I Have a Small Grilled Sausage

"What was that feeling just now?"

Uchiha Itachi frowned and murmured softly.

"I could tell I didn't have the potential to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan just now. But Gray had passed a gentle power into me."

Uchiha Itachi was incredulous.

He had read about it in books.

Awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan in the Uchiha Clan was extremely difficult.

It was a legendary eye.

Before this, only their ancestor, Uchiha Madara, had awakened it.

He himself had originally been unable to awaken these eyes.

But with Uchiha Gray's help, he had successfully transformed and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan!

"Is he really that powerful?"

Gray actually possessed such terrifying power.

He could help members of the Uchiha Clan awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Itachi couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.

He had already thought he'd been giving Gray enough credit.

But he hadn't expected Gray to be nowhere near the third level—he was on the tenth!

"Doesn't that mean that as long as Gray is willing, he could create countless Mangekyō Sharingan in the Uchiha Clan?"

Uchiha Itachi was utterly astonished.

But even so, it couldn't change the fact that Shisui had died.

"Itachi, stay here. I'll go down and bring that idiot up."

Uchiha Gray's voice was cold.

Had all the brainwashing he'd done over the past two years been for nothing?

Now that damn idiot was actually trying to kill himself?

Uchiha Gray could understand Uchiha Shisui's obsession with peace in the Leaf.

But he couldn't relate to Uchiha Shisui's desire to die after confirming that Shimura Danzō really was utterly evil.

It was like those people in his previous life who believed in certain religions, only to discover in the end that their religion meant nothing.

They had taken their own lives.

Uchiha Gray couldn't understand their way of thinking at all.

The only person you could count on in this life was yourself.

Praying to gods and buddhas was utterly pointless!

"Idiot!"

Uchiha Gray shot through the waterfall like a gust of wind and quickly found Uchiha Shisui's body.

He pulled Shisui out of the water in one swift motion!

At that moment, Uchiha Shisui was barely breathing.

He looked as if he might die at any second.

His face had turned purple.

It was a sign of poisoning.

"What? Can't go on living, so you're going to hand your burdens over to someone else?"

Uchiha Gray sneered.

"The kind of person I despise most is someone like you. You talk about peace in the world, you talk about the Leaf."

"In the end, you're just a coward."

Uchiha Shisui was powerful, but he didn't have the emotional resilience to match.

To put it bluntly, he needed a good beating.

By comparison, even though Uchiha Obito had betrayed his teacher and everyone else, his unwavering will was still admirable.

In the original story, Uchiha Obito not only endured the pain of losing half his body.

In the end, he grew powerful enough to withstand the Ten-Tails' will invading him.

He successfully changed his form of life and became a Six Paths-level powerhouse.

"You're right, Gray." Uchiha Shisui gave a bitter smile. He could no longer see Uchiha Gray; his world was now entirely dark.

There were two black holes where his eyes had been.

He couldn't imagine what purpose there was in continuing to live.

"I'm nothing but a cripple now. Protecting the Uchiha Clan—this mission is yours. I believe in you."

Uchiha Shisui's voice was sincere.

He truly believed in Uchiha Gray.

From the very beginning, Gray had said things that instantly brought him to his senses, and then displayed extraordinary talent.

At the age of eight, Gray already had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

And Uchiha Gray would only grow stronger from here.

"Sacrificing yourself for the village is certainly noble, but sometimes living through pain is even nobler than killing yourself like a fool."

Uchiha Gray's voice was cold.

His words carried a threat. "If you think dying will set you free, you're wrong."

"The Second, Tobirama Senju, invented a jutsu called Impure World Reincarnation."

"It can summon dead ninja back from the Underworld. But the resurrected dead are controlled by the summoner and can only exist like puppets."

"If you kill yourself now, I'll summon you back from the Underworld. Even if you die, you'll still have to complete the mission you were given."

When Uchiha Itachi saw Shisui return, delight flashed in his eyes.

But when he heard Uchiha Shisui's words,

his expression gradually turned... dejected.

For a ninja, suicide was a sacred thing.

But for some reason, Uchiha Gray's words rang through his mind like a bronze bell, striking him hard!

"Death is never noble. What's noble is living on while bearing hatred!"

Uchiha Itachi trembled slightly.

Just hearing those words made him feel the immense power they held.

To be desperate to die, yet still live for the mission, tormenting yourself every moment for the sake of the mission you must ultimately complete—

What kind of resolute ninja could endure such an ordeal?

Then he heard Uchiha Gray's threat.

Uchiha Itachi looked stunned.

It was a threat.

But for some reason, Uchiha Gray like this made him feel at ease.

How could anyone not want to follow someone like him?

"Gray, you..."

Uchiha Shisui was equally stunned, utterly astonished.

Uchiha Gray actually had such an iron will.

If Shisui died,

Gray would drag him back from the Underworld.

Even if he toyed with Shisui's soul, he would make him understand that running away had never been the answer!

He trembled, suddenly realizing what he had gotten wrong.

That was right. He could kill himself and pass the mission to someone else, but living on through the pain was what a powerful ninja was supposed to do!

Right now, he was nothing but a coward who lacked the courage to face things!

Uchiha Gray had such natural leadership that Shisui couldn't help admiring him.

"I... I want to live!"

Uchiha Shisui spoke suddenly. The hesitation and despair on his face disappeared, replaced by determination!

"Gray, take me to get treated right now. I'll recover, and then I'll settle things between the village and the Uchiha Clan once and for all!"

Uchiha Gray finally smiled with satisfaction.

Now that was someone fit to be his subordinate.

But as for the poison?

He could handle it!

"I Have a Small Grilled Sausage."

In the middle of the solemn, grave atmosphere surrounding Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi,

he shouted those words with an utterly righteous expression.

Uchiha Gray remained calm. He lived by the principle that if he wasn't embarrassed, then everyone else was, and held the small grilled sausage to Uchiha Shisui's mouth.

"Eat it! It'll cure the poison in your body."

After Uchiha Shisui ate it blankly, the poison in his body quickly vanished.

That was the power of I Have a Small Grilled Sausage.

It came from the Immortal Continent and had the ability to cure poison.

"Gray, give Shisui's Sharingan back to him!"

"As for the eye Danzō took from Shisui, I'll take it back with my own hands."

Uchiha Itachi's voice was cold.

But at that moment, Uchiha Gray's lips suddenly curved into a smile.

"No, don't."

Uchiha Gray's eyes shifted.

The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in his eyes!