Three days later, at dusk.
Yechen had just returned from an outing when he saw a familiar figure standing outside his home.
"Shisui?" Yechen approached and, recognizing Shisui Uchiha, asked in puzzlement,
"Did you need something?"
"Mm..." Shisui Uchiha nodded, then glanced around before asking solemnly,
"Can we talk inside?"
Yechen frowned at his words. Something felt strange about him today.
He studied Shisui carefully. Although he had changed into clean clothes and looked no different from usual,
the weakness lingering after a fierce battle was unmistakable.
With Shisui's current strength, few people in the entire Shinobi World could push him to this state.
Thinking back to what had happened two days earlier, Yechen considered a possibility.
He took out his key, opened the door, and said,
"Come in."
As he spoke, he stepped inside first.
Shisui Uchiha followed closely behind.
They crossed the courtyard and entered the living room. Yechen poured two glasses of water and set one before Shisui, showing him considerably more consideration this time.
Seeing Shisui hesitate, Yechen broke the silence first.
"Tell me. What happened?"
Yet the moment he finished speaking, Shisui Uchiha abruptly raised his eyes, revealing the Mangekyō Sharingan in his pupils.
That genuinely surprised Yechen. Only three days had passed, and Shisui's Sharingan had already evolved.
Sensing the incoming ocular power, a white wave of light rippled around Yechen. A gleam flashed instinctively between his brows, reflecting Shisui's ocular power back at him.
With a muffled groan, Shisui Uchiha raised both hands to cover his eyes, seemingly in immense pain.
In fact, he really was.
He had only just awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and was already trying a sneak attack on Yechen. The Illusion-Piercing Divine Eye's reflexive response was bound to make him suffer.
"I told you not to use your ocular