After saying that, Itachi paid Shisui no further attention and hurried straight to the Konoha Military Police Force to find his father, Uchiha Fugaku.
Itachi could sense that Konoha's plot against the clan was already underway, and that Shisui was one of the people involved.
Watching Itachi's retreating figure, Shisui remained silent. He knew that after tonight, his only close friend, Itachi, would be gone forever.
With a bang, Shisui vanished in a puff of white smoke. The Shisui who had been standing there was only a Shadow Clone.
In a valley near the Land of Rain's border, four people in black cloaks patterned with red clouds hid in the shadows, waiting for their target to appear so they could surround and kill him.
"Hey, hey, why hasn't he shown up yet? Weren't we told the target would come today? Look, it's already dark," Hidan grumbled impatiently.
"Could something have gone wrong? Maybe the target discovered the trap and ran off early?" Kakuzu frowned beside him.
This was a job worth 150 million. He didn't want anything unexpected to happen.
Just then, Sasori, hidden inside Hiruko, seemed to sense something. He said slowly, "Quiet. Someone's approaching. It might be the target."
"But there's only one person coming. Weren't we told the inside man would bring the target with him?"
About five minutes later, a man wearing a black samurai kimono slowly walked into the valley.
The newcomer was Yusuke!
Since he was already in the Land of Rain, wearing a Konoha shinobi uniform would be inconvenient, so Yusuke had changed into a black samurai kimono.
Yusuke had discovered that Root was carrying out some kind of plot against him—or perhaps his clan—but he hadn't expected Konoha's High Command to be planning to wipe out the Uchiha Clan so soon.
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