Hokage’s office.
Danzo closed his eyes and adjusted to the power of the Mangekyo. When he opened his eyes again, his right eye had suddenly turned into a four-cornered shuriken.
Then, Danzo looked at the Sandaime and said in a deep voice:
“Shisui is poisoned by Youji, so even if he escapes by chance, he will definitely die.
He said that he came to you without telling Uchiha Dan, so until the cause of his death was discovered by the Uchiha clan, we all had the upper hand.
Hiruzen, do you still want to hesitate? Make a decision quickly and take action against the Uchiha clan! “
Hearing this, the Sandaime pondered for a moment, and finally nodded:
“Alright.”
He also knows that there is no turning back now, and he can only go to the dark side.
“Also……”
Danzo’s eyes flashed and he made a request, “Give me the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki. Shisui’s eye, coupled with the cells of the first Hokage, allow me to control the Nine-Tails. That demon fox will be the one to eradicate the key force of the Uchiha clan.”
The Sandaime frowned.
He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he looked at Danzo, for some reason… he agreed by some strange conviction and told the latter where Uzumaki Naruto was.
Danzo looked happy and left in a hurry.
Just now.
In order to test the power of Kotoamatsukami, he couldn’t wait to use this technique on the third generation, but the latter was not aware of it.
After Danzo left.
The Sandaime was still deep in thought.
Among the three powerful men of Uchiha, after getting rid of Shisui, there are still Dan and Fugaku left. Among them, Dan is the most difficult to deal with.
The most important thing for the success of Uchiha’s genocide plan is to kill Uchiha Dan.
Just thinking about it.
An Anbu appeared and reported to the Sandaime: “Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama is back.”
This is undoubtedly good news.
“Let him come to see me.”
The third generation looked happy.
Jiraiya came back too timely. With the help of this disciple, the third generation became more confident in solving the Uchiha Dan.
The land of the Uchiha clan.
At Shisui’s house, Dan sat calmly on the sofa, closing his eyes and relaxing.
Tap tap tap.
Tsunade was walking in high heels, wandering back and forth at the door, looking in the direction of the Hokage Building from time to time. As time passed, her eyes grew more concerned.
Compared with Shisui, Tsunade is obviously not an Uchiha, but she is more worried and anxious about Shisui.
Because she knew that if Shisui went to find the Sandaime this time, the worst result would be that Konoha would fall into the largest civil strife in history.
“Why isn’t Shisui back? Did… something happen?”
Tsunade finally couldn’t help it and asked Dan.
Coincidentally.
As soon as she finished speaking, a figure appeared in the yard and stumbled towards the two of them.
It’s Shisui.
At this time, he looked pitiful, his right eye was tightly closed, and a dried blood mark hung on his right cheek, which was shocking.
“Dan, I’m sorry, I failed.”
Shisui smiled weakly and almost fell down as soon as he reached the door.
Tsunade quickly stepped forward to support him and asked with a look of horror:
“What’s wrong with your right eye? Is it the Sandaime…?”
Although she saw Shisui’s miserable condition with her own eyes, she still couldn’t believe that the Sandaime would do such a thing.
“It’s Danzo. When I was negotiating with Lord Hokage, he suddenly appeared and attacked me and took away my right eye.”
Shisui said with a bitter look on his face.
“What about the Sandaime? Why didn’t he stop Danzo?” Tsunade asked.
“Hokage-sama, he…”
Shisui didn’t say anything, but from his lost and desperate expression, you could already guess——
Although the Sandaime was present, he acquiesced in Danzo’s actions.
Seeing Shisui like this.
Tsunade’s heart sank, realizing that the war between Uchiha and the village could no longer be avoided.
At this time.
Shisui walked towards Dan and said to the latter:
“Danzo took away my right eye, and I can’t let him get my left eye again. I can’t keep this eye anymore, so I can only leave it to you.”
As he said that, he reached out his hand to his left eye, preparing to dig out the eyeball.
Whoosh.
Dan stepped forward, grabbed Shisui’s wrist, and said to the latter:
“Your eyes should be given to a more suitable person.”
“Who?” Zhisui was stunned.
“Itachi.” Dan said his nephew’s name.
“Why?” Zhisui didn’t understand why Dan suddenly mentioned Itachi.
Dan stared at Shisui with a miserable look on his face and smiled: “Because, I want you to perform a play.”
……
In the eyes of outsiders.
Uchiha Itachi is a smart, calm, and precocious young man who behaves like a mature adult.
