Chapter 287: The Night of Genocide
Time passed minute by minute, and Uchiha Itachi looked at the sunset and sunrise outside the window.

Uchiha Itachi thought about it for the whole night and did not leave the study to give Fugaku an accurate answer, or rather, he already had the answer in his mind.

After breakfast, Uchiha Itachi came to the monitoring room to work.

After watching the surveillance footage for a day with ease, Uchiha Itachi looked at the Root ninja who was carrying out the surveillance mission with him, and then walked out of the monitoring room.

Soon, the time came when a choice had to be made.

After leaving the Root base, Uchiha Itachi walked towards the Hokage Building without any hesitation.

In the dark conference room, the Third Hokage had been waiting for a long time.

The Third Hokage, who was sitting on the main seat, looked down at Uchiha Itachi who was kneeling on the ground: "Itachi, I'm glad that you can stand on the side of the village, but is there really no way you can stop your father?"

Uchiha Itachi nodded and said in a low voice:

"I can't persuade my father and the patriarch who have fallen into madness. They have made up their minds to launch a coup, and the time for the coup is tonight."

"tonight?"

The Third Hokage opened his eyes, frowned and said, "It looks like there will be another bloody storm tonight. If your father and his men don't launch a coup, I really don't want to do anything to my fellow villagers."

"However, it's fortunate that you are here. If you hadn't reported the coup to me, the village would have had to pay a heavy price to suppress the rebellion. If we weren't careful, the entire village might have ceased to exist."

Uchiha Itachi raised his head and said to the Third Hokage: "Third Hokage, although I can't stop my clan members from launching a coup, I have a way to stop the coup."

After hearing this, the Third Hokage became interested and motioned for Uchiha Itachi to continue.

Dealing with a bloodline family like the Uchiha is not a difficult task for a ninja village like Konoha. The Hidden Mist Village in the Water Country launched a vigorous Blood Mist Change in recent years and launched a purge against the bloodline families, but it easily wiped out the bloodline families.

But unlike the Hidden Mist Village, Konoha did not create conflicts between the bloodline families and ordinary ninjas.

Before the Uchiha actually launched a coup, he, as the Third Hokage, was unable to mobilize all the ninjas to deal with the Uchiha, and could only rely on the Anbu and Danzo's Root.

It would be very difficult for these two departments alone to deal with the Uchiha Guard Force.

Before Shisui disappeared, he was not even sure of capturing Uchiha Shisui. If there were other ways to resolve the rebellion, that would be great.

Under the gaze of the Third Hokage, Uchiha Itachi said: "Third Hokage, tonight I will eliminate all the clan members who attempt to launch a coup and strangle this coup in the cradle."

The Third Hokage widened his eyes and tried to calm himself down.

What did he hear? The way Uchiha Itachi stopped the coup was to kill all the clan members who participated in the coup with his own hands. Isn't this method too extreme?

Could it be that what Tobirama Sensei and Danzo always said was correct, that the Uchiha clan really are a clan of ninjas that are born evil?

Otherwise, why would Uchiha Itachi come up with such a terrible idea, or has Uchiha Itachi completely understood the will of fire and wants to sacrifice himself and his family for the village.

But the most important thing is, Uchiha Itachi, you really have the ability to destroy the security forces.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage showed doubt. It was not that he underestimated Uchiha Itachi. Itachi was the most talented ninja in Konoha in the past ten years, but that was the entire security force. Unless Uchiha Itachi also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan like Shisui.

Or, as the rumors said, Uchiha Itachi killed Shisui and stole his Mangekyō Sharingan for the sake of the village and power.

Uchiha Itachi guessed what the Third Hokage was thinking, and then said: "With my own strength, I naturally cannot destroy all the Uchiha."

"But recently, a masked man who has mastered the ability of time and space came to me and wanted me to become his subordinate. I agreed to it on the condition that he helped me to eliminate the Uchiha."

"He is an Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan. He is more than capable of dealing with the security forces."

"The Uchiha who masters time and space and possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

The Third Hokage seemed to have thought of something, his expression suddenly became uncertain, and he said to Uchiha Itachi: "His abilities and strengths match, could he be the murderer who started the Nine-Tails Rebellion?"

Uchiha Itachi nodded: "I also suspect that he is the murderer of the Nine-Tails Rebellion. After I become his subordinate, I will investigate his identity and motives."

At this time, the Third Hokage asked: "Is it possible to take this opportunity to eliminate him?"

Uchiha Itachi shook his head gently: "I don't know, I currently know too little about him. I'm afraid that even with your help, Third-sama, it will be difficult to take down the masked man."

"Then there's no way…"

The Third Hokage sighed softly and said earnestly:

"This time, the mission of stopping the Uchiha coup and the future mission of investigating the masked man are all handed over to you. I'm afraid you will have a very hard time in the future. All this is my fault. I failed to negotiate with Fugaku earlier."

"Don't blame yourself, Sandaime-sama. This time it was the Uchiha's fault. What I did was just to make up for the Uchiha's mistake."

"After I eliminate the clan members who attempted the coup, please designate me as a traitor, so that I can better serve as the masked man and investigate the truth behind the scenes."

"I'm also leaving my brother Sasuke in your care. He's just a child and doesn't know anything."

The Third Hokage nodded solemnly: "I agree to your request. As long as I am alive, no one can attack Sasuke. The Uchiha did not launch a coup tonight. Everything happened because you killed the entire clan for power. All the Uchiha are still ninjas of the village."

After the deal was reached, Uchiha Itachi left the Hokage Building to carry out his plan to exterminate his clan.

Not long after Uchiha Itachi left, Shisui appeared behind Uchiha Itachi. After looking deeply at Uchiha Itachi's back, he revealed a strong murderous intent.

Bai Ye also looked at Uchiha Itachi's back and said, "Shisui, it seems that Itachi has chosen a completely different path from you."

Shisui took a deep breath and said to Bai Ye beside him:
"Master Bai Ye, I'm sorry to trouble you with tonight's affairs. The Root Ninja and I will take action against the tribesmen in advance and transfer them outside the village, but I'll have to trouble you with the security forces."

"Itachi Uchiha is dealing with the security forces alone, he must have other helpers."

Bai Ye nodded and said expectantly, "I can almost guess who Uchiha Itachi's helper is. I haven't met him for a long time, and I don't know how much he has improved."

(End of this chapter)