Shisui's face was ugly, his eyes complex and difficult to read.
Sigh!
After a soft sigh, he left the Radical Faction station.
Regarding the matter between the village and the Uchiha, Shisui felt he still needed to think it over carefully. Anyway, Uchiha Jin had no immediate plans for action, so he could take this opportunity to conduct some investigations.
Outside the Radical Faction station, the ground was desolate.
Although this area still belonged to the Uchiha, the surrounding houses were all deserted, giving off a very dead and silent feeling.
After all, almost all the Uchiha had moved into the Radical Faction station.
But, unfortunately.
Just as he was preparing to go home to rest and think, an Anbu appeared and blocked his way.
"Shisui, Hokage-sama is looking for you!"
"Okay, I understand!"
Shisui frowned but still nodded.
To be honest, he didn't want to see Sarutobi Hiruzen right now. After all, the habits he had developed over a long period still made him react immediately.
Subsequently.
After taking a deep breath, he arrived at the Hokage's office.
"Hokage-sama!"
Shisui knelt on one knee, his face full of loyalty.
His eyes had changed slightly from before. He glanced at the Anbu in the dark corner.
He also saw many details on Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, that he had not paid attention to before.
For example, Sarutobi Hiruzen subconsciously lowered his Hokage hat. When he saw him, he subconsciously lowered his eyes while smoking, with no intention of looking at him...
Even though he hadn't activated his Sharingan, he could still keenly sense that Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly on guard all over his body.
Although the movement was very slight, it still couldn't be hidden from him.
He had come down from the battlefield after all. If he couldn't even perform such basic vigilance and observation of words and expressions, then he would have died on the battlefield long ago.
So.
In the past, he just trusted Sarutobi Hiruzen too much and subconsciously never thought about these things.
Now, it was different!
Even though he still trusted Sarutobi Hiruzen, Uchiha Jin's words had some effect. He subconsciously began to observe these small things, perhaps he also wanted to prove Uchiha Jin wrong.
But, unfortunately.
It seemed that his various discoveries, on the contrary, further proved Uchiha Jin right.
Thinking of this, his heart was complex and difficult to read.
"Hmm, Shisui!"
"Although you are on leave today, the Uchiha matter is too important. I had no choice but to activate you."
"Today, you and Fugaku went to the Radical Faction station. Can you tell me what happened today?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen had a smile on his lips.
He still had a kind face, and his tone of voice was full of gentleness.
In response to this.
Hearing the inquiry, Shisui's heart trembled. He quickly suppressed his thoughts and then recounted everything one by one.
Without any concealment!
Including Uchiha Jin's threat to Fugaku, Fugaku's choice to not get involved out of despair, and Uchiha Jin's warning and threat to him.
Word for word, all confessed!
Of course.
He concealed the news of Fugaku awakening the Mangekyou and the news he heard in the clan grounds.
On one hand, he was afraid that the village would become more guarded and the relationship with the Uchiha would become tense again; but more than that, he didn't know how to say it because those speculations were too offensive to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Even in his heart, he was faintly afraid.
Because this matter had already spread within the clan grounds. It was just that because the clan rarely went to the village to communicate, it might not spread out in a short period of time.
What if...
Those rumors spread out?
He dared not imagine!
Thinking of this, he had a headache and felt a little fortunate about the clan's isolation.
"Nonsense!"
"How could I deliberately watch Shisui die?"
"Danzo? Even more impossible!"
"He is an elder of the village; how could he make a move against the villagers?"
"Uchiha Jin's speculation is completely about the destruction of the village. Shisui, you must not believe it!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed the table.
Forcibly suppressing the horror in his heart, he began to refute immediately.
But, similarly.
His heart was extremely terrified because Uchiha Jin's judgment, in his opinion, was simply too accurate.
Danzo would definitely make a move against Shisui; the only difference was a matter of time. And he would definitely choose to ignore it and then hold Danzo accountable afterwards.
That bastard Uchiha Jin had guessed his heart too thoroughly!
Thinking of this, he felt a little scared.
Having such a guy in charge of the Uchiha was not a good thing for the village. He was much harder to deal with than Fugaku.
"Hokage-sama, please rest assured. I am still willing to believe in the village."
Shisui heard this and quickly spoke.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the sincerity on Shisui's face. While feeling relieved in his heart, he quickly smiled: "Then I'm relieved. Shisui, you mustn't overthink it."
"I know, Hokage-sama." Shisui nodded.
Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment, stabilized his emotions: "Uchiha Jin, how did he know about your Mangekyou?"
"Not sure, I'm also very confused." Shisui was completely confused. After a long time, he said hesitantly: "Perhaps it's the effect of his Mangekyou, some kind of prophetic ability?"
Yes.
He couldn't figure it out either!
After all, he had only told Sarutobi Hiruzen about the ability of his Mangekyou.
So for a prophetic Mangekyou, he couldn't think of any other possibility for the time being.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face became even uglier. The prophetic ability made his heart sink even more. Didn't this mean that no matter how he planned, Uchiha Jin could know the intelligence in advance and stop it, or even counterattack?
This—is tricky!
Finally.
After learning everything that happened in the Uchiha clan today, he comforted Shisui again and let him go home to rest.
After Shisui left, he angrily slammed the table.
"Bastard, damn it!"
"How can this Uchiha Jin be so difficult to deal with?"
"Anbu!"
After cursing loudly, Sarutobi Hiruzen knocked on the table, and an Anbu knelt respectfully on one knee.
Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment before speaking in an indifferent tone: "Organize what Shisui said just now and send it all to Elder Danzo, and warn him that he must not make a move against Shisui recently."
"Yes, Hokage-sama!" The Anbu bowed and left.
After the Anbu left, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed.
I—am having a hard time!
It seemed that dealing with Uchiha Jin was not a matter of a day or two. This person wanted to perish together at every turn. If he couldn't be dealt with first, then even if the Uchiha could be wiped out, he would become a huge threat to the village.
A hidden Mangekyou powerhouse, specializing in sneak attacks on ordinary clansmen and civilians of various ninja clans, the village had no defensive means to stop him.
Let's wait!
First, send the Uchiha to that cesspool of the Police Force, and then find a way to weaken the Uchiha. As for other things, I'll find a way in the future.
However...
The only thing that made him strained was, what about the village's financial deficit?
The funds allocated by the Land of Fire during the Third War had long been embezzled by the four clans of Sarutobi, Utatane, Mitokado, and Shimura, nine out of ten. Root took most of the remaining little money, and the remaining tiny amount of money was barely enough to support the war until the end.
Now the remaining pension gap, the village also needed to hoard a batch of food, and other materials such as exploding tags, kunai, shuriken, etc., in terms of finances...
The Daimyo was already unwilling to pay for such a large gap. If the Uchiha couldn't be killed as soon as possible, where was he going to get this huge asset?
Sarutobi Hiruzen started to get a headache
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