prove the truth of this.

This made them somewhat conflicted.

They had seen the Susanoo rampaging in the Village Center and immediately wanted to launch a coup.

But if the situation was like this, it would be better to follow the original plan: capture the Jinchūriki, forcibly break the seal, and let the Clan Head control it.

"Clan Head, what do you think?"

"Clan Head..."

The clan members all looked at Fugaku Uchiha.

Fugaku Uchiha was inherently weak-willed, timid in his actions, and overly cautious.

As the Clan Head, he should have placed the clan's interests above the village; this was the duty of every clan head.

But he treated the village and the Uchiha Clan equally, even prioritizing the village over the Uchiha Clan. This was because he was worried that controlling the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox would cause immense casualties to the village.

He never considered using the Nine-Tails to threaten the Konoha higher-ups and improve the Uchiha Clan's treatment.

Even during the Night of the Massacre a year later, he showed no will to resist when facing Uchiha Itachi's extermination.

It was as if he viewed the lives of his clan members as his personal property.

If he endured, the Uchiha Clan could endure.

If he died, the Uchiha Clan could die.

Such a weak Clan Head... If Madara Uchiha saw him, his killing intent would likely be even more terrifying than seeing Black Zetsu's true face.

Not dismembering Fugaku Uchiha would be an insult to his Uchiha name.

At this moment, Fugaku Uchiha lived up to expectations and made his usual compromise.

He glanced at the tense Anbu around him, his stern face betraying no emotion. He slowly closed his eyes.

A few seconds later, his strong shoulders seemed to relax, and he said, "Let's go back."

Upon hearing this, some clan members opened their mouths as if they wanted to say something, but no words came out. Only their flushed faces showed their suppressed frustration.

Fugaku Uchiha walked back.

The clan members had no choice but to disperse, but their gazes couldn't help but drift towards the raging red Skeleton Giant in the Village Center.

Susanoo...

Even though Uchiha Itachi said the user of that Susanoo was a five-year-old child, at this moment, they couldn't help but show envy and longing.

A faint voice echoed in their hearts: "That's a true Uchiha!"

Uchiha Itachi and the Anbu members breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when the Susanoo moved towards the Uchiha Clan, they panicked.

And the Uchiha Clan members became excited.

Even though their Clan Head stood beside them, their excited, expectant gazes fell upon the approaching Raging Red Skull Giant.

Although, halfway there, the Raging Red Skull Giant dissipated.

This left the Uchiha Clan members with some regret.

Fugaku Uchiha glanced at it and turned back.

Logically, everyone else should have returned home like Fugaku Uchiha.

But no one left.

Even though the Susanoo had disappeared, they kept staring in that direction, anticipating someone's appearance.

About half an hour later, the Uchiha clan members with sharper eyesight immediately shouted in surprise.

"It's Shisui!"

"Shisui is back!"

Uchiha Itachi breathed a sigh of relief.

With Uchiha Shisui's return, the situation could be controlled.

The Anbu members became nervous.

Uchiha Shisui was a member of the Police Force and, in their eyes, the most influential person besides the Uchiha Clan Head, Fugaku Uchiha.

Any slight misstep could lead to severe consequences.

And these severe consequences were precisely what the Uchiha clan members were hoping for.

Soon, they saw Uchiha Shisui walking over, holding a little boy.

This caused the excited expressions of the clan members to freeze.

Words seemed to catch in their throats, unable to even utter a simple "Shisui, you're back."

They looked at Uchiha Shisui's expression of calm sorrow, then at the little boy whose eyelids seemed to twitch and tremble from extreme fatigue.

The Uchiha Clan's eyes were powerful, which also meant they could see more.

This also meant they could discern the truth faster than ordinary people.

Even without anyone telling them, they saw it.

Jinghuo Uchiha, this five-year-old little boy, was truly the master who activated the legendary Susanoo.

And such a person had returned unconscious.

The chūnin in their minds couldn't help but recall the image of the Raging Red Skull Giant walking towards them.

"Could it be that he was waiting for us to come, and we didn't?" Such thoughts couldn't help but surface in the minds of the clan members.

From then on, it was unstoppable, and the guilt in their hearts surged like a tide.

They cleared a path, as if making way for a heavily wounded hero, the atmosphere filled with silent sorrow and guilt.

Not a single person dared to look at the unconscious Jinghuo Uchiha.

"Shisui, what about Jinghuo?" Fugaku Uchiha's eyes held a questioning look.

Uchiha Shisui turned his head, his only remaining left eye filled with the potent pupil power of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

This level of pupil power was beyond that of a normal Three-Tomoe.

There was only one possibility!

Fugaku Uchiha was utterly horrified.

Could it be that Shisui also...

At this moment, Uchiha Shisui spoke, "Clan Head, I have something to discuss with you in a few days."

His voice carried no hint of sadness or joy, it was extremely calm.

So calm it was frightening.

"Alright," Fugaku Uchiha nodded slightly.

He also had something he wanted to talk to Uchiha Shisui about.

Uchiha Shisui left alone, carrying Jinghuo Uchiha.

The clan members stood in place, their faces full of guilt.

After a while, they dispersed one by one.

But even though it was late at night and the Uchiha Clan Land was completely dark, in many households, numerous clan members lay in their beds, unable to sleep.

In their minds, chaotic thoughts kept surfacing.

The Raging Red Skull Giant rampaging like a war god in the village center;

Fugaku Uchiha's compromise;

Jinghuo Uchiha, unconscious and exhausted, carried back by Uchiha Shisui;

The relieved smiles of the Anbu members;

The Raging Red Skull Giant suddenly walking from the village center.

These scenes played repeatedly in their minds, converging into one question: "Was he waiting for us to come?"

The night was deep, but the people were not asleep.

Many Uchiha clan members in their twenties, thirties, and even fifties couldn't help but have their eyes moisten.

In their minds, that sentence kept echoing.

"Was he waiting for us to come?"

"He must have been waiting for us to come..."

Thinking of Jinghuo Uchiha, who faced all the ninjas of Konoha alone, with not a single Uchiha clan member behind him, they felt an unbearable tightness and pain in their hearts.

The moisture in their eyes gathered and flowed down as tears.

Gradually, faint sobs could be heard, seemingly present yet absent in the dark night.

Simultaneously, the sound of slaps on cheeks could be heard.

And words of regret.

"I'm sorry..."

"I'm sorry..."