Obito's Heart Tremors Upon Seeing Nohara Rin's Daughter, His Empty Heart Beats Anew

When Itachi was brought into Root by Shimura Danzō, Fugaku had already issued an order.

He was to serve as a spy to investigate intelligence within the village.

If he were to faithfully carry out his mission, he had to report this matter to the Uchiha Clan as soon as possible.

The moment he abandoned telling the clan about this, he was effectively abandoning his mission as a clan spy.

"You are responsible for surveillance here all day today."

"Are you asking me to monitor my own kin?"

A man wearing a monkey mask, who had been sitting silently in front of the monitors listening to the conversation between Kakashi and Itachi, suddenly stood up.

"Your clan lured the Nine-Tails here and attempted to act against the village; that is why you are being monitored like this."

"Kou."

Kakashi called out the name of the man in the monkey mask, his face beneath his own mask already furrowed in a frown.

Another man, wearing a round-faced cat mask, explained to Itachi:

"This guy's younger sister was killed by the Nine-Tails, so he has a bad impression of the Uchiha Clan."

"Do not let personal feelings interfere with the mission."

After Kakashi finished speaking, Kou walked past him with his head bowed.

"I know."

Restrained by Kakashi's strength, Kou said this with a tone of dissatisfaction before leaving the surveillance room.

Itachi said nothing.

During the Nine-Tails Incident, Shimizu had held back the Nine-Tails alone, buying a significant amount of time.

However, there were rumors that the cause of the Nine-Tails' rampage was also instigated by the Uchiha.

Shimizu's intervention was merely a result of the internal strife within the Uchiha Clan.

Such conspiracy theories were prevalent among the lower ranks of Konoha, and there were even those subtly fueling the