Time turned back to the eve of the Uchiha rebellion.
After the Nine-Tails' Rampage broke out a few years earlier, Konoha began reconstruction, and the Third Hokage and Danzo actually made the Uchiha Clan leave their compound and relocate to the outskirts.
The Uchiha clansmen were furious at being removed from the political center, but in the end, they were forced to swallow the injustice in silence.
But this move undoubtedly drove the Uchiha Clan and Konoha High Command further apart.
They even became hostile toward each other.
So much so that even Shisui Uchiha, who had long since risen to become the Anbu's Deputy Captain-Commander, began to feel utterly disappointed in Konoha High Command.
As it turned out, these people had no intention of treating the Uchiha Clan well at all.
Was it caution, or cowardice?
Or even fear of the Sharingan's power?
The Anbu's current Captain-Commander was Hatake Sakumo, and its Deputy Captain-Commander was Shisui Uchiha. Shisui spent every day with Sakumo, so whatever changes occurred in his thinking were only natural.
After all, people took on the qualities of those around them.
Shisui Uchiha was already utterly sick of the endless disputes at the clan meetings. Every time one took place, he would be singled out for criticism.
As someone whose standing in the Uchiha Clan was currently second only to Uchiha Yashiro's, his position as Anbu deputy captain was only one rank below captain of the Konoha Military Police Force.
He could be considered the person closest to Konoha High Command.
Yet Shisui never offered any opinions, and even urged them not to be so extreme.
This deeply irritated some of the radicals.
"Shisui, do you even remember your own surname?!"
"Exactly! The clan comes first! We built Konoha together with the Senju in the first