The elders looked at each other, their eyes filled with utter disbelief. The base was attacked?
This was Uchiha territory, after all! Who the hell had the guts to run all the way here and attack the Uchiha elders?
The battle erupted abruptly. As the guards stationed outside spotted the enemy and the fighting broke out, the guards inside the base quickly rushed out.
Yet when those guards charged out of the base, they were dumbfounded.
The entrance to the base was already surrounded by throngs of shinobi, and leading them was none other than Shimura Danzō, the high-ranking official the Uchiha Clan detested most.
"Danzo, what is the meaning of this? Is the village trying to make a move against us Uchiha?"
Shortly after, several Uchiha elders exited the base, arrived at the entrance, and issued a soul-deep interrogation.
"Everyone, instead of sleeping in the middle of the night, you rushed to this godforsaken place to gather and hold a meeting. Could it be that you were plotting something?"
Shimura Danzō looked at those pairs of Sharingan, suddenly feeling his hands itch slightly, seized by an impulse to gouge those eyes out.
"Bulls—! You're talking out of your ass!"
An older Uchiha elder grew so furious that the three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes trembled.
Slander!!
He was slandering them!!!
When it came to plotting, even if you actually did it, you could never admit to it. Once you shouldered that black pot, your only end was death.
Facing the Uchiha elders' curses and vulgarities, Shimura Danzō looked at them coldly and waved a hand.
"The Uchiha elders are plotting a coup. Take them down."
"Understood!!!"
At Shimura Danzō's command, the surrounding shinobi charged forward in unison.
A fresh battle was on the verge of breaking out.
Uchiha shinobi were