Night Owl Plan

The Anbu captain, Dog, saw the contents of the scroll, and his expression shifted.

If this were delivered to the Hokage, there would be no way for Danzo to wash his hands of it, no matter how he tried to deflect.

Tekka looked up and roared:

"Seal all the scrolls!"

"Whoever dares to move, cut them down!"

The members of the Uchiha Police Force had blood-red eyes.

The more they searched the stronghold, the more furious they became.

Because there was too much evidence.

The movement routes of the Uchiha Clan.

Potential assessments for the awakening of the Sharingan in the clan's youth.

Personality analyses of the Police Force members.

There was even a "List of Recyclable Subjects."

Recyclable.

Those three words completely ignited the Uchiha.

A young Uchiha's eyes turned red on the spot.

"They really treat us like raw materials!"

Another clansman gripped a scroll tightly.

"My brother's name is on here..."

"They told me my brother's body was taken by the enemy after he died in battle."

"It was Root all along!"

"Root!"

Fury spread throughout the underground stronghold.

If not for Fugaku's prior order to keep them alive, these Root ninja would likely have been torn to shreds on the spot.

Just then, Shin-getsu and Shisui walked into the stronghold carrying a sealed box.

Tekka immediately went to meet them.

"Shin-getsu!"

"How did it go on your end?"

Shin-getsu opened the box.

Empty vials of Sharingan preservation fluid were revealed.

Tekka froze completely.

The next second, his eyes turned so red they looked like they were dripping blood.

"This is..."

Shin-getsu said:

"The ones who tried to escape took these out."

"Inside is also a list of the missing clansmen."

Tekka snatched the list.

After glancing at it for a few moments, his entire body began to tremble.

"Uchiha Ryosuke..."

"Uchiha Shinji..."

"Uchiha Aki..."

He read out the names one by one.

With every name he spoke, the expression of a clansman nearby would change drastically.

These were not unfamiliar names.

They were members of the Uchiha Clan.

They were people who had once been alive.

Some had died in battle.

Some had gone missing.

Some had bodies that were never recovered after a mission.

Now, the answer lay right before their eyes.

Their eyes might have ended up in a Root bottle.

Tekka spun around, grabbing a Root captive by the collar.

"Where are the eyes?"

"Where are those Sharingan?"

The Root captive remained silent.

Tekka punched him in the face.

"Speak!"

Blood trickled from the Root captive's mouth, but he still wouldn't talk.

Shin-getsu stepped forward.

"Get out of the way."

Tekka stepped back, breathing heavily.

Shin-getsu crouched down, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan fixed on the Root captive.

"Even if you don't tell me, I'll know."

"This is just an outer outpost."

"The real Sharingan wouldn't be kept here."

"It should be in the Core Laboratory, under Danzo's personal control."

The Root captive's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.

Shin-getsu caught it.

He smiled.

"It seems I guessed right."

Killing intent surged in Tekka's eyes.

"The Core Laboratory?"

Shin-getsu stood up.

"This is just the first root."

"The real rotten flesh of Root is still below."

Anbu Captain Inu said gravely:

"This evidence must be sent back to the Hokage Building immediately."

Tekka looked at him coldly.

"Of course, it must be sent."

"But not just to the Hokage."

"The Uchiha must also get a copy."

The Anbu Captain didn't argue.

Under the current circumstances, anyone who dared to say it would only be given to the Hokage would cause the Uchiha to flip out on the spot.

Shin-getsu looked towards the depths of the outpost.

"Are there any places left unsearched?"

Inabi hurried over.

"There's a Sealed Door at the very back."

"We can't open it."

"The Anbu said they need Hokage authorization."

Tekka sneered:

"Authorization again."

Shin-getsu's eyes lit up.

A Sealed Door.

Places like this often hid valuable goods.

He said directly:

"Take me there."

Shisui frowned:

"It's dangerous."

Shin-getsu said lightly:

"Danger is precisely why it's valuable."

The group quickly arrived at the depths of the stronghold.

A black iron door was embedded in the wall.

The door was engraved with dense Sealing Runes.

An Anbu Sealing Ninja was in the middle of an inspection.

"This is the Root Internal Lockdown Technique."

"Forcing it open might trigger the Destruction Formula."

Shin-getsu activated his Three-Tomoe, staring at the Sealing Technique.

