Chapter 171 : Drawing Near!!

"Genya-sama, Danzo and Itachi met again at the Ninja Academy, but it seems their conversation wasn't pleasant!"

Uchiha Furin entered at this moment, his face showing some dissatisfaction. The Uchiha clan's heir was meeting with the Root leader?

And it was clear that it wasn't good news for the Uchiha clan.

Otherwise, Genya wouldn't have asked me to monitor Itachi and Danzo.

"Not pleasant? Is Itachi still hesitating?" Genya smiled but his eyes soon grew cold. He turned to Uchiha Shin beside him and said, "Uncle Shin, keep the clan on high alert in the next few days. Don't let outsiders take advantage of any openings and attack the clan."

He was surprised that Itachi wasn't getting along with Danzo.

In Genya's view, Uchiha Itachi was someone who cared only about his brother, showing extreme coldness to everyone else.

He didn't expect Itachi to have problems with Danzo, but Genya was already sure—it seemed that Itachi had nearly given in.

The night of the massacre might be coming soon.

If following the old timeline, it was still over half a year away.

However,

His eyes grew colder as he felt some urgency. His fifth tomoe still hadn't appeared, and he still wasn't completely confident in Uchiha Itachi.

Moreover,

There was the possibility of Uchiha Obito's involvement, maybe even Root ninjas! Facing all these people would be difficult.

But no matter how difficult, it had to be faced. After all, the Uchiha clan had two traitors.

"Genya, do we really need to be so cautious? Danzo is only targeting people like Uchiha Fugaku, the ones who want to overthrow the Hokage. We haven't participated in that, so even if they act, it shouldn't be directed at us, right?" Uchiha Shin reminded him. 

However, he thought Genya was being a little too careful.

Would Shimura Danzo lead Root ninjas into the Uchiha clan to commit mass murder?

If that happens, even if all the Root ninjas come, it still wouldn't be enough.

"Uncle Shin, do you think they won't attack our Uchiha clan?" Genya looked at Uchiha Shin, frowning as he asked.

Looking at Uchiha Shin, it seemed like he didn't feel any sense of imminent danger to the clan.

"Heh... In my opinion, even if the Third Hokage wants to act, he'd probably just arrest a few people involved in the coup and warn Fugaku, but he wouldn't truly target our Uchiha clan!" Uchiha Shin laughed and said. 

"Actually, this isn't bad. Those people are too reckless and don't understand the need to be patient. It's better to lock them up for a while, it will help them wake up!"

"They're somewhat hostile to our Merchant Association, so letting them wake up isn't a bad thing!" Uchiha Furin added from the side. "But after this is over, Fugaku might be heartbroken. His favorite son, Itachi, actually sided with the village!"

Uchiha Furin added with some sympathy for Fugaku.

In their minds, there was no thought of clan extinction, nor any sense of danger.

Well, that makes sense.

In the eyes of the Uchiha, the Uchiha clan was a founding clan of Konoha, strong in power, so the idea of extinction was impossible. 

They even thought Itachi was just trying to prevent turmoil in the village. They never imagined that Itachi would personally destroy the clan!

Genya even thought that if the Uchiha clan were prepared for the extermination, even if Itachi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, they could likely wear him down!

Unfortunately,

They had no defenses against the Uchiha clan's genius!

"Uncle Shin, do you think Root and Sarutobi Hiruzen are planning to destroy the Uchiha clan?" They had no defenses, but Genya felt the need to remind them.

"The destruction of the Uchiha clan is impossible. They wouldn't dare!" Uchiha Shin confidently shook his head.

He was extremely confident in the Uchiha clan and didn't believe Sarutobi Hiruzen would destroy the Uchiha clan.

As expected, Uchiha Shin didn't believe it. He deeply disliked Sarutobi Hiruzen and knew many of the secrets, but he decisively shook his head, not believing in the possibility of clan extermination.

He also didn't believe Sarutobi Hiruzen had the courage to do it.

"But... from what Shisui told me, Danzo was planning to wipe out the Uchiha clan!" Uchiha Genya looked at Uchiha Furin and reminded him.

"Danzo, how dare he?" Uchiha Furin glared. How could the Uchiha clan be something Root could touch? Wipe out the Uchiha?

"Better to believe it than not. We need to be careful these days. Have the security team increase patrols within the clan!" Genya said, then added, "Also, Itachi. He's been getting close to Danzo recently. The clan members should be wary of him too!"

He couldn't openly say that Itachi himself was the one who destroyed the Uchiha clan. Even if he did, no one would believe him.

No one would believe that the clan leader's son, the successor of the Uchiha, would personally lead the Uchiha to their destruction.

"Genya-sama, what are you talking about? Isn't Shisui already dead?" Uchiha Fūrin, who had been listening, was confused, especially after hearing about Shisui.

Genya looked at Fūrin and said, "This is a long story. I'll explain it to you later."

Fūrin was already one of those who knew a lot, but there were still things Genya hadn't told him. It wasn't that he didn't trust Fūrin, but the fewer people who knew, the safer it would be.

Fūrin just nodded.

But Uchiha Shin spoke up. "Genya-kun, apart from the thirty or so people transporting goods, there are sixty Uchiha clan members left. How should we assign them?"

"Have them stay alert. On the surface, they'll act as a patrol team, but the others should stay at home, stay on guard, and keep an eye on any movements. If anything unusual happens, they should be ready for action!" Genya looked at Furin and continued, "Make sure they protect the Uchiha clan members!"

Genya was preparing these people to deal with the ninjas sent by Danzo.

As for Obito and Itachi, he would figure out how to handle them.

"Understood. I'll go arrange it right away!" Furin nodded and prepared to make arrangements.

This couldn't be announced openly. It would have to be communicated quietly to each team leader.

"Also... find an excuse to send your family members to the Uchiha Hospital. I'll have Hikari arrange for their safety afterwards!" Genya suddenly remembered something important.

His own mother, she is still just a civilian now!

If Danzo's Root is going to take action, the first targets will be his family and the Fugaku family. If he goes out to stop Itachi, his mother could be in danger!

So, the safest place is the Uchiha Hospital!

Not to mention that the hospital has many civilians, and ninjas can't make too much noise. He'll leave a shadow clone at the hospital these days. 

Moreover, if danger really comes, there's Shisui in the basement. Although Shisui no longer has both eyes, he can still handle jonin easily!

In fact,

His Body Flicker Technique has become even stronger.

If possible, these next few days, he wants to bring Might Guy to the hospital for a physical checkup. The more people there, the better the protection.

A storm is coming!

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