Early the next morning, Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui arrived at the Hokage Building, at Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's office.
As for the Cloud Village leader's corpse, other members of the Uchiha Clan had brought it over and handed it to Minato's Anbu.
After listening to Shisui's account, Minato fell silent for a moment. After all, the man who had signed an alliance and celebrated with them just yesterday had become a corpse today.
"He's dead, so now we need to think about how to respond to Kumogakure's accusations. But I still want to thank you, Shisui."
Minato looked at Shisui sincerely. After all, it was Hyuga Hiashi who had killed the man, and there was no changing that now. Shisui had secured the greatest possible advantage for Minato: the Hyuga Clan's public support.
By this point, Shisui understood why the Hyuga Clan had been so obedient to Hiruzen Sarutobi in his previous life. Most likely, as Hokage at the time, Hiruzen had made the Hyuga Clan use Hizashi Hyuga's corpse in place of Hyuga Hiashi.
"It was the least I could do, Minato-senpai."
Shisui's main aim had been to drag the Hyuga Clan into this as well. Otherwise, even if the Uchiha Clan signed an alliance with them, he still couldn't fully trust them.
"But I noticed something suspicious about this incident," Shisui added.
"Hmm?"
Minato picked up the teacup on his desk and took a sip, inviting Shisui to continue.
"They'd just signed a ceasefire agreement with Konoha, yet they still dared to covet the Hyuga Clan's bloodline. Whether they succeeded or not, it would have broken the agreement between our villages. In other words, Kumogakure didn't come here with any sincere intention of maintaining peace with Konoha."
If Shisui could figure that out, there was no reason Minato