On the ground, the Third wore a grave expression as he led the ANBU elites.
Just moments ago, as he had been about to lead the village's ninja in suppressing the Nine-Tails, it had suddenly vanished.
He realized this might have been Minato's doing, but unless they dealt with the threat of the Nine-Tails once and for all, the village would be destroyed sooner or later. Its power was simply too terrifying.
"Lord Third, the Nine-Tails is at three o'clock."
The Hyuga ninja in charge of reconnaissance reported the Nine-Tails' exact position.
Fixing his gaze on the Nine-Tails at three o'clock, the Third instinctively picked up speed, beginning to pull away from the ninja behind him.
Countless thoughts flooded his mind. Both the enemy mentioned in the Anonymous Letter and the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes would require thorough investigation later, but dealing with the Nine-Tails took priority.
At the rear of the group, Uchiha Fugaku's expression also shifted uneasily as he glanced around.
In his view, the Nine-Tails' rampage was as good as resolved. Next, because of the Sharingan, the Uchiha would inevitably be called to account. The tensions between the clan and the village, which had begun to ease, would flare up again.
At the same time, he was puzzled. Who else in the Shinobi World possessed those cursed eyes? A clan member with the Mangekyo Sharingan surely would not be content to remain in obscurity.
Then he remembered that he himself had concealed his eyes, and fell into thought.
As he pondered, a name considered taboo by both the village and his clan came to mind. That legendary Uchiha ninja seemed to have done the same thing as tonight, only to be stopped by the First.
Could that ninja, whose death had been confirmed, have returned to