Then Feng Yao released the genjutsu.
Feng Yao then activated Kamui and left the conference room.
As for Fugaku, Feng Yao felt nothing.
Clearly possessing the ability to flip the table, given the Third's character, the one who would ultimately compromise was definitely him.
And the result?
He blindly retreated and compromised.
And he even attempted to launch a bloodless coup?
A coup was a matter of life and death; there was no such thing as one without bloodshed!
The blood moon hung high, and the night was thick.
Like a blood-red eye, it gazed down at this land.
An ominous silence permeated the air.
Uchiha Itachi stood quietly on a utility pole, his straight, blade-like figure blending into the dead, dark red.
He wore the standard-issue plate armor of the Anbu, and wore a cold cat-mask on his face, revealing only a pair of scarlet Sharingan.
He gazed down at the familiar streets of the Uchiha Clan below, his eyes like a cold blade unsheathed.
The mission: wipe out the Uchiha.
For the sake of peace.
And also for... Sasuke.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the churning, complex emotions in his heart.
Those past warmth, pride, disputes, and despair...
Must all congeal at this moment.
He drew the sharp blade from his back, his figure flashing like a ghost on the heights along both sides of the street.
However, the expected patrolling police officers, clan members returning late, and even the scattered lights did not appear.
The entire clan grounds were frighteningly quiet.
There was no cooking smoke, no commotion.
An eerie, dead silence enveloped the entire clan grounds.
Too quiet.
Itachi's heart sank abruptly.
Swish, swish, swish...
Itachi's original position was already bristling with shuriken!
And Itachi had also used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat to the rear!
Dozens of figures appeared, surrounding Itachi from all directions.
Leading them were precisely Fugaku, Setsuna, and the others!
"Uchiha Itachi, you ungrateful wretch!!"
"The disgrace of the Uchiha, Konoha's running dog!"
Looking at the dozens of pairs of scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan, Itachi could not help breaking out in cold sweat.
How could this be?!
The intelligence leaked?!
Faced with the voices calling for his execution,
Itachi chose silence, but his grip on the long sword in his hand tightened.
He knew that this mission had failed.
"Uchiha Itachi!"
Uchiha Setsuna laughed out of extreme anger.
"I really misjudged you back then, actually thinking you were the hope of the clan!
"I never expected that now you would actually turn your butcher's knife against the family that raised and nurtured you!"
Itachi slowly removed his mask, revealing that young yet indifferent face.
His scarlet Sharingan stared directly at Fugaku and Setsuna, his voice so calm that it lacked a trace of a ripple.
"This is all to stop the war, for Konoha's peace-it is a necessary sacrifice!
"This is also my capacity!"
"Hahahaha, what a necessary sacrifice, what a so-called capacity!"
A voice as cold as ice rang out.
Feng Yao stood atop a roof beam, his blood-red wheel-shaped Sharingan filled with indifference.
Feng Yao, a member of the Konoha Military Police Force and one of the Jonin with three tomoe.
"Feng Yao!"
Itachi certainly knew Feng Yao.
In Konoha, Shisui, Feng Yao, and he himself, Itachi, were known as the Three Uchiha Prodigies!
"What a truly foolish fellow. You think annihilating the clan is salvation? Is sacrificing the minority to fulfill the greater good?"
"You are utterly mistaken!"
"From beginning to end, you are nothing more than a sharp blade in their hands!"
"A blade that is handy to use and whose breakage they won't even feel sorry for!"
Feng Yao's tone was filled with merciless mockery.
"Shut up!"
As if struck where it hurt, Itachi let out a roar.
The three-tomoe Sharingan instantly transformed into windmills!
The scarlet eyes stared fixedly at Feng Yao, but the next moment...
"Hum..."
"Urgh..."
Then Itachi took a few steps back, clutching his head with his left hand.
Feng Yao sneered.
The system-rewarded all-around Kage Level strength.
Among which was included Kage-Level Genjutsu.
Coupled with the genjutsu strength inherent to the Mangekyo itself.
