The plants nearby rustled softly. Leaf Dragon paused briefly, then used the moment to turn toward the sound.
Shisui Uchiha emerged from the dense woods. He drew a sharp short blade from his waist, an eerie smile rising on his face as he spoke.
"Teacher Dan, I'm truly sorry. The truth is, I've been an undercover agent trained by Lord Black Zetsu for a very long time..."
Dan Katō stared silently at Shisui Uchiha, his expression taut as he looked at the black substance covering half the boy's face.
This was Black Zetsu's possession ability. Shisui was under his control.
What was Black Zetsu up to? Why would he control Shisui just to tell such a pathetic lie?
Looking like that and saying those things, he couldn't possibly fool me. So who was Black Zetsu saying this for?
The person he wanted to deceive had to be-
Pale-faced and clutching his forehead, Longjian Senju staggered out of the dense woods, reaching out from afar.
"W-wait, Shisui! Don't..."
Shhk.
The blade pierced the throat and emerged from the back of the neck. Blood spurted out, staining the ground red.
"Dan!"
Longjian Senju's already pale face grew paler still as he stared at the two figures nearby in disbelief.
One was the guardian who had raised him like a father. The other was his closest friend, someone he had grown up with.
What did I just see?
Shisui killed Dan with his own hands?
Was this world... real?
This had to be some brainwashing illusion of Black Zetsu's, just like those bloody false visions before.
All I had to do was hold my breath, disrupt the flow of chakra inside me, then open my eyes again, and I'd see...
The real world.
The real... world...
*No way. Had Black Zetsu's genjutsu gotten