"You... know?" Uchiha Itachi knelt down respectfully in front of the two, his tone full of surprise.

"Yes." Uchiha Fugao nodded, "Shimizu pretended to be blinded and committed suicide, in order to cover up important clues, but he was too stupid. Poking blinded and this is a flaw in itself!"

He sighed: "But it doesn't matter. At the moment he died, everything was over. We cannot win this coup. Shimizu is the strongest person in our clan. If he is willing to help Uchiha with all his heart, maybe we have a slim chance, haha... Uchiha's strongest person actually looked at Konoha. Is this the biggest irony? Of course, there is you."

"Sorry!" Uchiha Itachi lowered his head and apologized, holding his hands tightly and clenching it, because that didn't make sense.

"We don't mean to blame you, so you don't need to apologize." Uchiha Fugao whispered, "No one knows your son is better than your father. I see all your words and deeds, and I understand why you made such a choice.

Uchiha is over. Perhaps the cause and effect were laid when Konoha Village was first built. At that time, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Gong probably saw this clearly before trying to lead our clan to leave. It’s a pity..."

He sighed, "I don't know whether it was right or wrong to choose to stay. Konoha is a warm village. Even Uchiha can feel this, but under the warmth, it is still a bit cold. Everyone's position, interests, family, and village. When these are intertwined, conflicts inevitably arise."

"No!" Uchiha Itachi suddenly shouted loudly: "Father, it's not over yet, there is still a glimmer of life. You...you are the patriarch of Uchiha. As long as you are willing, go out to climb the high ground and shout now. Let's leave Konoha together and leave this village. In that case, war will not happen and conflicts will be resolved, just like what Uchiha Gen did back then."

"Itachi." Uchiha Mikoto, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke out, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "You are very happy to say that, your father and I are really... but you should know that that won't work. If you can do that, Uchiha's senior management would not choose the coup."

"But..." Uchiha Itachi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Uchiha Fugao.

"Don't be naive Itachi. This world is a place where strength is emphasized. Uchiha is no longer the ghost and god clan that was originally. Even if Shimizu is alive, he is not the strongest existence among Konoha now. With only this kind of strength, how can we rely on to get rid of Konoha?

Think about it carefully. If you are a senior member of Konoha, will a family that originally established a village be separated? What if we want to build another village? Now the Thousand Hand clan has withered. As the founding clan of Konoha, we have natural advantages. At that time, which side is the orthodox Konoha?"

Itachi was speechless after saying something, and a glimmer of hope that finally ignited was shattered in an instant.

"After all, this world speaks by strength. If we have the strength to surpass Konoha, then things tonight may be completely reversed, so... Itachi, don't blame yourself for your choice, at least in this way, you are still alive."

Uchiha Fugao sighed, "After all, I'm too stupid. What I should have thought of when the Thousand Hand Clan declined. They even dared to design the Thousand Hand Clan, let alone Uchiha. It's a pity that we were blinded by the feud with Thousand Hand. If we could see it clearly earlier, everything might be different."

"Do it, Itachi, if you drag it for too long, it will be a torment for you." Uchiha Fugao said, silently closing his eyes. Uchiha Mikoto, who was beside him, also closed her eyes and said gently: "Itachi, you are our children anyway, and we can understand you. All this is something we cannot resist. It is better to die in your hands than to die in Konoha Ninja's hands. There is no need to hesitate to walk on with the dream you have insisted on."

"Father...Mother..." Uchiha Itachi said to himself in pain, tears dripping from his blood-red eyes. He looked up and saw his parents' calm expressions. Finally, he gritted his teeth and picked up the short blade beside him and stood behind them.

The hand holding the sword was trembling, and the pain in his heart was about to break out of his body, but he had no choice. The Anbu and the ninjas of the Uchiha clan outside the land did not allow him to have a choice.

"The last question." At this moment, Uchiha Fugao suddenly spoke, and he did not open his eyes, "Sasuke... can you live."

"Yeah." Uchiha Itachi nodded, because his choked throat could no longer speak the complete words.

"That's good...that's good..." Uchiha Fugao whispered, letting go of his last trace of worry.

"Remember to protect your younger brother, Itachi." Uchiha Mikoto said softly, without opening her eyes either.

Itachi closed his eyes in pain and raised the short blade in his hand high.

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On the other side, outside the Uchiha clan land, about ten minutes ago.

There was a commotion hidden in the dark woods. A ninja wearing a dog-head mask quickly came to Danzo and half-kneeled down and said, "Master Danzo, I found Uchiha Sasuke on the avenue and was rushing towards the Uchiha clan. Do you need to intercept him?"

Danzo's crutch gently touched the ground, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face, "Is Uchiha Sasuke not in the clan?"

After a moment, he decisively ordered: "Hide your figure, don't let Uchiha Sasuke discover it, let him enter the clan land."

"Yes!" The ninja said respectfully, then turned into a black shadow and disappeared, and Danzo's order was quickly passed down. In the woods, he quietly retreated towards Sasuke's cold kowtow.

...

Hu~ Hu~

The young Sasuke ran quickly and kept running towards Uchiha's tribe. For some reason, his heart was very messy now, as if something terrible was about to happen.

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Chapter completed!