Your Eyes—I'll Take Them!

"Don't worry. It's just ordinary Genjutsu. It'll wear off on its own soon enough."

Shisui looked down at Danzo, who was kneeling before him, and spoke calmly.

But Danzo was now completely immersed in the Sharingan's Genjutsu and could not hear Shisui's voice at all.

Those words were actually meant for the Root ninja hidden in the shadows.

He was telling them not to worry about Danzo's condition.

Then, Shisui released Danzo's wrist and prepared to turn and leave, heading for the Hokage Building to inform the Third Hokage about last night's Clan Meeting.

However, just as Shisui turned and took a step forward, Danzo's voice rang out beside his ear.

"What do you mean by ordinary Genjutsu?"

What struck Shisui as strange was that Danzo's voice had not come from behind him.

It had come from in front of him.

Yet all his Sharingan saw was a broad, empty road.

Bang!

In the next instant, before Shisui could figure out what had happened, another dull impact sounded beside his ear.

Something struck his abdomen with brutal force, sending his stomach churning violently.

At the same time, the Danzo who should have been kneeling on the ground gradually faded away.

Another Danzo appeared in front of Shisui, driving his right knee hard into Shisui's abdomen and launching him from the ground into the air.

"Shisui."

Danzo narrowed his left eye slightly and clenched his five fingers into a fist. Taking advantage of the brief stiffness in Shisui's body, he threw two more heavy punches straight at his face!

"Your eyes—I'll take them!"

In the next moment, Danzo reached for Shisui's right eye again.

This time, his three fingers not only plunged into Shisui's eye socket, but viciously gouged out the Sharingan Shisui had been so proud of!

"Ahhh!"

Shisui instinctively let out a miserable scream, his body flying backward from before Danzo like a kite with its string cut.

After smashing headfirst into the ground, he rolled several times before finally coming to a stop.

Blood streamed from Shisui's eye socket, staining his cheek red.

But no matter what, Shisui was an outstanding ninja.

In less than a breath, he adapted to the pain.

One hand covered his hollow right eye while the other pressed against the ground, supporting him as he stood.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The six Root ninja hidden in the shadows appeared at once, standing guard around Danzo with all their eyes fixed on Shisui.

"You must find it strange—why wasn't I caught in your Genjutsu?"

Danzo looked at Shisui, who resembled a stray dog, as he spoke and used one hand to unwrap the bandages around his right eye.

He revealed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan identical to Shisui's.

Ever since the Third Shinobi World War, he had secretly collected the corpses of Uchiha Clan members and turned their Sharingan into his own weapons.

"Come to think of it, the Sharingan I'm using now came from Kaze's father."

Hearing this, Shisui could not help widening his only remaining Sharingan.

He had never dreamed that beneath Danzo's bandages lay Kaze's father's eye!

And he watched helplessly as Danzo's Sharingan quickly changed from red to white, losing its light.

Combined with what had just happened.

Shisui instantly understood the answer.

Danzo had not avoided being caught in his Genjutsu.

Rather...

He had used the Uchiha Clan's Forbidden Jutsu, Izanagi!

At the cost of the light in one eye, he had forcibly altered an event that had already happened!

The reality in which Shisui had placed him under Genjutsu had been rewritten!

"Danzo..."

Shisui clenched his teeth, filled with intense unwillingness.

He had always devoted himself wholeheartedly to Konoha.

Yet in the end, he still had not earned Danzo's trust!

"Don't blame me, Shisui." Danzo took in the changes in Shisui's expression. "The power of Susanoo is far too great. If it falls into the hands of evil people, it will pose a tremendous threat to Konoha."

"For Konoha..."

"Give me your other eye as well."

Danzo waved one hand, ordering his subordinates to bring him Shisui's remaining eye.

Such powerful strength could never be given to someone else!

After everything that had happened, Shisui could not be bothered to argue with Danzo anymore.

He only knew that, no matter what, he could not hand his remaining Sharingan over to Danzo.

Especially when this pair of Mangekyō Sharingan concealed an enormous secret.

"Fire Release..."

With that thought, Shisui rapidly formed hand seals, gathering Chakra in his throat at the same time.

"Great Fireball Technique!"

Shisui's chest rapidly swelled as the Chakra gathered in his throat poured forth, forming a fireball nearly ten meters in diameter!

A wave of heat swept toward Danzo and the others.

Every Root ninja who witnessed the scene stared with their eyes wide in shock.

Even after losing one Sharingan—a wound this severe—Shisui could still unleash such a terrifying Fire Release Ninjutsu!

This guy truly deserved his reputation as the Uchiha Clan's famed genius.

"Water Release..."

The six Root ninja looked at each other, exchanging glances.

They did not believe that any one of them could block such a powerful Fire Release alone.

So, the six Root ninja formed hand seals simultaneously.

"Water Wave!"

The Root ninja gathered Chakra in their throats in the same manner before spraying streams of water from their mouths.

The six streams converged, reinforcing one another and expanding the scope of the Water Release. Only then did they barely manage to match Shisui's Great Fireball.

Hiss...

The fierce collision between Fire Release and Water Release produced terrifying clouds of steam that rose into the sky, blocking Danzo and the others' vision.

"Shisui..."

Danzo furrowed his brow, his heart as turbulent as Stormy Waves, unable to calm for a long while.

It was merely a C-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu, yet Shisui had trained it to such a level.

The six Root ninja had been forced to join hands just to cancel it out.

His combat talent was truly astonishing.

If he had not prepared a Forbidden Jutsu like Izanagi beforehand, one capable of changing reality...

With only himself and these Root members, he truly might not have been able to seize Shisui's Sharingan.

But...

One eye alone was not enough.

It wasn't enough!

A vicious glint flashed in Danzo's eyes.

After roughly three or four breaths, the steam thrown up by the clash between Fire Release and Water Release began to turn translucent.

The six Root ninja and Danzo waited for Shisui's next move.

But who could have expected...

When the white steam dispersed, Shisui's figure had vanished as well.

Only a pool of blood remained on the open ground.

"This guy..."

Danzo raised an eyebrow. He had thought Shisui would try to take his eye back from him.

He had not expected Shisui to feint, then choose to flee outright.

"Pursue him!"

Danzo's voice was low. "No matter what, get that other eye for me."

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

The six Root ninja answered crisply and vanished from the spot.