He could not fully comprehend ordinary seals.

But he did not need to understand them entirely.

He only needed to find the nodes where the chakra flowed.

[Causality Retrospection] activated.

Ten minutes ago.

A Root ninja had attempted to approach this door.

But before he could open it, he was interrupted by the Uchiha rushing in.

A little earlier.

A ripple of chakra had pulsed from the inside of the door.

This indicated that there was someone behind the door.

Or that an automatic Destruction Formula had already been triggered.

Shin-getsu's eyes turned cold.

"No need to undo the seal."

The Anbu Sealing Ninja was taken aback.

"Then how do we open it?"

Shin-getsu raised his hand and pointed to the bottom right corner of the door.

"There."

"The chakra circuit of the Sealing Technique is weakest there."

"Use Earth Style to break through the wall; don't touch the door."

The group was stunned.

The Anbu Sealing Ninja checked immediately, his expression shifting slightly.

"Indeed... the seal on the door itself is very strong, but the wall is not fully covered."

Tekka laughed heartily.

"Does Root cut corners too?"

Shin-getsu said:

"It's not cutting corners."

"They didn't think anyone could spot the blind spot in the seal so quickly."

Tekka waved his hand.

"Earth Style ninjas, move out!"

Two Anbu Earth Style ninjas formed hand seals.

"Earth Style: Cracking Earth!"

Boom!

A hole was forcibly smashed through the wall to the right of the iron door.

The next instant, the seal on the door did not trigger as expected.

The group entered through the hole.

The space inside was not large.

There was only a table.

A Sealing Cabinet.

And a black cloth hanging on the wall.

Tekka ripped the black cloth away.

Everyone's pupils constricted.

Behind the black cloth was a Konoha Clan Surveillance Map.

Uchiha.

Hyuga.

Aburame.

Inuzuka.

Nara.

Yamanaka.

Akimichi.

Every major clan was listed there.

And the Uchiha district was the most densely circled in red.

Shin-getsu's gaze landed on the line of text at the very center.

Uchiha Priority Elimination Plan.

Tekka read it out, word by word.

Then, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Priority Elimination Plan.

This was no longer mere surveillance.

This was a plan for genocide!

Tekka's hands were trembling.

Shisui's face turned deathly pale.

The Anbu captain, Inu, also fell completely silent.

Because once this document was brought into the light, the relationship between the Konoha high command and the Uchiha would be shattered beyond repair.

Shin-getsu walked over to the sealing cabinet.

His Three-Tomoe Sharingan locked onto the cabinet door.

"Open it."

The Anbu Sealing Ninja swallowed hard before stepping forward to break the seal.

A moment later, the cabinet opened.

Inside lay only a single scroll.

Four characters were written on the cover:

Night Owl Plan.

Shin-getsu picked up the scroll and slowly unfurled it.

He only needed to read the first line for his killing intent to explode.

If signs of an Uchiha rebellion are confirmed, the Root, special Anbu squads, and Uchiha insiders shall jointly execute a nighttime elimination.

Priority targets: Police Force leadership, radicals within the clan, and Sharingan awakeners.

Preservation targets: Controllable juveniles and special bloodline samples.

Every Uchiha in the room stopped breathing.

What was this?

This was a butcher's knife forged in advance.

This was the blueprint for the Night of the Clan Massacre!

Shin-getsu slowly closed the scroll.

The system's notification chime rang out with a boom.

[Host has discovered the Root's "Night Owl Plan" ahead of schedule.]

[The underlying plan for the original Night of the Clan Massacre has been exposed prematurely.]

[Causality of the Uchiha massacre has shifted significantly.]

[Causality Points obtained: 10,000.]

[Current Causality Points: 16,700.]

[Night of the Clan Massacre deviation increased.]

[Current deviation: 25%.]

Shin-getsu looked up at the others.

His voice was cold.

"Take it."

"We're going back to the Hokage Building."

Tekka gritted his teeth:

"Who dares to bet this time?"

The Three-Tomoe swirled within Shin-getsu's eyes.

"Whoever bets."

"Is an enemy of the Uchiha."

That night.

The Uchiha did not merely uproot a single stronghold.

They unearthed a blade that had already been pressed against their own throats.

And now.

They would personally slam that blade into the Hokage's face.