Konoha's Ninja Successor

"Captain! Shisui has been missing for three days! The fragments of Minagawa's body are most likely those of Shisui. Someone must have killed him secretly!" An Uchiha jounin clenched his hands angrily. After using his fist, the most powerful Uchiha died in such an inexplicable way.

"Yes, Captain. And with Zhisui's strength, it is definitely not easy to be killed. People in the village will definitely kill him, but Zhisui didn't expect that people in the village would kill him, so he had no defense. Maybe.”

Behind him, another Uchiha chunin who belonged to the Iron Party of the Coup, was thinking with malicious thoughts, his face full of anger and hatred.

There was originally a tense relationship with the village, and at the critical moment when the thoughts of the coup were becoming more and more radical, the clan's leading figure died on the banks of the Nanga River, and the entire Uchiha clan was filled with anger and sadness.

"Yes. I know, but the matter has not been investigated clearly, so don't jump to conclusions. And Yamasu, don't say anything like that in the future that can easily cause misunderstanding between the village and the clan." Uchiha Fugaku opened his eyes and spoke majestically. He glanced at Uchiha Yamasu who had just made malicious speculations.

Uchiha Yamasu lowered his head when Fugaku looked directly at him with majesty. Although he was reluctant in his heart, Fugaku was the leader of the Uchiha clan and the captain of the Konoha Police Force. He could only pinch his nose and responded.

"Got it, Captain."

Several people began to complain about the recent policies of Konoha Village and the dissatisfaction of the clan.Uchiha Fugaku responded without anger or joy, and finally calmed down the mood of these Uchiha representatives and let them leave.

Uchiha Fugaku sat cross-legged in the room with his hands folded across his chest, closing his eyes and thinking about the various situations reported by his clan members before. Deep down, he felt angry at himself for being unable to change the current situation of the Uchiha clan.

I'm so incompetent. Fortunately, I'm still the leader of the Uchiha clan...

Fugaku clenched his fists tightly. Shisui's death made him feel even more remorseful. After all, Shisui's parents entrusted their children to him before they died, but now Shisui is in dire straits.

After properly venting his personal emotions, Uchiha Fugaku returned to his former calm. As the leader of the clan, he could not collapse first. The Uchiha clan still needed his best efforts.

"Itachi! You heard it, right?" Fugaku said calmly to the empty surroundings.

Behind the screen in the room, Uchiha Itachi knelt there early in the morning, and he listened to the conversation between Fugaku and his clan members word for word.

"Yes." Itachi slowly stood up and walked to his father, saying expressionlessly.

"Then you should also know the current relationship between the village and the clan, right? Shisui... is dead, right? How much do you know about the inside story?" Fugaku looked at Itachi with penetrating eyes, as if he was sure that Itachi knew about Zhisui. The truth about death by water is general.

Itachi was startled, but there was nothing strange on the surface. He continued to pretend in front of others and said expressionlessly: "There have been more missions recently, and I am not very clear about Shisui's situation."

"Really... I originally thought that you and Shisui have such a good relationship, your current expression would be relieved after hearing the news of Shisui's disappearance, but I didn't expect that you are unexpectedly stubborn, Itachi."

Fugaku's words instantly penetrated Itachi's heart, and Itachi opened his mouth slightly.At this moment, he understood in his heart that his father had long seen that his behavior in front of him was all acting.I thought I had deceived Fugaku, but I didn't expect that he knew his son better than his father. Fugaku was just pretending to be confused.

Seeing that his eldest son was silent, Fugaku stopped oppressing him verbally. After all, he was his flesh and blood, and Fugaku didn't want to oppress him too much. After all, he was a father who valued family affection.

"Itachi, you are the bridge between Uchiha and the village. After Shisui's death, you are the only Uchiha who can contact the core of Konoha. I hope that as a member of the Uchiha, you will understand the intelligence of the village for the clan." Fugaku looked up. Itachi said calmly with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"You...you mean to let me be a spy?" Itachi looked directly at his father coldly. In his opinion, his father's path was getting narrower and narrower.

"This is not a spy, it's just a precaution. Uchiha is still a part of Konoha, and you can't change that you are of Uchiha blood. You can't escape these things, my son."

