(If you don’t mind, don’t read it yet, there is still one chapter left to finish, I didn’t expect to be able to write so much)

not long ago.

At the critical moment when every family was preparing dinner, the entire Konoha suddenly lost power.

The gas stove cannot be turned on, the rice steamed in the rice cooker is destined to be half-cooked, and some unprepared people cannot even boil hot water for instant noodles.

In order to find out what was going on and to kill some time, the residents of Konoha left their homes one after another and took to the streets to chat or complain to each other.

People gathered on the streets, like mosquitoes waiting for the sunset to be swallowed up by the horizon.

But the darkness did not last long.

Since the Uchiha police force responsible for maintaining order did not go to work this afternoon, many shops saw the opportunity and boldly lit up lanterns, candles and bright torches that were only available during the New Year festival, and set up their stalls outside at lightning speed.

Some people also arranged activities such as fishing for goldfish and trapping goldfish, turning an ordinary night without power into a summer festival celebration. The excitement was no less than when the delegation was welcomed in the morning. Many people

People even forget that not long ago they were worried about the coming war.

People were having a lot of fun under the lights. Even the Kumo Ninja Mission couldn't help but come out and walk around. They complained that this place looked like a resort while shopping for souvenirs. They had no idea that a group of their companions were already at Minagawa Shrine.

An ambush is prepared.

After about ten minutes, the lights on the Hokage Building were first turned on and returned to normal. However, other areas of Konoha could still only be illuminated by candlelight.

As the administrative area of ​​the Hokage Building is located, it naturally has an independent power supply system to deal with special situations, but it still takes a certain amount of time to start up.

When the headlights on the ceiling came back on, replacing the battery-powered lighting system, Danzo, who was sitting at the end of the table, immediately asked the technician: "Have you found out the cause of the power outage? What's going on?"

【Shouldn’t I ask you this first? 】

All the attendees around the table had the same idea.

They all thought that the power outage was caused by Danzo.

It is unreasonable for conspirators to create darkness before committing evil acts.

Uchiha Fugaku, who had been facing tit-for-tat before, was particularly wary. He clenched his fists tightly, but his short nails carved marks on his palms like a soldering iron.

Shimura Danzo has always been a reclusive person. Now that the Hokage is gone, he has come out from underground to take over the power. The first thing he does is to cause trouble for Uchiha, and he has also been slapped with many big names that he cannot defend. He will not just scold him.

A meal, right? Thinking about it carefully, Fugaku thought that the other party was definitely preparing for a deeper plan.

[So he dragged me here, but he actually wanted to take advantage of the power outage to do something to Uchiha? 】

But Fugaku then thought about it, among all the human beings in the ninja world, there is probably no one more suitable to fight in the dark than Uchiha.

Sharingan can increase vision in all aspects, including night vision ability. If there is a power outage, it will be more beneficial to Uchiha.

[So, what exactly is he planning...]

Fugaku Hun didn't care about the occasional suspicious glances cast by some jounin representatives, and thought rapidly.

As everyone knows, Danzo also feels baffled.

Minagawa Shrine is located in a remote location and has no electricity.

So he thought it was the Iwa ninja Kumo ninja who should have started to besiege Uchiha who expanded the battlefield and accidentally damaged the wires and the like.

In the name of monitoring the Kumo ninja, he transferred all the jounin of the Hyuga clan, just because he didn't want anyone to discover what was going on there.

If the battle of those people destroyed the circuit, once it aroused the vigilance of other ninjas in Konoha, his arrangements would definitely go awry.

Danzo originally planned like this——

Let the Kumo Ninja Gan Ninja take action to eliminate the Uchiha, and the Genbu will only be responsible for secretly assisting.

When they leave Konoha, the people behind the White Zetsu monsters will take action and secretly kill all the ninjas of the two countries without even leaving their bodies behind.

In this way, after this matter is over, not only can he share all the Sharingan with the mysterious man, but he can also directly blame the other two ninja villages as the cause of the Uchiha genocide.

As for how the other party entered Konoha?

You must know that many years ago, the Kumo ninja broke into Konoha and kidnapped the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Kushina, which shows that they have their own way of breaking the barrier.

When the time comes, there will be no proof. Although Konoha has lost Uchiha's vitality and is seriously injured, the other two countries have also lost a group of elite Jonin. In order to stop the loss, Kumo Ninja will only choose the weaker Iwa Ninja to start, while Konoha can slow down

Slow recovery.

At that time, the "balance" that Danzo wanted was achieved.

But to achieve this goal, what happened over there must not be discovered.

"Is such that."

