Uchiha Itachi was very fast. In the darkness, he quietly bypassed the Uchiha clan's secret sentinels and took about ten minutes to reach a cliff on the river bank.
He didn't want to attract the attention of the people in the clan, especially since the atmosphere in the clan was too depressing and weird now.
And this cliff is the secret base for him and Shisui. This is where Uchiha Itachi can speak freely and vent his true inner feelings.
Looking around, he saw a figure sitting cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, quietly watching the flow of the river. When he saw this figure, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"Shisui!" A joyful smile appeared on Uchiha Itachi's face, and then he jumped towards Shisui's position.
"You're here, Itachi." Shisui also showed a smile, and then he stood up from the edge of the cliff.
This cliff is so high that even standing on the edge will make you feel dizzy.
But all this Shisui seemed to turn a deaf ear to, as if the towering cliff didn't exist at all.
Soon, Uchiha Itachi came to his side, but soon there was a little curiosity on Uchiha Itachi's face.
He looked at Shisui up and down, and he always felt that there was something different about his brother.
The last time they met, even though Shisui kept smiling, his weakness and depression could be felt between his brows.
But today was different, Shisui still had a smile all over his face, but this smile really came from the heart, and he no longer felt as weak and depressed as before.
Such changes made Uchiha Itachi a little curious, and finally he couldn't help but ask: "Shisui, you look very happy today, what happened?"
"That's right, it's relatively good news." Shisui nodded. Although he was somewhat impressed by Itachi's keen reaction, he had no intention of hiding anything.
He is indeed very happy now, because the changes within the family really make him extremely happy.
The conversation between Han Yuan and him not long ago made him know that they were only one step away from truly changing the family.
Although he was not very interested in the position of deputy clan leader, he knew that this was a position that could really help Hahara.
He could really see the family's changing position more clearly, so he didn't refuse at all.
As for supervising Han Yuan, he felt it was not necessary at all.
Hahara was so rational and so powerful that he didn't even think that Hahara could lead Uchiha astray.
He felt that what he had to do was to help Han Yuan, help him and witness the changes in his family and the village with him.
Just looking at Uchiha Itachi in front of him, Shisui suddenly felt a headache again, because he suddenly heard that Habara had told him that some things should not be explained too clearly.
Although Shisui didn't quite understand why Hahara had this request, he also didn't quite understand why Hahara didn't trust Itachi.
But since Shisui promised Habara, he would naturally do it, even if the person he faced was Uchiha Itachi.
"what news?"
Uchiha Itachi felt very strange, because Shisui's expression changed a bit when he told the good news, which made him remember it secretly.
"this....."
Shisui didn't know how to explain or speak. He needed to organize his words well, but his behavior made Uchiha Itachi feel even more uneasy.
After a long while, Zhisui sighed quietly. He probably knew what he was going to say.
"It's like this. There may have been some changes within the family. Both the elders and Zhuzhi realized that what they did back then was not right.
Therefore, the family has now begun to discard the previous voices and is preparing to unite everyone's will, so..."
"Unify the will, unify what will, and what are they going to do?"
Before Shisui could finish what he said, Uchiha Itachi interrupted Shisui directly, and he looked a little uncomfortable now.
For Uchiha Itachi, this news really shocked him and made him extremely confused.
Two factions in the family are at loggerheads. How could he not know this?
As someone who longs for peaceful coexistence between his family and the village, he cannot imagine the people on his side uniting with the hard-liners.
After unifying their wills, can those who long for peace really be able to coexist peacefully with the village?
Can they continue to adhere to the ideals they adhered to under such circumstances?
Will they be inevitably changed by the hard-liners' ideas, and the whole family will fall into extremes?
These are things Uchiha Itachi can't imagine and doesn't dare to imagine. What he can't imagine the most is Shisui, the person he regards as his brother!
Judging from his appearance, he seemed to feel very good about such a thing, which really made Uchiha Itachi unable to understand.
It was Shisui who told him at the beginning that the family and the village must trust each other and depend on each other, and the family must reintegrate into the village so that everyone can become better.
Uchiha Itachi has always kept this belief in his heart, but when he thinks about problems, he will look at everything from the position of the Hokage.
But once he looked at Uchiha from the perspective of the village, he found that Uchiha had become a factor of instability in the village.
He has thought about why this happened, but the conclusion he came to was always that 'the family is not content with the status quo, and the family always maintains unrealistic illusions'.
This made him even more eager for the family to settle down. Only by settling down could his younger brother have a better growing environment in Konoha, and Konoha would become stable.
But now, Shisui's words made him feel cold in his heart. He didn't know why it was like this, but he really couldn't accept it.
"Itachi, don't worry, listen to me first."
Zhisui couldn't help but frown when he saw Itachi's appearance. He didn't know what Itachi was thinking, let alone how much Itachi resented such a change.
He only thought that Itachi was unable to accept the insistence in his heart because he first heard this, so he sighed and spoke slowly.
"In fact, the direction we have been working towards is wrong, yes, what I said is wrong!
We long for peace and use our own efforts to gain peace with the village, so that we can integrate into the entire village.
But one question we have never thought about is whether the village will let us integrate into it.
And this question has actually been answered through our constant compromises, concessions and efforts, that is, no!
The Third Hokage is the disciple of the Second Hokage, and the changes in the Uchiha clan began with the Second Hokage.
The Sandaime-sama inherited the will of the Nidaime-sama, not only him but also his staff. Some things really will not be changed easily.
I secretly read some information when I was in ANBU, and I can tell you that everything I said is true.
Itachi, you have been smart since you were a child, how can we survive in such a situation?"