"What?"
"Father has also awakened the Mangekyo?"
Thinking of this, bitterness filled the corners of Itachi's mouth.
He often said the clansmen were too arrogant, but now he suddenly realized that he was far more arrogant than them.
Perhaps he hadn't noticed before, or perhaps others' strength was too low for him to listen to them.
Now, however, it was different!
Shisui's appearance helped him find himself again, Uchiha Jin's success made him realize his understanding of this world was far from enough, and now he discovered that the father he looked down upon most had actually also awakened the Mangekyo?
"Okay, I understand!"
After a soft sigh, Itachi finally nodded.
Shisui smiled!
Subsequently, as Itachi dispelled the Tsukuyomi space, the entire space collapsed inch by inch, and the two arrived back in reality.
Shisui and Itachi stood facing each other!
Although five or six hours had passed within the Tsukuyomi space, in reality, not even a second had gone by.
Immediately after, the two looked at each other and nodded. Itachi turned to look behind him.
Although the street seemed empty, within Itachi's perception range, he could detect the Chakra of countless Root members.
Before, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them!
But since there was a new solution, these Root members naturally could not be left alive.
Thinking of this, he used the Body Flicker Technique and left.
In an instant, the Root members hiding on both sides of the street began to shout in anger.
"Uchiha Itachi, what are you doing?"
"Have you forgotten what you promised Danzo?"
"Damn it!"
"Itachi is having problems, kill him!"
"..."
The Root members all changed color.
At this moment, they felt unable to understand. After all, in their perception, Itachi had already made up his mind to slaughter the entire clan, but just after exchanging a glance with the person suspected to be Shisui, he had turned around to attack them.
On the other side, Shisui saw this scene and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
He knew Itachi had made up his mind. The act of attacking Root now was partly to prevent them from sending word and partly to offer a token of allegiance to him.
Immediately after, Shisui smiled dashingly and drew his katana.
He also used the Body Flicker Technique to charge out, and his speed was several times faster than Itachi's, once again displaying the style of Body Flicker Shisui.
Especially with his training over the past few years and the implantation of Hashirama cells, his strength had skyrocketed several times over.
The so-called elite Root members before him could barely withstand a single move from him.
In less than a minute, these elite Root members were wiped out by the two of them working together.
These Root members did not even manage to fire a signal flare until their deaths.
There was no way around it!
Although they had many people, a simple Sharingan genjutsu could stun them for several seconds.
"Shisui, it's done!"
Itachi stood in the middle of the Root corpses, his expression as indifferent as ever: "According to Root's style, they confirm positions every half hour. The last confirmation was seven minutes ago, which means we have 23 minutes of preparation time."
"Okay, I understand." Shisui nodded and then said: "Let's go!"
Itachi nodded slightly upon hearing this, and the two headed toward the clan grounds.
However, just as the two returned to the clan grounds, they saw the Uchiha clansmen who had rushed over because a Shadow Clone had been killed.
The leader was Fugaku!
"Shisui, Itachi, you..."
Fugaku froze for a moment and asked in confusion.
The other Uchiha clansmen were also stunned. After all, according to the words of the Uchiha clansman after the Shadow Clone dissipated, wasn't the person who killed him Uchiha Itachi?
Now they were ready to fight to the death, so why were Itachi and Shisui standing together?
Shisui explained quickly: "I persuaded Itachi, and he is willing to stand on our side."
"You can play it like that?" Fugaku's mouth twitched.
However, he was very happy in his heart. After all, Itachi was his eldest son, and he certainly didn't want father and son to kill each other!
But the other Uchiha clansmen clearly didn't trust Itachi, after all, he had truly attacked a clansman just a moment ago.
If it hadn't been replaced by a Shadow Clone in advance, that clansman would have really died.
Itachi was naturally not stupid. Seeing this, he took the initiative to speak: "I just killed quite a few Root members, and now I am willing to personally lead the clansmen to station ourselves directly at the entrance of the Sarutobi Clan."
"If Konoha really wants to move against the Uchiha, I will personally kill my way into the Sarutobi Clan's compound!"
"If the Konoha Higher-ups dare to destroy the Uchiha, I might not be able to protect the Uchiha clansmen, but I will make the Sarutobi Clan pay with their lives!"
Following Itachi's words, everyone gasped.
Uchiha Yashiro couldn't help but advise: "I don't agree. If we do that, we will really burn our bridges!"
"Yashiro, you are damn right!" Uchiha Setsuna cursed immediately: "Others are already preparing to exterminate your clan, and you are still talking about being afraid of burning bridges?"
Uchiha Yashiro was silenced instantly.
Uchiha Amano stepped forward: "Shisui, you speak."
"I agree!" Shisui nodded without hesitation.
His tone was quite cold: "I used to think about the clan and the Village living in peace, but the Konoha Higher-ups' fear of the Uchiha is deep-rooted. If I hadn't persuaded Itachi this time..."
"Forget it!"
"Itachi, you say it!"
Uchiha Itachi heard this and remained indifferent: "The order given to me by the Konoha Higher-ups was that not a single Uchiha should be left alive, regardless of gender, age, whether they are Ninja or Civilians..."
"Because I have already awakened the Mangekyo, the Konoha Higher-ups did not dare to pressure me too much and promised to leave Sasuke as the only surviving Uchiha."
"In other words..."
"Even if it is my parents, I would have had to kill them tonight, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to save Sasuke."
"Root has completely surrounded the clan grounds, and the Anbu are also ready. If the Root side doesn't do a clean job, the Anbu will intervene at any time to carry out the extermination."
Hearing these cold words from Itachi, all the Uchiha felt a chill run down their spines.
Too ruthless!
Originally, in their thinking, Konoha would at most kill the Uchiha powerhouses, the elders of various factions, and the elites of the clan.
But, damn it.
Not only were all ordinary Ninjas to be killed, but they wouldn't even spare the old, weak, women, and children, or even the Civilians?
Uchiha Amano spoke first: "I agree with Itachi's plan!"
"Blocking the gate of the Sarutobi Clan, my Radical Faction must participate." Uchiha Setsuna spoke immediately.
With the elder with the highest prestige among the Moderate Faction, Uchiha Amano, speaking, and the support of the Radical Faction's Uchiha Setsuna, the fence-sitting elders Siming and Sifang could only nod.
Finally, Uchiha Itachi spoke immediately.
"The Radical Faction has strong combat power. I will lead them to station at the Sarutobi Clan."
"Speed, we must be fast!"
"The Root squad we just killed will be discovered in twelve minutes. By then, when the main Root force or even the Anbu arrive, we won't have the chance to block the Sarutobi Clan's gate!"