SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
At this moment, several figures landed. They were Yusuke and the others holding Sasuke.
Yusuke looked at the tense and hostile situation on the scene and exchanged a glance with the Grand Elder.
He also loudly reported, "REPORTING TO GRAND ELDER, the Fourth Elder has successfully defeated Uchiha Itachi and rescued Sasuke, successfully turning Itachi to our side."
"The Fourth Elder has already gone to the Police Force Building to eliminate the allies Itachi brought to annihilate the clan."
Yusuke handed Sasuke to Makumi and continued, "The Fourth Elder ordered the Grand Elder and the Clan Head to temporarily put aside their differences, organize personnel, and be ready to respond to the battle with Danzō and Root at any time."
Makumi had already drawn her weapon. Holding the unconscious Sasuke, her eyes were fixed on Fugaku, and the threatening intent was self-evident.
Fugaku's face alternated between pale and livid, as if he had been slapped twice.
Everything was real. His own son had betrayed the clan and had come to wipe them out under Konoha's orders.
Not only did he know nothing, but he also hadn't the slightest bit of preparation.
He couldn't even imagine how much damage the clan would have suffered without Rengoku and the Grand Elder.
Although the Grand Elder was now holding Sasuke as a hostage, it was entirely understandable.
After all, in such a crisis, any conflict in orders would be the end of the Uchiha clan.
So the Grand Elder could not allow even the slightest accident.
He wasn't worried about Sasuke's safety. As long as he himself didn't insist on going against the Grand Elder, Sasuke would be completely fine.
He just felt that he was an utterly derelict and disgraceful Clan Head.
Fugaku sighed deeply, "Uncle, I'm sorry."
The Grand Elder's expression softened slightly, but now wasn't the time to pull at emotions.
"Most of tonight's intel was provided by Rengoku. He's already listed all the details for me."
"Let's get through tonight first. We'll talk about the rest later."
Fugaku nodded, "Understood. I'll immediately organize personnel."
The Grand Elder snorted, "Drag those two idiots, Taiko and Taiju, out here. Let them see how their beloved Konoha plans to deal with us."
Fugaku responded somewhat awkwardly and hurried off to organize the people.
As for Sasuke's words, just let him sleep for now.
Taiko and Taiju were the Second and Third Elders, respectively.
They were the biggest dove-faction Elders of the Uchiha, two elders devoted to living peacefully with Konoha.
Shisui was one of Taiko's people.
However, after Shisui died, in just a few short months, the Uchiha's power in the Police Force had significantly shrunk.
And after most of the Uchiha clan supported the coup, the two elders were left to retire at home.
Now that the Grand Elder was dragging them out, it wasn't entirely to flog corpses.
After all, they still had some supporters under them. Only by making them recognize reality could more clan members be united.
———
[Outside the Police Force Building]
About thirty Uchiha clan members and Rinjin's group of six had completely held off Obito.
Although Obito was wearing a mask, his face was ashen at this moment.
Even though he had Kamui's intangibility, he couldn't launch an attack at all.
Because Rinjin's six people seemed to know his weakness like the back of their hand. As soon as he had any tendency to materialize, at least two clan members would target his brain, throat, or heart and slash at him.
After multiple attack attempts were foiled, Obito confirmed it, his Kamui intel had been leaked.
And after the Uchiha fired the signal flare, there were clearly personnel movements inside the Uchiha clan compound.
'Is this really a preemptive Uchiha coup? Or is there some other plan?', Obito was completely confused.
During this time, Rinjin and the thirty-plus Uchiha clan members kept slashing at his body.
Although they passed through every time, the attackers never paused for a moment.
His intangibility could only last five minutes, and more than two minutes had already passed.
Obito didn't dare to waste time anymore and immediately sank into the ground to escape.
Rinjin raised one hand, and the six of them stood back-to-back together.
The other thirty-plus clan members also remained alert.
Several minutes later, after confirming Obito had left, they slightly relaxed.
———
Obito, who had escaped underground, didn't retreat far.
After leaving Rinjin's encirclement, he surfaced again.
He headed toward the inner Uchiha clan compound. He had gained absolutely nothing from this operation.
Not only did he make a trip for nothing, but he also didn't even know how his intel had been leaked.
Obito couldn't swallow this humiliation. Besides, once he left this time, it would be much harder to return to the Uchiha and gain any benefit.
So Obito also planned to see if any Uchiha members were moving alone.
He had to dig out some eyes to take back no matter what.
———
After arranging for Itachi to leave, Rengoku rushed toward the Police Force building.
On the way, Rengoku opened the Bond Star panel. Uchiha Itachi's name was already on it.
And the bond value had already directly hatched three stars.
Rengoku didn't hesitate and immediately clicked them.
The first star, as expected, was Itachi's portion of combat experience.
The second star was Itachi's portion of eye power.
When clicking the third star, Rengoku was a bit excited.
The third star opened, and Rengoku's heart jumped fiercely.
["Ding, Uchiha Itachi's Level 3 Bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Dōjutsu – Amaterasu."]
'Amaterasu?'
'I actually unlocked a dōjutsu? Fu*k yeah!'
Rengoku suppressed his excitement. His own dōjutsu wasn't an offensive type and couldn't effectively damage Obito.
But now with Amaterasu, he could see if there was a chance to directly finish off Obito.
When he arrived at the Police Force building, Obito was already fighting with Rinjin and the others.
Rinjin and his group cooperated very well, giving Obito no chance to strike.
But conversely, since Obito didn't materialize, Rengoku also didn't find a chance to attack.
After Obito retreated, Rinjin and the others didn't pursue.
But Rengoku hid on the road between the Police Force and the clan compound to ambush him.
In fact, less than half the people in the Uchiha clan knew something would happen tonight.
When the signal flare was launched at the Police Force building, clan members nearby all moved toward the building.
Unaware of Obito's abilities, they were the ones in most danger.
The Grand Elder and Fugaku's side, as well as Itachi's side, had already been arranged.
Now that there was some time, Rengoku wanted to see whether Obito would attack these people.
Rengoku squatted atop a treetop, his whole body like a shadow, his aura barely perceptible.
He saw several clan members moving toward the Police Force after seeing the signal flare.
But from when they appeared to when they ran far off, Obito never showed up.
Rengoku shrugged, 'Looks like I guessed wrong.'
He suddenly turned his head and looked to the right, there, sounds of fighting seemed to be coming.
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through Patreon.
https://discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y