Chapter 272 Shisui's Determination

The next morning, after reporting to Ryoma Shinobi, Uchiha Itachi received a surveillance mission, and the target of surveillance was none other than his Uchiha clan.

With mixed feelings, Uchiha Itachi came to the Anbu monitoring room.

There are densely packed screens in the monitoring room, and the images on the screens cover almost the entire Uchiha. Except for a few places such as the security building and Nanga Shrine, all of them can be seen.

After seeing this scene, Uchiha Itachi was terrified and felt a sense of fear in his heart.

For the first time, he realized the gap between his family and the village. While his clan members were trying hard to obtain high-level intelligence, the surveillance range of the Konoha high-level officials had already covered most of the clan's territory.

This also means that the clan members' every move is under the surveillance of the higher-ups, including their ambition to become Hokage.

With such a huge gap, is it really possible for the tribesmen to win?

After a moment's silence, Uchiha Itachi asked the leader of the team, Ryuma-nin, "Ryuma-nin, why did Lord Danzo ask me to monitor the Uchiha clan? And why do you want to monitor the Uchiha clan?"

"Of course it's because the Uchiha are dangerous..."

Long Ma Ninja glanced at Uchiha Itachi, without considering Itachi's feelings at all, and continued:

"The Battle of the Valley of the End decades ago and the Nine-Tails Rebellion a few years ago both proved this. Lord Danzo is worried that you Uchiha will harm the village again."

"As for why I asked you to monitor the Uchiha clan, it may be because I trust you."

"Come to think of it, I'm a little envious of you. You've just joined the Root Organization, and you've already been recognized by Danzo-sama. Maybe you'll be able to become Danzo-sama's successor in the future."

Uchiha Itachi smiled expressionlessly, responded politely, and began to carry out his mission.

This kind of surveillance task is very boring for ordinary ninjas, but Uchiha Itachi carried it out very seriously. He wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of existence the clan members were in the eyes of the higher-ups.

After working for twelve hours from morning until dusk, Uchiha Itachi left the Root.

After twelve hours of monitoring, Uchiha Itachi finally understood what kind of image the clan members had in the eyes of the higher-ups.

Those ninjas in the clan who became the security forces were all arrogant and domineering.

They often use the power of the security forces to impose extremely severe punishments on villagers and ninjas who have committed mistakes, but when they encounter tribesmen who have made mistakes, they tend to be lenient towards them.

Such different treatment made Uchiha Itachi feel very uncomfortable.

When faced with injustice from the Konoha high-ups, the clan's ninjas were always outraged and denounced the Hokage and the advisory elders at clan meetings, but in front of the villagers, the guard forces' performance was no different from that of the high-ups.

The Konoha high-level officials discriminate against the Uchiha, and the Uchiha discriminate against ordinary ninjas and villagers.

After realizing this, Uchiha Itachi sighed softly in his heart. He suddenly felt that everything he had done was meaningless, and that life itself might not have much value.

And how many people can carry out the will of fire that the village promotes?

The mission of monitoring the Uchiha clan's territory lasted for three months. During these three months, Uchiha Itachi also received many temporary missions sent by Danzo and eliminated many rebellious ninjas who betrayed the village.

After personally killing the Genin who betrayed the village, Uchiha Itachi wiped the blood off the kunai, and brought the forehead protector and the head of the traitor to Danzo. Danzo glanced at the head of the traitor, then looked at Uchiha Itachi, and said, "Itachi, you have been in the Root for three months. What do you think of the Root organization?"

Uchiha Itachi hesitated for a while, then said: "The Root is an organization that protects the light in the dark. There are some things that cannot be seen in the light that can only be done by the Root, and only the Root can do it."

After hearing this, Danzo nodded and said, "You are right. The mission of the Root is to do things that the Hokage cannot do. Only by clearing away the pests on the big tree of Konoha can Konoha stand firm."

"During this period, even if innocent people are injured by mistake, there is nothing we can do about it."

"We cannot harm the interests of the majority just to take care of a few people."

"Remember the story I told you? In the trolley problem, would you choose to save five people, or let nature take its course and let the remaining one survive?"

Uchiha Itachi said without hesitation: "I will save five people. I can't give up the lives of the other five because of the life and death of one person."

Regarding the trolley problem raised by Danzo, Uchiha Itachi initially chose to let things take their course.

But after carrying out so many Root missions, Uchiha Itachi gradually changed his mind. He felt that the lives of five people were more important than one.

Even if that person shouldn't have died.

After hearing Uchiha Itachi's reply, Danzo was very satisfied. He knew that he had successfully instilled the concept of the Root into Uchiha Itachi's mind.

Only in this way, when the village takes action against Uchiha, will Uchiha Itachi stand on the side of the village.

However, the current conflict between the Uchiha and the village is not intense enough. The Uchiha must show his determination to seize the position of Hokage, and then Sarutobi Hiruzen will take action against the Uchiha in order to keep the position of Hokage.

Now he only needs to continue to put pressure on the Uchiha side and let the traitors in the security force start the war. Sooner or later, the Uchiha will take the initiative to launch a coup to seize power.

Once the Uchiha launched a coup against the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen's Anbu would be severely damaged by suppressing the Uchiha, and he could then send out the Root ninjas to clean up the mess.

He impeached Sarutobi Hiruzen and became the Fifth Hokage of Konoha by virtue of his contribution in suppressing the civil strife.

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In addition to Danzo, Uchiha Shisui also discovered that Uchiha Itachi had changed in the past three months.

As Itachi's best friend, Shisui could clearly feel Itachi's psychological changes over the days. Itachi's thoughts became more and more extreme, and his style of carrying out missions became more and more cold-blooded and ruthless.

After witnessing Itachi's changes, Shisui tried to persuade Itachi to leave the Root, but Itachi refused.

Itachi thought that there was no harm in staying in the Root, as he would be able to know immediately about any actions taken by the Hokage clan, and then the two of them would discuss countermeasures and work together to save the family.

Shisui didn't know how to change Itachi's mind, nor did he know how to convince Itachi to change his mind.

There is really no need for the Uchiha to stay in Konoha. They can just go to another place to survive. Why do they have to stay in the Konoha Ninja Village?
On one side are close friends who are drifting further and further away, and on the other side are the tribesmen who are stubborn and refuse to change their ways.

As a third party, Shisui was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma. It seemed that he could only take out the gift given to him by Bai Ye and go find the person he could least understand for help.

(End of this chapter)