Fugaku didn't care about Itachi's gaze at all, he just kept calm and showed the essence of things. How could the talented and intelligent Itachi not understand what he meant?

Itachi was also completely disappointed with his father at this moment. He thought in his heart that if Shisui was still alive, he would never have a grudge against Shisui for using his other gods against his father. He felt extremely desperate and sad for such a selfish clan. .

"I understand. If there's nothing else to do, I'll leave first. The ANBU will have missions tomorrow." Itachi's expression became even colder, and he responded indifferently.

"Um..."

Fugaku closed his eyes, and Itachi did not look at his father again when he left. The distance between the two was further widened at this moment.

After Itachi left, Fugaku let out a heavy sigh.

As a father, he knew what Itachi was thinking, but the two of them were from different angles, and it was not easy to tell who was right and who was wrong.Fugaku is the leader of the Uchiha clan. He must be responsible for every life of Uchiha. He is equivalent to Uchiha's shadow. The pressure he endures may not be much less than Itachi's, but Itachi hasn't seen it clearly yet.

Slow footsteps came from the yard, and Uchiha Mikoto's beautiful figure slowly appeared.She neatly placed the wooden shoes on her feet aside, closed the sliding door and walked behind Fugaku. She pressed Fugaku's shoulders with both hands and said distressedly: "Fugaku, don't force yourself too much. Itachi will figure it out. You are like this I do it for Uchiha and everyone in the village."

"Ah... thank you, Mikoto." Fugaku held Mikoto's palm with one hand and lay on his wife's lap, looking slightly tired.

"Why thank you? Aren't we a family? Supporting each other is the duty of husband and wife." Mikoto kindly lifted Fugaku's hair and found that her husband's face had many wrinkles. The pressure of the family almost made him less generous. His shoulders were so heavy that he couldn't lift them up.

"Well, Mikoto, I..." When Fugaku was about to communicate with his wife, he suddenly noticed something strange, and his eyes immediately changed into the three Magatama Sharingan. He stood up and pulled Mikoto behind his back.

Uchiha Mikoto also felt that something was wrong, and quickly took out a kunai, and her eyes entered the form of Sharingan.

An invisible barrier sealed the room where Fugaku was. Fugaku, who was at the shadow level, immediately noticed the barrier chakra that was difficult for ordinary people to detect, and immediately entered a state of alert.

Fortunately, Sasuke was not at home for school... When Fugaku saw this, his first thought was Sasuke's safety, but after thinking that Sasuke was at the ninja school, he felt relieved.

There was a ripple in the space, and two figures appeared in front of Fugaku and his wife.

After seeing the visitor, the expressions of Fugaku and Mikoto changed drastically. One of them turned out to be the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen!

"Sandaime!? What are you doing?" Fugaku quickly closed his Sharingan and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Fugaku, I'm here to discuss important matters with you. I'm really sorry that I was suddenly unable to hand over the letter directly." Sarutobi Hiruzen bowed to Fugaku with an apologetic look on his face, without any of the airs of his predecessor Hokage, as if he was The tone of elders towards younger ones.

Seeing the Sandaime being so polite, Fugaku, who was secretly on guard, was relieved. He was also worried that the Sandaime had some bad intentions to harm him.Now seeing the Sandaime's humble attitude, Fugaku was so flattered that he dared not even say so.

"Sandaime, why do you need to come to my humble residence in person?" Fugaku asked the Sandaime after he stretched out his hand to sit down and then knelt on the ground.

"Fugaku, I'm here for the village and Uchiha's problems. I hope you can help." Sarutobi Hiruzen said straight to the point.

"This..." Although Fugaku wanted to agree to the Sandaime Hokage, this problem could not be solved casually. Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had lost his authority and peak strength, was not enough to make Fugaku agree directly.

"Don't refuse in a hurry. I brought an old friend here before, and he planned this operation with full authority." Hiruzen Sarutobi pushed out the masked man behind him, and the Fugaku couple also looked at it curiously. On him.

The masked man took off his mask to reveal the familiar faces of the two. With their expressions as if they had seen a ghost, he said calmly: "Long time no see, Fugaku, Mikoto."

"Hui!!!"