"You said... should I kill you?" Uchiha Shunichi said, looking at Ao, who had become a one-eyed man.
Ao's expression darkened at the sight of Uchiha Shunichi.
It seemed his assumptions had been wrong. The newly appointed Hokage didn't seem to love peace as much as the rumors claimed.
If it had been the Third Hokage, a peace treaty could have resolved a lot of things. But now...
"I won't betray Kirigakure. If the terms I offered aren't enough, then kill me!" Ao declared, prepared to die, though his heart was filled with regret.
He no longer had any leverage. He didn't want to die, but he absolutely couldn't accept being controlled like a puppet the way the Fourth Mizukage had been.
"Wait, was it really Konoha that controlled the Fourth Mizukage?" Ao suddenly seemed to remember something and asked the question that had troubled him for a long time.
"Yes and no. By the time the Mizukage was controlled, he'd already defected from Konoha. Oh, and though it's embarrassing, I don't mind telling you: that man was also behind Konoha's Nine-Tails' Attack." Uchiha Shunichi answered.
"Could it have been... Uchiha Shisui?" A figure suddenly flashed through Ao's mind.
"That's right... Hm? No, wait! He died ages ago..." Uchiha Shunichi felt exhausted.
Sarutobi Hiruzen... what a fucking failure. He'd ruined almost all three of the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan users.
Uchiha Obito could arguably be blamed on the war, but the other two definitely held a grudge against that failure.
"These days, you'd better call him Uchiha Madara. There are a lot of reasons behind it. I won't explain them to you." Uchiha Shunichi shook his head and turned to look for the documents Ao had been working on.
The documents did indeed contain information about Konoha.
But there was