The Uchiha compound was still located in Konoha's central second ring. Uchiha Shisui had already lost both his parents, so being an orphan spared him from having to worry about exposing any flaws.
Before long, a Hokage Anbu came to summon him to the Hokage's Office to report on his work.
Uchiha Shisui was still a bridge between the Uchiha and Konoha. Though he generally only served as a means of communication and was occasionally caught between both sides, it was hardly a good job.
Rifling through the fragments of memory in his mind, he found that both Konoha and the Uchiha Clan had mixed attitudes toward Shisui: they wanted to win him over and rely on him, yet they were also wary of him.
I'm like Zhu Bajie looking into a mirror—neither side sees me as one of their own. Fortunately, I'll only be here for a few months. Once I finish what I came to do, it'll be about time for me to leave. Uchiha Shisui thought to himself.
As for what Uchiha Shisui had come to Konoha to do—no, rather, what Sarutobi Toru had come to Konoha Village to do...
"Heh. Now I can somewhat understand Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan in the Original Work." Shisui's murmur drifted softly through the wind.
Hokage's Office.
The Hokage Building seems a little old. It's much smaller than the one in our world. Uchiha Shisui thought. Even though this world is more than a decade ahead in time, this Konoha lags behind ours in both urban development and technology.
Pushing open the doors to the Hokage's Office, Uchiha Shisui saw the Third Hokage, who showed faint signs of age, as well as... Shimura Danzō, whose eyes and arm were wrapped in bandages.
A complicated look flickered through his eyes. Then, like