Chapter 272 Shisui's Determination

The next morning, after reporting to Ryoma Shinobi, Uchiha Itachi received a surveillance mission, and the surveillance target was none other than his family, Uchiha.

With mixed feelings, Uchiha Itachi came to the Anbu monitoring room.

There were densely packed screens in the monitoring room, and the images on the screens almost covered the entire Uchiha, except for a few places such as the security building and Nanga Shrine.

After seeing this scene, Uchiha Itachi was terrified and felt a little scared.

For the first time, he realized the gap between the family and the village. When the clan members were scheming and trying to get high-level intelligence, the surveillance range of the Konoha high-level had already covered most of the clan land.

This also means that the clan members' every move is usually monitored by the high-level, including the clan members' ambition to become Hokage.

With such a big gap, is it really possible for the clan members to win?

After a moment of silence, Uchiha Itachi asked the leader of the team, Ryuma Ninja: "Ryuma Ninja, why does Lord Danzo want me to monitor the Uchiha clan? Why do you monitor the Uchiha clan?"

"Of course it's because the Uchiha are dangerous..."

Ryuma Ninja glanced at Uchiha Itachi, without considering Itachi's feelings, and continued:

"The Battle of the Valley of the End decades ago and the Nine-Tails Rebellion a few years ago have proved this point. Lord Danzo is worried that you Uchiha will hurt the village again."

"As for why he asked you to monitor the Uchiha clan, it may be because he trusts you."

"Speaking of which, I envy you a little. You have just joined the Root Organization and have been valued by Lord Danzo. Maybe you can become Lord Danzo's successor in the future."

Uchiha Itachi smiled expressionlessly, responded politely, and began to perform the task.

This kind of monitoring task is very boring for ordinary ninjas, but Uchiha Itachi performed it very seriously. He wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of existence the clan members are in the eyes of the top leaders.

After working for twelve hours from morning to dusk, Uchiha Itachi left the Root.

During the twelve hours of monitoring, Uchiha Itachi finally understood what kind of image the clan members had in the eyes of the high-level officials.

Those clan ninjas who became the security forces were arrogant and domineering.

They often used the power of the security forces to impose extremely severe punishments on villagers and ninjas who made mistakes, but when they encountered clan members who made mistakes, they were often tolerant.

Such different treatments made Uchiha Itachi feel very uncomfortable.

When facing the injustice of the Konoha high-level officials, the clan ninjas were always indignant and denounced the Hokage and the advisory elders at the clan meeting. In front of the villagers, the performance of the security forces was no different from that of the high-level officials.

The Konoha high-level officials discriminated against Uchiha, and Uchiha discriminated against ordinary ninjas and villagers.

After realizing this, Uchiha Itachi sighed softly in his heart. He suddenly felt that everything he did was meaningless, and life itself might not have much value.

And how many people can carry out the will of fire promoted by the village?

The task of monitoring the Uchiha clan lasted for three months. During these three months, Uchiha Itachi also received many temporary tasks sent by Danzo and eliminated many rebel ninjas who betrayed the village.

After killing the Genin who betrayed the village with his own hands, Uchiha Itachi wiped the blood on the kunai and brought the forehead protector and the head of the rebel ninja to Danzo.

Danzo glanced at the head of the rebel ninja, then looked at Uchiha Itachi and said, "Itachi, you have been in the root for three months. What do you think of the root organization?"

Uchiha Itachi hesitated for a while, then said, "The root is an organization that guards the light in the dark. Some things that cannot be seen in the light can only be done by the root, and only the root can do it."

After hearing this, Danzo nodded: "You are right. The mission of the root is to do those things that the Hokage cannot do. Only by cleaning up the pests on the big tree of Konoha can Konoha stand. "Stand firm and unshakable."

"During this period, even if innocent people are accidentally injured, there is nothing we can do about it."

"We cannot harm the interests of the majority of people just to take care of a few people."

"Remember the story I told you, in the trolley problem, would you choose to save five people, or let nature take its course and let the remaining person survive?"

Uchiha Itachi said without hesitation: "I will save five people. I can't give up the lives of the other five people because of the life and death of one person."

For the trolley problem raised by Danzo, Uchiha Itachi initially chose to let nature take its course.

But after executing so many root missions, Uchiha Itachi gradually changed his mind. He felt that the lives of five people were more important than one person.

Even if that person should not have died.

After hearing Uchiha Itachi's answer, Danzo was very satisfied. He knew that he had successfully instilled the concept of the root into Uchiha Itachi's mind.

Only in this way, when the village takes action against Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi will stand on the side of the village.

However, the conflict between the Uchiha and the village is not intense enough at present. The Uchiha must show their determination to seize the position of Hokage, and then Sarutobi Hiruzen will attack the Uchiha in order to keep the position of Hokage.

At present, he only needs to continue to put pressure on the Uchiha and let the inner ghost of the security force start the war. Sooner or later, the Uchiha will take the initiative to launch a coup to seize power.

Once Uchiha launched a coup against the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen's Anbu would be seriously injured by suppressing Uchiha, and he could then send out the Root ninja to clean up the mess.

He impeached Sarutobi Hiruzen for his merit in quelling the civil strife and became the fifth Hokage of Konoha.

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In addition to Danzo, Uchiha Shisui also discovered that Uchiha Itachi had changed in the past three months.

As Itachi's best friend, Shisui could clearly feel Itachi's psychological changes in recent days. Itachi's ideas became more and more extreme, and his style of executing tasks became more and more cold-blooded and ruthless.

After witnessing Itachi's changes, Shisui also persuaded Itachi to leave the Root, but Itachi refused.

Itachi believed that there was no harm in staying in the Root. He could immediately know what the Hokage family did, and then the two would discuss countermeasures and save the family together.

Shisui didn't know how to change Itachi's mind, nor how to persuade Itachi to change his mind.

Uchiha really didn't need to stay in Konoha by force. He could live in another place. Why did he have to stay in Konoha Ninja Village?

On one side is a close friend who is drifting further and further away, and on the other side is a tribe member who is stubborn and unrepentant.

As a third party, Shisui is caught in the middle and is in a dilemma. It seems that he can only take out the gift that Bai Ye gave him and go to find the person he can least understand for help.