Tonight, Konoha was very different from usual.
A blood-red moon hung in the sky, like a bloodstained eye gazing down upon the entire Ninja World. The sight sent a chill through anyone who saw it.
Perhaps some powerful chakra had affected the moon. Its crimson light shone coldly into every corner of the village.
But the most glaring red wasn't in the sky. It was in people's hearts.
The Uchiha Clan Compound had long since fallen into darkness. Several days earlier, Konoha's streetlights in the area had quietly been shut off, leaving the entire compound like an isolated ruin, sunk in a silence as still as death.
Tonight, the blood moon lit up the area around the Uchiha Clan.
The Uchiha knew that Konoha kept them under constant, round-the-clock surveillance. Root, directly under the Hokage, had established countless monitoring posts around the compound,
with cameras hidden in the darkness like ghosts, spying on their every move.
They knew. Itachi knew, too.
It was through this surveillance that Uchiha Itachi discovered traces of Kamui being used. Following them, he found the masked man who had killed his teammate and reached an agreement with him—one that could rewrite the fate of the Uchiha.
Though the clan members had destroyed many cameras, they still couldn't cut off all surveillance.
Tonight, the clan meeting was held once more. Uchiha Rekka presided, looking gravely around at the clan members filling the room.
The Uchiha Clan's rebellion plans had suffered setback after setback.
The original plan had been for Uchiha Shisui to act, using his superb Body Flicker Technique to ambush and kidnap the Third Hokage. At the time, the clan hadn't known that Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. They thought he was merely an Elite Jonin and naturally considered him the best choice for