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The moon hung above the willow branches; people had agreed to meet after midnight.

Beneath the torii at Naka Shrine, Shimura Danzō and Clan Head Fugaku stood shoulder to shoulder, gazing at each other.

On either side of the mountain steps leading down from the torii, dark tree shadows swayed faintly in the night breeze, like countless ghosts.

"Are you ready?" Danzō asked hoarsely.

Fugaku nodded. "We can begin whenever you're ready."

"Then..." Danzō waved his hand.

The next moment, ten shadowy figures darted out of the dense woods to the left of the steps. They flashed through the moonlight and quickly disappeared into the woods on the right.

Before long, muffled groans came from the woods on the right, suppressed to the utmost. They were filled with pain, discomfort, and frustration!

Fugaku put on a look of sympathy at just the right moment. His acting was perfect.

Danzō smiled without a word.

At that moment, inside the woods on the right, ten Anbu shinobi, including Shisui, stood in a row disguised as Root Ninja. Ten Konoha Military Police Force elites wearing Uchiha Uniforms sat cross-legged on the ground with their backs to them.

Shisui placed a hand on one clansman's head and did absolutely nothing. The clansman simply kept groaning, leaving much to the imagination.

After quite some time, Shisui and the others finally withdrew their hands, then darted out of the woods as shadows and knelt on one knee beneath the steps.

"Hmph!" Fugaku grunted, voicing his displeasure.

Danzō glanced at him and, satisfied, waved for his ten "subordinates" to leave.

Fugaku finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Danzō, what exactly is this supposed to mean?"

"Clan Head Fugaku only needs to provide Chakra. There's no need to worry about anything else."

As he spoke, Danzō turned and