Hokage Rock.

The bleak night wind blew up the fallen leaves, and a figure flew down.

It was Shisui Uchiha.

He looked around with a worried look on his face, and then noticed the big hole that Uchiha Itachi had created.

Uchiha Itachi looked at the night sky, recalling every move he made during his fight with Uchiha Yuan in his mind.

As he continued to recall, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but reveal a solemn expression on his face.

He found that Uchiha Yuan had been acting relaxed and casual from beginning to end, as if all his attacks were under Uchiha Yuan's watch.

[Uchiha Yuan, how much power have you hidden? You can easily break free from my golden binding technique. Have you opened your Sharingan...]

Realizing this, Uchiha Itachi realized that Uchiha Yuan's strength might be much stronger than he expected.

"Itachi!"

A call brought Uchiha Itachi back to his senses; then he saw Shisui standing in front of him.

"Shisui, why are you here?"

Uchiha Itachi asked in surprise.

The operation to assassinate Uchiha Yuan tonight was very secretive. He had prepared for several days and was very sure that no one had noticed.

Shisui looked at Uchiha Itachi with a complicated expression, and finally sighed helplessly and said, "Itachi, I noticed that you showed murderous intentions towards Yuan on the night of the clan meeting; although you quickly put away this murderous intention.

So I have been paying attention to your every move these days, and when I saw Yuan lead you away, I immediately chased after him."

At this point, Shisui looked at the injuries on Uchiha Itachi's body and smiled bitterly: "But it seems that I was still a step too slow in the end."

"Shisui, even if you catch up with us in time, you can't stop me from assassinating Uchiha Yuan this time."

Itachi said, and while he was speaking he couldn't help coughing a few times, and blood suddenly flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Itachi, how are you injured?"

Seeing this, Shisui asked with concern.

At the same time, he took out a small porcelain bottle, poured out a pill from it and fed it into Uchiha Itachi's mouth.

The pills quickly turned into hot currents after entering the stomach and traveled throughout the body, allowing Uchiha Itachi to clearly feel that the injuries in his body were recovering rapidly.

"Shisui, could that pill be..."

Uchiha Itachi sat up and looked at the small porcelain bottle in Shisui's hand in surprise and suspicion.

He recognized that this small porcelain bottle was the Qinglong Pill that Uchiha Yuan gave to Shisui on the night of the clan meeting.

"This Qinglong Pill is indeed worthy of its reputation."

Noticing that Uchiha Itachi's breath was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, Shisui exclaimed in admiration.

"Shisui, thank you."

Uchiha Itachi slowly stood up and thanked Shisui.

"Itachi, your injuries were caused by Yuan?"

Shisui asked, looking at Uchiha Itachi with a serious expression.

"Yes."

Uchiha Itachi nodded, and then said with a complicated expression: "Uchiha Yuan is very strong, but what makes it even more difficult for me to accept is that I can't judge how much real power he has exerted."

"Itachi, you acted too recklessly this time!

I am very disappointed in you.”

Shisui looked at Uchiha Itachi seriously and said, "Although Yuan's choice is different from ours, he is still one of our clansmen.

I cannot accept that you would choose to assassinate one of your own people; and Yuan has not committed any crime, so your assassination is totally unreasonable."

"Shisui, you should be aware that Uchiha Yuan is becoming a threat to the village. He will make the family's ambitions even more difficult to suppress."

Uchiha Itachi said solemnly.

Hearing this, Shisui's expression changed slightly, and after a moment of silence he sighed softly.

"Itachi, there is one thing you have to understand, no matter how many conflicts there are between Yuan and the village, he is always the one in the right.

Just like when he set up the auxiliary team, everyone knew that he was gathering Orochimaru's former subordinates to increase the power of the family.

His actions did pose a danger to the village, but he always acted within the rules.

And your assassination this time broke the rules.

Just as you feel that Yuan's strength is hard to guess, I have also long felt that Yuan's strength is very strong.

The only thing I am thankful for is that Yuan, who is so powerful, is still willing to be bound by the rules."

Shisui said.

Uchiha Itachi frowned, looked into Shisui's eyes and said, "I understand."

"Itachi, although you have murderous intentions towards Yuan, the assassination should not be initiated by you. Did someone in the upper echelons say something to you?"

Shisui asked.

Just as Uchiha Itachi was about to answer, several figures suddenly appeared from all around.

"A Root Ninja."

Looking at the figures appearing around him, Shisui frowned.

These Root Ninjas looked around the Hokage Rock and then disappeared one after another.

"Itachi, it looks like the Root has been watching you."

Shisui said.

He guessed who influenced Uchiha Itachi's assassination this time.

Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Yuan pushed open the door of his house and said, "I'm back."

"Brother, why did you come back later than usual today?"

Izumi poked his head out of the kitchen and asked Uchiha Yuan.

Uchiha Yuan walked over and saw Quan making pastries in the kitchen.

"Brother, Xue and I are learning to make a new pastry recently."

Quan brought a dinner to Uchiha Yuan and said with a smile.

"Quan, I was just assassinated."

Uchiha Yuan stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fried meat and put it into his mouth, then said.

Hearing this, Quan immediately asked nervously, "Brother, are you hurt?"

Uchiha Yuan put down his chopsticks and looked at Quan, saying calmly: "Don't worry, I'm not hurt."

Just when Quan looked relaxed, Uchiha Yuan's voice sounded again.

"Itachi was the one who assassinated me."

what!

It was as if he was hit by a thunderbolt, and Uchiha Izumi stood there in a daze.

She didn't move, but her beautiful eyes were filled with mist and drops of tears fell slowly.

Izumi knew that there was a conflict between her brother Uchiha Yuan and Uchiha Itachi, but she didn't know what the conflict was; but she didn't expect that the conflict between the two would develop to the point where Itachi would assassinate his brother.

After a moment of silence, Quan looked at Uchiha Yuan and asked anxiously, "Brother, you are lying to me, right?

This joke is not funny at all.”

Uchiha Yuan reached out and rubbed Quan's head, and said: "Quan, you should know that I will not lie to you about this kind of thing."

Uchiha Quan staggered back two steps and asked, "Brother, what happened between you and Itachi? Why did he want to assassinate you?"

"He doesn't approve of what I do for the family and thinks I'm a threat to the village."

Uchiha Yuan said with a smile.

"Itachi is going too far. Brother has done nothing wrong. The tribe members are all proud of him."

Uchiha Izumi said with a puzzled look.

"That's the conflict between him and me. I have the family in my eyes, but he is only concerned about the greater good."

Uchiha Yuan said with a mocking look on his face.

At this time, Uchiha Yuan noticed a look of struggle on Quan's face.

So he continued, "Don't worry, I didn't kill him. Itachi was just slightly injured."

Hearing this, Uchiha Izumi's expression suddenly relaxed, and then he fell into silence with a conflicted look on his face.

After a while, Uchiha Izumi looked at Uchiha Yuan who was eating, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

The girl knew that she had to make a decision with Uchiha Itachi.