
Outside of Konoha,
The cloaked figure stared at the Sensing Barrier around Konoha.
'It's time to get everything back.'
The cloaked figure turned around and looked at the group of cloaked figures.
The group wore long black robes with red clouds, red interiors, and chin-high collars. They wear various colors of nail polish on their fingers and toenails.
There are four members in the group. Each with a distinctive feature on their robes. All of them wore conical straw hats with small torsion ornaments and tassels hanging on their faces.
One of the Akatsuki members walked towards that cloaked figure.
"We'll help you with your duties, but in return we want the Nine-Tails. That's an order from our leader. Then we'll walk apart."
The Akatsuki member tilted his hat and stared at the cloaked figure.
"I will keep my promise, but first you must fulfill your part." The cloaked figure spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Alright then, remember this. We can easily track you down and eliminate you from existence if you fail at the end of the deal." The Akatsuki members warned the cloaked figure.
"Hmph. I will keep my promise. No need to joke about that." The cloaked figure snorted.
"good. Then let's move on to our duties."
The group walked towards Konoha. The cloaked figure stopped the Akatsuki members from entering the village.
"There's a 'Sensing Barrier' around the village. It will easily detect the presence of intruders. But don't worry, I know the key formula, it will be a simple task to get through the barrier."
The cloaked figure approached the barrier and made several signatures. He slammed his hand into the barrier. A fuinjutsu formula appeared under his hand and covered a small part of the barrier.
Door-sized openings are formed in the barrier. A cloaked figure entered the village along with the Akatsuki members.
The cloaked figure pointed towards the Uchiha clan.
"Our goal is to slaughter members of the Uchiha clan. Don't break their eyes, they're precious." The robed figure reminded them.
"Well, let the slaughter begin." He laughed madly and ran in a certain direction.
Itachi and Shisui infiltrate Eijiro Uchiha's residence. They quietly went inside his room and waited for him to appear.
"Do you think this plan will work?" Itachi asked Shisui.
"should have. My Mangekyo Sharingan released a very powerful Kotoamatsukami genjutsu, which allowed me to manipulate one's mind without his consciousness.
Brother Izuna helped me train my Mangekyo Sharingan and I was even able to use Susanoo, the most valuable technique of our Uchiha clan."
Itachi nodded at Shisui and muttered to himself,
'Sasuke, I won't let anyone ruin your childhood.'
The two hid inside the room and waited for the elder to appear.
Eijiro Uchiha casually entered the bathhouse of his house. He poured himself a cup of sake and smelled the scent of sake before gulping it down at once.
"My stupid, useless son, I did it for his sake. That Fukashi, he snatched the position of clan head from me and was promoted as Clan Head.
He crushed my dream of becoming the clan head into a pulp. I can only leave my ambition to my son. But this idiot scum, he wasted his life on alcohol and gambling. Fukashi used this opportunity to appoint his son, Fugaku, as the new clan head."
Eijiro smashed the cup into a stone nearby. He filled another cup and sipped it.
Ha ha's…
"I should celebrate on this occasion.
That Fukashi, he would never have thought, his old illness would flare up and take his life. How could I miss this golden opportunity?
I influenced the opinions of the other clan elders for my benefit. Now, Fugaku is the only clan head in the name. The real power is in my hands.
But what I want is the official position of clan head and control of the entire clan."
Eijiro laughed hysterically.
"No! soon there will be a whole village. I'll be the new Hokage in the village."
Ha ha's….
"If only my trashy son was a little competent. Thankfully, my granddaughter is as smart as I am. He is a genin now and will soon become a genin."
A smile rose on his face as a picture of a twelve-year-old child appeared in his mind.
"But that Fugaku boy, I never thought he was this talented. To be able to join Anbu at the age of eleven, that child was a genius amongst geniuses. Sighs...
There was also the matter of Izuna Uchiha, the most talented genius of the Uchiha clan."
"He was none other than a dog from the Uchiha clan. He has no political backing or background. He only has a distant relationship with the Fugaku family.
I will use him against the village, and the other clans will throw him away. This way, I will kill two birds with one stone.
The Hokage's position will soon be within my grasp."
Eijiro fantasizes about his future days as Hokage.
In the square of the Uchiha clan, the Akatsuki members discussed amongst themselves.
"Who are we going to start with?"
A hunchback man questioned his group members.
"Kakuzu, you are the leader of this mission. You have to decide this matter." Other member comments.
"There is no money involved in this mission. I hate that kind of mission. But it's an order from our leader, so we have to fulfill it." Kakuzu took off his hat and Akatsuki's robe.
He took off his robe to reveal the body of the rag doll. There were stitches everywhere on his body. Hundreds of thick gray tendrils restrained his body. There were four masks sewn on his back.
"Let's start with an older person. They are harder to deal with. Young people these days are incompetent and can't fight parents."
Kakuzu jumped towards the largest house and disappeared.
"This old bastard Kakuzu. There was always money on his mind. He even attacked the biggest house to rob the money." Sasori snorted at Kakuzu.
"Sasori, who are you going to start with?" His partner licked his sword as he curiously looked at Sasori.
"I'll also start with the old guys. I don't want any additional problems during the mission." Sasori crawled towards another house.
"Hehe. I like their cute little screams." The Akatsuki members licked their swords and rushed towards another house.
The remaining Akatsuki members shook their heads and barged into a nearby house.
"This group of maniacs. Looks like I'm the only sane person in the band."
Thus, the slaughter began.
Inside Eijiro's house,
Itachi and Shisui patiently waited for the older one to appear.
kyaa…
They heard screams from the bath. Itachi and Shisui immediately ran towards that shout. They went inside the bathhouse and saw the dead bodies of Eijiro and a servant girl.
Shisui and Itachi activated their Sharingan and examined his body.
"Both were killed in one blow."
Itachi approached the corpse.
"Their heart .. their heart and eyes are gone." He turned their bodies and examined them.
"Someone has attacked and killed the clan elder. The killer's not far enough.
Itachi, go and investigate the mansion. I'm going after the killer. The killer's cruel enough, I'll stop him."
Shisui followed in the footsteps of the killer and ran out of the bath. Itachi laid down the bodies of the dead and investigated the house.
He found a broken safe in one of the rooms. Itachi checked the safe.
"All money and valuables are lost. What is the killer's motive? Did he chase the money, and did the killer steal their eyes and hearts?"
Shisui followed the trail and entered into another mansion. He saw a similar scene in this mansion as well.
The eyes and hearts of all the inhabitants of the house were ripped from their bodies and the safe of the house was looted.
"Damn! I'm a step slower. This killer is quite skilled. He must be an S rank shinobi. But this brutal way of killing, there's a record of such a case in Anbu's records."
Shisui continued to chase after the killer while recalling Anbu's notes. He entered another house to see a similar massacre.
"I remember it now. This inhumane method of killing, was Kakuzu from the Hidden Waterfall Village. The evil shinobi who fought and defended against the First Hokage."
Shisui recalled the detailed information about Kakuzu.
"What is he doing here in the Hidden Leaf? The Uchiha clan. I have to stop it."
Shisui jumped on top of a house and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan. He made some signatures, though,
'Light Style: Flash Flashing'
Shisui coated his legs with lightning chakra and ran towards a house.