"Shisui, is this what you meant by finding the culprits?"
Uchiha Jin looked at Shisui, who had followed him out to try to explain.
"The Anbu's investigation couldn't have been wrong. They really were the ones spreading the rumors."
Shisui Uchiha spoke quietly.
Although he also felt that calling those few people the masterminds was a bit of a stretch, surely Lord Hokage wouldn't just find random people to take the blame?
The Third, who possessed the Will of Fire, couldn't possibly do something like that!
Perhaps there was some misunderstanding that had caused Jin to misjudge Lord Hokage.
That was what he thought to himself.
Since Lord Hokage had already had the Anbu find the people behind the rumors, there was no need for Jin to view the village leadership through the lens of conspiracy theories.
It was precisely this kind of distrust that had caused the conflict between the clan and the leadership to keep escalating.
Shisui Uchiha sighed softly.
Just when would his clansmen finally let go of their prejudices...
Watching Shisui explain everything with the Hokage's interests in mind, Uchiha Jin suddenly smiled in acceptance.
God was fair.
When people gained something, they often lost something else.
Shisui Uchiha might have been a genius of the Uchiha Clan, possessing the powerful Mangekyō Sharingan and the outrageously powerful ocular technique Kotoamatsukami.
But he had lost his brain, leaving him capable only of blindly trusting the village leadership.
No wonder Shimura Danzō had gouged out his eye in the original story, and he had used his own death to briefly delay the Uchiha Clan's rebellion.
If Shisui had had Uchiha Sasuke's personality, even if the Uchiha Clan had been no match for their enemies, he wouldn't have died in such a humiliating way.
"Sure, sure."
Uchiha Jin smiled