That was it? He just awakened the Mangekyo like that?

Shisui's face was practically scrunched into a ball.

This was the one issue he could least afford to ignore. Fugaku Uchiha had spent the past few days on the front lines, leading his men in mopping up the Hidden Mist remnants holed up in the Land of Whirlpools, but the problem was that he would be finished by nightfall at the latest.

Word that Jin had awakened had already spread.

When Fugaku returned that evening, Jin Uchiha was bound to be the first person he sought out.

Shisui knew that perfectly well.

There wasn't even a trace of the Mangekyo in Jin Uchiha's eyes right now. Wouldn't that give the whole game away?

The moment Shisui said it, Kazama Nara and Aya Hyuga turned their gazes on Jin Uchiha as well.

"Shisui's absolutely right."

"If we can't get past this hurdle and our lie gets exposed on the spot, none of us will get off easy."

"You wiped out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen without a Mangekyo. That'll only make the village far more wary of you."

The two spoke in turn, their voices heavy and their brows tightly knotted.

At the end of the day, they were still too green and had nothing to work with.

Jin Uchiha could certainly fight, but he could only throw his weight around among Elite Jonin. He was still a long way from true Kage-level strength.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen?

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Legendary Sannin, Ino–Shika–Cho, and Minato Namikaze—there were plenty of people in the Hidden Leaf who could crush them single-handedly.

That wasn't even counting the clan heads and the ANBU.

For this war against the Hidden Mist, Hiruzen Sarutobi had only sent the Uchiha. Even Shikaku Nara had insisted on tagging along himself.

To put it even more bluntly, Danzo, who spent