"Yes, I kept my promise. Now, this guy can be killed or chopped into pieces as you wish."
Outside Konoha Village, in the middle of a forest that had just experienced a fierce battle and was completely razed to the ground. Menma and Shisui found the black-haired girl who was still unconscious and lying on the broken earth - Itachi Uchiha.
The scene around me was shocking. Huge paw print pits, evaporated land, charred wood and molten rocks scattered everywhere... The air is still filled with the pungent burnt smell and the violent chakra scent that once dissipated.
Was it done by Nine-Tails Jinchuriki... It was able to destroy the battlefield to such an extent... And, in that violent state, it actually deliberately spared Itachi's life?
But this thought only flashed through Shisui's mind. At this moment, Shisui has no extra energy to delve into Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's abnormal behavior.
All his attention has been attracted by the unconscious girl on the ground. He slowly stepped forward, squatted down, and stared complicatedly at Itachi Uchiha's pale and haggard face.
It can be said that in Shisui's life so far, his mood has never been as complicated as it is now.
Not long ago, at the moment when he decided to jump off Naka River to die, he unreservedly entrusted all his hopes, all trust, and the future of Konoha and Uchiha to the man in front of him.
He firmly believed that Itachi could understand his will and find the thorny road leading to the light in the darkness.
However... how did he feel when he heard the cold and bloody "genocide" plan proposed by Itachi himself?
Is it the sting of betrayal? Is it the deep disappointment of frustrated expectations? Or is it anger at those extremely cruel methods?
Perhaps... there is a trace of "hating iron that cannot be transformed into steel" that even he himself is unwilling to admit. He hated her for choosing the most extreme and thorough way so easily and failing to live up to his expectations.
But at this moment, looking at the scarred and unconscious girl in front of him, those intense emotions gradually subsided. What replaced it was a deeper, more bitter reflection.
At this time, Menma moved his eyes away from the unconscious Itachi and turned to Shisui, who was silent next to him. "I remember... your other eye should still be on her body, right? I need to get it back now... This process may be accompanied by some unpredictable reactions. I hope you can understand."
In fact, Menma also felt a little unsure. The principle of [Crazy Diamond]'s ability is "restoration", which restores objects or bodies to their proper, or "original" state as perceived by the user.
But in this situation... Shisui now has a Three Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye socket. Should this be regarded as a "lost part" or a "transplanted foreign body"?
Just like a person who has lost his leg and is equipped with a prosthetic limb, will the power of [Crazy Diamond] restore his original leg of flesh and blood, or will it "restore" the prosthetic limb to be stronger? This was also his first attempt at a situation involving the attribution and transplantation of body parts.
But no matter what the outcome is and how great the uncertainty is, the Mangekyō Sharingan that contains the power of [Kotoamatsukami] must not remain in Itachi Uchiha. Menma Must give it a try.
Shisui immediately understood Menma's intention. Although recalling the weird scene of Danzo's eyeball flying out by itself still made him shudder, he knew that he could no longer let Itachi possess the eye that could silently change the will of others.
That power was too dangerous, both for Itachi himself and the entire situation.
He didn't hesitate at all, and Zheng Yu nodded, indicating that he fully understood and accepted any excuses. Then, he raised his hand and slowly took off the Fox Mask on his face, revealing his delicate but tired face.
Immediately afterwards, under Menma's slightly horrified gaze, Shisui moved surprisingly fast - he stretched out his finger and probed his right eye accurately and quickly.
Menma can even hear an extremely subtle, tooth-aching sticky sound.
The next moment, Shisui, without changing his expression, forcibly took out the Three Tomoe Sharingan that he had just put on and was still functioning normally, directly from the eye socket! Bright red blood slowly seeped out from the empty eye sockets in an instant.
There was no hesitation or trembling in the whole process.
Menma began to complain crazily in his heart.
No... although I did complain before that your Uchiha Clan and Sharingan are as plug-and-play as a USB flash drive... But aren't you a little too skilled in picking eyeballs with bare hands without changing your expression?!
Is it true that there are no pain-sensing nerves in this area?!
Although Uchiha Clan felt extremely speechless and even a little angry about the "traditional art" of picking off eyeballs with bare hands, Menma knew very well that he must not show any abnormal emotions at this moment.
He could only maintain the surface silence and calmness, focusing his thoughts on the substitute.
