Chapter 284 Itachi Uchiha's Determination

After muttering a few words in his heart, Black Zetsu calmed down and said to Bai Ye: "The masked man's plan is to recruit Uchiha Itachi. There may be no essential conflict between you two. Maybe you can try to cooperate."

For Black Zetsu, both Byakuya and Black Zetsu are important chess pieces in his hands.

If a rift arises between the two of them because of this, it would be counterproductive and would easily affect the plan to collect the tailed beasts and resurrect their mother.

"Let me cooperate with the masked man?"

Bai Ye said with an unhappy look on his face: "I fell in love with Uchiha earlier than he did. Why should I give the Uchiha clan to him? Besides, the masked man has repeatedly provoked Lord Black Zetsu. I have been fed up with him for a long time."

"If I didn't know, I would have thought he was the executor of the Moon Eye Project."

Hearing this, Black Zetsu groaned in his heart. The conflict between Byakuya and Obito was just a small matter at the beginning, but now it has gradually developed into two opposing factions.

Although both are for collecting the tailed beasts and reviving the Ten-Tails.

However, there was not much contact between Byakuya's Akatsuki organization and Obito's Hidden Mist Village, and they would not notify each other when taking action.

This time, Byakuya and Obito are both fighting for control of the Uchiha, and the situation might get out of control.

Whether I try to persuade Byakuya to give up or Obito to give up, it seems that neither of them works.

In front of Obito, he is just Madara's will, not Madara himself, and has no power to order Obito to do anything. But in front of Byakuya, his status is higher than Obito. If he doesn't even have the ability to order Obito, Byakuya will definitely doubt his own ability.

For a moment, Black Zetsu was in a dilemma, not knowing how to make a choice.

After thinking for a long time, Hei Zetsu said expressionlessly:

"Whether you cooperate or confront each other has nothing to do with me. As long as it does not affect the plan of collecting the tailed beasts, you can act freely and I will not interfere too much."

After saying that, Black Zetsu drilled into the ground and disappeared from Bai Ye's sight.

Bai Ye looked at Black Zetsu's departing back and fell into deep thought. This time he took the initiative to tell Black Zetsu about the Uchiha affairs just to make Black Zetsu choose between himself and Obito.

Black Zetsu has been avoiding making choices, which is not a smart approach and will easily make both sides hate him.

However, if Black Zetsu was really smart, he would not have been thinking about Indra all the time. It is obvious that Ashura is a fighter who is easier to train.

……

Time flies, and several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

With the passage of time, the news of Uchiha Shisui's disappearance was gradually forgotten. The villagers only missed this Uchiha who made great contributions when they thought of the Kumogakure War.

The Uchiha's ambition, which had been suppressed due to Shisui's death, gradually showed signs of revival.

In order to avoid conflict between the family and the village, Uchiha Itachi had been busy running around. After cursing his stupid clansmen in his heart, he came to the base of the Root organization.

Under the guidance of the Root Ninja, Uchiha Itachi met Danzo in the training ground.

When seeing Danzo staying in the training ground, Uchiha Itachi was a little surprised. Danzo is now over 60 years old. Can he really adapt to high-intensity training?
Or was this Danzo showing off his muscles and using his strength to intimidate himself? After sensing Uchiha Itachi behind him, Shisui wiped the sweat from his forehead and then said to Uchiha Itachi: "Itachi, how is the information I asked you to collect going?"

Itachi nodded, then respectfully handed over the information.

Shisui took the information and took a look at it, his brows instantly frowned. There was no problem with the information sent by Itachi. It recorded in detail the personnel flow of Uchiha and the list of external purchases of materials.

But being able to present this real information to Danzo is the biggest problem in itself.

This proves that Itachi has sided with Danzo and hopes to resolve the conflict between the family and the village through Danzo. With this previous experience as a lesson, Itachi should not make such a stupid decision.

In addition to Shisui, Byakuya was also silently observing Uchiha Itachi.

Unlike Uchiha Itachi in the original time and space, after not witnessing the tragedy of Shisui jumping off the cliff with his own eyes, Uchiha Itachi actually still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. It was this hope that made Uchiha Itachi miss the opportunity to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

However, even though he had not witnessed Shisui jumping off the cliff, Itachi still chose not to trust his clan members and told Danzo all the information about the Uchiha, believing that everything was in his plan.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye suddenly had an interesting idea in his mind, and he used the communication device to say to Shisui: "Shisui, I have something I need you to do..."

After hearing Bai Ye's plan, Shisui's heart skipped a beat, but he still agreed to it.

The observation of Itachi has been going on for several months. It is time to test Uchiha Itachi's true thoughts. If we continue to delay, Itachi might do something irrational.

After a brief pause, Shisui said to Itachi, "From the information you sent, it seems that the Uchiha are planning to launch a coup again, and the initiator of the coup is none other than your father, Uchiha Fugaku."

"How do you plan to stop this coup? Do you plan to control Fugaku like Shisui, or kill those ninjas who want to launch a coup yourself?"

Itachi's expression changed drastically, and he said to Shisui: "How do you know about Shisui? Did you attack Shisui?"

Shisui nodded, and then said:
"Yes, I was responsible for Shisui's disappearance. The Uchiha from top to bottom have the intention of rebellion. Even if we control the Uchiha who initiated the coup, we cannot stop the Uchiha's hostility towards the village."

"So I killed Uchiha Shisui and prevented your Uchiha coup."

"The Uchiha and the village are two groups that are destined to be incompatible. I have never thought about the day when the Uchiha and the village can coexist peacefully."

"However, I can give you a chance, a chance to let a few Uchiha survive."

"As long as you kill all the Uchiha ninjas, defect from the village, and take all the blame on yourself, I can save the Uchiha child."

After hearing this, Uchiha Itachi was stunned. He didn't expect Danzo to say such a thing.

Shisui also didn't think of this. What he said just now were what Bai Ye asked him to say. It was impossible for him to give such a ridiculous order.

He actually asked a ninja born in the Uchiha clan to destroy the Uchiha clan, and only promised to protect the Uchiha clan's orphans.

Uchiha Itachi pondered for a long time, then said to Shisui:

"Master Danzo, there are many ninjas in the Uchiha Guard who are as powerful as me. I am afraid that I cannot defeat all the Uchiha ninjas with my own strength."

(End of this chapter)