Twin Comma Sharingan

Watching Nohara Shin's expression gradually go blank, Uchiha Matsuri felt an extreme surge of fury and heartbreak. In an instant, he felt as if a raging fire were burning within his body, slowly consuming his weakened frame.

"Rasa of the Sand Waterfall, I will have your life!"

Uchiha Matsuri gritted his teeth and shouted.

Suddenly, Uchiha Matsuri's eyes began to ache with abnormal intensity, and his originally black pupils transformed into a terrifying blood-red. The sensation of his eyeballs swelling made him wonder if all the blood in his body had surged into his eyes at once.

"Ah! My eyes!" Uchiha Matsuri clutched his face and screamed in agony.

Just a moment ago, Uchiha Matsuri's eyes had felt as if they were being pierced by dozens of fine needles; the violent pain forced him to cry out.

"Matsuri, are you alright?" Kushina Uzumaki, standing nearby, had been terrified by his actions. Seeing him gradually calm down, she asked in a timid voice.

"I'm fine. I'm perfectly fine." After a long while, Uchiha Matsuri, now quiet, said coldly.

As he slowly opened his eyes, Kushina Uzumaki was astonished to see that the tomoe in Uchiha Matsuri's blood-red eyes had evolved from a single tomoe to two.

"Your eyes..." Kushina Uzumaki couldn't suppress her shock and gasped.

"Is this the two-tomoe Sharingan?" Uchiha Matsuri responded with disdain. "Heh, it seems the evolution of the Sharingan truly requires the death of one's closest kin."

Changing the subject, Uchiha Matsuri looked at the corpse of Nohara Shin lying nearby. Clenching his fists, he declared with resounding conviction: "Rasa of the Sand Waterfall, Sunagakure—this debt, I will repay it twofold in the future!"

In the empty valley, the clamor of war had long since faded. The morning sun peeked over the horizon, gradually dispersing the haze that lingered over the surface. On the battlefield, only the silently weeping Kushina Uzumaki remained, alongside Uchiha Matsuri, who stood with clenched fists, holding Nohara Shin's body, which had long since lost its warmth, unwilling to let go.

An hour later, Minato Namikaze returned to the spot with a heavily wounded Kato Dan.

Seeing the weeping Kushina Uzumaki, the somber-faced Uchiha Matsuri, and Nohara Shin lying motionless in his arms, the two men immediately understood everything.

Without a word, Minato Namikaze walked silently to Kushina Uzumaki's side. She merely lifted her already red and swollen eyes to glance at him.

"My condolences." Kato Dan stumbled over to Uchiha Matsuri and offered a word of comfort to the grieving boy.

The year spent in the same squad as Nohara Shin could be called the happiest year of Uchiha Matsuri's life. Because of this, he had always regarded the cheerful and optimistic Nohara Shin as his best friend. However, fate was cruel; Nohara Shin's premature death shattered the once-united and ambitious team. The Team 6 that had once been filled with laughter and joy no longer existed.

On the journey back, everyone remained silent. Seeing the three members of Team 6 so dejected, Minato Namikaze chose to remain silent as well, understanding the mood without needing words.

A few days later.

The three members of Team 6 and the four from Team 5 carried Nohara Shin's remains back to Konoha. Hearing the news, Nohara Shin's mother rushed over, collapsing in wailing grief before his body, fainting several times.

Witnessing this scene, Uchiha Matsuri and the others naturally felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

Uchiha Matsuri felt a sense of guilt regarding Nohara Shin's death. If he had noticed Rasa's sneak attack at the time, perhaps Nohara Shin would not have perished under the shuriken.

As a ninja capable of medical ninjutsu, he had watched his comrade die while being unable to do anything. This was a pain that could only be understood by experiencing it firsthand.

Before long, Lady Tsunade hurried over from the direction of Konoha Hospital. Seeing Kato Dan being supported by Uchiha Matsuri, she ran toward him.

Looking at the haggard Tsunade with dark circles under her eyes, Uchiha Matsuri could easily imagine how she had spent the last few days—unable to eat or sleep, waiting in anxious agony after learning that Kato Dan's life was in danger.

"Dan, are you alright?" Seeing Kato Dan covered in countless wounds and needing support to walk, Tsunade asked with anxious concern.

"I'm fine, I'm doing great! I even fought over a dozen Sand ninja by myself earlier!" Kato Dan smiled, speaking with a proud and dismissive tone.

Though he claimed to be fine, anyone could see that he was intentionally acting relaxed so as not to worry Tsunade.

"You fool, if you couldn't beat them, you should have run! How did you get so badly hurt?" Tsunade didn't believe him, her voice filled with heartache.

"Hahaha, it's nothing! Look, I came back alive, didn't I? Besides, I, Kato Dan, am blessed with good fortune; how could I die at the hands of a few measly Sand ninja?" He reached out to wipe the tears from the corner of Tsunade's eyes.

"I was worried about you! Promise me, don't ever be this stupid again!" Tsunade looked at him earnestly, waiting for a response.

"Alright, alright, I hear you. I won't do it again. But look at you—you've changed so much in just a few days, you've become so haggard. Get some rest..."

I never expected that the domineering, cold Tsunade from the original story would have such a delicate, gentle side when she was young.

Watching the two of them unabashedly "flaunting their affection," Uchiha Matsuri couldn't help but grumble to himself.

Seeing them still fussing over each other, Uchiha Matsuri gave a light cough. "Lady Tsunade, Senior Dan has suffered such severe injuries; we should get him to the hospital immediately."

"Oh, right. Dan, let's get to the hospital to treat those wounds." Tsunade said softly.

"Alright."

After helping Kato Dan to Konoha Hospital, Uchiha Matsuri took his leave. He had no desire to play the role of a third wheel.

Because Kato Dan's injuries were relatively serious, the task of reporting the mission fell to Uchiha Matsuri. After hearing the report, the Third Hokage offered some perfunctory words of comfort and praised the "sacrificial" spirit of Nohara Shin and Team 6 for giving their lives to complete the mission.

Having grown accustomed to such bureaucratic platitudes in his previous life, Uchiha Matsuri did not show any disgust, instead playing along with the "performance." It wasn't until he walked out of the Hokage Office that he allowed his natural expression to return.

Nohara Shin's remains were interred in the special cemetery for Konoha's fallen soldiers, and his name was carved onto the Memorial Stone that recorded the final glory of the departed.