But few people know that his favorite food is the three-color dango that girls like to eat.
The acquaintance between Itachi and Izumi started with this kind of dango.
Today is a bright and beautiful weather.
The sun is warm and the breeze is blowing. On the streets of Uchiha, cats lie lazily and bask in the sun leisurely.
In a dessert shop.
Itachi and Izumi walked out chatting and laughing.
With Itachi’s help, Izumi had just successfully passed the Chunin Exam and won first place, so she happily treated Itachi to his favorite three-color dango.
This is a date.
The two walked side by side through the streets of Uchiha and towards the small park within the clan.
Itachi is very relaxed now.
Since he quit Anbu and stayed away from the cruel world of ninjas, he no longer has to be caught between his family and the village, thinking about desperate problems all day long.
Rather, like people of the same age, he can enjoy the beauty of youth.
There are not so many heavy things in his heart anymore, and his whole personality has also changed unconsciously.
From darkness to sunshine.
Soon.
The two came to the lake in the small park. They saw the lake surface sparkling and the breeze blowing, making people feel relaxed and happy.
“Itachi, let’s take a rest.”
Izumi smiled sweetly and sat down on the bench by the lake.
Huh?
Itachi noticed something, turned his head and looked at the bushes not far away, then shook his head and said:
“Sasuke, come out.”
The words fell.
There was a rustling sound in the bushes.
Then, Sasuke, whose head was covered with leaves, emerged from it with his mouth pouted.
He followed his brother all the way and came over to be a third wheel.
“Sasuke is really clingy to you. I remember when I was a child, I wanted to hug him once, but he suddenly started crying and making a fuss, and refused to leave your arms no matter what.”
Izumi said to Itachi with a smile, her beautiful big eyes curved into crescent moons.
“snort.”
Upon hearing Izumi’s teasing, Sasuke immediately snorted, not having a good look towards the woman who stole his brother.
Seeing this, Itachi frowned slightly and scolded his younger brother in a slightly stern tone:
“Sasuke, be polite.”
When Sasuke heard this, he immediately pursed his lips and looked aggrieved.
When Izumi saw Sasuke like this, he couldn’t help but smile and said to Itachi: “The kid is not sensible, it doesn’t matter.”
Finished.
She took out the box containing the three-color dango from the backpack she carried with her, and fed it to Itachi as usual.
Itachi’s face turned red, but he enjoyed this feeling very much and was about to take a bite.
“Ouch.”
Sasuke, however, had “sharp eyes and a quick mouth”. He jumped up and cut off the dango like a puppy snatching food.
Izumi reacted and suddenly had a dark look on her face.
Itachi also showed a helpless smile.
It was a good date, but it was ruined by Sasuke.
“Sasuke, can you go home first? I’ll go back later and play with you.”
Just when Itachi was thinking of a way to send his brother away.
“Gah, gah.”
A shrill and hoarse cry suddenly came from above the heads of the three people.
Hm?
Itachi looked up and saw a crow hovering in the air, then swooped down and landed on his hand.
The eyes of this crow were scarlet Sharingan eyes, blinking as if sending some kind of signal to Itachi.
Itachi stood up with a look of surprise in his eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Izumi asked.
“Shisui messages me if there is something urgent. I have to go. Izumi, please take Sasuke back first.”
After Itachi finished speaking, he jumped onto the lake, stepped on the lake water and entered the woods on the opposite side, and disappeared after a long time.
ten minutes later.
Above the Naka River, on a hundred-meter-high cliff.
This is a place only Itachi and Shisui know. In the past, every time there was something important, the two of them would come here to meet.
“Shisui.”
As soon as Itachi arrived here, he saw Shisui standing on the edge of the cliff with his back to him.
“Itachi, you’re here.”
Shisui slowly turned around, showing the closed right eye and the bloody streak on his cheek in front of Itachi’s eyes.
Itachi was immediately shocked and asked quickly: “What’s going on? Your eyes…”
“Listen to me, Itachi, I don’t have much time.”
Shisui interrupted Itachi, and then told the latter everything as fast as he could:
The Sandaime suspected that Uchiha and Kumogakure were colluding and wanted to attack the Uchiha clan. After Dan learned about this, he decided to lead the Uchiha clan to launch a coup.
In order to prevent the war between the family and the village, Shisui went to see the Sandaime alone, hoping to use the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan “Kotoamatsukami” to maintain peace in the village.
