The next day, Canopy Screen started playing again.
[In the picture, Fugaku Uchiha opens the door with a tired pace.]
[However, as soon as he entered the door, what he saw made all his fatigue instantly turn into suppressed anger.]
[His eldest son, Itachi Uchiha, is sitting alone in the shadow of the living room, with his back to the door.]
[The young man's thin shoulders trembled slightly. Although he made no sound, the trembling of being immersed in great sadness was more uncomfortable than any crying.]
[In normal times, Fugaku might silently give his son some space.]
[But at this moment, he had just experienced a family meeting that was almost like forcing him to die. At the meeting, he forced the entire family to embark on a road of defection with a near-death chance. However, his son, who was originally regarded as an important helper, was absent from all this.]
[Suddenly an inexplicable evil fire suddenly rushed into Fugaku's heart.]
["Itachi!" Fugaku Uchiha's voice was cold and stern, breaking the dead silence in the room, "What are you doing here?! Why don't you go to today's clan meeting?!"]
[Itachi's body suddenly stiffened, and he turned around slowly. There were still tears on his face, and his usually clear and calm black eyes were filled with incredible pain and confusion at this moment.]
["Brother Shisui is dead!" Itachi's voice was filled with sadness.]
["What?! Who did it?! Fugaku Uchiha was suddenly shocked by the news.]
[You must know that Shisui Uchiha is an important combat power of Uchiha. If he dies, the success rate of the defection plan will be reduced by at least 30%.]
["It's Shimura Danzō!!!" Itachi Uchiha shouted through gritted teeth.]
[Hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha patted his son on the shoulder, "Do you know what happened at the rally tonight?!"]
["Four Elders! They don't know where they got the weird power and support. They want to turn on Coup."]
["I used Mangekyō Sharingan to suppress it and changed Coup to defect! We Uchiha are leaving Konoha!"]
[Itachi Uchiha's pupils shrank suddenly, and even sadness was temporarily replaced by shock: "Defection?! Father, you..."]
["I agree!" Fugaku almost growled to interrupt him, a trace of pain and humiliation flashed across his face, "What else can I do?! Shisui is dead! You are not here either! No one supports me at the meeting!"]
["They even used a strange power that can instantly create Jonin! Apart from using Mangekyo to forcefully change 'Coup' to 'defect', what else can I do?!"]
["Should we watch the family immediately fall into civil strife, or watch them rush to Hokage Building to die?!"]
[He breathed heavily, looking at his son's face that was pale from shock, and a feeling of powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart.]
["Three days!" Fugaku's voice was firm and unquestionable, "We only have three days to prepare."
["At midnight three days later, the whole clan will break out and leave Konoha! This is an order! You are a member of Uchiha and also my son. You must participate when the time comes! Be prepared!"]
[Itachi stood there blankly, his brain seemed to have gone blank due to the impact of these successive changes.]
[The truth of Shisui Uchiha's death has not yet been digested, and the family has embarked on the road of complete defection. All this happened too fast!]
[Fugaku looked at his son's devastated look and felt irritated again.]
[At this moment, he suddenly remembered the imprisoned Izumi Uchiha, the girl who tried to warn everyone, but was regarded as an alien and controlled.]
[She seems to have a good relationship with Itachi, maybe...]
[But this thought only flashed through his mind.]
[What if I tell Itachi? Go rescue her? Then what? Challenge the authority of the elders again? Cause new chaos on the eve of defection?]
[What's more, Izumi Uchiha's "Demon" rhetoric is too absurd to win people's trust. Saying it now will only make Itachi more confused.]
[That's all, she's just an insignificant girl. Compared with the survival of the entire family, she is really insignificant.]
[So Fugaku swallowed the words that were on his lips again, and all his emotions finally turned into a cold command.]
["Go back and rest. Remember, there are only three days."]
[After finishing speaking, Fugaku stopped looking at his son, dragged his even more tired body, and turned around to walk to the inner room.]
[He roughly placed all the burdens and bloody future on the shoulders of his thirteen-year-old son, without giving any explanation or comfort.]
[In the empty living room, only Itachi Uchiha is left standing alone.]
[On one side is the heart-rending grief caused by the tragic death of his best friend, and on the other side is the heavy pressure that the family is about to reach a dead end. These two huge forces almost completely tear his young body and mind apart.]
[The screen changes. In Hokage's Office, Itachi is reporting the situation of Uchiha to four Konoha Leadership.]
["Weasel?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was dry and hoarse, with a trace of unnoticeable expectation.]
["How is the situation? Shisui He..." He still held on to a faint hope that the previous intelligence was a false alarm.]
[Itachi Uchiha's eyes slowly swept across the four people present, especially staying on Danzo for an extremely brief moment. That glance was so cold that it could almost freeze the soul.]
[Then, he looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi again and shook his head slightly.]
["Shisui Uchiha He has been confirmed dead." His voice was terrifyingly calm at this moment, as if he was stating a fact that had nothing to do with him.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi's body swayed visibly, and the last glimmer of hope was completely shattered, causing all the color on his face to fade.]
[Itachi did not pause at all, but continued to speak in that emotionless voice:]
["I'm here to deliver final information."]
["Uchiha's Uprising is irreversible."]
["Just last night at the clan meeting, Four Elders teamed up to force Fugaku Uchiha to have a baby."]
["Clan leader Fugaku Uchiha," Itachi Uchiha continued, with no hint of defense for his father in his voice.]
["Trying to suppress it with the power of Mangekyō Sharingan, but in the end he compromised.]
["The final decision of the clan meeting is: at midnight three days later, the entire Uchiha clan will start taking action]
[Dead silence, complete silence.]
[Mitokado Homura stood up suddenly, his voice full of panic: "Three days?! So fast!]
[Shimura Danzō had a stern look on his face: "The situation has reached a point where there is no need to delay! Hiruzen, we must take action before they cause trouble!"]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi was silent for a moment, and then said firmly: "Uchiha is a former comrade. I want to solve the problem through communication and do not want to resort to force."]
["Let me think about countermeasures for this matter!"]