"Shisui, you worked hard back there."
After the meeting, Minato Namikaze spoke to Shisui, who had stayed behind in the conference room.
With the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi already gone, the meeting had passed Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's proposal without any surprises: they would reject appeasement and fight the invading enemy to the bitter end.
Even though some of those present were unwilling to take part in the war, they understood that the tide could not be turned and had no choice but to stay silent.
"I owe it to your support, Senior Minato. Otherwise, Shimura Ketsuzo wouldn't have come clean so easily. And Clan Head Fugaku was a great help, too."
Shisui never took credit for other people's praise.
"Hahahaha! I only thought of it because Shisui brought it to my attention. But honestly, I was furious with those people at the time."
Fugaku Uchiha was referring to what had happened in the conference room. He had activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and used its unique ability to predict how Shimura Ketsuzo and the other two might try to refute the evidence. He had quietly passed that information to Shisui, which led to the Konoha Military Police Force searching their homes afterward.
As for the private agreement between Shimura Ketsuzo and Shisui, Shisui had arranged for Shimura Danzō to contact his younger brother in secret and set everything up in advance.
Although he had Kotoamatsukami under his control, Shisui still understood that people had to be given some leeway if he wanted them to give their all.
So he had agreed to Shimura Danzō's request to stop making things difficult for the Shimura Clan as much as possible.
Itachi Uchiha, standing nearby, said nothing, but his gaze at Shisui brimmed with admiration.
"We also have Konan to thank. Without the