An Uchiha One-Shots Another with a Single Glance

In the Forest of the Night, scattered lights flickered as Uchiha Gen and Shisui Uchiha walked side by side.

The two were of similar build and dressed similarly, both wearing dark skintight outfits and armor. The difference was where they carried their ninja swords, and Gen was far more handsome.

Of course, Shisui was not bad-looking either. No one in the Uchiha Clan, male or female, was ugly.

"How have things been with Kakashi and Rin?" Uchiha Gen asked casually.

"They're both good people."

"Teacher Minato is great too," Shisui Uchiha said with a smile.

"Shisui, it seems you've already earned their approval."

"So fast. As expected, you're more suited for Team 7 and for Senior Minato than I am."

"That's not true. They've already accepted you too."

"Haha, stop trying to comfort me. Senior Minato still hasn't fully accepted me..."

Shisui felt guilty and did not know what to say for a moment.

"But it's nothing. Only after becoming Orochimaru-sensei's disciple did I realize that Orochimaru-sensei suits me better than Senior Minato."

"You don't need to take it to heart."

Uchiha Gen smiled and patted Shisui on the shoulder.

Minato Namikaze was a very compassionate person. He was friendly and gentle toward everyone in the village, treating all equally.

Precisely because he cared so broadly, few people could truly enter his heart.

To date, Kushina Uzumaki was probably the only person who had truly entered his heart, and even she had needed a long time.

His three disciples held some place in Minato Namikaze's heart, but not much more than any other person in Konoha.

In fact, Minato Namikaze resembled the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, in some ways. For the village, he could sacrifice everything, including himself and those close to him.

If Kushina were to become Konoha's enemy, Minato would probably kill Kushina and then kill himself.

As long as one did not become Konoha's enemy, a person like him usually would not refuse reasonable requests, or even slightly unreasonable ones.

That was also one of the reasons Gen had ultimately chosen Orochimaru. Orochimaru's trust was hard to earn.

Shisui Uchiha smiled without speaking. He assumed Gen was merely comforting him and resolved to make it up to him when he had the chance.

In Shisui's eyes, there should be no better teacher in the world than Minato Namikaze. Lord Orochimaru was good as well, but still a step behind.

Seeing this, Uchiha Gen said no more. He had been telling the truth; how Shisui chose to take it was not his concern.

As they spoke, the two arrived at the Uchiha Clan ninja encampment.

The Uchiha ninjas here did not know Uchiha Gen, but they were very familiar with Shisui Uchiha. Some had even witnessed his rise step by step.

Upon seeing Shisui, everyone temporarily set aside their grief and greeted him warmly, without the pride they showed toward other ninjas.

After returning his clansmen's greetings, Shisui Uchiha raised a hand with a smile and introduced him. "This is Uchiha Gen, a ninja no less outstanding than me—perhaps even more outstanding!"

By outstanding, Shisui was not primarily referring to strength, but to the depth and breadth of Gen's thinking.

Uchiha Gen raised a brow. Damn, if I didn't know you were Shisui Uchiha, I'd think you were trying to praise me to death.

The surrounding Uchiha ninjas frowned, their gazes toward Uchiha Gen filled with suspicion.

The title of the Uchiha Twin Stars had mostly spread only among the Uchiha in Konoha.

These Uchiha of the Mist had remained at the Hidden Mist Front, so few had heard of it. Only the deceased Uchiha clan head had learned something through his correspondence with Fugaku.

Even if they had heard of it, without seeing it for themselves, the Uchiha Clan's pride would still leave them skeptical.

"More outstanding than Shisui?"

"Tch... Then I'd like to see for myself."

A young man stepped out from the crowd. He wore a dark, high-collared combat uniform and had a lean build, but his face was full of arrogance. His eyes were crimson.

His left eye held a Two-Tomoe Sharingan, while his right held a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Among the crowd, his Sharingan's level of evolution was unquestionably among the best, as was his strength.

In the entire Uchiha encampment, only a few Jonin with Three-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes could overpower him.

"Shu, what are you doing?"

"Step back at once."

Realizing that his earlier words had brought trouble upon Uchiha Gen, Shisui's expression darkened as he rebuked him.

