The moonlight in the sky was bright.
Yet, to some, this round moon seemed covered with a layer of blood.
Uchiha Itachi crouched on a utility pole, like a crow ready to spread its wings and prey, his eyes a glaring crimson.
The next moment!
Uchiha Itachi vanished in an instant!
As soon as Uchiha Itachi disappeared, the first wails came forth, and this genius from the Uchiha Clan finally pointed his ninja sword at his own kin!
This was an indiscriminate massacre!
Regardless of age or gender, all fell under his slaughtering blade!
The scent of blood…
Spread everywhere.
A group of Uchiha members, terrified and unsettled, screamed as they fled down the street, with Uchiha Itachi wielding his ninja sword in hot pursuit, cutting down his kin in the open street!
In the shadow beneath the moonlight.
The soul of Shisui watched this horrid scene in pain, desperately pleading with Akihara Kagura to rush out and stop Uchiha Itachi, to put an end to this bloody slaughter!
"At least..."
"Let me stop him and save some children..."
Shisui's soul desperately pleaded with Akihara Kagura's will, witnessing Uchiha Itachi's rampage that spared no age or gender, realizing that this once genius ninja he regarded as a brother had utterly lost his mind!
"We should talk first."
"Do you know why he's doing this?"
Akihara Kagura's mood remained unruffled, even somewhat calm: "Uchiha Itachi's purpose in killing his own clan is merely to protect his brother Uchiha Sasuke..."
"..."
Shisui's soul fell into an icy abyss.
Akihara Kagura himself was still sipping tea: "Perhaps he got too close to Shimura Danzo, always claiming it was for Konoha's sake, maybe even thinking he was doing it for Konoha, but in the end, it was nothing more than wanting his brother to survive..."
"Let me... save some children."
Shisui watched where Uchiha Itachi passed, his soul trembling violently with anguish: "As long as I can save some of the Uchiha youngsters..."
Shisui no longer hoped to save more people.
Because the first person Uchiha Itachi slaughtered was an old man living near the clan's entrance, who had watched them grow up from childhood.
"Akihara Kagura."
Shisui's soul voice gradually sank, almost gritting his teeth as he asked: "If you don't want me to save people, you wouldn't let me out, right?"
"Then you'd better think it over."
Akihara Kagura shook his head, completely baffled by his Deva Path Puppet's thoughts: "If you save a few people, and they go missing, it would prevent Uchiha Itachi's brother Uchiha Sasuke from surviving."
Akihara Kagura questioned his Deva Path Puppet: "Now, Uchiha Itachi likely believes that only by killing the other Uchiha can his brother Uchiha Sasuke survive; if you save just one person, Uchiha Itachi's brother might be eliminated by Konoha in the future..."
Akihara Kagura felt the emotional turmoil of his Deva Path Puppet and suddenly chuckled: "Although some of the children, like his brother, are innocents, Uchiha Itachi won't care; he takes others' lives to protect his brother's existence..."
"I..."
Shisui found himself unable to respond.
"Many people are at fault."
"Such a pity..."
"You've always called me extreme."
"Now you see what a truly extreme person is like."
Akihara Kagura slowly put down his teacup and let out a long sigh: "Well, this night of the clan's annihilation is bound to happen, and someone is destined to bear the blame for this mistake; many people have erred..."
"The First Hokage made mistakes, the Second Hokage made mistakes, the Third Hokage made mistakes, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura made mistakes, but Lord Danzo and Uchiha Itachi were the biggest mistakes..."
"Lord Danzo always meddles in affairs he shouldn't..."
"After tonight, the power he holds dear should no longer be in his grasp."
Akihara Kagura clasped his hands together, sitting alone in his room, contemplating the post-chaotic Konoha situation as this chaos continued unabated.
This uproar of clan extinction is destined to cause Konoha's upheaval.
To ensure that other ninja clans of Konoha don't become dissatisfied with the top tiers of Konoha due to this, a scapegoat must be chosen, and Shimura Danzo is undoubtedly who the Third Hokage will be removing from the high echelons.
At that time...
Will the Third Hokage mix the Root into the Dark Department, or will he let someone like me, with ambitions to become the Root Leader, take control of the Root instead?
If I become the Root Leader, I mustn't allow Shimura Danzo's men to remain in the Root, and coincidentally I require a batch of suitable candidates...
"If you wish to do something, then go ahead..."
"But don't attract Uchiha Itachi's attention; save those who can live the remainder of their lives, save those who are not too radical, for they will aim to avenge Uchiha Itachi, they will serve as the foundation of my new Root in the future..."
"I've long said, the position of Root's future leader is mine, Lord Danzo is reluctant to give up this position to me, so I can only take it by myself..."
"The future should be quite interesting, right?"
"Clearly, what the first-generation Root Leader Shimura Danzo most wants is to annihilate Uchiha Itachi, yet he will be forced to watch his foundation filled with remnants of the Uchiha..."
"Oh, right..."
"Shouldn't be phrased like that..."