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"Ah, who?"
Hatake Kuroshi paid for the cotton candy and turned his head, looking a bit dazed.
"Kuroshi-nii, you really have your head in the clouds…"
Tenzo looked at Kuroshi, a few black lines appearing on his forehead.
[Shixie: For those who don't know Yamato has 3 names/codenames Yamato,Kinoe and Tenzo.]
The situation in front of him was about to erupt into a fight, but this guy hadn't even noticed.
"Oh, that's right, this is the吐槽 (tsukkomi, a comedic style of pointing out flaws) I taught you before."
"I wanted to eat this."
Kuroshi replied matter-of-fact tone.
He took a bite of the cotton candy and turned his head to look at the commotion in front of the street.
The person on the ground and the clothes with the Uchiha clan crest on them had already clearly revealed their identities.
"Oh, it's the Uchiha Police Force catching a thief."
"But they don't have to be so rough, do they?"
Even if Tenzo lacked common sense, he knew about catching thieves, but why beat the person up like this in the middle of the street?
Clearly, even Tenzo, who didn't know much about the Uchiha, couldn't stand it.
What about those ordinary people who already had complaints about the Uchiha clan?
The villagers gradually gathered around, and their murmurs grew louder.
Although it was the person who stole the wallet who was in the wrong, everyone was discussing the Uchiha clan.
"It hurts! It hurts!"
The person lying on the ground, it was unclear if he was faking it or really injured.
As soon as he saw the crowd gathering, he immediately started shouting loudly.
Seeing the situation escalate, Tenzo couldn't help but take a step forward.
"Don't you want to stop them?"
Kuroshi reached out, put his hand on Tenzo's shoulder, and pressed him down, handing him his cotton candy.
"Oh? Which side do you want to stop? Or do you think either side is wrong?"
"???"
"From this perspective, it's definitely the Uchiha."
Tenzo clearly didn't expect Kuroshi's reaction to be so calm, his words like a bucket of cold water splashed down.
Tenzo looked at the cotton candy in his hand, dazed.
"Oh, so if you help these villagers and educate the Uchiha, what happens if someone steals a wallet again and the Uchiha don't come out to chase the thief?"
"Are you going to chase them for them?"
Kuroshi pointed at the people in front with his half-eaten cotton candy.
"That's true…"
Tenzo's voice gradually softened.
Actually, when Kuroshi asked him to choose a mistake, he had hesitated.
And what Kuroshi said did make sense.
Kuroshi released his hand from Tenzo's shoulder and turned to look at the rack next to him.
There were many sunglasses of various styles hanging on it.
Wearing a blindfold all the time can be a bit stuffy, maybe I should find something similar to replace it.
As for these people, neither side is good.
The Uchiha clan was targeted and weakened, everyone was holding a grudge.
In this situation, it's inevitable that there would be some misplaced anger.
And these civilians weren't normal either, their money was stolen, and they were actually siding with the thief.
But this also shows that the Uchiha are losing the hearts of the people.
Whether it's the Konoha leadership or the civilians, they are becoming two opposing sides.
And this antagonism, as long as no one backs down, will only intensify, eventually leading to complete opposition.
Kuroshi wasn't interested in dividing right and wrong between them.
In his opinion, if it weren't for the lack of manpower in the medical team, both groups should be sent in to get their brains checked.
"Scatter! Scatter!"
"What's there to see! Don't gather around!"
The Uchiha obviously encountered this problem frequently lately, and after shouting to disperse the crowd, they took the criminal away.
The street was in an uproar for a while, but everyone returned to their paths.
Soon, except for the bloodstains still remaining on the ground, the entire street was calm as if nothing had happened.
Tenzo stood aside, watching all this, a bit numb.
After a while, as if he had come to his senses, he asked Kuroshi.
"So, can we only watch from the sidelines in situations like this?"
Kuroshi, wearing a blindfold and sunglasses, put his hands in his pockets and gave a nonchalant smile.
"Of course not, it's just that I don't want to get involved today."
"You can stand on either side, as long as you don't regret it."
"It's impossible to tell right from wrong in this kind of situation."
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Inside the Hokage Tower.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado were all sitting behind the table.
In front of them, kneeling on the ground, was Shisui.
"The friction between the Uchiha and the villagers is increasing."
"News of an internal coup is also circulating, and it's not stopping."
The expressions of the four people behind the table darkened.
"What do you plan to do, Sarutobi?"
"If we don't come up with a solution, things will only get worse in the future."
"This is the time for you, as the leader of the village, to issue an emergency order."
Danzo spoke first, directly maximizing the problem and throwing it to Sarutobi Hiruzen in a critical way.
Last time with Kakashi, not only did he not get his Sharingan back, but he also lost the Wood Style ninja.
Danzo had been thinking about how to make up for it.
Now the Uchiha clan's problem was becoming more serious, if he could take this opportunity to get those red eyes of the Uchiha clan back.
Losing Kakashi's eye wouldn't matter.
Shisui, who had been kneeling in front of them with his head lowered, suddenly raised his head, his gaze firm.
"Please wait, I still have a plan to stop them, I want to try it."
…
"There's no point in listening to him, there's no other way now."
Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen was about to ask Shisui, Danzo quickly blocked him.
The Uchiha clan's matter should be dealt with as quickly as possible, Shisui was an Uchiha after all, and he would definitely try to delay things on both sides.
He couldn't listen to his side of the story now.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that Danzo coveted the Sharingan.
But this was a matter of the entire clan, not a matter of one or two people.
Danzo could act secretly and distance himself from me.
But he was the Hokage, speaking on behalf of the village.
If this matter was handled with bias or excessive force, it would definitely cause a lot of dissatisfaction.
It would be best if there was a more peaceful way to solve the Uchiha problem.
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a moment, without looking at Danzo, he said to Shisui.
"Tell me what you have in mind."
Shisui stared at the four people in front of him, without any hesitation or selfishness.
"Use my Mangekyo Sharingan."
His words shocked everyone.
Although everyone knew that the Uchiha clan often produced geniuses, being so young and having a Mangekyo Sharingan was quite rare, even among geniuses.
Shisui had also achieved great feats in the Third Great Ninja War.
But because Shisui was so young, they never considered that he would have the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Danzo no longer vehemently stopped Shisui, but looked at the kneeling Shisui and fell into thought.
"You have to think carefully."
"From now on, you will bear the blame for putting your clan under a genjutsu."
Shisui lowered his head resolutely.
No matter how much blame he had to bear.
This was the only way to protect the clan, by sacrificing only him.
"Then give it a try."
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed helplessly and nodded his agreement.
"But you are allowed to change your mind, because we still have time to explore other options."
Danzo frowned, his shadowy eyes fixed on Shisui, his pupils swirling with boiling gloom.
Is there… time?
Shisui walked out of the Hokage Tower and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
He quickly stepped onto a nearby building and ran back to the Uchiha clan compound.
Behind him, the sun, which had completely sunk, was constantly retracting its afterglow, and the indigo night sky was rapidly chasing after Shisui's back.
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