Naruto: Menma Uzumaki, Egressing from the Infinite Tsukuyomi
Chapter 50

Shisui's Death

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The Tsukuyomi World also had the Uchiha Clan, so naturally, the Sharingan Kekkei Genkai existed there as well.

But through Menma's experiments and research, he discovered that the limit of the Sharingan in the Tsukuyomi World was Three-Tomoe. It simply could not evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Menma had once speculated that the Mangekyō Sharingan might be an extremely unstable abnormal mutation of the Kekkei Genkai.

No matter what kind of Kekkei Genkai it was, none had side effects like the Sharingan, such as mental instability and blindness.

"Perhaps the evolution of the Sharingan from one tomoe to the Rinnegan is the process of the Sharingan gradually becoming perfected."

Just then. As Menma pondered, Shisui, who had been standing within the Susanoo, could no longer hold on. He covered his eye and dropped to one knee.

Although awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan was a qualitative improvement for Shisui, it was purely an improvement in combat power.

And aside from Taijutsu ninja, ninja generally did not pay attention to physical training.

Shisui was no exception. He was a textbook glass-cannon assassin.

Before it advanced into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Mangekyō was a double-edged sword for Shisui. The more frequently he used it, the greater the harm to his eyesight and body, as well as the burden on his body and Chakra consumption.

Not to mention that he was activating Susanoo with only one eye.

Boom!!

After dealing with the last three Root ninja, the Susanoo around Shisui instantly dissipated.

He staggered as he tried to flee into the distance.

But a figure suddenly appeared and blocked his path.

"Sorry, passage is forbidden here."

A faintly amused voice reached him, and Shisui widened his eyes and looked toward the sound.

Although his vision had become somewhat blurry from excessive consumption of ocular power, he could still roughly make out the figure before him.

"Root again?"

Shisui struggled to straighten himself, raising his Kunai before him. "You can't stop me. If you don't want to die, move aside."

But Menma did not answer. Instead, he examined the short Uchiha Shisui before him.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Do you regret it?"

"...What?"

"Uchiha Shisui, do you still think Hiruzen Sarutobi is clean?"

Shisui was instantly bewildered, completely unable to understand what he meant.

"Lord Third Hokage has always wanted to change all this. Perhaps the Third Hokage has his own difficulties too..."

After a long silence, that was all Shisui could say.

Menma sneered and could not help shaking his head.

"What a pathetic fool!"

To be honest, he did not dislike do-gooders like Shisui.

If Menma intervened, saving Shisui would not have been difficult.

But unfortunately, once kindness lost its weapon, it became weakness.

Shisui was far too naive and immature, far too indecisive.

He should not have exposed his Mangekyō Sharingan, much less confessed to the Konoha High-Ranking Officials about a dojutsu like Kotoamatsukami, which was destined to inspire fear and suspicion.

Yet after Danzo's carefully prepared ambush, he still clung to such naive thoughts.

No matter what, the one at the very top was Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Without Hiruzen Sarutobi's tacit approval, could Danzo truly have gone this far?

"Looks like this guy isn't suitable to be a weapon in my hands. Then..."

Reining in his wandering thoughts, Menma lowered his eyes and smiled. "I'll help your Mangekyō Sharingan find a good home."

"You..."

"Summoning Technique. Nine-Faced Suporaka!"

A summoning formation made up of nine circles appeared behind Menma, arranged in the order of Ao, Haku, Scarlet, Black, Void, South, North, Three, and Jade.

Ao and Haku lit up at the same time, and a Snake Summoning Beast and a tiger-shaped Summoning Beast emerged from behind him.

Azure Dragon and White Tiger—two of the nine Summoning Beasts.

They were also Tailed Fox avatars Menma had created using the Chakra of the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails.

Looking at the two enormous Summoning Beasts, Shisui realized that the Masked Man before him was not from Root, perhaps not even from the Leaf Village.

He tightened his grip on the Kunai in his hand, and a resolute thought arose in his heart.

He absolutely could not let his left eye fall into the hands of this ill-intentioned man!

Roar!!

With a tremendous crash, the ground beneath White Tiger caved in, cracking into massive spiderweb-like fissures as it charged straight toward Shisui.

Meanwhile, Azure Dragon remained in the air, not attacking Shisui directly.

"Body Flicker Style: Dance of the Sun and Moon!"

In an instant, Shisui swung his weapon one-handed, attempting to drive White Tiger back with Konoha-Style Swordsmanship.

But with his weakened body, his swings were far inferior to before. Facing White Tiger's assault, he was steadily forced back.

Shisui gritted his teeth and steadied his unfocused gaze.

"Susanoo!"

Under Menma's slightly surprised gaze—

The first skeletal form appeared, Chakra completely enveloping Shisui's body and further increasing his defense.

But it did not end there.

Upon the skeleton, Chakra formed into meridians and flesh, transforming it into the image of a martial god with a face.

This was the second form of Susanoo.

Menma could not help twitching his mouth. "He can activate the second form of Susanoo with only one eye?"

Was this what it meant to suddenly explode with power?

Why did he feel like he had somehow become the villain?

Just then. Shisui had already released the Cursed Seal, and a drill-shaped weapon appeared in his hand.

Even the massive White Tiger now looked somewhat small before this second form of Susanoo.

"Yasaka Beads!"

This was a long-range ninjutsu common to Susanoo, and it directly blasted White Tiger away.

Whoosh!

With just one more Summoning Beast...

Shisui let out a long breath and stared at Menma with eyes that were continuously bleeding.

But he suddenly discovered that the Snake Summoning Beast that had been beside Menma had vanished without a sound.

"Not good!!"

Just as Shisui sensed that something was wrong—

Boom!!

A slender figure burst out from the gap beneath his feet, and the overwhelmingly fierce attack pierced straight through Shisui's abdomen.

Although ninja wielded all kinds of ninjutsu with astonishing destructive power, most ninja possessed physiques no different from ordinary people.

It could even be said that this was a world of high offense and low defense.

Even an ordinary strike from Azure Dragon could still inflict a fatal wound on Shisui.

Shisui instinctively covered his wound, trying to stop the bleeding that way.

But no matter how hard he pressed, it was useless. Blood soon soaked through his shirt.

An unprecedented exhaustion gradually swallowed Shisui's mind.

Thud!

Having lost too much blood, Shisui's body went limp, and he fell to both knees.

Even so, Shisui's final will still struggled against death.

The person before him was far too dangerous to the Leaf Village.

His eye absolutely could not fall into this Masked Man's hands, or the consequences would be unimaginable!

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