Chapter 197 : Is this a parallel world?
"Where... is this?"
Uchiha Shisui suddenly opened his eyes, and it took him a while before he slowly regained his senses.
"Wasn't I with Lord Yuzuru inside the Uchiha Clan Compound's ancestral shrine?"
Uchiha Shisui couldn't quite remember what exactly happened, only that he followed Uchiha Yuzuru to the ancestral shrine, and then lost consciousness.
"Shisui, the clan meeting is about to start. What are you doing here?"
Looking at the Uchiha Clan members in front of him, Uchiha Shisui frowned: "Tekka?"
Uchiha Tekka nodded, and seeing Uchiha Shisui drenched in sweat, he asked confusedly, "Did you have a nightmare?"
Uchiha Shisui shook his head and said, "Tekka, where is this place?"
"This is Konoha, the Uchiha Clan's estate, the Nanga Shrine!"
"Are you still half-asleep?"
Hearing Uchiha Tekka's reply, Uchiha Shisui frowned.
Konoha?
Nanga Shrine?
He looked down at his visibly younger body, and his hands quickly began forming hand signs.
"Genjutsu: Release!"
Uchiha Shisui disrupted the flow of Chakra within his body, but nothing in front of him changed.
Uchiha Tekka saw Uchiha Shisui's actions and fearfully took two steps back.
"Shisui, are you too tired and confused from sleep?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Shisui showed a cold smile: "I have been perfectly sober the entire time. Don't think you can deceive me!"
Uchiha Shisui snorted coldly, and under Uchiha Tekka's shocked gaze, he pulled a Kunai from the Ninja tool pouch on his waist and stabbed it towards his own heart.
"Shisui!!!"
Following a panicked shout, Uchiha Shisui's consciousness plunged into darkness.
When he woke up again, he found himself lying in a clean, white hospital room.
"Shisui, you're awake?"
Seeing Uchiha Shisui open his eyes, Uchiha Tekka shouted out in surprise.
Then he complained, "What kind of shock did you receive? Why did you choose to commit suicide out of the blue?"
"Where is Lord Yuzuru?"
"Who?"
Seeing Uchiha Tekka's confused expression, Uchiha Shisui closed his mouth.
He had originally thought he was caught in a Genjutsu, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
Whether it was the flow of Chakra in his body, or the fear and throbbing he felt when near death, his five senses felt incredibly real.
Until he figured out the situation, it was best for him to be cautious.
Seeing Uchiha Shisui close his eyes in thought, Uchiha Tekka rubbed his head: "Never mind, as long as you're awake. I'll go inform the Clan Chief first."
After Uchiha Tekka left, the hospital room became quiet once more.
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Several months later.
Uchiha Shisui sat alone in front of the cliff behind the Uchiha Clan Compound, unable to stop himself from sighing.
It seemed he couldn't go back.
During this time, he had tried countless methods, but they were all in vain.
It seemed that, for some reason, his consciousness had arrived in a parallel world similar to the Ninja World.
This Ninja World shared almost the same history as the Ninja World he came from. The only turning point occurred in Konoha Year 36.
Lord Uchiha Yuzuru... was never born!
It was starting from that year that everything began to differ from his memories.
The Uchiha Clan did not move their entire clan in Konoha Year 41, and Uchiha Fugaku became the Clan Chief of the Uchiha Clan.
The Third Great Ninja War did break out as scheduled, but this time, as part of Konoha, they were deployed to the battlefield between Konoha and Hidden Mist Village.
Because the Ninjutsu of Hidden Mist Ninja were somewhat restrictive to the Uchiha Clan, the Uchiha Clan suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield.
Although they successfully repelled the Hidden Mist, they paid a heavy price.
Uchiha Obito, as Minato Namikaze's Disciple, died during the Kannabi Bridge Mission, and transferred one of his Sharingan to Hatake Kakashi.
To ease tensions between the Uchiha Clan and the Village, Uchiha Fugaku, as the Clan Chief, suppressed the voices of opposition within the clan, allowing Kakashi's Sharingan to be retained.
After the Third Great Ninja War ended, Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage.
In Konoha Year 51, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze died during the Nine-Tails Attack.
That same year, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to power as the Third Hokage. The Uchiha Clan, being the primary suspects, were forced to relocate their Clan Estate to the outskirts of the Village, and were subsequently monitored non-stop by ANBU Ninja... As Uchiha Shisui continuously recalled the information he had gathered during this time, his expression grew colder.
Sure enough, Konoha's higher-ups were completely untrustworthy; those guys never considered the Uchiha Clan as allies.
"Shisui, you are here after all."
A deep voice came from behind him. Uchiha Shisui stood up: "Itachi, what is it?"
Looking at the face in front of him, which was completely different from his memory, Uchiha Shisui was uninterested.
In this world, the appearance and personality of many people were completely different from his memories.
For example, Lady Mikoto, Lady Kushina, Sasuke, Naruto... Itachi in front of him was the same, constantly talking about views like "transcending the clan's perspective," the "will of fire," and "protecting the Village," which greatly annoyed him.
If this were the world he lived in, the other party would definitely be hung up on a tree and severely whipped by Lord Yuzuru.
Uchiha Itachi didn't pay attention to Uchiha Shisui's attitude, but spoke in a deep voice: "Recently, the voices of the radical faction within the clan have grown louder. If this continues, war will surely break out between the Village and the Uchiha Clan."
"If that happens, Konoha Village might be attacked by other Ninja Villages, and the Fourth Shinobi World War might break out."
"Shisui, have you thought of a way to stop it?"
Uchiha Shisui glanced at Uchiha Itachi and said indifferently, "I have thought of a way."
Uchiha Itachi said in surprise, "Really? What method?"
"We just need to turn all the clan members into the radical faction, and everyone will be united."
"What?"
"As long as the Uchiha Clan possesses enough strength, they will be able to reverse the current situation."
Uchiha Itachi was astonished that such words would come from Uchiha Shisui's mouth, and his expression showed surprise.
"Shisui, did you choose the radical faction?"
"No, I merely chose the Uchiha Clan members." Uchiha Shisui turned and walked towards the Clan Estate.
Uchiha Itachi shouted from behind: "You should know those guys in the radical faction. The Village won't tolerate their ideas. Once a conflict occurs..."
"Then we fight!"
Uchiha Shisui interrupted Uchiha Itachi and slowly said, "An elder once told me that without strength, you can accomplish nothing."
"If you want others to reason with you calmly, then show them the strength to make them wary."
"Without the determination to fight to the bitter end, we have no future."
After Uchiha Shisui finished speaking, he disappeared on the spot using the Body Flicker Technique.
Before coming here, he had already seen the true nature of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo through Clan Head Yuzuru, Senior Sakumo, Lady Tsunade, Lord Orochimaru, and others.
They bully the weak and fear the strong; they are outwardly fierce but inwardly timid.
The more you compromise, the more they will push their luck.
Only by uniting the Uchiha Clan can they fight for a glimmer of hope!