"Itachi, I came to ask you to take me to meet someone!" After a moment of silence, Uchiha Sora explained why he had come.
"Who?" Uchiha Itachi put aside his musings and asked.
"Shisui Uchiha!"
Uchiha Itachi paused in surprise.
"Heh, I've run into some questions about genjutsu lately. Shisui Uchiha is the Uchiha Clan's strongest genjutsu user, and I'd like to ask him for some advice." Uchiha Sora smiled. "Itachi, would you do me this favor?"
Naturally, Uchiha Itachi would not refuse Sora's request.
The next day, he brought Uchiha Sora a message: "Meet at the Grove in three days!"
"So you're the prodigy who graduated in the same year as Itachi? Uchiha Sora, I've heard plenty about you from him."
The three days passed quickly. Shisui Uchiha and Itachi arrived together at the same Grove. Seeing Uchiha Sora waiting there, Shisui Uchiha spoke with a smile.
Shisui Uchiha held two titles: the Uchiha's strongest genjutsu user and Body Flicker Shisui! He was a true legend.
Although Shisui was already strong, he was still young, only a few years older than Sora and Itachi. He probably had not awakened his Mangekyo yet.
In Uchiha Sora's eyes, Shisui's eventual death was purely a death demanded by the plot.
"Shisui, I'm still far behind even Itachi. I certainly couldn't call myself a prodigy in front of you," Uchiha Sora said modestly.
"Heh, Uchiha Sora, I can sense your chakra. It's far stronger than Itachi's!" Shisui said with a smile and a shake of his head.
Beside him, Uchiha Itachi looked stunned. He had clearly never expected Shisui, whom he looked up to as an older brother, to think so highly of Uchiha Sora.
He had thought he had already left Uchiha Sora behind.
"Just what I'd expect from you, Shisui! I really can't hide anything from you," Uchiha Sora said helplessly.
For a powerful genjutsu specialist like Shisui Uchiha, his sensory abilities were far beyond Itachi's current level. It was perfectly natural that he could sense the powerful chakra within Uchiha Sora.
Shisui Uchiha waved a hand and smiled. "Itachi told me you wanted to learn genjutsu from me?"
Uchiha Sora nodded.
Shisui frowned. "For members of the Uchiha Clan, there's no need to study genjutsu unless they show a particular talent for it early on. Once an Uchiha awakens their Sharingan and reaches three tomoe, they'll naturally master some Sharingan genjutsu. I think you'd be better off spending your training time on the areas you excel at."
"Thank you for the advice, Shisui, but I'd like to build a foundation in genjutsu early." Uchiha Sora smiled. "I have a request, and I really hope you'll agree!"
"It seems you're very determined! Go ahead!" Shisui Uchiha paused briefly, then nodded.
"Please use your Sharingan Genjutsu on me so I can experience the power of the strongest genjutsu user firsthand. I think it might give me some insight!" Uchiha Sora said.
"So this is your way of training. Not bad. Experiencing a powerful shinobi's strength can indeed help you gain a deeper understanding." Shisui gave Uchiha Sora an approving look and smiled. "I'll grant your request."
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings underwent a drastic transformation.
Shisui and Itachi vanished before Sora's eyes, and the Grove around him disappeared as well. In its place lay a hellish expanse of scorched earth beneath a pitch-black sky.
An enormous pupil, like a full moon, appeared in the dark sky.
Within it, a pair of Sharingan with three tomoe slowly rotated.
These were Shisui's Sharingan!
At that moment, Uchiha Sora realized his body was firmly rooted in place. He could not move an inch.
Countless black crows flew in from every direction, gathering into Shisui's form.
Shisui Uchiha looked at Sora with a smile. "This is a genjutsu space I wove myself. The technique holding you in place is called the Binding Technique!"
"To help you feel the power of genjutsu more clearly, I'll attack you a few times now." Shisui drew his Ninja Blade and thrust it toward Uchiha Sora as he spoke.
With a wet squelch, the blade pierced Uchiha Sora's abdomen. The lifelike pain made him frown deeply, and he nearly cried out.
But to save face, he forced himself to endure the pain without a sound.
"Good. Your will is strong, so I can put my mind at ease. I'll let you keep experiencing the power of genjutsu until you can't bear it anymore. How much you learn from it is up to you," Shisui Uchiha said approvingly.
Uchiha Sora nodded, inwardly marveling at how Shisui's genjutsu exceeded all expectations. A genjutsu cast with only a Three-Tomoe Sharingan already had capabilities like Itachi's future Tsukuyomi. He could only imagine how powerful Shisui's Kotoamatsukami would be once he awakened his Mangekyo!
No wonder it's called the strongest genjutsu! It truly lives up to its reputation!
Squelch! Squelch!
Shisui Uchiha stabbed Sora again and again.
Just as Uchiha Sora took the fifth stab-
Ding! Your Sharingan has felt the overwhelming power of genjutsu from a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and automatically trained itself, evolving to three tomoe! It has also awakened a new talent: genjutsu immunity!
The next instant, Uchiha Sora's eyes turned scarlet, revealing a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan before Shisui.
"What? Sharingan! And three tomoe at that?!" Shisui Uchiha, who had been about to stab again, could not hide his shock.
But he did not believe Uchiha Sora's three tomoe could break his carefully designed genjutsu.
Yet reality stunned Shisui Uchiha once more. Just as his blade was about to pierce Uchiha Sora's body, its tip suddenly stopped.
Countless cracks instantly spread throughout the genjutsu space.
A moment later, the genjutsu space collapsed with a crash!
The two returned to reality.
Shisui Uchiha gave a muffled grunt and stepped back, his Sharingan stinging slightly.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Sora dropped to one knee, panting with exhaustion written across his face.
"Shisui? Sora? Your eyes?" Everything within the genjutsu space had happened in an instant. From Itachi's perspective, they had only just finished speaking when one grunted and stepped back while the other fell to his knee, gasping.
Clearly, the two had already clashed through genjutsu!
But what Uchiha Itachi could not understand was why Shisui, the strongest genjutsu user, had been hurt.
What shocked Itachi even more was that Uchiha Sora had awakened a Three-Tomoe Sharingan straight away!
What on earth is going on?
Watching from the side, Itachi could no longer make sense of it.
Could Sora have actually countered Shisui's genjutsu?
How is that possible?
He simply could not believe it!
In the Uchiha Clan, or even all of Konoha, who could make Shisui suffer a setback when his genjutsu was the strongest?
Surely not even Naruto could do that, could he?
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