That's... Mangekyo!

That Was the Mangekyō!

"No, I need to be faster!"

Shisui rushed toward Habara's location, now bitterly regretting why he had split up from him.

Habara was strong—there was no doubt about that—but right now, the enemy Habara faced was someone skilled in the Hiding in Mist Technique!

Shisui knew all too well how much the Hidden Mist Technique countered the Sharingan. In all his years in the Anbu, he had dealt with Kirigakure ninja more times than he could count.

Though he had also made a fearsome name for himself, and even that Anbu from Kirigakure named Ao would keep his distance when he saw him, that did not mean Shisui thought Mist Ninja were easy to deal with.

Especially when fighting Mist Ninja, he had noticed one thing: their Ninja Acumen was truly high, and when they carried out missions, they truly had no regard for life or death.

Shisui had also heard that when these Mist Ninja carried out missions, there would even be dedicated Anbu watching them. Once the mission changed, they would kill everyone who might expose information.

Facing ninjas who were so cruel, bloody, and possessed such high Ninja Acumen—and one who had once been one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen—there was no way Shisui's inner heart could remain unworried.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions kept sounding, and Shisui's inner heart grew increasingly tense. Especially when he discovered that the road ahead was blocked by roaring flames, he nearly lost his mind.

He did not know Water Release to extinguish these flames, which meant he had to find a way to detour, wasting quite a bit more time.

"Habara, you bastard, you'd better not let anything happen to you!"

Shisui's heart was unbearably tense, and then he accelerated, charging off in another direction.

His speed was extremely fast. In just a few short minutes, he had already rushed into the heart of the flames.

But what entered his sight was an eerie figure with both arms spread flat like wings, his whole body being devoured by flames.

The appearance of this figure made Shisui's gaze sharpen, but when he noticed that there was still another person standing beside that strangely shaped silhouette, he finally let out a faint breath of relief.

He had already recognized him. The person standing there was Habara, and all of this in front of him already proved that Habara had won this battle.

"Looks like I still underestimated Habara."

Shisui murmured silently in his heart, then walked toward Habara. But the next moment, Habara suddenly turned his head back, and with that turn, Shisui froze completely.

Because he clearly saw that within Habara's scarlet eyes, a strange triangular pattern was slowly rotating!

"That is... the Mangekyō!"

In that instant, Shisui had already recognized exactly what the pattern in Habara's eyes was. And in that same instant, he understood that from beginning to end, he had underestimated Habara!

The Mangekyō Sharingan was the strongest eye in the clan, and he knew how much torment one had to endure to awaken such eyes.

And Shisui also knew perfectly well just how much power such eyes could unleash, because he himself possessed a pair!

Shisui quickly suppressed the shock and astonishment in his inner heart. After all, he had them too, so no matter how surprised or shaken he was, he could still make himself recover.

"But when exactly did Habara obtain such eyes?"

Still, his inner heart could not help beginning to think again. Yet just as he started pondering it, he quickly shook his head and cut off that thought.

Who did not have a few secrets? Even Shisui's Mangekyō was actually known by very few people. Even within the clan, only a handful knew.

However, after learning that Habara had the Mangekyō Sharingan, Shisui's inner heart quietly underwent a change as well.

"Perhaps he had those eyes long ago. After all, without power as a foundation, trying to resist the clan head and the elders would truly be difficult.

And with this kind of power, yet still such a far-reaching vision and such clear logic, he is simply the perfect clan head!"

At this moment, the moment he saw Habara's Mangekyō, Shisui had completely decided that Habara was the best choice.

A clan head with strength, insight, and foresight; someone who knew the root of the clan's problems, the root of the village's problems, and even the root of the Shinobi World's problems.

Who could be more suited than someone like him to become clan head?

Let alone clan head—even if Habara became Hokage, Shisui believed there would be no problem!

"It's you, Shisui. You're back?"

When Habara saw that Shisui had arrived, he could not help concealing his Mangekyō Sharingan, then said with a smile, "No need to be nervous. This guy has already been taken care of. Looks like our mission is complete."

"Huh? Oh!"

Shisui's mind had still been thinking about other things, but at the sound of Habara's voice, he quickly came back to himself.

"Indeed. Looks like our mission is complete."

As he spoke, Shisui still stared straight at Habara, and the change in his gaze made Habara feel that something was a little off.

That look was even more excessive than it had been a few days ago, and it really made Habara a little unable to bear it.

However, Habara did know that this kid had probably shown such an expression only after seeing his Mangekyō, right?

In truth, Habara had never planned to hide the matter of the Mangekyō Sharingan. Of course, the main reason was that he knew there was no way to hide it at all.

Since he had decided to resist Uchiha Fugaku and the others, he naturally needed a certain amount of confidence. Revealing his Mangekyō was the best form of confidence!

The clan members would not casually listen to some vague and intangible reason from you and then follow you to risk their lives, to oppose the existing system, or even to oppose everyone's clan head.

After letting them know your thoughts and reasons, you also had to let them know that you had this confidence, this ability, and this strength.

After Habara had been bound to the clan, he had longed so badly for the Mangekyō Sharingan, aside from the fact that he had to guard against everything about the future Clan Massacre Night.

It was also to give all those who might follow him in the future confidence—the confidence to know that following him, at the very least, would not lead to any major trouble.

The Mangekyō Sharingan was the greatest confidence he could give every member of the clan. Even if they did not necessarily know what these eyes were, the suppression the Mangekyō exerted over ordinary Sharingan would make them understand.

Although Shisui also had the Mangekyō, and Habara could have relied on Shisui to accomplish all of this, how could relying on someone else be more practical than relying on himself?

Besides, how could the deterrent force of one pair of Mangekyō compare with two?

"All right. If you have any questions, ask them later."

Habara was in a very good mood right now. Though he still had a lingering headache, after obtaining such precious eyes, it was hard for him not to be happy.

"This place has already been wrecked like this. There's no point staying here any longer."

"Yes." Shisui nodded seriously. Hearing Habara's words, he directly suppressed all the doubts in his heart.

"It's not quite right for you to talk to me like that. You're my friend, not my subordinate."

Habara teased Shisui, then his gaze turned to Raiga, who was still being burned continuously by the blazing flames—especially the ninja swords that had fallen to the ground after his hands were burned off.

"Once the flames go out, we'll come back, take the swords, and head back."

"Raiga's ninja swords?" Shisui also fixed his gaze on the two ninja swords, then nodded. "They really are two fine blades. We can hand them over to the village when we return."

"I don't plan on handing them over to the village." Hearing Shisui's words, Habara immediately cut him off. "I'm planning to melt these two blades down and forge them anew into one for myself."

Use them for himself after reforging them?

When Shisui heard Habara's words, his mouth opened slightly despite himself, but in the end, he still did not say anything.

And Habara had already begun fantasizing about how he would look using a ninja sword, because for this reward, he had ultimately chosen Ninja Sword: Water Bird Dance!