Shisui's Death

Seeing that Gray looked relaxed.

Yugao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Gray, Uchiha Shisui came by earlier. He said Shimura Danzō wanted to see him, so he came to let you know."

Yugao suddenly remembered something and hurriedly told him.

She had been so worried about Gray that she'd forgotten about it.

"Shisui left in a hurry. Do you think something happened?"

Yugao thought back to the look on Shisui's face.

When he mentioned Gray, Shisui had seemed to regard him with a kind of respect, as if he had something he wanted to report to Gray.

Yugao found the thought absurd.

This was Body Flicker Shisui.

He'd made a name for himself in the Third Shinobi World War. How could he be acting like a subordinate who took orders from Gray?

I must have imagined it.

"What!?"

Gray's eyes widened.

Damn it!

Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan at the age of eleven, which meant Shisui's death was still a whole year away.

But now Danzō had summoned Shisui to meet him early!

The story had changed because of Gray's presence after all.

"Yugao, I have something very important to take care of. Go home first!"

With that, Gray turned and left.

Gray hadn't expected things to move so quickly. Danzō was going after Shisui two years ahead of schedule.

Seeing the stern look on Gray's face, Yugao immediately realized something was wrong.

She gazed at him anxiously. "Do you need my help? I can come with you."

"No. You shouldn't get mixed up in this."

Gray replied without hesitation.

No matter how close he and Yugao were, she was still a member of the Hokage's Anbu.

They could be a couple, but Yugao absolutely couldn't openly oppose Leaf's leadership.

More importantly, he didn't want her risking her life for him.

"Gray, is something wrong with Shisui?"

Itachi had just gone to see Shisui, but he hadn't been home.

He'd assumed Shisui had come to visit Gray, but then he'd overheard their conversation.

Gray looked at Itachi gravely. "Yes. Unless something unexpected happened, Shisui's in trouble."

In the original story, Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan because of Shisui's death.

But the Itachi before him had only a Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

Going straight from a Two-Tomoe Sharingan to a Mangekyō Sharingan took more than talent. It also took luck.

In the Naruto world, aside from Indra, only Obito—whose body had been infused with Senju Hashirama's cells—had evolved from a Two-Tomoe Sharingan to a Mangekyō Sharingan.

At its core, the Sage Body could accelerate the Sharingan's evolution.

"Shisui's in trouble!?"

Itachi's pupils shrank. He gasped, his face instantly filling with worry.

"Gray, I'm coming with you!"

Itachi's expression was resolute, and his Two-Tomoe Sharingan appeared.

He believed Gray could solve the problem, but he didn't want to stand by and do nothing!

"Okay!"

Gray didn't refuse.

Itachi wasn't Sasuke.

He was far more mature than Sasuke had been as a child, and he had a mind of his own.

The best way to help Itachi grow was to tell him everything and let him take part.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"

The air whistled as the two rushed away.

Not long after,

Gray saw a crow flying through the sky, and his expression changed.

In the original story, Shisui had sent a crow to notify Itachi only after he'd been driven to the brink and was about to jump off a cliff.

The moment it spotted Gray and Itachi, the crow swooped down.

It led the way!

"Search everywhere! I want him alive or dead!"

Shimura Danzō held a scarlet Sharingan in his hand, his voice cold and ruthless.

Shisui had Kotoamatsukami. A terrifying jutsu like that meant Danzō needed to get his hands on both eyes!

Only then could he become Hokage without anything standing in his way!

Shisui was barely clinging to life as he fled in a wretched state.

Danzō's attack had been laced with poison. Shisui could feel his breathing growing weaker by the second.

Damn it!

Gray had warned him from the very beginning.

Why hadn't he taken it seriously?

He didn't care about the pain of losing an eye. His gaze was full of anguish.

He hadn't thought Danzō could really be such a person.

He'd already seen through Danzō's true nature, but only now, faced with the truth, did he truly lose all hope in Leaf.

"I can't believe that after all these years of loyalty to Leaf, both the Third and the leader of Root are nothing but selfish men."

Shisui gave a bitter laugh.

At that moment, he felt as if his heart had died. He had no expectations of Leaf anymore.

Just then, he saw two figures rushing toward him. With his one remaining Sharingan, he could clearly make out Gray and Itachi.

"Danzō, you bastard! You're asking for it!"

Gray's face darkened as brilliant golden light blazed around him.

The moment he saw Shisui, he realized that the warm smile he'd always worn was gone.

Instead, Shisui's gaze was dim, as if he'd lost all hope.

The most terrifying thing wasn't failure. It was losing hope; once that happened, a person was no different from a walking corpse.

That was Shisui now, without a doubt.

Leaf, the village he'd trusted and been loyal to for so long, was going to kill him and take his eyes simply because it feared him.

What was there to remain loyal to?

Shisui had already made up his mind to die!

"Shisui, you can't kill yourself! Don't you remember our dream? We wanted to end the hatred between the Uchiha Clan and Leaf!"

Itachi's face was stricken with grief. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

To him, Shisui had always been a powerful, kind, and composed ninja.

But the Shisui standing before him now seemed like a soulless puppet.

Shisui gave them one last warm smile, tinged with bitterness and despair. "I understand what you mean, Gray, Itachi. I'm just tired. I'll leave the Uchiha Clan to you."

Shisui put his fingers to his last remaining eye and ripped it out without hesitation, placing it in Gray's hand.

Then he turned and leaped into the waterfall plunging down into the abyss!

"Shisui!"

Itachi could no longer contain himself. He cried out in anguish.

Shisui had guided and helped him since he was a child!

The two tomoe in his Sharingan spun wildly, and it evolved into a Three-Tomoe Sharingan before beginning to transform into a Mangekyō Sharingan.

Soon,

the Three-Tomoe Sharingan's rotation gradually slowed.

Going from a Two-Tomoe Sharingan straight to a Mangekyō Sharingan had been too much after all.

"System, give Itachi my Sage Body cells!"

Gray watched Shisui disappear into the waterfall and gave the order.

At the same time, he activated both his Sage Body and Sage Mode senses.

Shisui's figure in the waterfall shone like a beacon.

Itachi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan, which had been about to stop spinning, began whirling wildly again, transforming into a triangular-patterned Mangekyō Sharingan.

Gray no longer paid attention to Itachi and turned toward the waterfall.

Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

As for Shisui—

Who gave you permission to die without my say-so!?