Uchiha Shisui died in the end.
He did it to prevent a coup by the Uchiha and the civil war that would follow, and also to help Uchiha Itachi awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
He spread his arms wide, smiled, and fell backward off the cliff, meeting his death without fear.
At the very moment Shisui died,
Two trails of blood slid from the corners of Uchiha Itachi's eyes. His Three-Tomoe spun rapidly, transforming into a pinwheel.
He had successfully awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Meanwhile, Chiya, who had been waiting below, immediately stored Shisui's body in the System Inventory.
[Ding! A special-bloodline organism has been detected in the System Inventory. Extract it?]
"Extract it?" Chiya stared blankly. "Are you sure you don't mean fuse?"
[Ding! The host may choose to fuse it instead.]
"Then extract it."
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained a sample of Uchiha Clan bloodline. It has been automatically stored in the System Inventory. Would you like to consume it?]
"Consume it."
[Ding! Consumption successful. Congratulations, host—you have obtained the Uchiha bloodline!] [Ding! A Sharingan has been detected in the System Inventory. Would you like to consume it?]
"Consume it." Now that he had the Uchiha bloodline, he no longer had to worry about being unable to deactivate his Sharingan.
[Ding! Consumption successful. Congratulations, host—you have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in your right eye.]
Chiya walked to the river and looked at his reflection in the water. He couldn't help muttering, "Just one eye. So ugly."
Without First Hokage Cells, using the Mangekyō too much came with the risk of going blind.
The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, however, didn't carry that risk. All he needed was to find another Mangekyō wielder and consume their Sharingan and bloodline. That would break the restriction that only blood relatives could fuse their eyes and let him awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
But until then, Chiya had no intention of using this ability.
He had no desire to become a one-eyed man.
He quickly deactivated the eye. "System, open my personal panel."
[Ding! Opening the Lolicon Panel.] [Host: Fujiwara Chiya Gender: Male Age: 11 Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan Chakra Natures: Fire, Lightning, Earth, Yin, Yang Chakra Reserves: 30 cards Secret Art: Heavenly Steel Art (reached the fourth level; comes with Body Protection Qi and a Flash skill) Ninjutsu: Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique, Shadow Clone Technique, Three Basic Techniques, Body Flicker Technique, Summoning Technique Summoned Beast: Crow Genjutsu: Kyoka Suigetsu (an enemy need only see its Shikai once; it works directly on the soul without disrupting chakra, controlling the five senses, spiritual perception, and more. It can even control chakra perception in the Naruto world), Kotoamatsukami, Genjutsu: Sharingan Taijutsu: Konoha Basic Taijutsu, techniques included with the Heavenly Steel Art, Uchiha Style Shuriken Throwing, Kunai Throwing Chakra Nature Transformations: Fire, Lightning, Earth Inventory: Zanpakuto Kyoka Suigetsu, Uchiha Shisui (deceased), Kunai ×15, Shuriken ×11, assorted clothing, Space Storage Scroll, Substitution Log ×9 ]
"I inherited both his genjutsu and summoned beast, and the body's still perfectly intact." Chiya murmured, then turned to look downstream along the Naka River. A figure was racing toward him. "Is Uchiha Itachi here? In that case, I'll leave this Kotoamatsukami eye with you for now."
With that, Chiya took Shisui's body out of the System Inventory and returned it to its original place. He carefully erased every trace before vanishing from the area in a flash.
Chiya planned to retrieve the eye during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
By then, Obito's Mangekyō and bloodline would be his third target.
As for the second, that would naturally be Uchiha Fugaku.
Meanwhile,
At the Root Division base,
After returning to base, Danzo could no longer endure the pain of his severed arm and torn soul. He immediately called for a medical ninja to repair his left arm.
"Ah! Hurry up! Is it done yet?" Danzo urged them over and over, roaring in pain.
He didn't yet know that the soul in his left arm had been severed. All he could feel was a deep, piercing pain at the wound, one that nearly made him pass out.
"Lord Danzo, it's done." The medical ninja wiped away his cold sweat. Reattaching a severed arm was a delicate procedure.
It took an extremely advanced level of Medical Ninjutsu to pull it off.
Fortunately, the one who had cut off the arm was skilled with a blade, and the cut was perfectly smooth. Otherwise, even with his Medical Ninjutsu, the medical ninja would have struggled to reattach it.
But before he could catch his breath, the left arm—which had seemed fine just moments earlier—began to necrotize before their eyes, withering until it was lifeless as a corpse.
It was just like Orochimaru's hands after the Third Hokage sealed them during the Konoha Crush Plan in the original story.
"What the hell is going on?" Danzo roared.
The medical ninja had never encountered anything like this. He was so terrified he could barely get his words out. "Lord Danzo, I reconnected all the muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves, and other tissues. This is the first time I've ever seen anything like it."
"Then hurry up and investigate!" Danzo snapped impatiently.
"Yes, Lord Danzo." The medical ninja looked as if he'd been granted a pardon and hurried out of the treatment room.
Feeling the agony in his left arm, Danzo gritted his teeth, his expression shifting uncertainly.
He didn't doubt the medical ninja's words. Every ninja in Root had been branded with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, making betrayal impossible.
That meant the problem could only have been caused by the person who had cut off his arm.
But who was that person?
Not only did they possess a Body Flicker faster than Shisui's, they had also inflicted such irreversible damage on him.
Could it have been the person who controlled the Nine-Tails six years ago?
It was possible.
The more Danzo thought about it, the more alarmed he became.
If that were true, it would be terrifying.
If Shisui's eye fell into the hands of someone like that, it would be a disaster for Konoha, no less catastrophic than the Nine-Tails Incident.
"No. I'm the root of Konoha. I can't just sit back and do nothing." With that thought, Danzo turned to the Root ninja beside him. "Where is Orochimaru now?"
"Lord Danzo, Orochimaru has rarely contacted us since defecting. We've heard he joined a mysterious organization, but we still don't know where he is." The Root ninja answered.
"Useless. You're all useless!" Danzo ground his teeth in fury, his face livid. "Go. Find Orochimaru at any cost. And send people to keep a close eye on the Uchiha Clan. Report to me immediately if anything happens."
Since losing the Hokage Position, Danzo had never suffered such a major setback.
Not only had he lost the Mangekyō that was already within his grasp, he had also lost his left arm.
He blamed the Uchiha for all of it.
Orochimaru was a genius capable of doing everything. He had helped Danzo transplant the right arm containing First Hokage Cells.
With him on the case, there was a chance he could find a solution.
"Yes." The Root ninja replied respectfully, then vanished from the room.
Elsewhere, in the Hokage's office,
It was late at night, but Sarutobi Hiruzen was still puffing away on his pipe, waiting to hear how the Uchiha gathering had gone.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had an uncanny grasp of people's hearts.
That went for both the Uchiha and Danzo.
In truth, he wasn't worried the Uchiha would cause any trouble.
He knew Uchiha Fugaku all too well.
Fugaku always hesitated and overthought things. When it came to dealing with others, he was even more timid than Sarutobi Hiruzen himself.
Even if Shisui hadn't used Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku during this gathering, losing Uchiha Shisui as a key fighter would be enough to make the coup fizzle out.
What he truly wanted to hear was that Shisui was dead.
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