As he thought, the azure blue substitute that only he could see - [Crazy Diamond], slowly put his palm containing the power of "restoration" gently on the shoulders of Shisui.
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An invisible Spiritual Energy wave centered on the stand's palm, rippling quietly.
Immediately from the horizon in the distance came bursts of unnatural, forcefully pulled Crow cries, which quickly became clearer from far to near.
Menma glanced at the Three Tomoe Sharingan that was held in Shisui's hand without any change, and felt a little calmer.
It seems that the "recovery" priority of [Crazy Diamond] is to identify it as a "foreign object that does not belong to Shisui's body", so the power is directly used to find and recall the "original" and "lost" Mangekyō Sharingan. That's cool. This makes things simple.
When Crow, who was dragged from a distant psychic node by an invisible force and looked a little panicked, flapped its wings and flew closer, Menma stopped the output of its ability in a timely manner.
He reached out his hand and accurately grasped the neck of this special Crow, controlling it.
Shisui felt that the strange pulling feeling in his body disappeared. He silently, and once again used the skillful movement that made Menma's eyelids twitch, put the still warm and blood-stained Three Tomoe Sharingan in his hand back into his empty eye socket, and gently turned it a few times to adapt to the position.
Menma. "..."
In my heart, I gave up complaining and chose to accept it numbly.
Just as Menma was holding the struggling Crow, thinking about how to safely remove the Mangekyō Sharingan sealed in its body——
Shisui on the side moved again. In the eyes he had just replaced, Three Tomoe slowly rotated, and a subtle Dojutsu fluctuation instantly enveloped the Crow.
The next moment, something strange happened. The entire body of Crow began to twist and dissipate like smoke, and finally turned into countless floating black feathers.
In the center of the dissipation, a slowly floating Mangekyō Sharingan with strange scarlet lines was quietly suspended in mid-air - it was the eye that contained the power of [Kotoamatsukami] and originally belonged to Shisui.
"Place her in an absolutely safe place and imprison her? I understand."
In the end, this is the first and safest decision that Shisui can make after going through inner struggle and weighing.
He planned to completely seal Itachi's chakra first, depriving her of the dangerous source of power - Mangekyō Sharingan, and then secretly imprison her in a safe place for a long period of imprisonment and reflection.
"Well..."
Shisui's tone was extremely heavy, with deep self-blame, "I also have a sin that I cannot shirk in this incident. It was me who imposed overly heavy expectations and guidance that might lead to a wrong path without authorization... Before this sin is completely atonement, I will... go to the atonement with her..."
Menma had no objection to this and just nodded slightly. This kind of handling method with the meaning of repentance and redemption was completely within his expectation.
On the contrary, it would be surprising and strange if Shisui, out of extreme disappointment and anger, directly demanded the execution of Itachi Uchiha.
Then, Menma leaned down and took off the Mangekyō Sharingan from Itachi's eyes, which contained powerful power but also brought endless pain. The eyeballs were covered with bloodshot eyes. It was obvious that the continuous use of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and other high-load Dojutsu tonight had caused great burden and damage to the eyes that had just awakened.
Just when Menma was about to summon [Golden Experience] to recreate a pair of ordinary eyes for Itachi's empty eye sockets, Shisui stretched out his hand and gently stopped him.
"Chief..." Shisui's voice was a little dry, and his complex eyes fell on Itachi's face that had lost its vitality and looked particularly fragile, "Are you planning to... use that life-giving ability to create another pair of eyes for her?"
Menma nodded, confirming his guess.
"... No," Shisui was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head with difficulty, "Let's... keep it like this for now. The mistakes Itachi... committed need corresponding punishment... maybe... temporarily invisible, it is a... necessary punishment for her and everyone. Let's leave it like this."
Making this decision obviously caused Shisui to suffer in his heart, but in the end he insisted on this painful "justice".
He hoped that in this way, Itachi could truly experience the feeling of losing her power and the heavy consequences of what she had done.
Menma took a deep look at Shisui and understood his decision in this complicated state of mind. He didn't insist anymore, just nodded again and withdrew the hand that was preparing to activate the ability.
"Let's go."
Shisui bent down and carefully lifted the unconscious black-haired girl on his shoulders. Menma put a hand on Shisui and Itachi's shoulders.
The next moment, Flying Thunder God Formula's faint blue light flashed slightly, completely wrapping the three people's figures. The light suddenly brightened and then went out, leaving only emptiness and silence.