Chapter 5 Red Flare
Hokage Building.
Office.
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi was puffing on his large pipe, his aged face appearing and disappearing in the swirling smoke.
Danzo was clearly impatient.
Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, however, were leisurely sipping tea.
They were waiting for Itachi to return.
"Hiruzen, I'm leaving first."
Danzo checked the time again, not planning to wait any longer. It was already 5 PM, and it would be dark in half an hour. He needed to go back and arrange his men.
Hiruzen Sarutobi gave him a meaningful glance and feigned persuasion, "Danzo, don't act rashly. Itachi isn't back yet. We need to work together to figure out how to achieve peaceful coexistence between the Village and the Uchiha—"
Danzo waved his hand, interrupting, "That's your business. I have things to do, so I'm heading back first."
After speaking, he straightened his clothes and left the office without waiting for Hiruzen Sarutobi to say anything.
Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth but didn't continue speaking. He looked at Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, brought his large pipe to his mouth, and continued to puff smoke. Anyway, he had made his point; whether Danzo listened or not was no longer his concern.
Utatane Koharu frowned, saying with some worry, "Hiruzen, Uchiha Itachi isn't going to come back, is he? Are we still waiting?"
"Wait, he will come back."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said confidently. After his training during this period, he believed Uchiha Itachi would strictly uphold the Will of Fire and not betray the Village.
"Come, have some tea, have some tea."
Homura Mitokado poured tea with a chuckle.
Just as Danzo reached the entrance of the Hokage Building, he ran into a group of Uchiha.
Danzo frowned, no longer in a hurry to leave. He reprimanded, "Uchiha Fugaku, what are you doing bringing so many people? Are you rebelling?"
A trace of desire flashed in his ominous eyes. So many Sharingan, they would all be his after tonight!
He suppressed the desire in his heart, waiting for Uchiha Fugaku to give him a reasonable explanation.
What he never expected was that Uchiha Fugaku, who usually treated him with utmost respect, would directly steal his eye without a word!
Fu Yue casually stepped forward, his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan activating as he met Danzo's gaze.
Upon seeing the hexagonal blade pattern in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes, Danzo instantly froze in place.
Fu Yue reached for Danzo's bandaged eye, Chakra emerging from his fingertips like a sharp blade, cutting through the bandage and cleanly digging out the eye, placing it into the glass container he had previously retrieved.
Immediately, he drew his long sword, severed Danzo's transplanted Senju cell arm, and stored it in a spatial scroll. All of this happened in a matter of seconds. By this time, the two Root Ninja following Danzo had just reacted, wanting to shout in horror, when Uchiha Sihu crept close and killed them with two quick slashes.
Uchiha Sihu looked at Danzo, who lay on the ground like a dead dog. Who would have thought that just a second ago, he was the imposing and authoritative Hokage Assistant Danzo Shimura?
Although he didn't know why Fugaku did this, he certainly had his reasons.
Uchiha Sihu didn't ask why, he just waved his hand, and a group of red-eyed Uchiha rushed into the Hokage Building like hungry wolves, indiscriminately killing anyone they saw.
Under the suppression of a multitude of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the people in the hall had no power to resist and fell into pools of blood.
"Where is the Third Hokage?"
Uchiha Sihu grabbed a survivor and asked.
The unnamed Chunin, having never seen such a scene, stammered in reply, "He's... he's in the Hokage Office on the third floor."
As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Sihu slit his throat.
The unnamed Chunin clutched his gushing throat, gurgling, and stared at Uchiha Sihu, thinking, 'No honor, you killed me even after I told you.'
Third floor, Hokage Office.
"Why is it so noisy outside?"
Utatane Koharu asked, puzzled.
Just then, the door burst open, and a figure rushed in, saying, "This is bad, Hokage-sama! The Uchiha Clan has rebelled! They are slaughtering people on the first floor!"
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly stood up, looking incredulous, "What did you say? Is that true?"
He couldn't believe that the Uchiha Clan had directly rebelled and even come to the Hokage Building to kill people. Could Uchiha Itachi have betrayed them?
Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado, who were beside him, were also dumbfounded. They couldn't believe it either, but a sudden scream from outside the door confirmed the truth.
The Uchiha Clan had truly rebelled!
Hearing that scream, Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped his beloved pipe so hard that he snapped it in two.
How dare they?
Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado trembled with anger.
Something terrible had happened!
Why had they not received any news?
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply. The Uchiha Clan had come too quickly; now it was too late for him to recall people for defense.
"How many people are there?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained calm as he asked.
"Over thirty people, all with Three-Tomoe Sharingan!"
The Chunin recalled the scene he had secretly witnessed in the hallway, all Uchiha with activated Sharingan and murderous intent, and couldn't help but tremble.
A white-haired Anbu wearing a mask entered through the window, "Hokage-sama, the Uchiha..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted him, "I know. Go quickly and gather people. I will buy time."
"Yes."
Kakashi Hatake arrived as quickly as he left, disappearing from the office with a whoosh, as if he had never been there, only the curtains still gently swaying.
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a persistent headache. The reason he did not approve of Danzo using force against the Uchiha Clan was precisely because he did not want to see such a situation occur.
If the Uchiha Clan fought to the death, the Village was already weak. How many excellent Ninja would have to die to quell this rebellion?
Even if the rebellion was successfully suppressed, it would cause huge casualties to the Village, and the other four great Ninja Villages would surely not miss such a great opportunity. He dared not even imagine what would become of Konoha afterward.
Damn it, Uchiha Fugaku must die!
Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth. However, now that the events had already transpired, thinking about these things was useless. He had to talk to Uchiha Fugaku!
Hiruzen Sarutobi backed down; he was preparing to have a serious talk with Fugaku, hoping to avoid a conflict if possible.
He quickly walked out of the Hokage Office, still holding a sliver of hope that he could persuade Uchiha Fugaku to abandon the armed coup...
Kakashi Hatake exited the office and pulled out a signal flare.
Biu.
Three red signal flares whistled into the sky.
This conspicuous signal flare immediately attracted the attention of the people in the village.
The moment the red signal flares rose, many Elite Jonin in the village who saw the scene all changed their expressions drastically, dropped what they were doing, and rushed towards where the signal flares had ascended!
A red signal flare rising in the village represented a Level One Alert!
Three consecutive red signal flares represented a village-destroying crisis!
All Ninja of Chunin rank and above, regardless of what they were doing, were to drop everything and immediately rush to the location upon seeing the red signal flares.
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