Just a Mangekyō? You Think I Don't Have One?!

By now, night had fully fallen.

It was the start of the month. There was no moon in the sky, and even the stars were obscured by thick clouds.

Between heaven and earth, everything was as dark and dense as ink. Darkness shrouded the entire village.

Elsewhere.

Uchiha Shisui intercepted Fugaku Uchiha.

His change in stance enraged Fugaku, but what angered and devastated him even more was that Hiruzen Sarutobi had long since laid a trap, waiting for Qianyu to walk into it.

And Uchiha Shisui, the clan member he had once valued most and placed his greatest hopes in, had actually taken Hiruzen Sarutobi's side and stopped him from saving Qianyu!

Fugaku roared, finally unleashing the blood-red radiance of his Sharingan!

Even in the darkness, those crimson pupils remained vivid and striking!

However...

Uchiha Shisui sighed softly, slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again.

The Mangekyō Sharingan bloomed!

Eye Power surpassing even that of Fugaku Uchiha, the clan head, erupted violently. Its savage pressure and aura instantly suppressed Fugaku Uchiha and intimidated every Uchiha clan member in the Police Force!

"The Mangekyō Sharingan..."

"It really is the Mangekyō Sharingan!"

Uchiha Shisui said in a low voice, "Clan Head, don't force me."

Fugaku knew full well that Shisui was stronger than him, yet he still did not retreat. Nor did he have any reason or right to retreat.

"You chose to betray the entire clan!"

"No. I chose the entire village. Clan Head, your perspective is simply too narrow."

"Utter nonsense!"

"I mean every word from the bottom of my heart."

"Move!"

Shisui shook his head. "Clan Head, you are no match for me."

Of course Fugaku Uchiha understood that.

But he could not stand by and watch Qianyu die at Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands too!

Just as the battle between the two was about to erupt...

Several Anbu guards suddenly came sprinting from the direction of the prison, screaming hysterically.

Uchiha Shisui's expression changed.

He whirled around and stopped the prison guards.

"What happened?"

"What happened?!"

The Anbu guards were pale-faced and gasping heavily.

"Lord Shisui, no... Captain!"

"S-something happened in the Anbu prison!"

At the words "Anbu prison," Fugaku Uchiha's heart jolted.

He roared furiously, "What did you do to Qianyu?!"

The Anbu ninja still looked terrified. His pupils contracted as he stammered.

"T-that Uchiha Qianyu, h-his power was never sealed..."

"H-he killed all those criminals, and he even... even..."

Uchiha Shisui's face changed drastically. "Even what?!"

"H-he also killed quite a few Anbu ninja!"

"What?!"

Uchiha Shisui and the Anbu behind him all had their expressions change dramatically!

Fugaku and the Police Force, meanwhile, were both shocked and delighted.

"Qianyu..."

"Captain Qianyu! Just as expected of you! I-I knew you wouldn't die so easily!"

"T-this is wonderful!"

Uchiha Shisui was furious and alarmed. "What is the situation at the prison now?!"

"C-Captain Kenpei Aburame is confronting that demon, but I-I'm afraid..."

He did not finish, but Uchiha Shisui understood perfectly.

"You, go report to Lord Hokage! Everyone else..."

"Come with me!"

With an angry roar, he immediately led all the forces from Anbu headquarters toward the prison.

Fugaku Uchiha immediately followed after him.

"Let's go!"

"Yes, Clan Head!"

Fugaku's heart surged with emotion. Though the night was so dark he could not see his own hand before his face, it was as though a flame of hope and light had ignited within him...

"There can be no mistake, Qianyu..."

"The one who carries the future of the entire Uchiha clan..."

"Is you!"

A Mere Mangekyō Sharingan—Do You Think I Don't Have One?!

When Uchiha Shisui and Fugaku Uchiha arrived at the Anbu prison together.

Qianyu was still sitting silently on the ground, cultivating.

Around him, severed limbs lay scattered everywhere. Blood had sprayed and splashed across the ground and walls of the entire prison, beginning to darken slightly...

This hellish scene made both the Police Force and the Anbu frown deeply.

Kenpei Aburame's corpse lay slumped quietly at the entrance to the prison...

Looking at Qianyu amid the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, everyone felt deep fear and reverence rise within them!

Uchiha Shisui, however, was utterly enraged.

"Qianyu, what have you done?!"

Uchiha Qianyu did not open his eyes at all.

He merely replied coldly and casually.

"I did nothing."

Uchiha Shisui roared, "You... you killed so many people! Not only those criminal scum, but so many Anbu died too, and you still say you did nothing?!"

Qianyu replied calmly, "I did not arrange for a group of villains to ambush and murder ninjas from the same village."

"I did not violate the law by removing the criminals' seals and restoring their power."

"Nor did I violate any rules by taking the initiative to kill them."

"I did only one thing..."

"I carried out justice."

"Everyone I killed deserved to die without exception."

Uchiha Shisui's eyes practically spat fire.

"You... you are simply twisting words and making unreasonable arguments!"

Uchiha Qianyu slowly opened his eyes.

"Is that so?"

"Uchiha Shisui, by your logic, I should have let these so-called Anbu and so-called criminals try to kill me, torture me madly, and leave me unable to live or die."

"And that is what you consider justice, is it?"

Uchiha Shisui felt a pang of guilt, but he no longer had any way back.

When one knew full well that one had committed evil, yet refused to admit to being an evil person...

There was only one path.

That was to brainwash oneself, whitewash reality, and beautify one's own actions.

"That is because you killed Lord Hokage's son!"

Qianyu gave a faint sneer.

"Wasn't that because he plotted against my two subordinates?"

"Harming ninjas from the same village is Konoha's universally acknowledged greatest crime!"

"What, are Shinnosuke Sarutobi and you Anbu the only ones allowed to harm people, while we must obediently endure it and willingly accept it?"

"Besides, even after I killed him, I accepted Lord Hokage's arrangement. I chose to be imprisoned in the Anbu prison and likewise accepted the Anbu's interrogation. Everything was handled according to procedure, but you..."

"What did you do?"

Uchiha Shisui was instantly left speechless.

Qianyu pressed forward step by step.