Uchiha Shu's expression changed, and the arrogance vanished from his face. Yet he did not retreat. Instead, he lowered his head and said quietly, "Shisui, I merely wish to witness a ninja more outstanding than you."

"Yeah, I want to see it too."

"Me too."

"All of us do."

"Shisui, don't stop him. Shu will show restraint."

"It's only a spar between clansmen."

"..."

Hearing the jeers around him, Shisui Uchiha's face grew even darker.

Just as he was about to use his prestige to force everyone back, Uchiha Gen spoke.

"That's enough, Shisui. I'd like to spar with my clansmen too."

"But..."

"No buts. Do you think I'll lose?"

Uchiha Gen interrupted Shisui, stepped in front of him, and his black pupils turned crimson as two Two-Tomoe Sharingan slowly spun...

"You've got some courage. You didn't hide like a turtle, so at least you haven't disgraced the Uchiha Clan..."

"But how can merely two Two-Tomoe Sharingan be more outstanding than Shisui's two Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"

The Uchiha Clan's reverence for the Sharingan ran deep in their bones. The number of tomoe represented strength, so Uchiha Shu spoke with complete confidence.

"Why not try and find out?" Uchiha Gen said calmly.

"Fine, I'll try. This isn't a good place to fight. Let's change locations."

"No need."

"Are you scared?" Uchiha Shu turned his head and asked.

"There's no need. It'll be over quickly."

Uchiha Gen shook his head, a faint smile on his lips. His tone was matter-of-fact, as though he were merely stating a fact.

That proud, smug look made the surrounding Uchiha frown deeply. This guy was proud—no, arrogant—to the point of disgust!

What gave you the right to speak like that with four tomoe against five?

Had he never been properly beaten before?

"You... You're courting death!" Uchiha Shu gritted out.

Uchiha Shu spun around and was about to attack when Uchiha Gen made his move.

Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!

Their eyes met, and Uchiha Gen directly cast a genjutsu on Uchiha Shu, whose Sharingan surpassed his by half a step.

Uchiha Shu's vision blurred. He found himself in a blood-red space, his body pierced by five enormous, rust-covered iron stakes.

There was no pain, yet he could not move at all—not even his body in the outside world.

"A mere trick, I..."

Within the genjutsu space, Uchiha Shu's Sharingan spun. He had thought he would break free easily, yet his body did not budge in the slightest.

"How is this possible?"

Uchiha Shu's face was full of disbelief. His Sharingan spun wildly, Pupil Power pouring forth like floodwaters through broken gates.

"Move!"

"Move!"

"Move already..."

Uchiha Shu roared hoarsely, his expression becoming increasingly agitated and frenzied.

The next moment, Uchiha Shu broke free of the genjutsu space and regained control of his body. Just as he was about to counterattack, he felt an icy chill at his neck. Looking down, he saw a kunai pressed against his throat, and his face instantly turned ashen...

"See? Isn't it over already?"

Uchiha Gen kept his two Two-Tomoe Sharingan open as he swept a teasing gaze around the area.

The moment they met Uchiha Gen's Sharingan, every Uchiha ninja averted their eyes, the shock in their hearts still lingering...

They had just watched Uchiha Gen unhurriedly take a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, walk up to Shu, and place it against his throat.

A four-tomoe Sharingan putting a five-tomoe Sharingan under genjutsu was not especially shocking. The key was that Shu had been unable to break free for so long and could only stand there under control, helpless to resist!

Shu's skill with genjutsu could not be called mastery, but it was decent.

Such an outcome showed that the gap between their Pupil Power and genjutsu attainments was enormous!

If Gen had possessed Three-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes and mastered genjutsu, that would have been one thing. But how could Two-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes possess such power?

The Uchiha ninjas did not understand. They could not make sense of it, so all of them lowered their proud heads in shock.

Even Shisui Uchiha was deeply shaken by the sight.

He could have done the same, but he had Three-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes and was proficient in genjutsu. It should have been absolutely impossible for someone with Two-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes to accomplish this.

Gen's Pupil Power was no weaker than his, while his genjutsu attainments surpassed his own!

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