Sasuke's Inner Fragility, Shisui Steps In

Why? Why did they want to kill him?

Sasuke could not understand it. He did not seem to have done anything out of line, so why were those Anbu ninja monitoring him and even trying to kill him?

This?

He truly could not make sense of it!

Was it because he was an Uchiha clansman? No—if that were the case, Uchiha Xuan Yu, the Young Clan Leader of the Uchiha Clan, should have drawn even more attention and hostility from them.

But now, the Anbu were targeting him!

Sasuke had always been mature, and he did not believe this was merely a coincidence. They had to have some purpose.

If nothing unexpected had happened, even the Hokage should have known that the Anbu ninja were monitoring him. No, the Anbu were the Hokage's subordinates. This had to have been arranged by the Hokage.

In an instant, Sasuke thought of many things. He even guessed who was behind the surveillance.

Kakashi looked at Sasuke's grave expression and found himself in a difficult position. How was he supposed to gently tell Sasuke about this and put his mind at ease so he could focus on the exam?

And should he tell Sasuke that his brother, Uchiha Itachi, had returned to Konoha?

He was troubled.

Sasuke's hatred for his brother Uchiha Itachi had reached its peak. He had even trained so hard all this time just to kill Itachi and avenge his dead parents and clansmen.

And to give the surviving Uchiha clansmen an explanation!

But if he did not tell him the truth, with Sasuke's intelligence, he would definitely realize Kakashi was deceiving him. Then this kid might start thinking even more. It was truly difficult!

"Teacher Kakashi, even if you don't say it, I've already guessed!" Seeing Kakashi in such a