But Li did not think Uchiha Jinghu was Shisui Uchiha's father.
Although Uchiha Jinghu's exact age had never been stated, he was the same generation as the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō. The night of the clan massacre took place four years before the beginning of the story. Itachi was seventeen when the plot officially began, so he had only been � years old at the time.
Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi had been around � years old.
At the same time, the official data book, the Book of Formation, clearly listed Uchiha Jinghu as having died at the age of �.
And when Shisui Uchiha died, he had been no older than �.
In other words, there was a gap of at least � years between Uchiha Jinghu's death and Shisui Uchiha's birth.
The Book of Formation called Uchiha Jinghu Shisui Uchiha's direct relative, so it could be assumed that he was not Shisui's father.
But there were always exceptions. The "death" mentioned in the Book of Formation did not necessarily mean that a person had died. What if it was a name that had died? Uchiha Jinghu was already dead; that name no longer existed in the world of Naruto. In his place, Uchiha Jinghu stepped onto the stage and became the Uchiha clan's patriarch.
Was that perhaps why the Uchiha clan had remained so quietly within Konoha for all these years? Uchiha Jinghu upheld the ideal of peace. If he truly became the patriarch, then there was no doubt that the Uchiha clan, that ticking time bomb, would be far more obedient.
He had supposedly died in battle, when in truth he had merely gone into hiding under a different name. It really was a good way to avoid countless disputes.
If that was the case, then