Go Kill Danzo

"Uchiha Madara? He wasn't dead!?"

It wasn't just Fugaku—even Itachi looked utterly astonished.

After all, the name Uchiha Madara was truly thunderous.

Uchiha Madara was a legendary figure of the Uchiha clan who had joined forces with Senju Hashirama to end the chaos of the Warring States era.

Obito slowly said, "He wasn't dead. He had been living in an underground palace beneath Kannabi Bridge. After Uchiha Madara fought Senju Hashirama at the Valley of the End, Madara didn't die. He obtained Senju Hashirama's cells and gained... the Rinnegan!"

Then Obito told them about Uchiha Madara's true plan.

It was to use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect Madara, then cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Obito would resurrect Rin within the world of the genjutsu and become Hokage...

Itachi couldn't help but remark, "Then why didn't you just use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Rin?

"You must have some of her body tissue."

Hearing Itachi's words, Obito froze. Yeah, why hadn't he just revived Rin?

As a master of genjutsu, Itachi said, "No matter how powerful a genjutsu is, it will always have flaws. Perhaps your life in the genjutsu world would be fulfilling and happy, but that world is like a dream. Though you experience it within it, it feels deeply unreal."

Itachi continued, "You said Uchiha Madara's technique is called [Infinite Tsukuyomi], while my ocular technique is Tsukuyomi. There must be a connection between them. In the Tsukuyomi world, I can indeed control every factor, such as one's perception of time. But no matter how lifelike the genjutsu I create is, it always has a flaw. Once you seize that flaw, the genjutsu can no longer hold and will disappear."

What Itachi didn't say was this.

All genjutsu had flaws, except for Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

This genjutsu, which altered others' thoughts, had no flaws.

If he had to name one, Kotoamatsukami's flaw was its fifteen-year cooldown.

Obito felt bitter inside.

Yeah, he had thought about reviving Rin too, but Obito had always been afraid to face the inferiority buried in his heart.

That was, even if Rin were revived...

She still wouldn't like him. The one Rin liked was... Kakashi.

Kakashi was a genius.

I'm not...

Perhaps seeing through Obito's thoughts, Sasuke said, "Obito, don't tell me you're worried that Rin won't like you after you revive her?"

Hearing Sasuke's blunt words, Obito hurriedly stubbornly denied it. "Of course not..."

Sasuke said, "Stop being stubborn. After some time, I'll take you to find a great scientist in the ninja world and have him restore your face. Then, once you revive Rin, I'll naturally have a way to make her like you."

Obito hesitated.

Sasuke said, "Brother Obito, which is better: fantasizing in an illusion, or holding a sweet, soft Rin in reality?"

That one sentence from Sasuke left Obito speechless.

Obito said, "Fine, I'll listen to you, as long as you can make Rin like me..."

Sasuke smiled and nodded, but then his gaze turned gloomy.

Sasuke said, "Obito, your identity is extremely sensitive. You were also the one who launched the Nine-Tails incident, and at the time, you were using the identity of Uchiha Madara."

Sasuke found a three-tomoe Sharingan soaking in nutrient fluid within the Uchiha compound.

Then he had Obito place it into his empty eye socket.

Sasuke said, "Brother Obito, normally, don't wear a mask. Travel through the ninja world as Uchiha Obito. But when you put on a mask and reveal only one eye, become the hidden mastermind of the Akatsuki as Uchiha Madara!"

Obito gave Sasuke a deep look. If he remembered correctly, he had never said that he was the hidden mastermind behind the Akatsuki.

He had only said that a young man had inherited Madara's Rinnegan.

And aside from his battle with Hanzō, Nagato had never used the Rinnegan.

Pain had also rarely appeared in the public eye.

Obito did not dwell on such details.

He placed the Sharingan into his eye socket, and both eyes gleamed red.

Sasuke said, "Obito, go kill Danzo!

"Only once Danzo is dead can our Uchiha regain power!"

Obito's existence was unknown to everyone.

Obito put on his mask and transformed into the mysterious masked man.

Then red light flashed in his eyes, and he vanished into the darkness.

Sasuke said to Itachi, Fugaku, and Izumi, "Father, Brother, Sister Izumi, let's first get rid of Danzo's [ears]."

Meanwhile, outside the Uchiha compound.

Root agents watched the Uchiha's movements from afar.

"Strange. Why haven't there been any screams?"

"Itachi is skilled in genjutsu. Maybe he's using genjutsu to kill them."

"Hmph, Itachi wouldn't dare betray Lord Danzo and Lord Third."

"Lord Danzo tested Itachi before. Between the village and the Uchiha clan, Itachi chose the village..."

A blade flashed through the darkness.

A Root member's head flew from his shoulders. Itachi emerged from the darkness and killed the Root members stationed there.

Sasuke was there as well. Though Sasuke was still young, the chakra within him was extremely abundant. Combined with his near-indistinguishable Body Flicker shadow clones, Sasuke also killed three Root members.

Fugaku killed four, Itachi killed six, Sasuke killed three, and Izumi killed one.

A total of fourteen Root members were killed.

They were all the eyes and ears Danzo had sent.

Now that they had been eliminated, what happened here could no longer reach Danzo's ears at once.

At Konoha's Root headquarters, Danzo was full of confidence. After tonight, there would no longer be any Uchiha in Konoha!

As for Danzo's nearly extreme methods, the Third Hokage merely turned a blind eye. To him, Danzo was far more stable than the Uchiha.

The Uchiha were an unstable clan!

Suddenly, a ripple in space came from behind Danzo. Danzo turned and saw the masked man. "The mission is complete..."

Before he could finish, a bloodied head soared high into the air.