Kotoamatsukami

[The Will of Fire in Itachi Uchiha's heart has been extinguished. The host has replaced the Will of Fire and become the sun in Itachi Uchiha's heart. System reward: Divine Artifact—Yata Mirror]

"The Yata Mirror? That originally belonged to Itachi."

The Yata Mirror was one of the Three Sacred Treasures, as renowned as the Kusanagi Sword and the Yasakani Magatama. It was said to be the spirit of the sun goddess Amaterasu from mythology, able to reflect the human heart and foretell life, death, fortune, and misfortune.

What Shisui knew, however, was that it could block and reflect attacks of any kind.

In his previous life, when Itachi Uchiha's Susanoo reached its third form, it equipped the Yata Mirror on its left hand as a defensive weapon, blocking the White Phosphorus Snake's attack.

"Whatever. I'll find a chance to make it up to Itachi later."

Shisui urgently needed to increase his strength so he could deal with his old nemesis, Shimura Danzō.

"Then I'll equip Susanoo with it first."

With a thought from Shisui, a gigantic Yata Mirror appeared in Susanoo's left hand.

With the Yata Mirror in its left hand, the Spiral Sword in its right, and attacks like Susanoo: Ninety-Nine Style hidden within its chest armor, Shisui's Susanoo was practically a fortress of war.

"Just as expected of the wicked Uchiha—you've even abandoned the Will of Fire. Don't worry. Neither of you is leaving here today."

With the seal undone, Shimura Danzō was brimming with confidence.

"So you're Shisui Uchiha? Let your grandfather, Kagami Uchiha, watch as I kill you."

"What?!"

In the village, the circumstances surrounding Kagami Uchiha's death had never been made public.

The Uchiha Clan had only been told that he died while carrying out a secret mission. They hadn't even found his body, let alone Kagami Uchiha's Sharingan.

But Danzō had mentioned Kagami's eye. Could it be...?

"This eye is what I took from Kagami Uchiha."

Danzō pointed to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye socket.

"Now I'll use it to defeat you."

A Three-Tomoe Sharingan against a Mangekyō Sharingan sounded like a joke, but Shisui knew that Danzō had far more up his sleeve.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave."

Danzō struck first, full of confidence. A razor-sharp blade of wind sliced toward Susanoo's waist.

"Yata Mirror."

The dark green Susanoo held the Yata Mirror in front of itself to block Danzō's Vacuum Wave.

When the Vacuum Wave hit the Yata Mirror, the destruction Danzō had imagined never came.

Instead, the wind blade was drawn in by some kind of force and absorbed by the Yata Mirror.

"Vacuum Wave." At Shisui's command, Danzō's jutsu was reflected back at him in full.

"Ah!" Caught off guard, Danzō was sliced in half at the waist by his own jutsu.

"Did we kill him?"

Seeing Danzō's upper and lower halves separated, Itachi thought they had defeated him. Then Danzō's corpse blurred, and a whole, unharmed Danzō appeared where it had been.

"That strange thing can absorb and reflect jutsu? Is that one of Susanoo's abilities?"

"But why didn't he use it before? Why only now?"

According to the information Danzō had gathered, Susanoo didn't seem to have any such ability.

"Never mind. I've still got four eyes. That should be enough."

Danzō glanced regretfully at the Sharingan that had already closed in his palm. Even with all his power and resources, he had only managed to collect five Three-Tomoe Sharingan over the years.

"Why didn't he die? Did he come back to life?" Itachi had witnessed too many events that overturned his understanding that day.

"That's one of our Uchiha Clan's forbidden techniques: Izanagi."

"A Sharingan wielder who uses Izanagi can turn anything that happens to them within a certain period into something that never happened, while making only what benefits them into reality. How long it lasts depends on the user's ability, but afterward, the Sharingan used to cast it will inevitably go blind. While it's active, even death can be rewritten. It's a terrifying ocular jutsu that can make the user invincible."

"So he has four more chances."

Although Shisui had exposed his secret, Danzō showed not the slightest trace of panic.

That was because he had noticed blood starting to trickle from Shisui's eye sockets, and both eyes were bloodshot.

"Your eyes probably won't hold out much longer."

Danzō was right. Maintaining Susanoo's third form for so long had placed an enormous strain on Shisui's Mangekyō.

What was more, Shisui had withstood the Root Division members' assault. The ocular power of his Mangekyō Sharingan was already severely depleted.

It was only because Shisui had awakened his Mangekyō recently, and his eyes hadn't seen much use yet, that they could withstand such a strain.

"Brother Shisui, your eyes..."

Itachi Uchiha looked at Shisui with concern. "It's all my fault for being too weak..."

"It's all right, Itachi. I'll take care of this. Don't worry." Shisui patted Itachi's head to comfort him.

Then Shisui stared straight at Shimura Danzō. "Let's find out, then. Let's see who falls first."

"Heh." Danzō bit his finger, formed Hand Seals, and slapped his palm against the ground.

"Summoning Technique: Baku."

"Roar~"

The Baku Danzō summoned was just as large as Shisui's third-form Susanoo. As soon as it appeared, it taunted Susanoo.

"Baku, use Wind Release."

At Danzō's command, Baku opened its mouth. A terrifying suction force spread out from it, pulling the surrounding trees, earth, and stones toward its jaws.

Though Baku couldn't suck Susanoo into its mouth, the terrifying suction force restricted Shisui's movements, trapping Susanoo in place.

Danzō himself had circled around behind Shisui, to the place where Susanoo's defenses were weakest.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave."

This time, the Yata Mirror wasn't there to block Danzō's attack. And with Susanoo's defenses weakest here, Danzō had a chance of succeeding.

"Zzzzzzz..."

The wind blade sliced into Susanoo's defenses, making a piercing sound. But this time, Danzō wasn't disappointed. After breaking through Susanoo's defenses, it sliced Shisui and Itachi Uchiha in half.

"I hit them!"

Shimura Danzō clenched his fist in excitement. He was about to obtain Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.

After witnessing Susanoo's power, Danzō was confident that he could use the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities to make another bid for the Hokage Position.

But not a drop of blood came from the bodies of Shisui and Itachi in front of him, and both of them slowly began to disappear.

"No, could this be a genjutsu?!"

Just as Danzō realized something was wrong, he saw the surroundings shifting around him.

When he opened his eyes again, he was still standing in the same place. There was no Baku, he hadn't used the Summoning Technique, and even Susanoo had vanished. Shisui's kunai, however, was already pressed against his neck.

"Damn it, I really did fall for a genjutsu. When did he cast it?"

Danzō came to his senses and prepared to activate Izanagi, but this time, Shisui gave him no chance.

"Genjutsu: Kotoamatsukami."

As Shisui unleashed the power of his Mangekyō, the same Mangekyō pattern appeared in Shimura Danzō's eyes.

At the same time, Shisui's will poured through Danzō's eyes and into his mind, and Shisui glimpsed every secret in Danzō's memories.

Kotoamatsukami took effect almost instantly. A moment later, Danzō stared blankly at Shisui and stammered, "M-Master..."