Low-IQ Crimes, Low-IQ Investigations!

Uchiha Fugaku's pupils contracted sharply. He blurted out:

"We're not here to fight!"

"Don't do anything rash!"

His voice rose above its usual pitch, edged with urgency he couldn't suppress.

Yongye stopped cracking his knuckles and tilted his head at Fugaku.

"Then why are you all standing in my yard in the middle of the night? Catching someone in the act?"

Fugaku took a deep breath. His chest rose once, then again. Only on the third breath did he steady himself.

"Something happened to Shisui! He was poisoned at Konoha Hospital, and then someone gouged out his Mangekyō Sharingan!"

Yongye leaned against the doorframe, slipped his hands back into his pockets, and raised his chin slightly. "With a brain like his, it was bound to happen sooner or later."

Uchiha Itachi took half a step forward, his foot making a soft sound against the stone paving.

His face remained expressionless, but his gaze sharpened. The Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly appeared in his eyes, its crimson glow striking beneath the moonlight.

"You injured him and gave the enemy an opening!"

"This is all your fault!"

Yongye looked at Uchiha Itachi, mockery plain on his face.

"You're sure it was an enemy?"

"Not your master's doing, Shimura Itachi?"

Uchiha Itachi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun once. Crimson light flickered twice. His lips pressed into a thin line, and the muscles in his jaw tightened for an instant.

He said nothing.

But in Yongye's Mindscape, a cold system notification sounded.

[Ding—target Uchiha Itachi detected. Moderate emotional breakdown.]

[Mockery of his relationship with Danzo has stirred his grief over his friend's attack and the conflict over his own loyalties. Heartbreak points meet the threshold.]

[Intermediate mystery box ×1 obtained. Open it now?]

"Open it."

``` [Ding—intermediate mystery box opened.]

[Congratulations, host. Reward obtained: Super Medical