Uchiha Takashi quickly returned to the inn after leaving the daimyo's residence.
Seeing Uchiha Takashi return, Yukimichi Uchiha immediately stepped forward and asked, "Third Elder, what should we do next?"
Uchiha Takashi waved a hand. "No need to rush. The enemy is out in the open, while we're in the shadows. They're busy taking over the assets right now and don't have time to bother with us.
"Besides, the Senju and Uzumaki don't know we're here yet. There's no need to worry..."
Before he could finish, however, Yukimichi Uchiha tentatively raised a hand. "Um, Third Elder... I used my Sharingan when I entered the city. Some soldiers already know I'm here."
Uchiha Takashi's eyes immediately widened. "Why didn't you say so earlier? How could you not tell me something so important? This is bad. I'm afraid the Senju Clan has already realized we Uchiha are in the city."
Sure enough, the moment he finished speaking, hurried footsteps sounded outside the inn. Uchiha Takashi moved to the window, opened it a crack, and looked outside.
Large groups of samurai were hurrying back and forth outside, though he had no idea what they were doing.
Uchiha Takashi slowly drew his head back and sighed. "Looks like we'll have to change the plan..."
Fortunately, it wasn't all bad news. At least the Senju Clan still didn't know where they were.
Uchiha Takashi's original plan had been to use the authorization granted by the daimyo to mobilize troops from the surrounding area, then fight his way back!
With the Uchiha's military strength, they could completely wipe out the three great families, along with the Senju and Uzumaki personnel stationed here.
But that plan was now useless. It only worked if the Senju didn't know the Uchiha had arrived.
Once the Senju Clan knew the Uchiha were in the city, they would definitely call for backup. A large number of people would converge here, causing unnecessary casualties.
Naturally, Uchiha Takashi wanted to obtain these assets at the lowest possible cost. Their purpose was to develop the clan and train its members in the first place.
Expending a great deal of their strength just to obtain those assets would be putting the cart before the horse.
Uchiha Takashi's gaze shifted, and he said to Yukimichi Uchiha, "Looks like we'll have to do this the Uchiha way."
Yukimichi Uchiha's expression grew excited at that. "Third Elder, do you mean... strike directly?"
Uchiha Takashi nodded. "That's right. Strike directly! Tonight! We'll attack the Senju Clan's and Uzumaki Clan's quarters head-on.
"Slaughter them all before their reinforcements arrive! Then we'll deal with the three great families and have the daimyo quickly take control of the entire city.
"That way, even if their reinforcements arrive afterward, they'll have no legal grounds to support them and can only slink back home."
After saying this, Uchiha Takashi couldn't help reflecting inwardly that, although he hated how ninja held military power yet had to bow beneath ordinary people and obey the daimyo, he had to admit that using this to constrain his opponents felt pretty good.
Uchiha Takashi glanced toward the window, checked the time, and said, "At midnight tonight! Strike directly!"
The Uchiha clan members nodded excitedly, smiles spreading across their faces. "Understood!"
Late that night, at the Senju Clan's camp, the Senju clansman on guard duty was nodding off.
In the darkness, a faint red glimmer flashed without drawing anyone's attention.
The dozing Senju clansman suddenly shuddered, then sharply scanned his surroundings.
Just now, he had felt a sinister presence rush straight at his heart. It felt especially like Yin Chakra, and his years of fighting the Uchiha had triggered an immediate stress response.
But after looking all around, he found nothing suspicious, so he dismissed what he had just felt as his imagination.
Just as he was about to resume dozing, he suddenly felt a chill across his throat. He reached up and touched it, finding it hot, while a rusty smell spread through the air.
His eyes flew wide open! This was bad-his throat had been slit! He opened his mouth, trying to shout, but with his throat cut, he couldn't utter a word. He could only feel his body growing weaker before he collapsed to the ground with a thud and died.
Standing behind him, Yukimichi Uchiha wiped the blood from his knife and nodded toward the Uchiha clan members in the distance.
Upon receiving the signal, the distant Uchiha clan members immediately followed, carefully infiltrating the camp.
Uchiha Takashi's Mangekyō Sharingan constantly scanned the darkness. He was searching for the camp's main building so he could go straight there and kill the commander.
Soon, his Mangekyō Sharingan locked onto a particularly conspicuous house. All the surrounding buildings were low, single-story houses, while that one alone looked like a villa. That had to be it!
Uchiha Takashi looked at Yukimichi Uchiha and pulled him straight into a genjutsu.
"Yukimichi, take the others and keep moving covertly. Locate the strongest Senju clansman in each tent. I'll deal with their commander. As soon as you hear the sound of ninjutsu, strike!"
Seeing Yukimichi Uchiha nod, Uchiha Takashi ended the genjutsu. In reality, less than a second had passed.
Uchiha Takashi vanished from sight in the blink of an eye. With the plan settled, Yukimichi Uchiha wasted no words either, leading the others toward the various tents.
Inside the main building, the Senju Clan's commander lay fast asleep on a tatami mat. His deafening snores reached Uchiha Takashi even from far away.
Following the sound, Uchiha Takashi silently entered the room. Within the pitch-black shadows, only his Mangekyō Sharingan could be seen spinning, each bearing a square, four-bladed pinwheel.
Whoosh! Something cut through the air, and the Senju Clan's commander met his ignominious death in his sleep.
Just as Uchiha Takashi relaxed slightly and prepared to search for the Uzumaki Clan's leader, an explosive shout came from behind him. "Adamantine Sealing Chains!"
Uchiha Takashi reacted swiftly. The instant he sensed the chakra erupt, he dodged to the side, then turned and spat out a fireball.
The fireball collided with the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and the violent explosion tore through the entire building, leaving it in shambles.
Boom! Seeing a flash of fire in the distant main building, followed by the sound of an explosion, Yukimichi Uchiha knew the signal had come.
Without another word, he charged into the tent and slaughtered every Senju clansman lying inside.
The tremendous noise drew the attention of those in the surrounding houses, and the once-quiet camp immediately erupted into a clamor.
"What's going on?" "Was that an explosion?" "Are enemies attacking in the middle of the night?"...
Voices relaying messages rang out one after another in the darkness. Meanwhile, someone tried to light the camp's oil lamps to provide illumination.
But before he could reach them, Uchiha clan members suddenly sprang out along the way and intercepted and killed him.
When no lights came on in the camp, the entire camp descended into chaos.
"Damn it, enemies!" "Wait, did I just see Mitsudomoe? Shit... aaagh!"...