"Hiss!"
As soon as Yan Uchiha finished speaking, everyone in the room froze.
Good grief.
This was hardly digging a pit for Hiruzen Sarutobi. It was shoving a mouthful of shit down his throat. Whether he acknowledged it or not didn't matter; Shisui had already joined him. If he didn't want his reputation damaged, if he didn't want the other Shinobi Clans thinking he could casually abandon someone who sought his protection, he would have to swallow it, however disgusted he felt—and offer benefits of his own accord.
"Would this... really work?" Uchiha Fugaku frowned and spoke first. "The other Shinobi Clans aren't idiots. Wouldn't they see the problem?"
The more he thought about it, the less plausible it seemed.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi isn't a fool, either. Once he confirms that Shisui is a mole, he'll never agree to a demand like that."
To Fugaku, Jin Uchiha's plan sounded like pure fantasy.
If the man knew Shisui was a spy, why would he keep giving him resources?
Shisui kept nodding beside him.
The idea didn't sound remotely reliable, and actually following through would be far too humiliating. He knew he was a spy, and Hiruzen Sarutobi knew he was a spy, yet he was supposed to walk into the Hokage's office, put on a show of unwavering loyalty, and keep acting alongside him?
No matter how he looked at it, it felt awkward.
He would rather charge straight at an enemy and fight to the death than deal with this nonsense.
"Yan, let's forget it," Shisui couldn't help urging. "With the Uchiha's current situation, we'll rise again sooner or later as long as we keep developing steadily. We might even get a chance to run for Hokage someday. There's no need to take such a huge risk for these resources."
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