Yan Uchiha did not answer right away. He simply lowered his head and considered the matter.
Shisui was right. Hiruzen Sarutobi had agreed far too readily—so readily that it seemed suspicious.
His brows drew together slightly.
Everyone around them remained quiet, and no one interrupted. They all knew that they had little to contribute when it came to matters that required this much thought. If anyone was qualified to take part, it was probably only the members of the Nara Clan.
So keeping quiet and staying out of the way was the greatest help they could offer.
Fugaku, however, quietly sidled up to Shisui and asked in a low voice, "Shisui, what's gotten into you?"
"Didn't you used to treat the Will of Fire as your faith? It's only been a few days, and now you're siding with Jin?"
Shisui glanced at him. "When did you ever hear me say I no longer believed in the Will of Fire?"
The question left Fugaku speechless.
That was not what he had meant, of course. With anyone else, he might have accepted it, but this was Shisui Uchiha!
How much breath had he wasted in the past, trying and failing to change this stubborn fool's mind? Back then, Shisui had seemed utterly indoctrinated, convinced that Hiruzen Sarutobi was a trustworthy Hokage. Anyone who dared say a single bad word about Hiruzen in front of him was immediately treated as an enemy.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the man seemed to have become someone else entirely.
The more Fugaku thought about it, the more curious he grew. What method had Yan Uchiha used to drag someone so firmly entrenched in his beliefs back to his senses?
He wanted to learn it too.
Otherwise, it was humiliating for the Uchiha Clan Head