At this moment, Shisui suddenly stopped.
His body froze for a moment, and the hand holding Mabui tightened suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Mabui immediately became alert.
Shisui did not answer. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan turned slowly, staring at the dark woods ahead.
His breathing became very light, and his body squatted slightly, entering a fighting state.
Samui also felt something was wrong.
She followed Shisui's gaze and couldn't see anything. But she believed that Shisui. The person who could make Shisui show such an expression was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Shisui..." Her voice was very low.
Shisui slowly put Mabui and Samui down.
"You go first." His voice was calm, so calm that it was scary.
"But-"
"Let's go."
Just one word.
Mabui and Samui looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes.
They are not fools. What does it mean for an opponent to allow Shisui to say such things?
It means that Shisui is not sure. It means that he may need to deal with it with all his strength. It means that if they stay, they will only become a burden.
Mabui gritted his teeth and took Samui's hand.
"Let's go."
Samui wanted to say something, but Mabui was already pulling her back.
After running for more than ten steps, Samui looked back.
A figure came out from behind the tree.
He wears a dark vest with the Sarutobi Clan clan emblem on the back. He is of medium build and has a gentle face. He looks to be in his twenties.
His steps were very steady, and each step made no sound when he stepped on the ground, as if his whole body was just a shadow.
He walked to the two corpses and looked down.
Then he raised his head and looked past Shisui to Mabui and Samui who were escaping.
Just a glance.
Then he withdrew his gaze and looked at Shisui again.
Samui's heart almost jumped out of her chest. She ran as hard as she could, ran as hard as she could, and ran deep into the woods.
There was no sound behind him.
It's eerily quiet.
In the woods, Shisui and Sarutobi Shinnosuke were facing each other.
Shinnosuke looked at Shisui, his eyes as calm as a pool of deep water.
"Uchiha Shisui." He said, "Uchiha Shaoyu's younger brother. Among the twelve Uchiha who defected, only your age is the most suitable."
Shisui did not deny it.
His Three-Tomoe Sharingan rotates at high speed and sees every tiny movement of Shinnosuke.
The tension of muscles, the rhythm of breathing, and the direction of chakra flow are all within his insight.
This person is very strong.
Very strong.
Stronger than all the opponents he had encountered before.
Killer B and others are strong, but they are not enemies, and they will definitely not use their full strength in a battle.
Shinnosuke stood there with a very relaxed posture. He did not assume an attacking posture, did not hold the weapon tightly, he just stood there casually.
But Shisui knows that this kind of relaxation is the most dangerous. It shows that he has absolute confidence and believes that he can cope with any situation.
"Aren't you going to run?" Shinnosuke suddenly asked.
Shisui was stunned for a moment.
Shinnosuke said.
"Your two companions have already run away. If you run away now, I may not be able to catch up."
Shisui said nothing.
He knew that Shinnosuke was testing him.
"Don't run," he said.
Shinnosuke looked at him with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
"Have courage."
He took two steps forward and stopped ten meters away from Shisui.
"Your brother brought eight thousand men to fight Konoha," he said.
"Konoha has a headache. Third Hokage is my father. He can't even sleep well these days. Tsunade can't go to the battlefield. Jiraiya and Orochimaru have to deal with Iwagakure, and the manpower is stretched thin."
His tone was very gentle, as if he was talking about family matters.
"If I can catch you, maybe I can get your brother to sit down and talk. Even if it just distracts him, it would be a good thing for Konoha."
Shisui clenched the short knife in his hand.
"You think you can catch me?"
Shinnosuke smiled.
"I don't know. That's why I have to try."
His eyes fell on Shisui's eyes.
"Three-Tomoe Sharingan. You can drive Three Tomoe Sharingan at this age. You are a genius of Uchiha. I just looked at the corpses of the two Konoha Ninja. The wounds were very clean and they were killed by one blow. It was probably not you who killed them, but your two companions. But you kept holding the line and did not take any action."
He paused.
"Be able to hold back, watch your companions fight, and not take action easily. This calmness is more rare than strength."
Shinnosuke said.
"Your brother is Uchiha Shaoyu. I have heard of him when he was in Konoha. He is a genius as famous as Orochimaru. Unfortunately, Konoha couldn't tolerate him, so he left. Now he has brought eight thousand people to fight Konoha."
He looked at Shisui.
"You are his younger brother. He has always taken you with him, taught you ninjutsu, and taken you to the battlefield. You should admire him very much, right?"
Shisui said nothing.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke sighed.
"I don't want to kill you. You are still young and have a bright future. What your brother did has no direct relationship with you. If you are willing to surrender, I can guarantee that Konoha will treat you well. You will not be imprisoned in the Anbu dungeon and will not be treated as a traitor. You just... change your life."
Shisui looked at him.
"Then what?"
Shinnosuke said, "Then your brother might quit the army because of you. The war is over, and many fewer people will die. You have saved a lot of people."
Shisui was silent for a while.
Then he laughed.
"You speak very nicely," he said, "Much better than those people who yell and kill when they come up."
Shinnosuke said nothing.
Shisui continued, "But I will not surrender."
Shinnosuke looked at him.
As expected.
Then he nodded.
"Got it."
He raised his hand and pulled out a short knife from his back. The blade was not long, but the blade was very bright, glowing coldly in the darkness.
"Then let's fight."
His tone was still gentle.
Shisui took a deep breath, Three-Tomoe Sharingan turned to the fastest speed.
The wind blew again, and a fallen leaf floated between the two of them.
At the moment when the fallen leaves fall to the ground--
They both moved at the same time.
Shinnosuke struck first. His steps were fast, and every step he stepped on the ground was solid and powerful. He rushed over like a cheetah. The short knife slashed from the side and went straight to Shisui's ribs.
Shisui's Sharingan captured him in action.
The moment Shinnosuke raised his hand, he had already predicted the trajectory of the knife. He stepped aside and stabbed Shinnosuke's throat with the dagger.
Shinnosuke turned his head to dodge, and at the same time, the short knife changed direction and thrust towards Shisui's lower abdomen from bottom to top.
Shisui took half a step back and pressed down on the dagger to block the sword.
"Clang!"
The two weapons collided, sparks flying.
Shisui's arms were numb from the shock.
Shinnosuke is very powerful. When this knife was pressed down, he almost didn't block it.
But he didn't retreat.
With the power of this sword, he turned his body and the dagger stabbed Shinnosuke's back from another angle.
Shinnosuke turned around to block.
"Clang!"
There was another crisp sound.