Hearing Danzo's question, the technician wiped the sweat from his forehead: "The switches at the main power supply are all burned out. We estimate that there may be something wrong with the high-power electrical appliances used by the barrier class or other departments.

, everyone is slowly investigating."

As soon as this statement came out, Danzo immediately felt relieved, as no one would pay attention to the affairs at Minagawa Shrine.

"Then let's get on with business. Uchiha Fugaku."

He glanced at the clock on the wall, and his exposed left eye was like a vulture biting its prey.

"Where exactly is Shisui Uchiha?"

Everyone fell silent, even their heartbeats slowed down, waiting for Fugaku's answer.

The current situation is complicated and confusing. Uchiha Shisui is probably the only person who truly knows the truth, and is also the key to whether the war will break out. As long as he is found, all the mysteries will be solved, and the dark clouds hanging over Konoha will slowly dissipate.

.

"I have no idea."

Fugaku remained calm and ignored the scrutiny around him, but he did not act rude and simply answered the questions.

"After Shisui got your order and left the village, he never contacted us again."

"Do you not know or don't want to tell?"

Danzo knocked his cane hard. The clanging sound echoed in the empty conference room.

"As far as I know, your eldest son Uchiha Itachi has a close relationship with him. After he left Konoha, Uchiha Itachi would go in and out of his house every day to feed the crows that could deliver messages. If there is anyone in Konoha who is the most likely

After receiving the news from Uchiha Shisui, it’s you, father and son!”

"Elder Danzo."

Nara Shikaku, who had been listening carefully, interjected: "The news of Uchiha Shisui's attack on Earth Country was just returned this morning. But from what you mean, the surveillance on Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui has not been carried out.

Has it started a long time ago? Why is this?"

The implication is, have you already prepared for today's events?

Faced with questioning glances from people at the table, Danzo remained unmoved, obviously having a countermeasure in mind.

"This is nothing surprising. Ever since Itachi Uchiha claimed to have survived Orochimaru, he has been suspicious of them."

Danzo twisted his crutch and stood up.

"Uchiha Itachi claimed that Uchiha Shisui saved him. With the speed of Shisui who could instantaneously transform him, if he really met Orochimaru and controlled him with illusions, how could he let him go? After thinking about it, the most logical conclusion is

The possible situation is that they colluded to put on a show and wanted to use this incident as an excuse to return to Konoha in the name of reporting. So after they returned from the Kingdom of Water, the Roots began to monitor

.”

Uchiha Fugaku's eyebrows twitched inadvertently. The old man was applying eye drops to him again.

Although there is no evidence, the roots have always been "action as long as there is doubt" style, so Nara Shikaku can't find anything wrong for the time being.

To be honest, although the jonins of Uchiha have been very well-behaved in recent years, their ambitions in previous years were as obvious as the writing on the paper, so Nara Shikaku did not trust Uchiha.

But as a ninja of Konoha, he distrusted Danzo even more.

The daimyo's son was assassinated, the Hokage was absent, and the Iwa ninja launched an attack. All these things added up one by one, as if a perfect stage was set up for Danzo's appearance. One of the advisors and elders was sick, so that there was no one to check and balance him.

nothing.

【Everything is too coincidental.】

After thinking for a while, Nara Shikaku pushed away his chair and stood up.

"Please allow me to take my temporary leave."

He covertly covered his stomach with his hands, looking ashamed, "There are some things that need to be dealt with."

"Do it yourself."

Danzo was not suspicious, and was even a little happy. After all, there was one less person who was looking for trouble, and the other jounin would be more susceptible to his influence.

But what he didn't know was that after Nara Shikaku turned around, he immediately made a gesture to Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Haiichi with his upper hand on his stomach: "Just wait and see what happens."

Both of them pretended they didn't see anything, but they blinked imperceptibly.

After Nara Shikaku left the conference room, he went to the bathroom of the Hokage Building and separated a shadow clone to stay there. However, the main body used the transformation technique to leave from the bathroom window and headed towards the embassy.

As soon as this smart man left, Shimura Danzo immediately seized the opportunity and launched a general attack on Uchiha Fugaku.

"On the night of the Nine-Tails ten years ago, such a big Sharingan hung in the Nine-Tails' eyes. Chief Fugaku said he didn't know.

"Now that Uchiha Shisui is attacking Earth Country, the matter of controlling the Jinchuuriki is very similar to that of the past, and the Fugaku clan leader also said he didn't know.

"Your youngest son went on a killing spree in Yunin Village to eliminate dissidents for the Mizukage. Chief Fugaku also said he didn't know."
To be continued...