Huge clouds of gunpowder smoke and dust slowly spread and settled on the battlefield, and the pungent smell of explosions filled the air. After the aftermath of the explosion completely subsided, Shisui and his party returned to the center of the battlefield, which had become a mess.
Deidara jumped down from the giant clay bird, looked at the huge burnt black hole in front of him and the vaguely identifiable Scorpion's puppet body fragments scattered around, scratched his head uncertainly, and asked.
"Senior... that guy won't be killed just like that, right? Well... the person the leader is specifically looking for shouldn't be so weak... right?"
There was a hint of guilt in his tone after getting into trouble.
Shisui looked a little helpless when he saw the big noise made by Deidara, but still comforted him with a calm tone. "Calm down, Deidara. The opponent is Sasori of the Red Sand. I don't know what method he used to kill Third Kazekage. He shouldn't be that weak."
Moreover, at the moment before the explosion, Shisui's Sharingan captured the expression on the Scorpion Puppet's face that was not despair, but more solemn and... fanatical. Shisui's intuition told him that an attack of this level might not be enough to completely destroy the existence in front of him.
Shisui's judgment is confirmed.
When the diffuse smoke finally completely dissipated, revealing the scene in the center of the pothole, the scene in front of them made everyone present suddenly widen their eyes, and an indescribable strange feeling instantly seized them.
Obviously, the battle puppet "Scorpion's puppet body" that Scorpion Yu was hiding in had been completely destroyed in the violent explosion just now, and the fragments were scattered all over the ground. Scorpion's "true body" was once again exposed in front of everyone.
However, perhaps due to the impact of the explosion, all the clothes on his upper body were destroyed, completely exposing the "body" underneath...
That... is not a human body at all.
Although it maintains the contours and appearance of a human, the skin takes on an unnatural texture that resembles a special coating.
What's even more creepy is that the precise mechanical structures and rotating shafts are clearly visible at each joint of his body! And in the center of his chest, there was a strange cylindrical sunken structure.
"This guy...!" Deidara took a breath, with disbelief written all over his face, "He... did he actually transform himself into Human Puppet?!"
Even Deidara, who pursues "instant art" and is accustomed to explosions, felt a shudder run down his spine when he saw the scene of his body being transformed inhumanely before his eyes.
But at the same time, Scorpion's previous paranoid declaration that "there is no decay, eternal beauty is art" echoed in his mind again. In addition to the physiological aversion to cold, Deidara could not help but feel a trace of... admiration?
"Next, give me the battlefield." Shisui said calmly, taking a step forward, his eyes fixed on the Third Kazekage Puppet that had just been re-summoned by Scorpion, "I have some things that I need to ask this guy personally."
Xie's voice was filled with extreme impatience and cold murderous intent. "I'm completely fed up with you guys... Also, do you think you have the confidence to stand up to me on your own? You're really arrogant. And I'm not going to answer any of your questions."
Just when Scorpion raised his hand again, ready to control Third Kazekage Puppet to launch a new round of fierce attack——
Shisui's scarlet pair of Sharingan suddenly changed! The original Three Tomoe pattern rapidly rotated, twisted, and deformed, and finally turned into a more complex Shuriken-like pattern that contained unknown power - Mangekyo Sharingan!
The moment Scorpion looked into [the eyes], the indifference he had maintained was finally broken, and he showed a horrified expression! As a descendant of Sand Village's top executives, he has heard about the power represented by these eyes!
"[Amaterasu]."
Tsk——!
Without any warning, a jet-black flame suddenly ignited on Scorpion's extremely precious Third Kazekage Human Puppet out of thin air!
This flame exudes an ominous aura, and... cannot be extinguished!
That's right, Shisui has been re-ported to Mangekyo Sharingan. After experiencing painful struggles and choices, he finally chose to use those eyes... of the person who disappointed him so much, but who he couldn't really hate anyway.
Itachi Uchiha... No, it should be called Uchiha Yū now.
He cannot hate the sin she committed, so Shisui believes that he is not qualified to use Mangekyo Sharingan of Fugaku and Mikoto. He Yan Menma came up with his own answer,
He wants to use Yuzu's eyes to complete the road to peace.This way is a disguised form of atonement for the sins Yuzu committed.
The reason why this dangerous Dojutsu was not used at the beginning was precisely because of the characteristics of [Amaterasu] - this black flame will never go out unless it burns the target to ashes.
Even if Shisui is not Sunagakure, he believes that the body and dignity of a "shadow" should no longer suffer such taint and destruction.
"What?! What kind of flame is this?!" Xie was horrified to find that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't extinguish the black flame like a gangrene attached to the bone! Third Kazekage Puppet struggled in vain in the flames. He quickly activated the mechanism of a scroll behind him and tried to extinguish the fire by ejecting precisely controlled water flow from the pipes in his palm through chakra transmission - in vain! Tried mulching with sand - still doesn't work!
Seeing that the terrifying black flame was about to burn him along the Chakra Threads, Xie made a quick decision and suddenly disconnected all the Chakra Threads connected to Third Kazekage Puppet! He could only watch helplessly as his most proud trump card and strongest collection gradually twisted, deformed, and finally turned into a puddle of ashes in the silently burning black flames!
Heartache swept through Scorpio.
Shisui looked at Xizhi, whose face was so gloomy that he was about to drip with water, and spoke again.
"Give up your resistance, you are definitely no match for me."
He asked slowly, his eyes seeming to see through the twisted heart beneath the puppet's shell. "Now, I only ask you one question - Sasori of the Red Sand, at this step today, do you still have room to turn back?"
(Sorry for the one-day pause... I promise that this will be the last time I will be lazy except for being sick)