You're Dumber Than a Pig

Shisui noticed Yamei's arrival as well and looked up at him.

"Somehow... you seem familiar..." Shisui froze.

"Shisui, why are you here alone?" Yamei walked over slowly and sat beside him.

"So it's you, Yamei." Shisui finally remembered him.

At Yamei's question, a bitter expression crossed Shisui's face. He shook his head. "It's nothing. I'm just not in a very good mood."

"Not in a good mood..."

Yamei's eyes flickered as he glanced around. Under the Byakugan's gaze, he spotted five or six sources of Chakra belonging to two different groups.

"The Third Hokage's Anbu and Danzo's Root? They're all watching Shisui."

He sneered inwardly. His two-tomoe Sharingan spun slightly before his eyes returned to normal. "Is it because of the Uchiha Clan?"

Shisui abruptly turned to stare at Yamei. Then, after discreetly glancing around, he shook his head. "I don't know how you learned about this, but... it would be best if you didn't talk about it."

As he spoke, Shisui rose to leave.

"Perhaps we could have a chat?" Yamei suddenly smiled, and the surroundings changed rapidly!

In the end, the two of them stood before a bamboo lodge with a pond at its entrance. Yamei took out two fishing rods and handed one to Shisui.

Shisui stared blankly at the surroundings. At some point, his eyes had transformed into the windmill-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan.

His expression was filled with shock. He turned to Yamei warily, disbelief mixed into his gaze. "Genjutsu! Who exactly are you? And when did you cast it? I didn't sense it at all."

When it came down to it, his mastery of genjutsu was even stronger than Uchiha Itachi's! He was a true genjutsu master, someone whom no one in all of Konoha could likely rival!

Yet despite that foundation, he had fallen under genjutsu without realizing it. The unknown terror Yamei inspired in him grew deeper.

"I'm just me, Yamei!" Yamei smiled, sat down, and began fishing.

Shisui froze, then gave a bitter smile. He sat down beside Yamei as well and became a fisherman.

Such terrifying genjutsu had already caught him off guard. If this person truly wanted to deal with him, resisting now would be difficult.

Yamei did not explain. He did not yet possess the ability to kill Shisui.

Although he had pulled Shisui into a genjutsu space, that did not mean he possessed combat strength equal to Shisui's. He had only succeeded because Shisui had been completely unguarded.

Still, this confirmed the strength of his current genjutsu. Most Jonin definitely would not be able to resist it!

And once he pulled an enemy into a genjutsu...

Hehehe! He might even be able to kill a Jonin!

"What did you want to talk about? And what do you want from me?" Shisui got straight to the point. He did not believe the other man had truly come just to chat.

"Let's just talk first. About your ideal... that is, having the Uchiha peacefully integrate into Konoha." Yamei stared at those Mangekyō Sharingan.

"After everything that's happened, do you still think it can succeed?"

"I believe I can succeed!" Shisui's face was full of determination. "As long as I can improve the conflict between the clan's upper ranks and the village, I can gradually change the Uchiha and eventually let them peacefully integrate into the village!"

"Pfft..."

Yamei could not help laughing. "Sorry, I usually don't laugh unless I really can't hold it in."

Shisui's expression darkened, but he said nothing. He knew Yamei was not finished.

Sure enough, after reining in his expression, Yamei pointed disdainfully at Shisui's eyes. "Change the conflict among the upper ranks? With those eyes of yours!?"

"Heh, I thought you were smart. Now it seems you're unbelievably stupid! Even a pig's brain works better than yours!"

The deeply humiliating words stunned Shisui, and his expression became even uglier.

"What? You can't even take that little bit of abuse? And you want the Uchiha to integrate into the village?" Yamei sneered. "You haven't even seen the essence of it. They've been playing you like a monkey."

"What do you think caused the conflict between the Uchiha and the village!?"

Shisui answered without hesitation, "The Nine-Tails incident."

"Idiot."

"You!!" Shisui angrily rose to his feet.

"Think carefully! Think about the Uchiha after the Second Hokage, then think about why the Konoha Military Police Force was established! Do you still think it began with the Nine-Tails' Power?"

"Besides... what could ordinary civilians possibly know about the Nine-Tails' Power?"

Shisui fell silent. He was not truly stupid; he simply did not want to deny the efforts he had made for so many years.

"Not saying anything? Unwilling to tear away that fig leaf? Then I'll say it!"

"You Uchiha! You were never accepted by the village from the very beginning!!"

"If you want the Uchiha to integrate into Konoha, there is only one path! That is the Uchiha Clan's annihilation!"

Boom!! The words exploded in Shisui's mind like thunder.

Had he never thought of it?

He had! But he had been unwilling to admit it!

And Yamei was the one who tore open that darkness!

Shisui's body suddenly went limp, and he dropped into his chair with a thud. His Mangekyō Sharingan deactivated.

He spoke weakly, "You said all that... just to shatter my resolve?"

"Tch, I'm not that bored." Yamei shrugged. "Besides, I don't believe a few words from me would make you give up."

Shisui suddenly smiled. He looked up at Yamei. "I truly don't want to give up."

Yamei nodded, his eyes abruptly turning profound. "I'm afraid I won't be able to obtain your life, but I want to make an agreement with you."

"An agreement?"

"Mm-hm. I think you might not live past the next six months! No, perhaps not even half a month!"

Yamei turned to stare into Shisui's eyes and said solemnly, "When you die, your life will end."

"But if you get a second life, then you will offer everything you have to me."

"I have no reason to offer everything to you," Shisui said softly.

"So... naturally, I'll help you with something too. For example... letting the Uchiha Clan leave behind a little bloodline?" Yamei smiled as he met his gaze.

Shisui's pupils suddenly contracted, and he fell completely silent.

Yamei did not urge him. He rose and patted Shisui on the shoulder. The scenery around them rapidly changed, eventually returning to the training ground.

"If you make up your mind, you can contact me. I'm a man who keeps his promises."

As he spoke, Yamei looked at the short blade in his hand, then raised his head to look at Shisui. "Ahem, well... it's not often I get an opponent. Want to spar with me?"

Shisui froze for a moment, then nodded. "All right, but no genjutsu."

"Sure!"

Yamei nodded. The two stood facing each other, each holding a short blade.

Whoosh!

In almost an instant, both figures vanished! When they reappeared, their short blades collided violently, sparks flying as they pulled apart!

Clang, clang, clang!

Kunai shot through the air! Short blades clashed, metal ringing without end!

"Yamei, be careful from here on!"

Shisui shouted, his eyes abruptly transforming into Three Tomoe. His figure split into two, then two became four...

"Bring it on!"

Yamei laughed loudly, and his figure likewise split into two, then two became four...

Shisui's entire body stiffened for a moment, his eyes widening like bells.