The three Uchiha ninja were Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Tekka, and Uchiha Inabi. Kageyama Kogetsu had deliberately used his methods to lure them over.
"Shisui, are you holding up?" Uchiha Yashiro flashed over, helped Shisui up, his face full of concern.
"I've been poisoned, but I can still hold on," Shisui said in a low voice, his bleeding right eye shut tight and his brow furrowed.
"You bastards, you dare to attack a member of the Uchiha clan! Konoha Anbu, are you trying to rebel?"
"I see this as a deliberate attack against our Uchiha clan."
Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi landed on tree branches in a pincer formation, protecting their two clansmen behind them. Their eyes revealed the three-tomoe Sharingan, their faces filled with anger and murderous intent.
The four Root members exchanged a glance. The squad leader, dressed in a beige trench coat, indifferently twisted the truth, "Uchiha Shisui attacked Lord Danzō and has committed the crime of treason."
"It is reasonable for us to pursue him. Are you trying to harbor him?"
The three of them looked at Shisui upon hearing this. With Shisui's personality, would he do such a thing?
Shisui didn't want to escalate the conflict between the village and the Uchiha, but he couldn't tolerate being framed for treason. To clear his name, he could only tell the truth.
"I didn't. It was Elder Danzō who launched a sneak attack and stole my right eye."
The three of them looked extremely grim upon hearing this. So they're not even pretending anymore?
"Nonsense! Not only do you not repent for your grave mistake, but you also dare to slander Lord Danzō."
"Step aside immediately, or you will be charged with the same crime!" the Root squad leader said coldly.
"Inabi, you take Shisui and go. Tekka and I will handle them."
"Senior Yashiro, you should take Shisui. I'm not good at handling such complex matters."
The Root ninja squad immediately launched an attack. Shuriken, kunai, explosive tags, and poison bombs were thrown at the four of them.
Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi immediately countered, using their exquisite ninja tool throwing skills to intercept all the attacks mid-air.
"Be careful."
Uchiha Yashiro supported Shisui by the shoulder and said a word, then leaped away.
"Don't kill anyone," Shisui said, turning back with concern.
Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Tekka did not answer.
The Root ninja were ruthless, and they were also furious. Besides, in a dangerous battle, how could they hold back?
The Root ninja would not allow their mission to fail. They immediately sent two members to pursue, but they were blocked.
Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi were three-tomoe Sharingan Jonin who had survived the Third Great Ninja War.
They might not be a match for a true master, but they were not afraid of dealing with a Root squad, even an elite one.
The two sides engaged in a fierce battle. Explosive tags and ninjutsu were used, and the commotion grew louder and louder.
Although they were on the outskirts of Konoha, they were detected by the patrolling ninja of the Police Force and sensed by the Barrier Team.
The Police Force patrol ninja went directly to the scene, while the Barrier Team ninja reported it, and Anbu ninja were sent to investigate.
After waiting for a while and not seeing his subordinates return, and hearing the increasing sounds of battle, Danzō couldn't help but rush over...
Normally, Shisui wouldn't have been able to escape the pursuit of the Root elites, but his exceptional talent allowed him to activate Susanoo with a single eye.
This time, he was also intercepted by the Uchiha ninja deliberately lured over by Kageyama Kogetsu.
Therefore, Danzō was fated not to obtain a complete set of Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo Sharingan.
By the time Danzō arrived, Tekka and Inabi had already caused one death and three injuries, and they themselves had sustained some injuries.
"Insolent! You're courting death!"
Seeing the Uchiha ninja dare to attack his men, Danzō was furious. He immediately formed hand seals and joined the battle, sharp wind bullets shooting from his mouth like a machine gun...
The three-tomoe Sharingan in Tekka and Inabi's eyes spun wildly as they did their best to dodge. They managed to avoid vital points and were not killed on the spot, but their injuries were not light.
After dodging the attack, the two of them did not hesitate and immediately retreated.
"Pursue!"
Danzō's speed was no match for Tekka and Inabi. He quickly closed the distance, and a sharp wind blade swept out, enveloping both of them.
At the critical moment, the two brothers tacitly kicked each other, changing their trajectory in mid-air and narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.
The sharp wind blade swept past, cutting through thick trees and branches, which fell heavily to the ground, raising several clouds of dust.
Thud, thud! The two of them crashed into tree trunks, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Just as Danzō was about to deliver the killing blow, the nearest Police Force patrol squad finally arrived.
"Hmph, consider yourselves lucky!" Danzō sneered and turned to leave.
Shisui had already been rescued. Since their reinforcements had arrived, there was no need to vent his anger by force; that would only increase the difficulty of dealing with the aftermath.
The Police Force patrol squad provided aid while asking what had happened on the way.
Tekka and Inabi immediately recounted the events, and due to their anger and near-death experience, they subconsciously exaggerated some of the facts.
After hearing the story, the members of the Police Force patrol squad were all furious, vowing that they would not let the matter rest.
Two of them sent Tekka and Inabi to the Konoha Hospital for treatment, while one returned to the Police Force headquarters to report Danzō's evil deeds.
The Uchiha clan was not short of money, so the one who treated them was the top technician at the Konoha Hospital, Uzumaki Karin.
Over the years, with her unique constitution and chakra, Uzumaki Karin had made extremely rapid progress in learning medical ninjutsu.
Even without being bitten, just with her own medical ninjutsu, she had already become a well-known medical ninjutsu master in Konoha.
Many Konoha ninja believed that Uzumaki Karin's medical ninjutsu was second only to Konoha's pride, the medical master Tsunade.
If her special constitution was taken into account, Uzumaki Karin's healing ability for a small number of people was even stronger than Tsunade's.
However, in terms of group healing, medical theory, and treating difficult and complicated diseases, Uzumaki Karin was still far behind Tsunade.
In the hall of the Root base, three elite Root ninja were kneeling and pleading for forgiveness. No matter what the reason, a failed mission was a failed mission.
"Rise," Danzō said coldly.
The three of them subconsciously stood up at the command, and then... there was no then.
A colorless, transparent wind blade swept across their necks. Their bodies stiffened and fell backward to the ground. Their heads rolled away, and blood gushed from their severed necks, staining a large area of the ground red. The smell of blood filled the air.
"Someone!" Danzō said coldly.
"Lord Danzō," Aburame Torune appeared in a flash, kneeling on one knee, his expression blank, his tone calm, completely ignoring the three headless corpses beside him.
"Arrange for someone to clean this place up, and then dispose of the three bodies. Handle them in the same way as the body that was brought back."
"Also, find someone to replace my right eye with an ordinary one."
"Yes."
Danzō nodded and walked slowly towards his office with his cane, his thoughts racing.
"Kill them to silence them, and pin the deaths of these three on those two Uchiha, then turn the tables and muddy the waters."
"Yashiro's accusation is not a concern. Shisui's accusation is a bit troublesome, but I can only insist that Shisui attacked me."
"I don't believe the Uchiha clan is willing to let Shisui go to the Interrogation Unit and undergo a memory-probing jutsu..."
"What if the Uchiha clan's ninjutsu and the secrets of the Sharingan are exposed?"
"Most importantly, what if the Uchiha clan's intention to stage a coup is exposed?"
"Although it's already been exposed in reality, they still think it hasn't."
"Heh heh... convicting me won't be that easy."
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Let's turn back time a bit, to not long after Yashiro left with Shisui...
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