The Last Love

"I..."

Shisui did not know how to answer. If it really became necessary, using Kotoamatsukami on Danzo was not impossible.

"I'm taking your Sharingan!"

However, Danzo clearly did not intend to wait for Shisui's answer. He instantly rushed in front of Shisui and reached out with his right hand to gouge out Shisui's eye.

"Sorry!"

A flash of red light passed, and Danzo instantly fell under Shisui's genjutsu. At the same time, Shisui seized the hand Danzo had reached out.

Shisui had not completely ignored Kagato's warning. He had always been on guard against Danzo. Then, Shisui lowered Danzo's hand, leaving Danzo standing there in a daze.

"It was only an ordinary genjutsu. He'll wake up soon."

With that, Shisui turned and left. As the foremost genjutsu master of the Uchiha, Shisui had no need to worry about his own genjutsu.

However, there was a forbidden technique called Izanagi, activated at the cost of losing one Sharingan. What Shisui did not know was that Danzo happened to have one Sharingan.

Because too much time had passed, Kagato had forgotten the detail that Danzo possessed one Sharingan and had not warned Shisui beforehand.

Izanagi could turn unfavorable circumstances into genjutsu and create situations advantageous to the user.

Danzo instantly appeared in front of Shisui and slammed a fist into him. Caught off guard by the sudden force, Shisui had no time to react. Taking advantage of that moment, Danzo attacked fiercely, striking Shisui in the face several times before ruthlessly gouging out one of Shisui's eyes.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone down. Between the two black shadows, a thread of blood appeared.

Shisui covered the empty eye socket and quickly retreated, dropping to his knees in unbearable pain.

Danzo undid the white cloth covering his right eye, revealing a Sharingan that was rapidly turning pale.

At that moment, Shisui was also gasping heavily as he stood up. When he saw the eye in Danzo's right socket change from a Sharingan into a pale eyeball, Shisui cried out in shock. He understood.

"Sharingan."

Holding Shisui's Sharingan in one hand, Danzo spoke greedily.

"It will become a replacement for this eye of mine. Give me the other one too."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen Root members appeared around Danzo.

Shisui did not dare hesitate for even a moment and quickly formed Hand Seals.

Snake—Ram—Monkey—Boar—Horse—Tiger.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Shisui had lost one eye, and his strength had fallen drastically. Although he still had the ability to easily kill those Root members—even Danzo—that would not be worth it. Shisui was not someone who dwelled on personal grudges. If he gave everything he had to kill Danzo here, Danzo, who possessed one Kotoamatsukami, might very well drag Shisui to his death with him.

Shisui could not die. No—more accurately, he could die, but before that, he still had something more important to do.

Killing Danzo here would only vent his anger for the moment. What he had to do was entrust his future to someone and make plans for the futures of the two people most important to him. He absolutely could not abandon those two people he valued most just to vent his anger.

"Water Style: Water Colliding Wave."

Several Root ninjas attacked in succession, canceling out Shisui's Great Fireball Jutsu.

Water and fire collided, creating a great deal of steam. Once the steam dispersed, Shisui had already disappeared.

"Pursue him!"

Danzo spoke coldly.

Losing one eye had not done much to Shisui, but it had made him understand one principle—a truly despairing fact. The village's higher-ups were not united. At a time when the Uchiha and the village were facing a crisis, the village's leaders still had one of their own strike down their own people.

Could such village leaders reconcile with the Uchiha? Give me a break. They had not even dealt with their own internal problems.

Shisui felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. The greatest harm caused by Danzo gouging out his eye was not the physical pain, but the despair in his heart.

Shisui did not want to die together with Danzo because he knew it would be useless. Although he had lost one eye and could no longer use Kotoamatsukami to change the clan's will, he still had to make one final effort for peace between the Uchiha and the village!

If the village side was impossible, then he would work from the Uchiha side. Shisui could definitely be counted as one of the Uchiha's greatest combat forces. If—if the Uchiha lost such a powerful fighter, would they abandon the coup out of helplessness?

Shisui did not know. But this was the last thing he could do for the Uchiha. He had no choice. If he had to put it another way, there were actually two choices: give up trying to achieve peace between the Uchiha and Konoha, or continue trying.

Shisui chose the second. Both the Uchiha and Konoha were his homes, and he could not make himself give up. Even if he had to die, Shisui would make one final effort for peace between the Uchiha and the village.

But before that...

"Kagato, I'm going to break my promise again. This time, I'll personally help you evolve those demonic eyes. I'm sorry. As your big brother, I really am a failure. And Itachi, too..."

Shisui had not wanted Kagato's Sharingan to evolve any further, but now he had no choice. Shisui understood that after his death, there might not be anyone left to protect Kagato. Kagato had to possess the power to protect himself.

It was just like Itachi would be toward Sasuke in the future. Itachi knew the state of his own body and knew that he would die. Worried that no one would protect Sasuke after his death, Itachi was willing to do everything in his power to awaken the Mangekyo for Sasuke, even if it caused Sasuke unbearable pain.

This was the final love of two big brothers for their younger brothers.

The sun had completely set, and darkness descended.

Behind a large rock, Itachi stood wearing a mask. He had originally planned to set out and look for Shisui, but after thinking it over, he decided to wait here for Shisui.

"Rustle."

Suddenly, leaves fell from the trees in front of Itachi.

"Shisui?"

Itachi spoke in surprise.

No one answered him, but Itachi seemed to sense something and followed anyway.

On the opposite bank of a waterfall.

Shisui stood with his back to Itachi.

"The Uchiha coup can no longer be stopped. Once Konoha falls into civil war, other countries will certainly take advantage of the opportunity to invade. War will be unavoidable. I originally intended to use Kotoamatsukami to stop the coup, but Danzo took my right eye. He doesn't trust me. He insists on protecting the village in his own way. I'm afraid he won't spare my left eye either. Before that happens, I want to wait a little longer—to wait for someone. By now, he should have woken up. I believe he'll be able to find this place. I'm prepared to entrust my left eye to him."

Itachi silently watched Shisui. He knew who Shisui was waiting for.

At Kagato's home.

A pair of scarlet three-tomoe eyes suddenly opened and quickly surveyed the surroundings, but they did not find the person he wanted to see.

"Shisui!"

Kagato glanced at the pitch-black sky outside, his face deathly pale. According to the original plot, at this moment, this moment...

"No, no!"

Kagato stood up without hesitation, opened the door, and rushed out.

Please don't let it be that waterfall. Please don't let it be that waterfall, Shisui!

Tragedy seemed to always follow the Uchiha's prodigies. Even Kagato, a transmigrator, had not been spared.

When he reached the opposite bank of the waterfall from his memories, he saw Itachi—and also the person he least wanted to see: Shisui, with a streak of blood across his face.

"Ah, you're here, Kagato. We've been waiting for you."

Shisui smiled as he spoke.

"Shi—Shisui, your right eye... Your right eye..."

Good morning, everyone! Did you sleep well? If you can, I still hope everyone will stay up less and go to bed earlier.

As for what happens next, everyone should be able to guess. Konoha's Uchiha Kagato is about to cease to exist. There will no longer be anything in Konoha worth Kagato's attachment.

Actually, I really wanted to give Kagato a line in the story: I am searching for a place that can be called home.