After the cold winter passed, Itachi received instructions from Shisui. Shisui planned to use Kotoamatsukami to stop the Uchiha clan's coup d'état on the very day before it was set to take place.
It was a good plan. If it succeeded, it would avert a devastating disaster for the Uchiha clan, and Konohagakure would be spared the flames of war.
At the same time, Itachi received definitive intelligence from the ANBU: the higher-ups already knew about the Uchiha clan's plan.
Chapter 113