Unexpectedly, he was attacked by Danzo, who took away his right eye and was poisoned so much that he could not live long.
“how so.”
Itachi murmured, unable to accept the cruel fact that happened to Shisui for a while.
Shisui showed a sad smile and continued to say to Itachi in a tone of self-blame and regret:
“Itachi, I was too naive, I thought too well of the Sandaime, and I didn’t listen to Dan’s warning.
Regarding the issue between the family and the village, your uncle is right, and what I have been doing is causing trouble for him and the family.
At this point, I really don’t have the shame to go to see him again, so I can only ask you to hand over my left eye to him…”
These words were not exactly what Dan told for Shisui to said.
A large part of it is his own words from the bottom of his heart.
The words just fell.
While Itachi was still in shock, Shisui reached out without hesitation and dug out his left eye.
Then handed it to Itachi.
“Shisui…”
Itachi took the eye with trembling hands.
“And one more thing.”
Shisui ignored the blood and tears flowing from his left eye. He lost both eyes and seemed to be unaware of the pain. “It’s about the Mangekyō Sharingan.”
Itachi reluctantly listened.
“Itachi, the first time I showed my Mangekyo Sharingan in front of you, I saw the longing in your eyes.
I know that your dream is to become the most powerful ninja, become Hokage, and then eliminate war in the world.
So you long for the power of Mangekyo, right?
Now I will tell you how to open these eyes, that is, you have to kill me with your own hands. “
Shisui closed his eyes and said these words calmly.
“What?!”
Itachi’s pupils shrank and he took a few steps back, his expression extremely horrified.
He want him to kill Shisui with his own hands?!
There was no way Itachi could do such a thing.
Seemingly anticipating Itachi’s reaction, Shisui let out a long sigh and stated the reason why he asked Itachi to do this:
“Because, this is how I opened my eyes. Before I met you, I personally killed my best friend.”
A past event buried deep in his heart was narrated from Shisui’s mouth.
He once had a good friend whom he met during the ninja school. After graduation, the two joined the same team and trusted and relied on each other.
Until the Third Ninja War broke out.
Shisui’s team also went to the battlefield. Under the cruel war situation, they soon encountered a crisis and fell into an isolated and helpless situation.
In the end, Shisui was saved, but his friend did not survive.
However.
This is not because the other party is unlucky, but because Shisui refuses to save him.
Because of jealousy.
Shisui was jealous of his friend’s talent, as he was better than him in every aspect. So darkness grew in his heart, and at the critical moment, he abandoned his friends.
Afterwards.
Because of his strong regret for killing his friend, he opened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Uchiha’s eyes can awaken their power due to extremely strong emotional fluctuations. This is the secret of the Sharingan.
“I’m surprised, Itachi. You must not have thought that I am such a despicable person. People would also not have thought that Teleporter Shisui, who is known as a genius, is actually just a jealous villain.”
Shisui said mockingly.
“…”
Itachi didn’t know what to say.
Only now did he realize that he didn’t understand Shisui.
“Itachi, I’m hopeless, but I don’t want to die in such a meaningless way. So, please kill me, just like I killed my best friend. Through pain, you will obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, Then use the power of those eyes to protect the Uchiha clan!”
As Shisui spoke, he opened his arms and walked towards Itachi.
Itachi came back to his senses, opened his eyes wide immediately, and backed away with a look of horror on his face:
“Shisui, you…don’t come over.”
However, Shisui suddenly raised his voice and shouted:
“Come on, Uchiha Itachi! Let me see your power! You clearly have the talent to awaken the Mangekyo, why are you so timid and let me down so much?”
“I can not do it!”
Itachi also shouted at Shisui, trembling all over.
If it were him before, the one whose heart was swallowed by darkness, he might really kill his best friend.
But now, he has lost his so-called “measurement”.
That damn measure.
“I see.”
Shisui suddenly laughed and stopped forcing Itachi.
He faced Itachi and backed away, quickly retreating to the edge of the cliff.
“Itachi, remember, you must listen to your uncle’s words. Only by cutting off can the Uchiha clan be saved.”
After saying these last words, Shisui jumped off the cliff in front of Itachi.
“Shisui!”
Itachi rushed to the edge of the cliff and let out a shrill cry.
Then, he knelt on the ground with a plop.
After a long silence.
Itachi suddenly raised his head, a pair of eyes bursting with blood-red and strange light, burning like flames, and finally turned into a pattern of three intersecting blades.
Mangekyō Sharingan.
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