If not for the sake of the plan, he could have just made Itachi experience Tsukuyomi's taste.
And Itachi at this moment.
His inner self was already turbulent with towering waves!
How could this be?!
Tsukuyomi actually failed...
No, I must eliminate him!
Just as Itachi was about to draw his blade to act, Fugaku, holding a kunai, blocked Itachi's path.
Father!?
Several three-tomoe elites formed a rectangular formation and surrounded Itachi!
"Are you angry? Is it because the truth pricked your pathetic pride?"
Feng Yao continued, his tone merciless.
"Besides, you wouldn't really think Shisui committed suicide for the village, would you? Then I will tell you the truth you dare not face!"
At those words, Itachi shook violently all over.
"Why did Shisui commit suicide?"
"Was it because Danzo seized his eyes? Was it the higher-ups' distrust of him? Or was it despair toward the entire clan and village?"
"And what about you? You chose to believe Danzo's ghost stories, chose silence, and chose to use Shisui's 'last wish' as an excuse for self-deception!"
Feng Yao spoke word by word, his voice piercing through the roaring chakra and reaching deep into Itachi's soul.
"I... that was for..."
Itachi's voice began to waver.
"For the village? For the greater good?"
Feng Jian sneered, interrupting Itachi's pale defense.
"Hahhahahahahaha!!!"
"Save it!"
"You just didn't dare to resist that colossal shadow, didn't dare to question the dogma you had believed in for years."
"So you chose the easiest and most cowardly path-slaughtering clan members weaker than yourself, and then fleeing while shouldering a delusional sin, thinking yourself tragic."
Every single word from Feng Jian was like a red-hot iron rod, branding Itachi's riddled heart.
Fugaku listened from the side with complex emotions.
If he hadn't put so much pressure on Itachi, perhaps... Itachi wouldn't have reached this point.
While the majority of the clan members felt a sense of exhilaration.
Itachi, you're getting yours today too!
"No! I'm not!!"
Faced with the stripped-away facade, Itachi grew emotional.
Orange-red light flashed, chakra violently fluctuated, and an Orange-Red Susanoo appeared!
The Susanoo rapidly filled with flesh and armor!
Seeing his own son activate the Susanoo, Fugaku immediately activated his own Susanoo as well.
The Purple-Black Half-Body Susanoo also rapidly completed as if filled with flesh.
Boom...
Meanwhile, the other clan members were shocked.
They truly had not expected that both Fugaku and Itachi possessed the Mangekyo!
Uchiha Setsuna looked at Feng Yao with even greater excitement!
He knew that Feng Yao must have known that Fugaku and Itachi possessed the Mangekyo.
He knew even more that the future of the Uchiha held hope!
"Hahhahahahahahahah!"
"Look at yourself now."
"Possessing power, yet only thinking about how to slaughter your fellow clansmen!"
"Endowed with wisdom, yet willing to be a puppet!"
"Uchiha Itachi, you truly are a fool, an absolute coward who only knows how to indulge in self-pity!"
Seeing Itachi break down, Feng Yao laughed heartily and uninhibitedly.
Itachi let out a roar that did not sound human.
Yet his Susanoo was suppressed by Fugaku.
"I have nothing more to say to someone like you."
"In this battle, if Fugaku wins, then Sasuke lives; if you win, Sasuke dies!"
Hearing the mention of Sasuke, especially that Feng Yao actually used Sasuke's life as a bargaining chip,
Itachi's intent to kill Feng Yao reached its peak.
Yet what Itachi did not expect was.
His father, who usually kept a low profile, moved with ease against his own attacks!
"Everyone else, protect the clan members, patrol the clan grounds, and anyone who encounters members of the Root and Anbu, do not report-kill them directly!"
Feng Yao directly issued the order.
"Understood!"
Hearing this and looking at the decisive Feng Yao, the other Uchiha members wore gazes of extreme fanaticism!
This was the clan head in their hearts!
The dozens of Uchiha elites surrounding Itachi vanished using the Body Flicker Technique!
Leaving only the elders behind to provide backup.
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