Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34436445-20180613173319/@comment-26107879-20180701055938

Jason of the Mangekyou wrote: Lol if Shisui is included then he controls Hiruzen using you know what and makes him command the anbu secretly to wipe out most of the other clans in secret...then the uchiha can take over afterwards.

As if. I'd like to think Itachi isn't an idiot and knew what he was doing. Firstly, I doubt the Anbu would comply. Secondly, I doubt they would be sufficient enough to wipe out over about 14 thousand Shinobi in a single night.