A full moon hung high in the sky. In the quiet night, not even the sound of insects could be heard.
The Uchiha clan possessed a very large compound, situated at the very edge of Konoha Village. After the death of Hashirama Senju, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, came to power. He harbored a strong dislike for the Uchiha family and didn't hesitate to suppress them. Tobirama Senju was not only very talented in developing ninjutsu but also skilled in schemes and tricks. After Madara Uchiha left Konoha, Tobirama Senju adopted several new policies, including making the Uchiha clan responsible for the work of the Konoha Security Department. This seemed like being entrusted with an important task, but in reality, it subtly removed the Uchiha family from the center of Konoha's political power. The Uchiha family also moved from their original compound in the central area to the more remote Konoha edge area at that time. Therefore, for the massacre tonight, it was actually not difficult for the top officials of Konoha to cover up the truth.
At this time, in the woods outside the Uchiha clan compound, Shimura Danzo was ambushing with his Root subordinates, monitoring the every move of the Uchiha family. Standing beside Shimura Danzo was Itachi Uchiha, wearing a black robe. His eyes swept across the Root members hiding behind Shimura Danzo. One by one, they were like real tools, devoid of any emotion. Their temperament was extremely cold and indifferent, as if they were true killing weapons. Even if human emotions are wiped out, can such a person still be considered a human being? Itachi Uchiha thought in his heart. He knew that these people became what they were now not just because Danzo had secretly trained them for years, but also because Shimura Danzo had mastered a very strong sealing technique—the Tongue Imprinting Seal. If the person being operated on spoke anything about him, they would be paralyzed, unable to speak or move. He had to admit, this was the terrible thing about sealing. This Danzo was indeed a very difficult character.
"Lord Danzo, I'm sorry to bother you." Itachi Uchiha didn't observe the Root members for too long. He then turned to Shimura Danzo and said with a slight bow.
After Shimura Danzo took a deep look at Itachi Uchiha, he nodded and said, "You go, just leave the rest to me. I advise you not to think unnecessarily; don't forget that your brother is still in our hands, if you don't want your brother to have any accident," Shimura Danzo said with a sneer.
"Yes." After Itachi Uchiha agreed with a blank face, he turned and left without looking back, entering the Uchiha family compound. His pace was neither hurried nor slow, but there was a very dangerous aura about him.
Seeing Itachi Uchiha walk into the Uchiha clan compound, Shimura Danzo stretched out his right hand and made a commanding gesture to his Root subordinates. The next second, hundreds of Root ninja lurking on the periphery of the Uchiha clan immediately fanned out in all directions and took up their planned positions. Then they stretched out their hands and began to perform hand seals quickly. In an instant, faint chakra fluctuations united from all directions, forming a continuous connection of nodes, and building a huge barrier, covering the entire Uchiha family.
"The people of the Uchiha family have all fallen into the barrier."
"Hahahaha, tonight, the Uchiha family will disappear from Konoha completely!" Shimura Danzo's eyes flashed with anticipation. With a proud face, he muttered to himself: "Also, I don't know how many Sharingan I can harvest this time. That idiot Sarutobi is really afraid that his reputation in Konoha will be affected a little bit, so he will give me such a good job to do, heheh..."
Shimura Danzo laughed proudly. "Surely, I am the most suitable person to be Hokage! Sarutobi, after I get the Sharingan, leave this Hokage seat to me!"
It's just that he was too complacent now. He didn't notice at all that somewhere in the space around him, there was a slight chakra fluctuation. At this time, Ren, wearing a Hidden Mask, stood beside Shimura Danzo, hearing his arrogant remarks.
Ren thought: I am professionally trained; I don't usually laugh unless I can't help myself...
In the Uchiha clan compound,
"Itachi, what do you mean by this attitude? You didn't attend the meeting tonight!" As soon as Itachi Uchiha walked into the Uchiha clan compound, more than a dozen clansmen who were responsible for guarding the gate of the Uchiha clan immediately came over and stopped him. They looked up and down Itachi Uchiha with suspicious eyes, and their faces were very grim. "Although you work in Anbu, don't forget your own surname—you are from the Uchiha clan!"
"Hehe, you're not used to Konoha as a lackey, and you even forgot your surname, right?" Because of Itachi Uchiha's usual actions, many people in the Uchiha clan had come to regard him as a traitor of the Uchiha clan, even if he was the son of the head of the Uchiha clan, the eldest son of the Uchiha clan. If Itachi Uchiha had been as low-key as usual, these people would not have come forward to stop him. But today's Itachi Uchiha made them feel very dangerous.
"The surname of the Uchiha family..." Itachi Uchiha whispered to himself. Then the next second, his eyes instantly turned scarlet. The Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly in his eye sockets. "Then I will let the surname of the Uchiha family be given a new meaning from today!"
As his voice fell, the more than ten ninja in front of Itachi Uchiha instantly showed expressions of surprise, panic, and fear. Immediately, their eyes were lost for a moment, and they all froze in place. In an instant, Itachi Uchiha had used illusions to control more than a dozen ninja of the Uchiha clan. This was the true strength of Itachi Uchiha. His pair of Sharingan eyes, his attainment in illusion, was unfathomable. Even if he hadn't used the Mangekyo Sharingan, even with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the illusion released from his eyes was enough to suppress other Uchiha clansmen who had Sharingan.
Pfft! Pfft!
The kunai in Itachi Uchiha's hands easily cut the throats of one after another. On the ground, there were more than a dozen corpses of the Uchiha clan in an instant.
And for Itachi Uchiha, this was just the beginning of the night!