Chapter 15: All Actors Are in Place

Tanzō sneered at Fugaku Uchiha. Did he just want to use the death of his youngest son as a legitimate excuse for the Uchiha clan's rebellion?

"Tanzō!"

The Third Hokage scolded him. Even the head of the Hyuga clan in the crowd couldn't help but frown. Such groundless speculation was too hurtful. No one could remain indifferent when seeing their own flesh and blood die in front of their eyes.

He felt the pressure from the Third Hokage and noticed the somewhat dissatisfied looks in the crowd. He let out a soft laugh and said indifferently,

"Shisui Uchiha wanted to control the Nine - Tailed Fox to destroy Konoha. I stepped in to stop him and accidentally hurt this innocent and poor child. That's what happened."

"Tanzō! You bastard!"

This time, even Fugaku Uchiha couldn't bear it anymore. He rushed forward without hesitation and punched that sly - faced old man. He slammed the old man's head hard on the ground, creating a big pit on the hard ground.

He really had a good plan. He blamed the Nine - Tailed Fox riot on the Uchiha clan, labeled them as rebels, and even killed the innocent Sasuke. Now he was shifting all the blame onto the clearly victimized Uchiha clan.

Hiashi Hyūga and the head of the Nara clan saw that things were going wrong and immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"Lord Fugaku, please calm down. We're all sorry about the accident of your noble son. We can't just rely on Lord Tanzō's one - sided story. Losing your temper at this time may really confirm those false rumors."

Hiashi Hyūga pointed his finger at Fugaku's throat, and a Nara clan member's kunai was also on his neck. As long as he dared to move, he might go straight to hell.

At this time, Fugaku calmed down. He took a deep breath.

"Lord Third Hokage, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. You have to give an explanation to the Uchiha clan and the village."

Just then, Sasuke, who had seemed lifeless in Itachi's arms, moved his fingers slightly. Itachi immediately noticed his faint reaction.

"Sasuke, Sasuke, are you okay?"

Sasuke opened his closed eyes slightly upon hearing Itachi's call. He looked at Itachi, who was full of worry, and his father, then at the Third Hokage and the heads of various clans not far away.

Great, all the actors are in place!

Although he was thinking this way in his heart, he showed a panicked and uneasy expression on his face. He threw himself into his brother's arms and fearfully told everything he had seen.

"Brother, Father, someone wants to kill Shisui. He wants Shisui Uchiha's eyes. Brother, he wants to gouge out our eyes!"

"Sasuke, calm down. Tell me clearly who wants to kill Shisui and who wants to gouge out our eyes!"

Sasuke looked up in fear. Huddled in Itachi's arms, he sized up slightly and saw Tanzō, who was sitting on the ground, unable to stand up after being beaten by Fugaku Uchiha.

"It's him! It's him who wants to gouge out our eyes!"

Tanzō, still bleeding from the corner of his mouth after the blow, looked at the suddenly resurrected Sasuke. He realized he had misjudged the situation.

He was clearly dead as a doornail. Why did he suddenly wake up? He sneered at the suspicious looks of the crowd.

"What? Don't tell me you all here actually believe the words of a kid?"

"Tanzō?"

Where is Shisui? Didn't you just say he was going to control the Nine - Tailed Fox? Where is he now?"

Itachi stared at Tanzō warily. His tone showed zero respect.

"Who knows? Maybe he was killed by the Nine - Tailed Fox Just now during the fight, or maybe he's already escaped."

"Don't be so cocky! A guy like you would never be a match for Shisui in a head - on confrontation. If he really wanted to control the Jinchūriki of the Nine - Tailed Fox, he would have done it long ago. After all, Shisui's eye power is among the strongest in the Uchiha clan."

Everyone agreed on this point. Shisui Uchiha's strength is so terrifying that enemies run scared and flee in a hurry when they hear his name. He's no match for high - level officials past their prime sitting in the office all day or inexperienced Jinchūriki. Now that he was missing, this matter was very suspicious.

"Sasuke, have you seen Brother Shisui?"

"Yes!"

He nodded firmly and pointed to a nearby mound of earth.

"Brother Shisui was seriously injured by that old man. When Naruto went into a rampage because he was forced, Brother Shisui was knocked into that mound of earth. I saw it with my own eyes."

"That's impossible!"

He got really pissed off. Shisui couldn't be that close. If he was there, why hadn't he noticed him before?

"Whether what Sasuke said is true or not and whether Shisui has defected or not, we'll know if we go and take a look!"

Fugaku Uchiha instantly teleported to the mound of earth. He rummaged through it and really found the badly - injured Shisui inside.

"Shisui, Shisui, wake up quickly."

Shisui slowly opened his eyes at Fugaku's call.

"Cough, cough. Lord Fugaku, Lord Third Hokage, why are you here?"

"What happened, Shisui? Weren't you supposed to attend the Uchiha clan's sacrifice today? Why are you here?"

The Third Hokage knew very well that Shisui was supposed to go to the sacrifice to prevent the Uchiha clan from rebelling. But looking at Fugaku's expression, it was obvious that Shisui didn't show up. So what exactly made him change his plan?

He glanced at Tanzō, who was lying on the ground not far away looking disheveled, and then said softly.

"Before I went to the sacrifice, Lord Tanzō called me aside alone. He said he didn't trust the Uchiha clan. Just as he said that, he suddenly attacked me. I couldn't react in time and was knocked to the ground. Fortunately, Sasuke and Naruto were playing nearby and saved me."

"False accusation! This is all a false accusation against Lord Tanzō. Lord Hokage and all the clan leaders, before, the Uchiha clan said that Lord Tanzō had no chance of winning in a head - on fight against Shisui Uchiha. How could he suddenly succeed?"

What this person said does make sense. Everyone's eyes turned to Shisui, hoping to get an answer from him. Shisui coughed violently twice and stared at Tanzō, saying neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"That's because he used Izanagi."

"Impossible!"

"Lord Fugaku, what kind of ninjutsu is the one Shisui mentioned that made you so surprised?"

Fugaku was silent for a while as if making up his mind.

"That's what Sharingan users can do. They can turn the unfavorable events that happened within a certain period into non-existent ones and only make the favorable things become reality."

"Lord Fugaku, how come I've never heard the Uchiha clan mention such a powerful ninjutsu before?"

Everyone was amazed at the incredible power of this Ninjutsu just by listening. But they wondered why such a powerful jutsu had never been mentioned.

Fugaku lowered his head and sighed. By now, he couldn't hide it anymore.